Mining Incidents

Tom #1: 10 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Hilcorp Energy Company · Underground
Controlled by Jeff Hildebrand
Kaycee, Johnson County, WY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4801417

MSHA record for Tom #1 (mine ID 4801417). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
10
Years on record
1985–1996
Latest incident
Dec 1996
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2005
1
inspections on record
3
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.
Rate withheld: 3 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. New Tech Oil Company 1984 to 2006
  2. RDG Oil & Gas LLC 2006 to 2008
  3. Hilcorp Energy Company 2008 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2006 2
2005 3
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Tom #1 sits in Johnson County, Wyoming, where the Census mining category is 3.5% 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.
Johnson County, Wyoming · Population 8,602
3.5%
Mining share of county employment
$63,905
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000, when MSHA's quarterly employment data starts; earlier incidents are counted but cannot be rate-adjusted. Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2006 Q1 111 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 232 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

10 on file

1996 · 1 incident

December 14, 1996 WY · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
New Tech Oil Company · Struck by falling object

RETIMBERING PORTAL, SMALL ROCK FELL FROM ROOF AND STRUCK HIM ON BACK OF LOWER LEFT LEG.

1995 · 1 incident

November 22, 1995 WY · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner MACHINERY
New Tech Oil Company · Fall from machine

BACKHOE SLIPPED OUT OF GEAR AND ROLLED BACK OFF OF ROAD AND CONTINUED TO ROLL BACK DOWN INTO A GULLY. THE OPERATOR EITHER JUMPED OR WAS THROWN ONTO THE GROUND, HE DOES NOT KNOW FOR SURE.

1992 · 1 incident

July 28, 1992 WY · Metal/Non-Metal FIRE
New Tech Oil Company · Accident type, without injuries

10699E STARTED IN FRONT (OFFICE) PORTION OF TRAILER USED FOR A CHANGE HOUSE AND OFFICE. SOURCE OF THE FIRE WAS UNKNOWN. ALTHOUGH THE FIRE WAS MINOR AND WAS CONTAINED IN THE FRONT AREA OF TRAIL 59093 IS CONSIDERED TO BE UNUSABLE. WE WILL REPLACE WITH A NEW FACILITY TO BE USED FOR A SHOP,OFFICE AND CHANGE AREA.

1991 · 2 incidents

November 21, 1991 WY · Metal/Non-Metal SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
New Tech Oil Company · Fall onto or against objects

AS HE WAS WALKING UNDERGROUND FOOT SLIPPED & HE HIT HEAD ON SUPPORTING TIMBER. HE IS NOW FEELING NUMBNESS IN LEFT HEEL.

January 31, 1991 WY · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler MACHINERY
New Tech Oil Company · Struck by flying object

THE EMPLOYEE LEFT PIPE WRENCH ON BACK OF DRILL STEEL WHEN THE DRILL STARTED THE WRENCH SPUN AROUND AND HIT THE EMPLOYEE IN THE LEFT FOREARM.BRUISED THE LEFT ARM ABOVE THE WRIST.EMPLOYEE LATER WENT TO SEE DOCTOR.ARM IS BROKEN.HE HAD BEEN WARNED NOT TO DO THIS BEFORE.

1990 · 2 incidents

October 2, 1990 WY · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman MACHINERY
New Tech Oil Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CUTTING PLYWOOD WITH SAW SAW BUMPED FRONT OF R LEG CUT IN FRONT OF R THIGH

June 13, 1990 WY · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner POWERED HAULAGE
New Tech Oil Company · Struck against stationary object

DRIVING LOADER DOWN DECLINE DIDNT LOWER HEAD IN TIME AND HIT HEAD ON TIMBER CAUSING NECK AND BACK TO BE JAMMED.

1989 · 1 incident

August 9, 1989 WY · Metal/Non-Metal POWERED HAULAGE
New Tech Oil Company · Accident type, without injuries

EMPL DROVE PICKUP OFF OF LEFT SIDE OF LOADING PIT FOR EQUIPMENT. BECAUSE TALL GRASS WAS GROWN AROUND PIT HE DID NOT KNOW PIT WAS THERE. HE WAS TRYING TO PULL AROUND TRUCK THAT WAS PARKED IN MI DDLE OF ROAD WHEN HE DROPPED RIGHT FRONT WHEEL INTO PIT. PICKUP TIPPE OVER ON RIGHT SIDE. NO ONE WAS HURT. PICKUP STILL DRIVEABLE BUT DENTED.

1985 · 2 incidents

February 4, 1985 WY · Metal/Non-Metal electrician, lineman ELECTRICAL
New Tech Oil Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

HEAVY SNOW CAUSED LEAK INTO PUMP PIT CAUSING WATER T ENTER ELECTRICAL STARTER UPON ENTERING PIT CAUSING ELECTRICAL SHORT RESULTING IN SMALL FIRE THAT CAUSED BURNS ON EES RT HAND FROM THE WRIS T DOWN.

January 16, 1985 WY · Metal/Non-Metal section foreman, bullgang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, shift boss MACHINERY
New Tech Oil Company · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE HAD BEEN OBSERVING THE BARING DOWN OF A SLAB THAT WOULDN\T FALL.WHEN ROOF BOLTING THE AREA THE SLAB FELL STRIKING THE EMPLOYEE ON THE RIGHT LEG AND SHOULDER.