Mining Incidents

Apex Mine Underground: 6 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Hecla Mining Company · Underground
Washington County, UT  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4201124

MSHA record for Apex Mine Underground (mine ID 4201124). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
6
Years on record
1983–1990
Latest incident
Feb 1990
Ownership history
  1. St George Mining Corp 1983 to 1989
  2. Hecla Mining Company 1989 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Apex Mine Underground sits in Washington County, Utah, where the Census mining category is 0.2% of county employment.

Local economic context
County figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.
Washington County, Utah · Population 189,827
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$76,411
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

6 on file

1990 · 1 incident

February 20, 1990 UT · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
Hecla Mining Company · Struck by falling object

ON SHOTCRETE MACHINE SPRAYING MATERIAL CAVED OUT OF BACK HITTING ON HEAD AND SHOULDERS KINKING NECK CASUING DISCOMFORT BETWEEN SHOULDER AND NECK

1989 · 1 incident

November 17, 1989 UT · Metal/Non-Metal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator POWERED HAULAGE
Hecla Mining Company · Struck against a moving object

HE WAS DRIVING HAUL TRUCK DOWN MAIN HAULAGE WHEN TRUCK HIT RIGHT RIB GLANCING INTO BACK FILL. THE TRUCK HOOKED ON THE PIPE STOPPING HIM AND THROWING HIM FOREWARD INTO THE FRONT OF THE TRUCK B RUISING HIS RIGHT SIDE AND SHOULDER.

1987 · 1 incident

July 31, 1987 UT · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man POWERED HAULAGE
St George Mining Corp · Struck by falling object

WHILE OPERATING3A LOADER IN THE MINE A ROCK FELL FROM OVERHEAD ONTO EMPLOYEE WAS TORN OFF THE TIP OF THE THUMB WAS BROKEN AND SEVERAL STITCHES WERE REQUIRED.

1985 · 1 incident

January 9, 1985 UT · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
St George Mining Corp · Fall onto or against objects

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING A VIBRATOR IN A SLAB OF CEMENT AS IT WAS BEING POURED HE SLIPPED AS HE WAS BACKING OUT FROM CEMENT SLIPPED ON MUD AND FALLING ACROSS THE FORMS. HIS ELBOW STRUCK A PIECE O F STEEL PULLING MUSCHE AWAY FROM ELBOW ELBOW WAS X RAYED AND EXAMINED BUT NO TREATMENT WAS GIVEN.

1984 · 1 incident

April 11, 1984 UT · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
St George Mining Corp · Struck against a moving object

BOX ON TRUCK WAS LEFT PRTLY RAISED & HIT TOP OF PORTAL AS TRUCK WAS ENTERING MINE TRUCK BOX SLIGHTLY BENT & OPERATOR SUFFERED SPLIT LIP & CONTUSED ELBOW

1983 · 1 incident

July 9, 1983 UT · Metal/Non-Metal drill helper HANDLING OF MATERIALS
St George Mining Corp · Struck by falling object

WAS GETTING READY TO PULL CORE TUBE, OVER SHOT FELL OUT OF RODS, STRIKING MR. JEROLAMON IN LEFT HAND AND BREAKING A BONE.