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Plant 9: 25 MSHA citations 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.
See Ulland Brothers, Inc.'s full MSHA compliance history →
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.
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
4.0%
high negligence or reckless
20.0%
reasonably likely or greater
60.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 24.0% low, 72.0% moderate, 4.0% 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: 2025-10-03
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
8
samples
2
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg5
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz2
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (8)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2025-10-03 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.18 0.56 0.32 Front-end Loader Operator
2025-10-03 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.31 0.55 0.56 Oiler, Greaser
2024-09-25 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2024-09-25 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Cleanup Man
2024-09-25 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2013-07-10 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2013-07-10 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2013-07-10 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.17 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. 2004 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 3
2025 5
2024 8
2023 7
2022 19
2021 3
2020 2
2019 4
2018 4
2017 5
2016 5
2015 5
2014 4
2013 3
2012 2
2011 2
2010 2
2009 1
2008 3
2007 0
2006 2
2005 1
2004 2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Plant 9 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 2,425 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 2,524 0 0 0.0
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
Show 77 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 2,395 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 2,417 0 0 0.0
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 4 1 2562.5
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 1 0 1368.0
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.