Hecla Mining Company safety activity
MSHA violations, accident reports and inspections across the current mine portfolio.
Safety activity
Operating speeds and control of equipment.
Lucky Friday · 100008830 CFR 57.9101 · Significant and substantial (S&S) · $1,968.00 proposed penalty
Ground support use.
Lucky Friday · 100008830 CFR 57.3360 · $151.00 proposed penalty
Hoisting
Lucky Friday · 1000088Accident only
Accident narrative
Lost incoming power to the mine site for a short period of time due to a weather event which caused the hoists to trip. The hoists and compressors needed to be reset and started back up. Hoists were back operational by 7:04 PM.
Powered haulage
Lucky Friday · 1000088Days away from work only
Accident narrative
Employee was transporting a tote of diesel fuel and got a flat tire on the 1-yard forklift they was using to transport the fuel. Employee was pulling into a cutout to get it out of the roadway and as they were pulling in they hit a bump and reached their arm out toward the rib and strained left shoulder. Employee ended up having to get surgery for a rotator cuff injury.
Impoundment Spot Inspection
Hecla Greens Creek Mine · 50012671.0 on-site hours reported
Compliance Follow-up Inspection
Hecla Greens Creek Mine · 50012674.0 on-site hours reported
Regular Safety and Health Inspection
Hecla Greens Creek Mine · 500126783.0 on-site hours reported
Verbal Hazard Complaint Inspections
Hecla Greens Creek Mine · 500126726.0 on-site hours reported
Inspection and cover plates.
Lucky Friday · 100008830 CFR 57.12032 · $151.00 proposed penalty
All other occupational illnesses
Hecla Greens Creek Mine · 5001267Occupatnal illness not deg 1-6
Accident narrative
EE felt pain in back and was diagosed with chronic degenerative condition.
Design of switches and starting boxes.
Lucky Friday · 100008830 CFR 57.12041 · $151.00 proposed penalty
Taglines, hitches, and slings.
Lucky Friday · 100008830 CFR 57.16007(a) · $151.00 proposed penalty
Combustible waste.
Lucky Friday · 100008830 CFR 57.4104(a) · $151.00 proposed penalty
Extinguisher recharging or replacement.
Lucky Friday · 100008830 CFR 57.4203 · $151.00 proposed penalty
Fire
Lucky Friday · 1000088Accident only
Accident narrative
Miner was mucking into a muck bay with a 2-Yard LHD. They had a full bucket and when attempting to dump it they got on uneven ground and as they raised the bucket the loader tipped over onto the right side. After it tipped, oil and fuel began to leak onto hot components of the exhaust and possibly the turbo which caused the fluids to ignite, resulting in the loader catching fire.
Handling of materials
Lucky Friday · 1000088No dys awy frm wrk,no rstr act
Accident narrative
EE was moving a jumbo drill steel and pinched left ring finger between the steel and the metal box on the loader fender.
Non-Injury Accident Investigation
Lucky Friday · 100008844.5 on-site hours reported
Regular Safety and Health Inspection
Lucky Friday · 100008866.8 on-site hours reported
Impoundment Spot Inspection
Lucky Friday · 10000883.3 on-site hours reported
Violation — cited standard not reported
Lucky Friday · 1000088Non-Injury Accident Investigation
Hecla Greens Creek Mine · 500126712.0 on-site hours reported
Handling of misfires.
Hecla Greens Creek Mine · 500126730 CFR 57.6311(b) · $883.00 proposed penalty
Violation — cited standard not reported
Hecla Greens Creek Mine · 5001267Powered haulage
Hecla Greens Creek Mine · 5001267Days away from work only
Accident narrative
EE was opertating a MT436 and felt pain in low back when driving.
Handling of materials
Hecla Greens Creek Mine · 5001267No dys awy frm wrk,no rstr act
Accident narrative
EE was pulling a ratchet strap over a load of ground support wire. Whan it came over the edge, the employee looked up resulting in a broken tooth.
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.