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Plant 9 Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Jeff A Carlson
Hibbing, St Louis County, MN  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 2103470

Plant 9 has $3K 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
3
Years on record
2011–2023
Latest incident
Jun 2023
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2008
25
citations
5
significant & substantial
$3,012
proposed penalties
$3,012
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2006
28
inspections on record
208
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: 208 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 9 has $3K 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.
$3K
proposed penalties
$3K
current assessed
$3K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
25 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-10-02.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
See also the operator's enforcement record
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
2025 Q4 2,617 2 0 764.2
2025 Q3 1,806 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 2,322 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 128 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 2,883 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 2,267 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 2,395 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 2,417 0 0 0.0
Show 75 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 2,755 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 2,544 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 2,447 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 1,677 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 3,210 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 2,038 1 0 490.7
2022 Q2 1,243 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 780 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 1,347 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 1,840 2 0 1087.0
2021 Q2 719 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 1 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 202 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 1 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 291 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 1,740 1 0 574.7
2019 Q2 1,194 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 757 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 1,284 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 1,113 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 528 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 984 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 179 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 1,395 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 2,940 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 301 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 886 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 1,695 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 1,992 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 291 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 763 1 0 1310.6
2015 Q3 1,535 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 1,561 7 3 4484.3
2015 Q1 303 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 361 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 1,503 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 267 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 1,589 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 531 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 1,214 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 733 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 2 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 1 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 142 1 0 7042.3
2012 Q2 605 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 1 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 839 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 0 0 0
2011 Q1 0 0 0
2010 Q4 1,466 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 731 2 0 2736.0
2010 Q2 100 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 0 0 0
2009 Q4 388 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 0 0 0
2009 Q2 72 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 0 0 0
2008 Q4 1,368 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 1,755 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 805 8 2 9937.9
2007 Q3 0 0 0
2007 Q2 0 0 0
2007 Q1 0 0 0
2006 Q4 0 0 0
2006 Q2 0 0 0
2006 Q1 651 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 73 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 0 0 0
2005 Q2 0 0 0
2005 Q1 0 0 0
2004 Q4 0 0 0
2004 Q3 97 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2023 · 1 incident

June 26, 2023 MN · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Ulland Brothers, Inc. · Struck against stationary object

Employee cut the top side of left index finger on wear plate

2017 · 1 incident

August 16, 2017 MN · Metal/Non-Metal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Ulland Brothers, Inc. · Struck against stationary object

The worker was dislodging clay stuck in the cone crusher using a bar. The worker hit hand on the guard and fractured the pinky finger on left hand.

2011 · 1 incident

August 9, 2011 MN · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Ulland Brothers, Inc. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Miner was removing a pin from a loader tooth on a 980G loader. She was using a 5 pound hammer and a chisel. The miner missed the chisel/pin and hit her left thumb causing a fracture and laceration.

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