Mining Incidents

Wyoming Mine: 3 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Gold Fields Mining Corp · Underground
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
  1. 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
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 file

1983 · 3 incidents

December 30, 1983 CO · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Gold Fields Mining Corp · Over-exertion in lifting objects

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

August 9, 1983 CO · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man MACHINERY
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.