By msnbc.com and news services
Updated at 3:25 a.m. ET
MULLAN, Idaho - Seven miners who were trapped underground in a northern Idaho silver mine were rescued late on Wednesday.
NBC News?station KHQ reported that all 20 miners were safe, and that the the most serious injury was a broken leg. The seven miners who had been trapped were transported by air and ambulance to local hospitals, the Spokesman-Review reported.
The Shoshone County sheriff's office received a report that miners had been trapped at 7:51 p.m. (10:51 p.m. ET), Capt. Holly Lindsey said according to the Spokesman-Review.
Melanie Hennessy, a spokeswoman for the Hecla Mining Co., which owns the mine, said the miners had been trapped 5,900 feet underground.
Two Lucky Friday miners have died in separate instances this year.
A roof collapse in a tunnel more than a mile underground trapped a 53-year-old silver miner in April. Crews recovered Larry Marek's body nine days later.
Last month, miner Brandon Gray was buried in rubble after trying to dislodge a jammed rock bin. He died from his injuries two days later.
Shortly after Gray's death, Mine Safety and Health Administration regulators criticized Hecla for safety failures that led to Marek's death. The mine received four citations and faces nearly $1 million in penalties, the Spokesman-Review of Spokane, Wash., reported.
The investigation report cited Lucky Friday management for failing to install adequate ground support systems and neglecting to test the stability of the area where the collapse that killed Marek occurred.
The mine is currently undergoing a $200 million project to deepen it nearly 9,000 feet to increase access to deeper silver deposits. Hecla officials expect the project to be completed by 2014.
This is a breaking news story. Please check again for more updates.
Source: http://usnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/12/15/9459189-workers-rescued-from-idaho-silver-mine
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