Mining Incidents

Portable Crusher: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Lewis Mike & R D
Big Horn County, WY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4800290

Portable Crusher has had no fatalities among 1 reportable incident since 1991.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1991
Latest incident
Jan 1991
Ownership history
  1. Nicholls & Lewis Inc 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
1996 3
1995 6
1994 6
1993 4
1992 3
1991 4
1990 8
1989 15
1988 7
1987 4
1986 3
1985 3
1984 3
1983 10
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Portable Crusher sits in Big Horn County, Wyoming, where the Census mining category is 6.4% of county employment.

Local economic context
ⓘ County figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.
Big Horn County, Wyoming · Population 11,737
6.4%
Mining share of county employment
$60,547
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1991 · 1 incident

January 22, 1991 WY · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Nicholls & Lewis Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

ACUTE LUMBAR SPRAIN AND STRAIN. INJRED BACK WHILE MOVING A ROCK.