STOCK WAS TRANSFERRING 50LB BOXES OF EXPLOSIVES FROM POWDER TRUCK TO WOOD BOX ON MUCK TRUCK WHEN ICY SNOW CONDITION CAUSED HIM TO SLIP AND STRAIN HIS GROIN SLIGHTLY HE DID NOT FEEL IT WAS SERI OUS HE FINISHED THE SHIFT AND REPORTED BACK TO WORK TUES 010384 THE EVENING HE WENT TO A DOCTOR WHO HOSPITALIZED HIM
Wyoming Mine: 3 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal
Gold Fields Mining Corp
· Underground
Controlled by
Consolidated Gold Fields Limited
Eagle County,
CO
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0503701
MSHA record for Wyoming Mine (mine ID 0503701). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 3
- Years on record
- 1983
- Latest incident
- Dec 1983
Ownership history
- Gold Fields Mining Corp 1981 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Wyoming Mine sits in Eagle County, Colorado, where the Census mining category is 0.7% of county employment.
Local economic context
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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.Eagle County, Colorado · Population 55,374
0.7%
Mining share of county employment
$103,174
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
3 on file1983 · 3 incidents
Gold Fields Mining Corp · Over-exertion in lifting objects
Gold Fields Mining Corp · Struck by falling object
ADVANCE ROUND BROKE INTO WATER COURSE AND SOFT ROCK.WHILE INSTALLING ROCK BOLTS AND WIRE MESH ,A PORTION OF MUD AND ROCK FELL AND HIT EMPL ON HEAD AND PINCHED NERVE IN HIS NECK.
July 20, 1983
CO · Metal/Non-Metal
bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Gold Fields Mining Corp · Fall onto or against objects
STANDING ON WET BLOCK OF WOOD CHECKING DRILL HOLE.SLIPPED OFF BLOCK FELL TO FLOOR HITTING RIGHT CHEST & KNEE ON BLOCK.BRUISED RIGHT CHEST,FRACTURED KNEE CAP.