Northshore Mining Company operator
Controlled by
Cleveland-Cliffs Inc
MSHA operator ID: 0089704
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 183
- Mines on record
- 2
- Years on record
- 2008–2026
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2008
3,731
citations
462
significant & substantial
$3,492,383
proposed penalties
$2,671,282
paid to date
76% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $821,101 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2008
177
inspections on record
18,352
inspection hours
20.3
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.3,731 citations across 18,352 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.$3.5M
proposed penalties
$2.7M
current assessed
$2.7M
paid to date
$31K
outstanding
3,686 assessments are final orders; 89 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-05-06.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Top causes
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 65 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 35 non-fatal
- MACHINERY 29 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 19 non-fatal
- OTHER 10 non-fatal
- POWERED HAULAGE 7 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2026
3
2025
6
2024
14
2023
7
2022
4
2021
12
2020
5
2019
15
2018
9
2017
8
2016
9
2015
6
2014
13
2013
16
2012
12
2011
16
2010
8
2009
3
2008
17
Mines on record
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