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Red Buttes: 2 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Eagle Materials Inc
Albany County, WY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4800630

MSHA record for Red Buttes (mine ID 4800630). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1986
Latest incident
Aug 1986
Ownership history
  1. Wyoming Construction Company 1950 to 1986
  2. Mountain Cement Company 1986 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Red Buttes sits in Albany County, Wyoming, where the Census mining category is 1.0% 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.
Albany County, Wyoming · Population 37,713
1.0%
Mining share of county employment
$59,881
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

1986 · 2 incidents

August 5, 1986 WY · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Mountain Cement Company · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE FINISH9D GREASING CONVEYOR AND GETTING OFF CONVEYOR WHEN HE CAUGHT PANT LEG CAUSING HIM TO FALL TO THE GROUND RESULTING IN STRAINED LEFT KNEE AND CONTUSED ABRASION TO RIGHT ELBOW.