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Plant 3: 50 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Jeff A Carlson
Hibbing, St Louis County, MN  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 2103057

Plant 3 has $7K 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
7
Years on record
1994–2013
Latest incident
Dec 2013
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
50
citations
10
significant & substantial
$7,008
proposed penalties
$7,008
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
319
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: 319 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 3 has $7K 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.
$7K
proposed penalties
$7K
current assessed
$7K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
50 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-05-07.
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.
20.0%
significant & substantial
6.0%
high negligence or reckless
20.0%
reasonably likely or greater
54.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 32.0% low, 62.0% moderate, 6.0% 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
17%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
11
samples
6
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz61 over
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg5
Show the individual readings (11)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2004-04-14 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.71 0.54 1.31 Crusher Oper/Worker
2025-05-08 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Oiler, Greaser
2025-05-08 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2025-05-08 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2010-06-09 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.2 0.96 0.21 Crusher Oper/Worker
2010-06-09 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2010-06-09 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.31 0.84 0.37 Oiler, Greaser
2005-04-28 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.23 0.63 0.37 Oiler, Greaser
2005-04-28 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2004-04-14 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.59 0.62 0.95 Front-end Loader Operator
2004-04-14 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.21 0.62 0.34 Crusher Oper/Worker
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. 1992 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 7
2025 9
2024 4
2023 4
2022 21
2021 5
2020 5
2019 4
2018 4
2017 4
2016 4
2015 4
2014 3
2013 4
2012 4
2011 4
2010 2
2009 2
2008 4
2007 2
2006 3
2005 4
2004 3
2003 2
2002 2
2001 2
2000 3
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Plant 3 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 2,675 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 433 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 1,675 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 2,290 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 1,895 2 0 1055.4
2025 Q1 0 0 0
2024 Q4 589 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 816 0 0 0.0
Show 98 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 534 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 1,570 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 728 2 0 2747.3
2023 Q2 27 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 355 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 2,259 3 1 1328.0
2022 Q2 2,669 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 327 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 1,103 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 2,106 1 0 474.8
2021 Q2 2,380 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 409 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 2,671 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 2,499 4 2 1600.6
2020 Q2 731 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 825 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 1,615 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 1,249 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 1,066 4 1 3752.3
2019 Q1 183 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 702 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 1,050 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 1,155 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 977 5 1 5117.7
2017 Q4 455 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 1,744 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 525 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 454 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 678 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 1,390 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 861 1 0 1161.4
2016 Q1 252 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 1,357 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 1,426 1 0 701.3
2015 Q2 505 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 283 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 938 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 1,347 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 245 5 1 20408.2
2014 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 777 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 1,405 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 996 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 407 3 0 7371.0
2012 Q4 185 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 1,449 3 0 2070.4
2012 Q2 1,198 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 192 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 1,054 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 1,618 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 1,469 1 0 680.7
2011 Q1 469 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 782 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 1,596 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 1,104 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 0 0 0
2009 Q4 323 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 1,214 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 728 6 2 8241.8
2009 Q1 0 0 0
2008 Q4 515 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 1,749 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 2,783 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 3,147 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 2,639 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 1,722 1 0 580.7
2007 Q2 1,121 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 0 0 0
2006 Q4 465 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 866 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 904 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 517 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 1,531 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 1,367 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 472 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 877 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 1,295 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 845 1 0 1183.4
2004 Q1 52 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 363 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 1,322 5 1 3782.1
2003 Q2 1,032 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 0 0 0
2002 Q4 996 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 1,413 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 1,439 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 0 0 0
2001 Q4 443 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 1,667 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 1,128 2 1 1773.0
2001 Q1 0 0 0
2000 Q4 309 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 1,845 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 2,686 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 621 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

7 on file

2013 · 2 incidents

December 2, 2013 MN · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Ulland Brothers, Inc. · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE was lifting rocks out of a jaw crusher and strained his back. Worker treated at his chiropractor. Crusher did not work on 12/3/13 and 12/4/13 because of a snow storm.

September 25, 2013 MN · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Ulland Brothers, Inc. · Struck against a moving object

EE claims neck pain after operating a loader. Ulland Bros was notified of work injury on 10/21/13.

2012 · 1 incident

September 25, 2012 MN · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Ulland Brothers, Inc. · Struck by falling object

EE dropped a guard on to his right ring finger causing a laceration that required 5 stitches.

2005 · 1 incident

October 31, 2005 MN · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Ulland Brothers, Inc. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE was pounding in a wedge with a sledge hammer and the hammer struck the tip of his left index finger causing a fracture and laceration

2001 · 1 incident

1996 · 1 incident

June 24, 1996 MN · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Ulland Brothers, Inc. · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE REMOVING WOOD BLOCKING FROM CONVEYOR BELT (WHERE THEY WERE WHEN UNIT WAS MOVED), ONE OF THEM ROLLED BACKWARDS AND EE GOT HIS RT. LOWER LEG PINCHED BETWEEN 2 BLOCKS. SEVERE BRUISE & ABRAS ION OF RT. LOWER LEG AREA.

1994 · 1 incident

July 19, 1994 MN · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Ulland Brothers, Inc. · Struck by flying object

WHILE PUTTING NEW TOOTH ON LOADER BUCKET. A PIECE OF STEEL (FROM TOOTH) FLEW UP INTO HIS RIGHT LOWER CHECK AREA. IT CUT ARTERY AND TEHY HEAD TO SURGICALLY REPAIR ACTERY. HE IS TO HAVE TH EP IECE OF STEEL REMOVED IN THE NEAR FUTURE. NO TIME LOST AND HE EXPECTS NO TIME LOSS IN FUTURE.