Northshore Mining Company operator
Controlled by
Cliffs Minnesota Minerals Company
MSHA operator ID: L13811
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 223
- Mines on record
- 2
- Years on record
- 1994–2008
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
1,340
citations
290
significant & substantial
$442,688
proposed penalties
$335,098
paid to date
76% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $107,590 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
76
inspections on record
7,418
inspection hours
18.1
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.1,340 citations across 7,418 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Penalty disposition
ⓘ
Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.$443K
proposed penalties
$335K
current assessed
$335K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
1,338 assessments are final orders; 8 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2009-01-05.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Top causes
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 88 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 48 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 31 non-fatal
- MACHINERY 29 non-fatal
- POWERED HAULAGE 16 non-fatal
- OTHER 3 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2008
8
2007
7
2006
5
2005
7
2004
8
2003
14
2002
13
2001
12
2000
15
1999
16
1998
29
1997
31
1996
31
1995
24
1994
3
Mines on record
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