Hecla’s Greens Creek Silver Mine Wins Safety and Health Award

Hecla Mining Co. (NYSE:HL) announced that its Alaska-based Greens Creek mine has received that National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health Mine Safety and Health Technology Innovations Award, which recognizes companies that have made “extraordinary efforts” to better the safety and health of their mine workers.

As quoted in the press release:

The Hecla Greens Creek mine received the award for the implementation of a collision avoidance system for its surface mobile equipment. This system, created by SAFEMINE Technology USA, is a ground-based collision avoidance system used in the aviation industry and uses GPS and radio technology to monitor vehicle speed and the proximity of vehicles to one another.

Surface operations at the Greens Creek mine are primarily located on a single-lane road that winds through Admiralty Island in the Tongass National Forest. Implementation of the collision avoidance system significantly enhances safe operations by providing warnings of other vehicles as well as allowing for establishment of speed restrictions in certain areas.

Click here to read the full Hecla Mining Co. (NYSE:HL) press release.