Galena safety activity
MSHA violations, accident reports and inspections.
Safety activity
Spot Inspection
1.0 on-site hours reported
Fan installations.
30 CFR 57.4504(b) · Significant and substantial (S&S) · $1,431.00 proposed penalty
Verbal Hazard Complaint Inspections
5.5 on-site hours reported
Design, installation, and maintenance of railroads.
30 CFR 57.9307 · $151.00 proposed penalty
Identification of power switches.
30 CFR 57.12018 · Significant and substantial (S&S) · $1,431.00 proposed penalty
Support of power cables in shafts and boreholes.
30 CFR 57.12083 · Significant and substantial (S&S) · $1,431.00 proposed penalty
Immediate notification.
30 CFR 50.10(d) · $959.00 proposed penalty
Violation — cited standard not reported
Non-Injury Accident Investigation
31.8 on-site hours reported
Verbal Hazard Complaint Inspections
8.0 on-site hours reported
Fire
Accident only
Accident narrative
A 480v electric cable sparked and burnt HDPEE pipe and some timber. It was immediately extinguished but smoldered until mine rescue fully extinguished.
Machinery
Days away from work only
Accident narrative
A miner was finishing driving a split set bolt and as EE was removing the jack leg the driver hung up in the bolt. When pulling on it the driver freed suddenly causing EE to step back awkwardly on a rock resulting in a right knee injury. MRI showed a ruptured patella tendon.
Compliance Follow-up Inspection
5.8 on-site hours reported
Slip or fall of person
Dys awy frm wrk & restrctd act
Accident narrative
Employee was assisting with core tube retrieval activities at the drill when an issue occurred. During the process of resolving the issue, the employee lost balance and contacted the drill feed frame with EE's hand, resulting in a hand injury.
Safe access.
30 CFR 57.11001 · $151.00 proposed penalty
Immediate notification.
30 CFR 50.10(d) · $288.00 proposed penalty
Hoisting
Accident only
Accident narrative
The Coeur hoist went down due to a broken secondary connector. The electrician found the problem and replace it. These are new connectors and don't appear to hold up as well. Hoist was back up at 8:50 am. The connectors will be checked weekly.
Hoisting
Accident only
Accident narrative
At 10:37 pm the chippy hoist experienced a power surge that tripped the main breaker. The hoist operator is fairly new and wasn't confident in resetting the breaker, so EE called electricians. While they were in travel, we stood down the crews and prepared to hoist them to 3700. The electricians arrived, reset the breaker and the hoist was back to duty at 11:30pm.
Compliance Follow-up Inspection
13.3 on-site hours reported
Ground support use.
30 CFR 57.3360 · $432.00 proposed penalty
Preparation and submission of MSHA Form 7000-2—Quarterly Employment and Coal Production Report.
30 CFR 50.30(a) · $151.00 proposed penalty
Preparation and submission of MSHA Form 7000-2—Quarterly Employment and Coal Production Report.
30 CFR 50.30(a) · $151.00 proposed penalty
Preparation and submission of MSHA Form 7000-2—Quarterly Employment and Coal Production Report.
30 CFR 50.30(a) · $151.00 proposed penalty
Immediate notification.
30 CFR 50.10(d) · $366.00 proposed penalty
Hearing conservation program.
30 CFR 62.150(c) · Significant and substantial (S&S) · $2,133.00 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.
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.