Mining Incidents

Hecla LimitedOperator

Controlled by Hecla Mining Company
MSHA Operator ID: L00049
Fatalities
2
Total incidents
492
Mines on record
1
Period
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Top causes

  • SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON1 fatality · 47 non-fatal
  • FALL OF ROOF OR BACK1 fatality · 42 non-fatal
  • HANDLING OF MATERIALS103 non-fatal
  • HOISTING101 non-fatal
  • MACHINERY53 non-fatal
  • HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)40 non-fatal

Incident timeline

2026
5
2025
17
2024
14
2023
13
2022
12
2021
23
2020
12
2019
3
2018
3
2017
11
2016
22
2015
26
2014
27
2013
31
2012
18
2011
45 (2f)
2010
32
2009
19
2008
21
2007
18
2006
18
2005
25
2004
11
2003
5
2002
3
2001
19
2000
39

Mines on record

Fatalities under this operator

2 recorded
Caught in, under or between collapsing material or buildings

Two miners working in an underground bin excavation were attempting to level the muckpile by blowing muck down a hole at the brow. They were both tied to retractable fall restraints when the muckpile slid down the repose angle unexpectedly. One employee manually pulled his line and engaged his restraint but the second man was engulfed and suffocated by the finely broken muck.

Struck by falling object

A ground/roof fall occurred in the 6150-15 West Stope completely burying an employee under 30 feet of rock.