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Cleveland-Cliffs Inc controller

MSHA controller ID: M00106

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Fatalities
3
Total incidents
2637
Mines on record
31
Years on record
1983–2026
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2004
22,844
citations
4,267
significant & substantial
$30,541,430
proposed penalties
$22,567,152
paid to date
74% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $7,974,278 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2004
3,132
inspections on record
174,947
inspection hours
13.1
citations per 100 inspection hours
ⓘ This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.
22,844 citations across 174,947 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Penalty disposition
ⓘ Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.
$30.5M
proposed penalties
$23.2M
current assessed
$22.6M
paid to date
$663K
outstanding
22,165 assessments are final orders; 799 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-05-28.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

Top causes

Incident timeline

2026
22
2025
40
2024
55
2023
60 (1f)
2022
53
2021
78
2020
40
2019
55
2018
52
2017
34
2016
22
2015
64
2014
114
2013
167
2012
144

Operators under this controller

Mines on record

Fatalities under this controller

3 recorded
August 18, 2023 WV · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss Fatality · OTHER
Twin State Mining, Inc. · Drowning

Employee was assisting in installing a discharge line from a pump when Employee did not respond to verbal calls, Supervisor went to check and found Employee face down and unresponsive.

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