Mining Incidents

Cleveland-Cliffs Minorca Mine Inc.Operator

Controlled by Cleveland-Cliffs Inc
MSHA Operator ID: L16169
Fatalities
2
Total incidents
288
Mines on record
1
Years on record
2000–2025

Safety benchmark

Recorded fatalities relative to other operators with a fatal MSHA history. Percentile is computed across the 739 operators with at least one recorded fatality.

Fatality-count percentile
73th

More recorded fatalities than 73% of operators on file.

Rank
#89of 739

Position when operators are sorted by recorded fatalities.

Vs industry mean
1.2×

Industry mean: 1.6 fatalities per fatal-history operator.

This operator
2
Industry mean
1.6
Industry median
1
Peers at similar incident volume

Methodology: percentile and rank computed across MSHA operators with at least one recorded fatality. Industry mean is the average across that same population. Peers are sampled by closest total-incident count, regardless of fatality outcome.

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Top causes

  • MACHINERY1 fatality · 43 non-fatal
  • POWERED HAULAGE1 fatality · 18 non-fatal
  • HANDLING OF MATERIALS103 non-fatal
  • SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON58 non-fatal
  • HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)35 non-fatal
  • OTHER9 non-fatal

Incident timeline

2025
2
2024
5
2023
5
2022
6
2021
12
2020
13
2019
14 (1f)
2018
15
2017
13
2016
14
2015
8
2014
20
2013
15
2012
13
2011
12
2010
15
2009
8
2008
18
2007
13 (1f)
2006
7
2005
8
2004
10
2003
12
2002
10
2001
11
2000
9

Mines on record

Fatalities under this operator

2 recorded
Struck against a moving object

Employee was driving Service truck SR136 on the main haul road heading east towards the pit. For unknown reasons at this time it appears the truck hit the berm on the south side of the road causing it to tip sideways ending up on the drivers side. EE was found outside of the vehicle.

Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

The deceased was fatally injured when a P&H Omega 20 ton mobile crane tipped on top of him while he attempted to exit the crane. The crane was attempting to postion a de-watering pipe when the accident occured. This accident is still under investigation by MSHA and Hazmat and United Steelworkers.