Mining Incidents

Wylie No 2: 7 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Wylie Corp · Surface
Controlled by Wylie Claude B Jr
Bernalillo County, NM  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2901162

MSHA record for Wylie No 2 (mine ID 2901162). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
7
Years on record
1987–1990
Latest incident
Aug 1990
Ownership history
  1. Wylie Corp 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Wylie No 2 sits in Bernalillo County, New Mexico, where the Census mining category is 0.2% 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.
Bernalillo County, New Mexico · Population 674,357
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$66,514
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

7 on file

1990 · 2 incidents

August 3, 1990 NM · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Wylie Corp · Struck by flying object

INJURED WAS APPROXIMATELY 10 FEET AWAY FROM CRUSHER WHEN A ROCK CAME OFF THE CONVEYOR BELT HIT METAL AND HIT INDIVIDUAL IN SHOULDER.

January 25, 1990 NM · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Wylie Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

SLEDGE HAMMER CRACKED A CHIP FROM A LARGE ROCK. IT STRUCK HIM IN TOOTH BUSTING IT OFF AT GUM LINE.

1989 · 1 incident

August 4, 1989 NM · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Wylie Corp · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WORKING AT DUAL CONVEY SHOVELING WHEN TOP OF SHOVEL HIT CONVEY KNOCKING HAND IN CONVEY

1988 · 3 incidents

July 25, 1988 NM · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner POWERED HAULAGE
Wylie Corp · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE FOREMAN WAS TRYING TO REMOVE OBSTRUCTION BY TURNING POWER ON AND OFF WHEN POWER WAS TURNED ON ACCIDENTALLY CAUGHT ARM BETWEEN CONVEYOR BELT

May 10, 1988 NM · Metal/Non-Metal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler MACHINERY
Wylie Corp · Struck by flying object

I.NAME REPORTED THAT A ROCK FLEW OFF EL-JAY CONE CRUSHER & HIT HIM IN EYE BREAKING SAFETY SPECTACLES GETTING PIECES IN HIS EYE I.NAME RETURNED TO WORK NEXT DAY WITH NO IMPAIRMENT

March 16, 1988 NM · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Wylie Corp · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE INJURED AND ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WERE TRYING TO GET ALARGE ROCK THAT HAD LODGED BETWEEN BELT AND CONVEYOR FRAME WHEN THE INJURED GOT HIS AHND CAUGHT AND BROKE HIS FINGER.(NAME) WAS TRYING TO M OVE IT WITH A CAT BAR AND HE REACHED IN TO GRAB THE ROCK WHEN IT CAUGHT HIS FINGER AND BROKE IT.

1987 · 1 incident

October 2, 1987 NM · Metal/Non-Metal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Wylie Corp · Over-exertion in lifting objects

INJURED WAS HE5PING TO SET 10X10 BEAMS & PICKED UP BEAM INCORRECTLY CAUSING BACK PAIN. HE HAS D SOME NARROWING OF THE L-5/S-1 DISC ON X-RAY.