Mining Incidents

Hibbing Pit Wash Plant #2: 36 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Superior Forrest Aggregates Inc. · Surface
Hibbing, St Louis County, MN  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2103046

Hibbing Pit Wash Plant #2 has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
36
citations
11
significant & substantial
$3,591
proposed penalties
$3,591
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
30
inspections on record
133
inspection hours
n/a
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.
Rate withheld: 133 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Hibbing Pit Wash Plant #2 has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets.

Penalty disposition
Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.
$4K
proposed penalties
$4K
current assessed
$4K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
36 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2014-08-04.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
30.6%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
30.6%
reasonably likely or greater
58.3%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 2.8% none, 25.0% low, 72.2% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Seppi Brothers Concrete Products Corp 1992 to 2026
  2. Superior Forrest Aggregates Inc. 2026 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2019 1
2018 1
2017 1
2016 1
2015 1
2014 1
2013 2
2012 1
2011 2
2010 1
2009 1
2008 2
2007 2
2006 2
2005 1
2004 1
2003 1
2002 1
2001 1
2000 2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Hibbing Pit Wash Plant #2 sits in St. Louis County, Minnesota, where the Census mining category is 2.3% of county employment.

Local economic context
County figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.
St. Louis County, Minnesota · Population 200,056
2.3%
Mining share of county employment
$69,455
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000, when MSHA's quarterly employment data starts; earlier incidents are counted but cannot be rate-adjusted. Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2019 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 1 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 1 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 1 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 1 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 1 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 1 0 0 0.0
Show 68 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2017 Q1 8 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 1 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 1 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 8 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 8 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 121 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 41 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 8 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 8 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 473 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 759 3 0 3952.6
2014 Q2 8 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 8 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 397 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 632 4 1 6329.1
2013 Q2 516 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 8 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 238 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 652 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 638 3 1 4702.2
2012 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 522 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 679 2 0 2945.5
2011 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 8 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 1 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 1 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 1 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 458 2 2 4366.8
2009 Q2 359 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 1 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 685 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 424 4 0 9434.0
2008 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 188 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 629 1 0 1589.8
2007 Q2 199 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 194 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 1,028 4 1 3891.1
2006 Q2 603 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 8 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 440 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 602 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 416 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 8 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 325 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 540 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 320 3 2 9375.0
2004 Q1 16 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 297 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 687 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 407 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 40 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 361 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 696 2 1 2873.6
2002 Q2 444 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 8 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 295 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 727 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 414 6 3 14492.8
2001 Q1 8 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 331 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 759 2 0 2635.0
2000 Q2 1,470 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 10 0 0 0.0

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