Mining Incidents

Grouse Creek Venture Metal/Non-Metal

Hecla Mining Company · Underground
Custer County, ID  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1001893

MSHA record for Grouse Creek Venture (mine ID 1001893). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
7
Years on record
1994–1995
Latest incident
Jan 1995
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

7 on file

1995 · 1 incident

January 19, 1995 ID · Metal/Non-Metal underground transportation trainee MACHINERY
Hecla Mining Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE WAS PUSHING A MAT INTO BACK, HE GAVE THE JACKLEG TO MUCH FEED WHICH PUSHED THE MACHINE TO THE WALL, PINCHING HIS HAND.

1994 · 6 incidents

December 9, 1994 ID · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man MACHINERY
Hecla Mining Company · Struck by falling object

EE STATED THAT AS HE WAS DRILLING AHOLE FOR THE INSTALLATION OF GROUND SUPPORT. ROCKS FELL OUT OF THE BACK KNOCKING HIM DOWN AND FRACTURING HIS LEG.

December 9, 1994 ID · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Hecla Mining Company · Struck by falling object

EE STATED THAT AS HE WAS INSTALLING GROUND SUPPORT, MATERIAL FELL OUT OF THE BACK, KNOCKED HIM DOWN AND FRACTURED HIS LEFT LEG.

December 9, 1994 ID · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
Hecla Mining Company · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS INSTERTING A SPLIT SET INTO A HOLE TO SECURE A MAT TO A RIB WHEN A ROCK FELL OUT OF THE RIB& STRUCK HIS LEFT FOOT

September 28, 1994 ID · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Hecla Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE EE STATED THAT AS HE WAS TAKING A SHOULDER AFTER SHIFT HE FELT SOMETHING IN HIS RIGHT EYE. THE EE SAW A DR FOR THIS COMPLAIN THE NEXT DAY AND THE INCIDENT WAS REPORTED THE DAY FOLLOWING A PRESCRITION MEDICATION WAS GIVEN.

September 16, 1994 ID · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
Hecla Mining Company · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE STATED THAT AS HE WAS REACHING FOR A PRIMER A ROCK FELL OUT OF THE FACE & STRUCK HIS LEFT LITTLE FINGER THE LACERATION REQUIRED 2 SUTUR ES TO CLOSE THE WOUND

April 4, 1994 ID · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man MACHINERY
Hecla Mining Company · Struck by falling object

EE HAD BEEN DRILLING AND HAD PLACED DRILL STEEL AGAINST RIB LOOSE MATERIAL FELL FROM RIB FORCING DRILL STEEL AGAINST THE EE S ARM.

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