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Hecla Mining Company safety activity

MSHA violations, accident reports and inspections across the current mine portfolio.

2025-01-01 – 2026-10-31Database snapshot · 2026-10-31

Safety activity

  1. Handtools (nonpowered)

    accidentRecord 220253640008
    Lucky Friday · 1000088

    Dys awy frm wrk & restrctd act

    Accident narrative

    Miner was scaling with a scaling bar and a rock fell onto the scaling bar and the weight of the rock resulted in downward momentum of the bar and the employee pinched their right hand between the scaling bar and the mine floor resulting in a fractured pinky finger and metacarpal.

  2. Hoisting

    accidentRecord 220253460001
    Lucky Friday · 1000088

    Accident only

    Accident narrative

    While performing start of shift hoist checks, the weight brake would not release once it was set.

  3. Inspection and cover plates.

    violationRecord 5055940
    Lucky Friday · 1000088

    30 CFR 57.12032 · $151.00 proposed penalty

  4. Impoundment Spot Inspection

    inspectionRecord F027244
    Lucky Friday · 1000088

    1.5 on-site hours reported

  5. Handling of materials

    accidentRecord 220253390044
    Lucky Friday · 1000088

    No dys awy frm wrk,no rstr act

    Accident narrative

    Miner was sealing a new airlock door and the door came into contact with left ring finger causing a tuft fracture to the fingertip.

  6. Underground self-propelled equipment.

    violationRecord 5056351
    Lucky Friday · 1000088

    30 CFR 57.4260(a) · $398.00 proposed penalty

  7. Storage of combustible liquids underground.

    violationRecord 5056350
    Lucky Friday · 1000088

    30 CFR 57.4462(a)(4) · $398.00 proposed penalty

  8. Housekeeping.

    violationRecord 5101537
    Hecla Greens Creek Mine · 5001267

    30 CFR 57.20003(a) · $151.00 proposed penalty

  9. Controls and switches.

    violationRecord 5056349
    Lucky Friday · 1000088

    30 CFR 57.12002 · $151.00 proposed penalty

  10. Electrical conductors.

    violationRecord 5056348
    Lucky Friday · 1000088

    30 CFR 57.12004 · $398.00 proposed penalty

  11. Electrical conductors.

    violationRecord 5056347
    Lucky Friday · 1000088

    30 CFR 57.12004 · $398.00 proposed penalty

  12. Housekeeping.

    violationRecord 5056346
    Lucky Friday · 1000088

    30 CFR 57.20003(a) · $151.00 proposed penalty

  13. Storage of combustible liquids underground.

    violationRecord 5056345
    Lucky Friday · 1000088

    30 CFR 57.4462(a)(4) · $398.00 proposed penalty

  14. Electrical conductors.

    violationRecord 5056344
    Lucky Friday · 1000088

    30 CFR 57.12004 · $177.00 proposed penalty

  15. Waste receptacles.

    violationRecord 5053347
    Lucky Friday · 1000088

    30 CFR 57.20013 · $151.00 proposed penalty

  16. Underground electric substations and liquid storage facilities.

    violationRecord 5053346
    Lucky Friday · 1000088

    30 CFR 57.4160(a)(1) · Significant and substantial (S&S) · $883.00 proposed penalty

  17. Safety defects; examination, correction and records.

    violationRecord 5101536
    Hecla Greens Creek Mine · 5001267

    30 CFR 57.14100(c) · $151.00 proposed penalty

  18. Housekeeping.

    violationRecord 5056343
    Lucky Friday · 1000088

    30 CFR 57.20003(a) · $151.00 proposed penalty

  19. Housekeeping.

    violationRecord 5101535
    Hecla Greens Creek Mine · 5001267

    30 CFR 57.20003(a) · $177.00 proposed penalty

  20. Impoundment Spot Inspection

    inspectionRecord F030D2B
    Hecla Greens Creek Mine · 5001267

    1.0 on-site hours reported

  21. Toilet facilities.

    violationRecord 5056342
    Lucky Friday · 1000088

    30 CFR 57.20008(b) · $151.00 proposed penalty

  22. Vehicles.

    violationRecord 5101534
    Hecla Greens Creek Mine · 5001267

    30 CFR 57.6202(a)(5) · $151.00 proposed penalty

  23. Testing grounding systems.

    violationRecord 5101533
    Hecla Greens Creek Mine · 5001267

    30 CFR 57.12028 · $151.00 proposed penalty

  24. Construction and maintenance of ladders.

    violationRecord 5101532
    Hecla Greens Creek Mine · 5001267

    30 CFR 57.11003 · $151.00 proposed penalty

  25. Electrical conductors.

    violationRecord 5056341
    Lucky Friday · 1000088

    30 CFR 57.12004 · $398.00 proposed penalty

Sources and definitions

MSHA Violations (issue date), Accidents (accident date) and Inspections (begin date).

Violation titles use current CFR headings to identify the cited rule; they are not the inspector’s account of what happened.

Status is from the current MSHA Mines snapshot, not the selected reporting period. Closed records can retain their last reported controller/operator.

Counts describe published rows, including contractor records; accident records are not distinct incidents or numbers of people injured.

Zero means no matching records in the imported sources, not proof of no events. Historical coverage differs by source; absence before a source begins reporting is not a zero incident rate. Invalid or absent dates and records after the snapshot are excluded.

S&S means SIG_SUB=Y. Fatality records use DEGREE_INJURY_CD=01. Proposed penalties are not final assessed or paid amounts; missing dollar values are omitted.

Inspection hours are SUM_TOTAL_ON_SITE_HOURS attributed to the inspection start date, without supervisor/trainee hours. Missing hours are omitted; a started inspection may still be open.

Portfolio totals use current mine membership, including events before the current owner or operator's tenure.