Mining Incidents
Search Operators Mines Alerts Research Controllers Fatalgrams About
Countries
Peru Chile Colombia Brazil Mexico Argentina Ecuador Dominican Republic Guyana Honduras Panama Guatemala Bolivia Nicaragua
Country notes
Venezuela · Suriname · Cuba · Haiti · El Salvador · Costa Rica · Uruguay · Paraguay
English Español
← Back to search

Quilp Decline: 4 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Hecla Mining Company · Underground
Ferry County, WA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4503216

Quilp Decline has had no fatalities among 4 reportable incidents since 1990.

Watch this mine

Email me when a new MSHA incident is filed at Quilp Decline.

Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
1990
Latest incident
Nov 1990
Ownership history
  1. Hecla Mining Company 1989 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
1990 29
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Quilp Decline sits in Ferry County, Washington, where the Census mining category is 1.0% 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.
Ferry County, Washington · Population 7,326
1.0%
Mining share of county employment
$54,650
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

1990 · 4 incidents

November 15, 1990 WA · Metal/Non-Metal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Hecla Mining Company · Accident type, without injuries

THE ROOF FALL IN THE G.P.7 ACCESS DRIFT WAS APPROX. 8 FT THICK 8 FT WIDE AND 20 FT LONG. AREA HAS BEEN BARRICADED AND SHUT DOWN PENDING ENGINEERING INVESTIGATION AND RECOMMENDATIONS.

August 26, 1990 WA · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Hecla Mining Company · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS LOADING ROUND FOR BLAST WHEN A ROCK FELL BACK STRIKING BRUISING LEFT ANKLE.

August 10, 1990 WA · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man MACHINERY
Hecla Mining Company · Struck by falling object

PINNING GROUND SUPPORT MAT TO BACK ROCK FELL STRIKING AND LACERATING L ARM

February 6, 1990 WA · Metal/Non-Metal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss MACHINERY
Hecla Mining Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPL ROCK BOLTING CAUGHT HAND BETWEEN LEG AND MACHINE LACERATING RIGHT HAND.SUTURED.