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Plant 1: 72 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Jeff A Carlson
Hibbing, St Louis County, MN  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 2101572

Plant 1 has $8K 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
13
Years on record
1987–2017
Latest incident
Oct 2017
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
72
citations
16
significant & substantial
$8,357
proposed penalties
$8,357
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Ulland Brothers, Inc.'s full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
34
inspections on record
441
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: 441 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Plant 1 has $8K 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.
$8K
proposed penalties
$8K
current assessed
$8K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
71 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2022-09-13.
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.
22.5%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
22.5%
reasonably likely or greater
62.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 31.0% low, 69.0% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Health sampling
ⓘ A sample is a point in time compliance measurement, not an individual exposure history. These figures describe MSHA sampling records and do not establish causation or personal dose.

Metal and nonmetal contaminants (personal samples)
ⓘ Many samples are screening measurements of substances with no applicable exposure limit; they are counted as samples but excluded from every over-limit figure. Over-limit shares use only limit-tested samples.

Last sampled: 2025-08-05
69%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
20
samples
13
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz139 over
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg7
Show the individual readings (20)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2016-05-10 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 1.33 0.47 2.83 Crusher Oper/Worker
2011-06-28 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.41 0.38 1.08 Crusher Oper/Worker
2011-06-28 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.5 0.42 1.19 Oiler, Greaser
2011-05-25 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 1.14 0.53 2.15 Oiler, Greaser
2011-05-25 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.89 0.51 1.75 Crusher Oper/Worker
2001-10-09 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.93 0.72 1.29 Crusher Oper/Worker
2001-10-09 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.57 0.43 1.33 Cleanup Man
2001-05-23 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.77 0.4 1.93 Crusher Oper/Worker
2001-05-23 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.32 0.26 1.23 Cleanup Man
2025-08-05 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Screen/Scalper Operator
2025-08-05 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2023-08-30 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2023-08-30 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2016-06-29 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2016-05-10 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2016-05-10 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.29 0.34 0.85 Oiler, Greaser
2011-05-25 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.17 0.6 0.28 Front-end Loader Operator
2011-05-25 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.26 0.75 0.35 Front-end Loader Operator
2001-05-23 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.14 0.24 0.58 Front-end Loader Operator
2001-05-23 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly. Metal/nonmetal contaminant figures come from MSHA's Personal Health Samples and Area Samples files (public record), updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Ulland Brothers, Inc. 1980 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 4
2025 5
2024 3
2023 3
2022 12
2021 5
2020 4
2019 4
2018 3
2017 6
2016 5
2015 5
2014 11
2013 6
2012 5
2011 6
2010 5
2009 3
2008 3
2007 4
2006 6
2005 5
2004 4
2003 3
2002 3
2001 4
2000 4
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Plant 1 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
2026 Q2 160 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 57 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 405 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 851 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 0 0 0
2025 Q1 0 0 0
2024 Q4 0 0 0
2024 Q3 870 0 0 0.0
Show 98 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 940 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 831 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 852 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 1,518 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 1,004 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 1,167 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 1,604 7 1 4364.1
2022 Q2 406 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 836 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 767 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 825 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 1,663 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 437 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 1,173 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 1,437 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 1,061 2 0 1885.0
2020 Q1 213 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 573 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 1,588 4 1 2518.9
2019 Q2 745 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 289 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 478 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 852 1 0 1173.7
2018 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 938 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 2,577 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 3,110 1 1 321.5
2017 Q1 431 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 1,387 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 2,035 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 1,413 5 3 3538.6
2016 Q1 889 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 1,054 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 2,561 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 3,033 2 0 659.4
2015 Q1 787 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 1,778 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 3,298 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 439 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 4,800 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 1,350 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 4,373 2 0 457.4
2013 Q2 2,243 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 3 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 0 0 0
2012 Q3 3,640 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 4,230 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 481 1 0 2079.0
2011 Q4 4,003 1 1 249.8
2011 Q3 2,806 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 4,090 4 2 978.0
2011 Q1 69 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 1,242 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 2,904 4 0 1377.4
2010 Q2 5,572 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 103 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 1,080 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 1,714 3 1 1750.3
2009 Q2 1,168 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 0 0 0
2008 Q4 800 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 3,443 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 2,339 2 0 855.1
2008 Q1 0 0 0
2007 Q4 442 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 2,644 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 3,143 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 312 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 2,118 3 2 1416.4
2006 Q3 3,054 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 4,285 10 2 2333.7
2006 Q1 3,041 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 1,157 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 3,014 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 3,006 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 737 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 1,542 1 0 648.5
2004 Q3 3,981 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 2,156 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 50 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 1,550 7 1 4516.1
2003 Q3 3,686 6 0 1627.8
2003 Q2 2,589 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 0 0 0
2002 Q4 717 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 2,844 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 343 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 0 0 0
2001 Q4 750 4 1 5333.3
2001 Q3 3,000 2 0 666.7
2001 Q2 4,284 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 0 0 0
2000 Q4 1,268 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 2,628 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 2,818 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 124 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

13 on file

2017 · 1 incident

October 3, 2017 MN · Metal/Non-Metal crusher attendant/operator, pan feeder operator/worker HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Ulland Brothers, Inc. · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Employee was lifting a piece of rubber belting 24" x 72" up onto a screen deck and injured their back.

2013 · 1 incident

July 23, 2013 MN · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Ulland Brothers, Inc. · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was tightening the hold-down bolts on the lower screen deck of a Cedar Rapids 6x20 Screen. Employee suffered a lumbar strain/spasm while getting up from a crouched position. Employee was treated at the Virginia Regional Medical Center and prescribed Ibuprofen and Flexeril. He may return to work without restriction as limited by pain.

2010 · 1 incident

March 15, 2010 MN · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Ulland Brothers, Inc. · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE was removing a guard from #2079 Cedar Rapids Srcreen and got his left hand pinched between the guard and the hand rail.

2005 · 1 incident

May 3, 2005 MN · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Ulland Brothers, Inc. · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Employee was walking with a wrench and tripped over an electrical cord and landed on his chest.

2004 · 2 incidents

August 31, 2004 MN · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Ulland Brothers, Inc. · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Employee was lifting a pinion guard into place in the crusher. After the lift the ee experienced pain in left shoulder and back.

March 11, 2004 MN · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Ulland Brothers, Inc. · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee's annual audiometric test indicates a standard threshold shift.

2002 · 2 incidents

May 9, 2002 MN · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Ulland Brothers, Inc. · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE AND COWORKER WER LIFTING A STARTER MOTOR INTO A 990 LOADER. EE HURT LEFT SHOULDER DURING THE LIFT.

May 1, 2002 MN · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Ulland Brothers, Inc. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE'S RIGHT INDEX FINGER WAS INJURED ON 5-1-02 AFTER IT WAS HIT BY A HAMMER WHILE HE WAS HOLDING A WRENCH. EE WENT TO THE CLINIC ON 5-24-02 ANDIT WAS DETERMINED THAT HIS FINGER IS FRACTURED.

2001 · 1 incident

June 15, 2001 MN · Metal/Non-Metal backhoe operator, trackhoe operator, crane operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Ulland Brothers, Inc. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS PUNDING WEDGES INTO CONE ON THE CRUSHER AND WAS HIT IN THE HIP/ THIGH WITH A HAMMER.

1999 · 1 incident

October 11, 1999 MN · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Ulland Brothers, Inc. · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHEN DISMANTELING A CRUSHER FOR MOVING TO ANOTHER LOCATION EE JAMMED HIS RT WRIST WHEN SHOVELING AND MOVING BLOCKING. IT WAS ONLY A LITTLE SORE THAT DAY. *(REPORT LATE AS EE DID NOT SEE A PHYS ICIAN UNTIL 11/4/99)

1997 · 1 incident

November 4, 1997 MN · Metal/Non-Metal HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Ulland Brothers, Inc. · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE LIFTED A 20LB PROPANE CYLINDER AND CARRIED ITAPPORX 5O' AND PLACED IT DOWN. SHORTLY AFTERWARDHE FELT SHARP PAIN IN THE MID LOWER BACK AREA.

1994 · 1 incident

1987 · 1 incident

October 27, 1987 MN · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Ulland Brothers, Inc. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE PRYING A 9OCK OUT OF JAW WITH A BAR-THE ROCK MOVED CAUSING THE BAR TO JUMP BACK AND HIT THE EMPLOYEE IN THE HAND.