Hecla Mining Company · Struck by falling object
EE WAS DRILLING TO INSTALL ROCKBOLTS IN MAIN DRIFT WHEN ROCK FELL OUT OF BACK STRIKING & LACERATION LEFT LONG FINGER.
Hughesville Joint Venture: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal
MSHA record for Hughesville Joint Venture (mine ID 2401726). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 1
- Years on record
- 1983
- Latest incident
- Oct 1983
Ownership history
- Hecla Mining Company 1983 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Hughesville Joint Venture sits in Meagher County, Montana, where the Census mining category is 3.0% of county employment.
Local economic context
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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.Meagher County, Montana · Population 1,979
3.0%
Mining share of county employment
$56,215
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.