Mining Incidents

Hecla Mining CompanyController

MSHA Controller ID: M00089
Fatalities
2
Total incidents
802
Mines on record
20
Period

Top causes

  • SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON1 fatality · 112 non-fatal
  • FALL OF ROOF OR BACK1 fatality · 55 non-fatal
  • HANDLING OF MATERIALS196 non-fatal
  • HOISTING101 non-fatal
  • MACHINERY86 non-fatal
  • HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)78 non-fatal

Incident timeline

2026
10
2025
32
2024
29
2023
22
2022
21
2021
31
2020
23
2019
22
2018
19
2017
26
2016
42
2015
52
2014
36
2013
42
2012
42
2011
68 (2f)
2010
50
2009
38
2008
25
2007
19
2006
23
2005
30
2004
11
2003
5
2002
3
2001
28
2000
53

Operators under this controller

Mines on record

Fatalities under this controller

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.