United States Steel Corp-Minnesota Ore Operations operator
Controlled by
USX Corp (United States Steel Corp)
MSHA operator ID: L09505
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
13,040
citations
2,557
significant & substantial
$17,447,858
proposed penalties
$14,766,459
paid to date
85% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $2,681,399 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
608
inspections on record
58,929
inspection hours
22.1
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.13,040 citations across 58,929 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.$17.4M
proposed penalties
$15.6M
current assessed
$14.8M
paid to date
$790K
outstanding
12,842 assessments are final orders; 346 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 314 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 205 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 137 non-fatal
- MACHINERY 109 non-fatal
- ENTRAPMENT 58 non-fatal
- POWERED HAULAGE 52 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2026
14
2025
54
2024
56
2023
34
2022
37
2021
31
2020
28
2019
27
2018
31
2017
31
2016
32
2015
26
2014
50
2013
37
2012
30
2011
30
2010
37
2009
22
2008
29
2007
31
2006
44
2005
51
2004
51
2003
44
2002
41
2001
70
2000
32
Mines on record
- Minntac Plant MN
- Minntac Mine MN
- Keetac MN
- Minntac Maintenance Dept. MN
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