Data / Mines / Idaho / Lucky Friday
Lucky Friday, Shoshone County, Idaho: 154 MSHA citations
Updated November 6, 2026. Source: US Department of Labor, Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), Open Government Data Sets.
Lucky Friday is an active silver ore underground mine in Shoshone County, Idaho, operated by Hecla Mining Company with 445 employees on MSHA's record (mine ID 1000088). Since January 1, 2022 MSHA inspectors issued 154 citations and orders there with $49,355 in proposed penalties, and 66 accident reports were filed there, with 38 injury or illness cases.
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- MSHA mine ID
- 1000088
- Status
- Active since March 1, 2013
- Main commodity
- Silver ore
- Mine type
- Underground
- County
- Shoshone County, Idaho
- Nearest town
- Mullan
- Operator
- Hecla Mining Company
- Employees
- 445
- MSHA field office
- Helena MT Field Office
- Citations and orders since January 1, 2022
- 154
- Significant and substantial
- 10 (6.5%)
- Closure orders
- 4
- High negligence or reckless
- 1
- Proposed penalties
- $49,355
- Amount paid so far
- $34,328
- Inspections
- 62
- Inspector hours on site
- 1,568
- Citations per inspection
- 2.48 (all mines 2.30)
- Accident reports
- 66
- Injury and illness cases
- 38
- Fatalities
- 0
- Latest MSHA record
- November 3, 2026
- Citations issued to contractors here
- 6 ($2,288 proposed)
Citations and injury cases by year
Calendar years since 2022; 2026 runs to the date of the MSHA files.
| Year | Citations and orders | Significant and substantial | Proposed penalties | Injury and illness cases |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 25 | 0 | $4,482 | 9 |
| 2023 | 14 | 0 | $2,139 | 7 |
| 2024 | 50 | 2 | $9,795 | 7 |
| 2025 | 40 | 4 | $23,797 | 8 |
| 2026 | 25 | 4 | $9,142 | 7 |
Standards cited most at Lucky Friday
Sections of Title 30 of the Code of Federal Regulations named on the citations, with the part each belongs to.
| Standard | What the part covers | Citations |
|---|---|---|
| 30 CFR 57.12028 | Underground metal and nonmetal mines | 19 |
| 30 CFR 57.20032 | Underground metal and nonmetal mines | 12 |
| 30 CFR 57.20003 | Underground metal and nonmetal mines | 9 |
| 30 CFR 57.12002 | Underground metal and nonmetal mines | 7 |
| 30 CFR 57.12032 | Underground metal and nonmetal mines | 7 |
| 30 CFR 57.12018 | Underground metal and nonmetal mines | 7 |
| 30 CFR 57.12004 | Underground metal and nonmetal mines | 6 |
| 30 CFR 57.4104 | Underground metal and nonmetal mines | 5 |
| 30 CFR 57.13021 | Underground metal and nonmetal mines | 4 |
| 30 CFR 57.14100 | Underground metal and nonmetal mines | 4 |
| 30 CFR 57.20008 | Underground metal and nonmetal mines | 4 |
| 30 CFR 57.16005 | Underground metal and nonmetal mines | 3 |
| 30 CFR 47.44 | Hazard communication | 3 |
| 30 CFR 57.14132 | Underground metal and nonmetal mines | 3 |
| 30 CFR 57.4462 | Underground metal and nonmetal mines | 3 |
Injury and illness cases at Lucky Friday
Accident reports by degree of injury, as the operator reported them to MSHA.
| Degree | Cases |
|---|---|
| Days away from work or restricted activity | 7 |
| No lost time, or an occupational illness | 31 |
What the accident reports at Lucky Friday describe
Accident classification, as MSHA codes the circumstances that contributed most directly.
| Classification | Reports |
|---|---|
| Hoisting | 26 |
| Handling of materials | 13 |
| Machinery | 7 |
| Powered haulage | 5 |
| Disorders (repeated trauma) | 5 |
| Handtools (nonpowered) | 4 |
| Fire | 2 |
| Entrapment | 1 |
| Fall of roof or back | 1 |
| Exploding vessels under pressure | 1 |
Equipment named in accident reports at Lucky Friday
| Equipment | Reports |
|---|---|
| Elevator | 27 |
| Hand tools (not powered) | 6 |
| Rock drill | 3 |
| Load-haul-dump | 3 |
| Rock or roof bolting machine | 2 |
| Mancar | 1 |
| Ore haulage trucks - off highway trucks | 1 |
| Forklift | 1 |
| Hoist | 1 |
| Ore haulage trucks - on highway trucks | 1 |
Other open mines in Shoshone County, Idaho
| Mine | Operator | County | Main commodity | Employees | Citations since 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Galena | U.S. Silver-Idaho, Inc. | Shoshone County, ID | Silver ore | 248 | 393 |
| Bunker Hill Mine | Silver Valley Metals Corp. | Shoshone County, ID | Lead-zinc ore | 106 | 38 |
| Golden Chest Mine | Idaho Strategic Resources Inc | Shoshone County, ID | Gold ore | 37 | 33 |
| New Jersey Mill | Idaho Strategic Resources Inc | Shoshone County, ID | Gold ore | 9 | 14 |
| Crescent Mine | Crescent Silver L.L.C. | Shoshone County, ID | Silver ore | 30 | 10 |
| Sunshine Mine | Silver Opportunity Partners LLC | Shoshone County, ID | Silver ore | 14 | 5 |
| Silver Valley Rock Products | Silver Valley Rock Products | Shoshone County, ID | Dimension traprock | 1 | 1 |
US government work, public domain. Counts come from the MSHA files published on November 6, 2026. An open mine is one MSHA lists as Active, Intermittent, New Mine, Temporarily Idled or NonProducing; 13,673 were open that day. Citations, penalties, inspections and accident reports run from January 1, 2022. A citation is an inspector's allegation and an operator can contest it; the penalty is the amount MSHA first proposed, before any contest or settlement. An operator is the legal entity MSHA assesses, and a parent company is its controller. Mines run by sole proprietors or by individuals are counted in every total and are not named. This page uses MSHA data and is not endorsed or certified by MSHA. Free to reuse with credit to SpecStream under CC BY 4.0. Spot a wrong value? Write to [email protected] with the link to this page.