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Plant 12: 18 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Jeff A Carlson
Hibbing, St Louis County, MN  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 2103580

Plant 12 has $2K 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
1
Years on record
2014
Latest incident
Sep 2014
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2007
18
citations
6
significant & substantial
$2,379
proposed penalties
$2,379
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 2007
21
inspections on record
163
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: 163 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 12 has $2K 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.
$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
18 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2023-08-09.
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.
33.3%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
33.3%
reasonably likely or greater
55.6%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 27.8% low, 72.2% 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: 2025-05-08
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
5
samples
1
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg4
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (5)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2025-05-08 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2022-09-13 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2016-07-06 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.14 0.64 0.22 Oiler, Greaser
2013-10-31 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2013-10-31 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Screen/Scalper 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. 2007 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 1
2025 3
2024 3
2023 5
2022 15
2021 3
2020 2
2019 2
2018 2
2017 2
2016 2
2015 2
2014 3
2013 2
2012 2
2011 3
2010 1
2009 3
2008 2
2007 4
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Plant 12 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 1 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 1,675 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 1 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 1,170 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 0 0 0
2024 Q4 27 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 598 0 0 0.0
Show 69 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 284 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 551 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 738 3 1 4065.0
2023 Q2 860 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 280 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 369 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 1,454 2 0 1375.5
2022 Q2 408 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 135 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 404 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 558 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 158 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 133 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 219 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 1 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 925 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 168 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 1 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 152 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 191 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 412 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 545 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 605 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 293 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 441 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 16 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 279 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 585 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 1 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 1,153 7 4 6071.1
2014 Q3 1,939 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 71 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 787 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 318 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 1 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 2 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 1 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 184 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 712 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 1,567 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 2,113 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 240 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 0 0 0
2010 Q4 0 0 0
2010 Q3 690 2 0 2898.6
2010 Q2 345 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 0 0 0
2009 Q4 251 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 2,712 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 1,775 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 0 0 0
2008 Q4 233 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 681 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 206 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 0 0 0
2007 Q4 419 3 1 7159.9
2007 Q3 1,340 1 0 746.3
2007 Q2 373 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2014 · 1 incident

September 22, 2014 MN · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Ulland Brothers, Inc. · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee claims he injured his left shoulder or aggravated a preexisting condition while climbing down from a feeder. NOTE: THIS INJURY WAS NOT REPORTED UNTIL 02/27/15.