Fatal alerts are one of the methods we use to make employers and employees throughout the State aware that a fatal incident has occurred and the circumstances surrounding the incident. They are a brief summary of the information gathered by our office and contain a summary of the incident, causes, contributing factors, and recommendations to prevent recurrence from our point of view. The information contained on this website is not intended to be used to support OSHA investigation statistics or infer Wyoming OSHA jurisdiction. If you have any question regrading this information please call (307) 777-7786.
2023
- June 6, 2023 – Caught between
- June 26, 2023 – Crushed by
- July 27, 2023 – Fall from height
- August 7, 2023 – Thrown from
- October 2, 2023 – Trench collapse
2022
- March 8, 2022 – Fall from roof
- April 27, 2022 – Fall from roof
- July 19, 2022 – Mowing accident
- July 28, 2022 – Cardiac event
- December 15, 2022 – Individual falls on ice in a snowstorm
2021
- April 21, 2021 – A tank car explosion claimed two employees lives
- August 18, 2021 – Employee succumbed to COVID-19
- August 29, 2021 – Employee succumbed to COVID-19
- September 5, 2021 – Employee succumbed to COVID-19
- October 7, 2021 – Employee succumbed to COVID-19
- October 15, 2021 – Employee caught in between
- October 19, 2021 – Employee succumbed to COVID-19
2020
- – Employee struck by 6X6
- – Employee struck by shard during track replacement
- – Employee run over by broom sweeper
2019
2018
- – Business owner is killed while performing foundation work on existing single level duplex
- – Ranch Manager is killed while repairing irrigation system (field pivot)
- – Employee loss of consciousness from exposure to gasses in a water filled well
- – A hunting guide is fatally injured while field dressing and processing an elk.
- – Employee involved in a trench collapse
- – Employee operating a truck that went over a cliff
- – Employee involved in a gas line explosion
- – Employee operating extendable boom lift
2017
- – Two employees (father and son) were spraying noxious weeds when son is crushed by an all-terrain vehicle
- – Three kayak guides were leading a party of 9 clients on Yellowstone Lake, one guide dies of exposure and hypothermia
- – Road Construction Drill Operator dies when struck by rock
- – City employees dies when scissor lift tips over
- – Trench box being moved strikes worker
2016
- – Ranch Hand dies while operating all-terrain vehicle
- – Water well drilling rig Tool Pusher dies while drilling water well
- – Asbestos abatement worker dies when utility vehicle strikes metal gate
- – Servicing Rig Floor Hand Dies while working at heights
- – Climbing guide dies while guiding climbers on Grand Teton Mountain
- – Workers dies while trying to locate a underground Natural Gas Pipeline
- – Plant workers dies during unplanned gas release while working on filter system
- – Community liaison is fatally shot by of facility resident (active shooter)
- – Excavation Worker dies when struck by concrete piping
- – Workers dies while performing maintenance on dump box truck hydraulic hose system
2015
- – Derrick Hand dies while working on servicing rig and is struck by traveling block and sucker rods when rig collapses
- – Road Construction Flagger dies when struck by highway traffic
- – All-Terrain Vehicle operator dies while spraying weeds
- – Industrial painter dies due to lack of adequate fall protection
- – Sawmill worker dies due to lack of adequate fall protection
- – Tire repair worker dies when tire explodes during servicing work in the field
- – Metal decking worker dies when he falls from height of 34 feet
2014
- – Employee falls through floor opening and drown at food processing plant
- – Oilfield worker fatally injured in a vehicle back-over accident
- – Worker falls from Semi-tracker trailer after loading sulfur and dies
- – Worker crushed by excavator on road work construction site
- – Worker crushed by pump jack
- – Worker killed by bear will working in National forest
- – Employee falls from ladder and later dies from injuries sustained
- – One employee dies and Three are injured during a well production storage tank cleaning process
- – Employee was thrown into the air
- – Roofing laborer dies when he falls through 3 foot opening in working Surface
2013
- – Employee dies from burn injuries sustained while working on Carbon Fire Production oven
- – Unrestrained employee, working in a general industry setting, lost his balance and falls 11.5 feet to a concrete floor
- – Employee killed when Rig Hoisting Equipment brakes failed and post attached
- – Employee working for an oilfield equipment repair facility was pulled into a vertical lathe
- – Three employees severely burned while attempting to repair a well site separator
- – Employee fatally injured by fall water well pump
- – Employee run over by dump truck on road construction project
- – Employee working to unload drill pipe from rail car dies when struck by pipe
- – Five workers injured during welding activities on well production site
2012
- – Multiple employees injured when un-controlled flammable gases find ignition sources
- – Employee lost his balance and falls into a cooling unit’s fan
- – Employee crushed by a 525-gallon container
- – Employee fatally injured while working in a trench shield
- – Employee falls from scaffolding onto frozen ground
- – Employee ejected from an aerial lift causing fatal injuries
- – Timber operation employee run over by tractor/trailer
- – Well service company employee run over by a tractor trailer
2011
- – Rig fire claims one life
- – Employee falls from oil rig derrick
- – Two men die while trying to repair the pumps in a septic tank
- – Truck driver pinched between two trucks
- – Three workers die during welding activities on a production well site
2010
- – Construction foreman drowns when excavator breaks through ice
- – Victim receives an electrical shock while working on a live gate
- – Roustabout service employee struck by production casing or the production casing rack as it collapsed
- – Welder fatally injured during a 36 inch gas line pipe welding operation
2009
- – Driller dies from massive head injury
- – Fire proofer fatally injured after falling from a second floor mechanical room doorway, 16 feet to the lower level of the empty stairwell shaft
- – Ski patroller falls when patrolling out of bound area
- – Tire technician dies after tire explosion
- – Groundskeeper fatally injured when run over by tractor lawn mower
- – Worker dies in excavation cave-in
2008
- – Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM) fatality injured
- – Employee electrocuted by servicing rig contacting power line
- – Employees falls while setting trusses (Catastrophe/No fatality)
- – Employee fatally injured while climbing communication tower
- – Laborer/fencer fatally injured while moving heavy equipment through waterway
- – Rig hand fatally injured when he was struck by a non-magnetic drill collar (NMDC)
- – Motorman falls after being struck in the head by falling drill pipe
- – Crane operator fatally injured while disassembling a lattice boom on a truck mounted crane
- – Employee fatally injured on a gas well site when he was run over by the rear tires of a tracker/trailer loaded with sand
2007
- – Drilling rig electrocution
- – Scaffold accident
- – ATV accident
- – Employee run over by front loader
- – Maintenance on drilling derrick in yard
- – Vehicle rolled over employee
- – ATV accident
- – Sheepherder fatally injured when thrown or kicked by horse
- – Employee backed over by motor grade
- – ATV accident
- – Employee overcome by CO in dark room
- – Worker struck by a blooie line
2006
- – Fall from drilling site
- – Driller struck by chain tong handle
- – Forklift accident at drilling site
- – Extra rider on forklift falls off
- – Employee falls between two frac tanks being heated
- – Forklift accident; No fatality
- – Welding accident
- – Department of Agriculture employee dies in fall
- – Catastrophe/No fatality; Employees burned from a flash fire
- – Employee caught in unguarded, rotating shaft on mud pump
- – Dozer operator hit existing gas line causing an explosion and fire
- – Mechanic crushed by hydraulic lift boom
2005
- – Water well rig accident; Employee caught in shaft
- – Demolition project laborer struck by falling bentonite tank
- – Explosion in a tank car
- – Lineman electrocution
- – Employee struck by falling tree
- – ATV accident
- – Deceased struck by falling tree
- – Snubbing specialist fatally injured after falling
- – Roustabout fatally injured while stacking pipe
- – Employee falls from drilling rig derrick
- – Employee got caught into the Kelly under substructure
- – Drilling rig sheave failure