Prime Processing, Inc. operator
Controlled by
Cleveland-Cliffs Inc
MSHA operator ID: 0055016
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 44
- Mines on record
- 3
- Years on record
- 2006–2026
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2004
322
citations
76
significant & substantial
$114,419
proposed penalties
$85,596
paid to date
75% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $28,823 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2004
218
inspections on record
5,693
inspection hours
5.7
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.322 citations across 5,693 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.$114K
proposed penalties
$86K
current assessed
$86K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
314 assessments are final orders; 6 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-02-11.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Top causes
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 11 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 10 non-fatal
- POWERED HAULAGE 8 non-fatal
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 5 non-fatal
- MACHINERY 5 non-fatal
- FIRE 2 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2026
2
2024
3
2023
2
2022
4
2021
2
2020
5
2019
10
2018
2
2017
1
2016
1
2010
3
2009
7
2008
1
2006
1
Mines on record
- Eckman Plant WV
- Eckman Loadout WV
- Roadfork Loadout WV
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