Mining Incidents

Equity Mine Metal/Non-Metal

Rio Grande Silver, Inc. · Underground
Controlled by Hecla Mining Company
Creede, Mineral County, CO  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0504191

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
2012
Latest incident
Oct 2012
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2011
7
citations
0
significant & substantial
$700
proposed penalties
$700
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
2014 Q3 0 0 0
2014 Q2 0 0 0
2014 Q1 3 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 0 0 0
2013 Q3 49 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 270 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 163 1 0 6135.0
2012 Q3 160 3 0 18750.0
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2012 · 3 incidents

October 5, 2012 CO · Metal/Non-Metal drill helper HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Rio Grande Silver, Inc. · Struck against stationary object

Employee was re-assembling a core tube, when he was inserting the second piece of the the split tube it was unusually tight fitting. Employee then tried to push the split in with his right hand while wearing wet gloves. His hand slipped and his right wrist struck the edge of the split tube causing a laceration to the wrist.

March 28, 2012 CO · Metal/Non-Metal rock driller MACHINERY
Rio Grande Silver, Inc. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

The driller was assisting his helper to lower a tube. Driller slipped and stuck his hand out to catch himself. He caught the ring finger on his left hand. It cut just a little less than a quarter inch of the finger off.

February 7, 2012 CO · Metal/Non-Metal assayer, geologist, metallurgist, engineer, engineer management SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Rio Grande Silver, Inc. · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Employee was carrying a cooler with 4 one gal water samples into the office wearing felt soled waders. He slipped and fell on his back onto the concrete floor. He suffered a contusion of the back with pain of 7/10 and stiffness for several days. He was restricted to lifting no more than 10lbs for 4 days. There was no lost time due to injury.