Mining Incidents

Equity MineMetal/Nonmetal

Controlled by Hecla Mining Company
Creede, Mineral County, CO · Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0504191
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
2012
Latest incident
Oct 2012
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2012 · 3 incidents

Struck against stationary object

Employee was re-assembling a core tube, when he was inserting the second piece of the the split tube it was unusually tight fitting. Employee then tried to push the split in with his right hand while wearing wet gloves. His hand slipped and his right wrist struck the edge of the split tube causing a laceration to the wrist.

Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

The driller was assisting his helper to lower a tube. Driller slipped and stuck his hand out to catch himself. He caught the ring finger on his left hand. It cut just a little less than a quarter inch of the finger off.

Fall to the walkway or working surface

Employee was carrying a cooler with 4 one gal water samples into the office wearing felt soled waders. He slipped and fell on his back onto the concrete floor. He suffered a contusion of the back with pain of 7/10 and stiffness for several days. He was restricted to lifting no more than 10lbs for 4 days. There was no lost time due to injury.