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Northshore Mining Company: 78 MSHA citations

Updated November 6, 2026. Source: US Department of Labor, Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), Open Government Data Sets.

Northshore Mining Company is an active iron ore surface mine in St Louis County, Minnesota, operated by Northshore Mining Company with 160 employees on MSHA's record (mine ID 2100209). Since January 1, 2022 MSHA inspectors issued 78 citations and orders there with $24,359 in proposed penalties, and 17 accident reports were filed there, with 17 injury or illness cases.

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MSHA mine ID
2100209
Status
Active since September 1, 1989
Main commodity
Iron ore
Mine type
Surface
County
St Louis County, Minnesota
Nearest town
Babbitt
Operator
Northshore Mining Company
Parent company
Cleveland-Cliffs Inc
Employees
160
MSHA field office
Hibbing MN Field Office
Citations and orders since January 1, 2022
78
Significant and substantial
8 (10.3%)
Closure orders
1
High negligence or reckless
2
Proposed penalties
$24,359
Amount paid so far
$24,359
Inspections
17
Inspector hours on site
534
Citations per inspection
4.59 (all mines 2.30)
Accident reports
17
Injury and illness cases
17
Fatalities
0
Latest MSHA record
September 15, 2026
Citations issued to contractors here
5 ($921 proposed)

Citations and injury cases by year

Calendar years since 2022; 2026 runs to the date of the MSHA files.

YearCitations and ordersSignificant and substantialProposed penaltiesInjury and illness cases
202260$8642
2023221$7,5414
2024336$10,7266
2025151$4,9261
202620$3024

Standards cited most at Northshore Mining Company

Sections of Title 30 of the Code of Federal Regulations named on the citations, with the part each belongs to.

StandardWhat the part coversCitations
30 CFR 56.20003Surface metal and nonmetal mines10
30 CFR 56.14207Surface metal and nonmetal mines8
30 CFR 56.12032Surface metal and nonmetal mines8
30 CFR 56.12004Surface metal and nonmetal mines6
30 CFR 56.11012Surface metal and nonmetal mines3
30 CFR 56.14100Surface metal and nonmetal mines3
30 CFR 56.4201Surface metal and nonmetal mines3
30 CFR 56.14132Surface metal and nonmetal mines2
30 CFR 56.12068Surface metal and nonmetal mines2
30 CFR 56.11002Surface metal and nonmetal mines2
30 CFR 56.6202Surface metal and nonmetal mines2
30 CFR 56.4130Surface metal and nonmetal mines2
30 CFR 56.14112Surface metal and nonmetal mines2
30 CFR 56.16005Surface metal and nonmetal mines2
30 CFR 47.41Hazard communication2

Injury and illness cases at Northshore Mining Company

Accident reports by degree of injury, as the operator reported them to MSHA.

DegreeCases
Days away from work or restricted activity12
No lost time, or an occupational illness5

What the accident reports at Northshore Mining Company describe

Accident classification, as MSHA codes the circumstances that contributed most directly.

ClassificationReports
Handling of materials9
Machinery3
Slip or fall of person2
Powered haulage2
Handtools (nonpowered)1

Equipment named in accident reports at Northshore Mining Company

EquipmentReports
Shovel2
Locomotive2
Hand tools (not powered)1
Ore haulage trucks - off highway trucks1
Mancar1
Carriage-mounted drills1
Front-end loader1
Road grader1

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US government work, public domain. Counts come from the MSHA files published on November 6, 2026. An open mine is one MSHA lists as Active, Intermittent, New Mine, Temporarily Idled or NonProducing; 13,673 were open that day. Citations, penalties, inspections and accident reports run from January 1, 2022. A citation is an inspector's allegation and an operator can contest it; the penalty is the amount MSHA first proposed, before any contest or settlement. An operator is the legal entity MSHA assesses, and a parent company is its controller. Mines run by sole proprietors or by individuals are counted in every total and are not named. This page uses MSHA data and is not endorsed or certified by MSHA. Free to reuse with credit to SpecStream under CC BY 4.0. Spot a wrong value? Write to [email protected] with the link to this page.