Hecla Mining Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING BATTERY MOTOR ON 5400 LEVEL MAINDRIFT WHEN HE RAN INTO PARKED JUMBO MACHINE CAUSING FATAL INJURIES.
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- Fatalities
- 1
- Total incidents
- 16
- Years on record
- 1984–1986
- Latest incident
- Aug 1986
Fatalities at this mine
1 recordedReportable incidents
15 on file (excluding fatalities above)1986 · 6 incidents
Hecla Mining Company · Struck by falling object
EMPLOYEE WAS SE7URING D.DRILL ON MAIN CAGE 4000 LEVEL WHEN DRILL TIPPED FOREWARD STRIKING AND FRACTURING AND LACERATING LITTLE FINGER RT HAND
Hecla Mining Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects
EMPLOYEE WAS LI0TING CABLE REEL AND STRAINED RIGHT AND LEFT GROIN. SURGERY WAS DONE ON RIGHT 7-21-86. LEFT TO BE DONE AT A LATER DATE LOST TIME BEGAN 7-21-86.
Hecla Mining Company · Accident type, without injuries
THE 4000 SINKER3HOIST WAS INOPERABLE FROM 10:30 AM TO 1:00 PM DUE TO A MALFUNCTION OF THE DYNAMIC CONTROL FOUR MEN WERE ON THE 5400 LEVEL
Hecla Mining Company · Accident type, without injuries
THE HOIST MOTOR3ON THE 4000 LEVEL SINKER HOIST BURNED OUT. MINE WAS SHUT DOWN BELOW 4000 LEVEL UNTIL MOTOR IS REPAIRED
Hecla Mining Company · Struck by falling object
EE WAS BARRING 8OWN ON 5400 LEVEL WEST DRIFT WHEN A ROCK FELL STRIKING & BRUISING HIS BACK. HEMATOMA RESULTING IN DRAINAGE OF AREA.
Hecla Mining Company · Accident type, without injuries
AT APPROX 1:00 1M A SNOW SLIDE WIPED OUT THE POWER TO THE MINE POWER WAS OFF FOR APPROX 1 HR 15 MIN WASHINGTON WATER POWER CO CNC OUR POWER SUPPLIER HAD TO REROUTE POWER IN ORDER IN ORDER FOR US TO OPERATE 2OISTS APPROX 20-25 EMPLOYEES WERE UNDERGROUND AT THE TIME THREE WERE IN THE CAGE HUNG BETWEEN LEVELS
1985 · 4 incidents
Hecla Mining Company · Struck by falling object
WHILE LOADING BLAST HOLES ON 5400 LEVEL NORTH E DRIFT ROCK FELL STRIKING & LACERATING RT WRIST (SUTURED)
Hecla Mining Company · Struck by falling object
EMPLOYEE WAS ROCK BOLTER BACK & RIBS 5400 LEVEL E. DRIFT WHEN ROCK FELL FROM WALL STRIKING AND LACERATING LEFT FOREARM.
Hecla Mining Company · Struck by flying object
5400 NLEVEL EAST LATERAL WAS MUCKING W/MUCKING MACHINE AND RECEIVED A FORRING BODY IN RIGHT EYE INBEDDED.
Hecla Mining Company · Struck by falling object
EMPL PLACING MAT AND ROCKBOLT IN BACK 5400 E DRIFT WHEN MAT FELL STRIKING AND LACERATING RIGHT ARM.
1984 · 5 incidents
December 8, 1984
ID · Metal/Non-Metal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Hecla Mining Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface
EMPLOYEE SLIPPED & FELL WHILE WALKING ACROSS THE DUMP FRACTURING TWO RIBS. (ICY WINTER CONDITIONS).
Hecla Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EE WAS ROCKBOLTING BACK IN THE 5400 LEVEL MAIN DRIFT WHEN HE REECEIVED A FOREIGN BODY IN HIS LEFT EYE.
Hecla Mining Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
EMPLOYEE CAUGHT AND LACERATED RIGHT LITTLE FINGER BETWEEN LAGGEN AND MUCKING MACHINE WHILE IN THE PROCESS OF RERAILING MUCKER ON 5400 LEVEL DRIFT.
Hecla Mining Company · Accident type, without injuries
HOISTMAN WAS PICKING UP HIS BALANCE TO PULL MUCK OFF OF 4000 LEVEL SKIP POSKET CROSSED TOP STATION TOO FAST AND OVERSPEED SHUT HOIST DOWN CAUSING NORTH SKIP DOGS TO SET APPROX 85 FT ABOVE 4000 STATION SLACK WAS RUN OUT AND ROPE KINKED
April 5, 1984
ID · Metal/Non-Metal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
MACHINERY
Hecla Mining Company · Struck by falling object
EMPLOYEE WAS ROCKBOLTING 5400 LEVEL DRIFT WHEN ROCK FELL FROM BACK LACERATING LEFT FOREARM.