Hibbing Taconite Company operator
Controlled by
Cleveland Cliffs Inc; US Steel
MSHA operator ID: 0174653
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 52
- Mines on record
- 1
- Years on record
- 2020–2026
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2020
553
citations
44
significant & substantial
$293,657
proposed penalties
$188,376
paid to date
64% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $105,281 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2021
38
inspections on record
3,415
inspection hours
16.2
citations per 100 inspection hours
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.553 citations across 3,415 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Penalty disposition
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.$294K
proposed penalties
$204K
current assessed
$188K
paid to date
$15K
outstanding
508 assessments are final orders; 22 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-05-28.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Top causes
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 13 non-fatal
- MACHINERY 11 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 10 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 7 non-fatal
- POWERED HAULAGE 7 non-fatal
- DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) 3 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2026
2
2025
4
2024
7
2023
12
2022
7
2021
17
2020
3
Mines on record
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