Mining Incidents

Willow Creek R R D Project: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Crook County, WY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4801449

MSHA record for Willow Creek R R D Project (mine ID 4801449). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1986
Latest incident
Jun 1986
Ownership history
  1. Malapai Resources Company 1986 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Willow Creek R R D Project sits in Crook County, Wyoming, where the Census mining category is 7.1% 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.
Crook County, Wyoming · Population 7,339
7.1%
Mining share of county employment
$71,209
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

1986 · 1 incident

June 23, 1986 WY · Metal/Non-Metal drill helper HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Malapai Resources Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

INJURIED PERSON3A HELPING OFF LOADING DRILL PIPESTACKED HORIZONTALLY ON A TRAILER ON TO THE DRILLING RIGS PIPE BACK. THIS PERSON HAD HIS HAND ON A PARTILLY OBVATED DRIN OF PIPE AND AS IT LEFT THE STACKED PI1E HIS FINGERS WERE PINCHED BETWEEN THE ELEVATED PIPE AND THE COLLARS OF THE RACKED PIPE ON THE FRAILER DESTOLTLING IN INJURY TO HIS TWO FINGERS.