Mining Incidents

U.S. Iron, LLC. operator

MSHA operator ID: 0115965
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
0
Mines on record
0
Years on record
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2011
84
citations
13
significant & substantial
$29,989
proposed penalties
$19,797
paid to date
66% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $10,192 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2011
34
inspections on record
515
inspection hours
n/a
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.
Rate withheld: 515 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
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.
$30K
proposed penalties
$24K
current assessed
$20K
paid to date
$4K
outstanding
83 assessments are final orders; 5 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-11-25.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents associated with this operator.

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