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Bulldog Mine Metal/Non-Metal

Rio Grande Silver, Inc. · Underground

Controlled by Hecla Mining Company

Creede, Mineral County, CO · Temporarily Idled

MSHA Mine ID: 0500413

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 4
Years on record: 2012–2013
Latest incident: May 2013

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2012

citations

significant & substantial

$53,360

proposed penalties

$1,860

paid to date

Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.

Quarterly safety rates

Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA

Quarter	Hours worked	Citations	S&S	Per 1M hrs
2025 Q4	485	0	0	0.0
2025 Q2	371	0	0	0.0
2025 Q1	503	0	0	0.0
2024 Q4	109	0	0	0.0
2024 Q3	526	0	0	0.0
2024 Q2	131	0	0	0.0
2024 Q1	448	0	0	0.0
2023 Q4	90	0	0	0.0

Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.

No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

2013 · 2 incidents

May 29, 2013 CO · Metal/Non-Metal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss MACHINERY

Rio Grande Silver, Inc. · Struck by powered moving object

Equipment operator was trimming the face, back, and ribs with an excavator with a road header attachment. He finished trimming and was starting to tram back out. Operator traveled 4 feet and went over uneven floor causing his left arm to activate the swing arm lever to the left. The road header swung to the left striking the injured employee.

March 7, 2013 CO · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Rio Grande Silver, Inc. · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

Employee was emptying bags of cement in the dry pot machine and had all his PPE on. Employee started to sweat and the sweat ran down thru his goggles and into his eyes. After the task was completed, he took his goggles off and rubbed his left eye irritating it.

2012 · 2 incidents

November 9, 2012 CO · Metal/Non-Metal mechanic helper HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Rio Grande Silver, Inc. · Struck against stationary object

Employee picked up a full can of welding rod by grasping the sharp edge of the top. The weight of the can caused the sharp edge to cut through employee's leather glove and into his left index finger. He received 5 sutures.

October 30, 2012 CO · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man POWERED HAULAGE

Rio Grande Silver, Inc. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

The injured employee was struck by a wooden post that had come under compression from the scissor deck he was operating. The post was left leaning against the rail of the scissor deck. When the deck was raised, the post became wedged between the deck and the rib, the pressure was relieved suddenly from the base of the post causing it to strike him in the elbow and ribs.