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Mesabi Black, Lake County, Minnesota: 5 MSHA citations
Updated November 6, 2026. Source: US Department of Labor, Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), Open Government Data Sets.
Mesabi Black is an active dimension granite surface mine in Lake County, Minnesota, operated by Cold Spring Granite Company with 6 employees on MSHA's record (mine ID 2103085). Since January 1, 2022 MSHA inspectors issued 5 citations and orders there with $790 in proposed penalties, and 7 accident reports were filed there, with 7 injury or illness cases.
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- MSHA mine ID
- 2103085
- Status
- Active since August 7, 2000
- Main commodity
- Dimension granite
- Mine type
- Surface
- County
- Lake County, Minnesota
- Nearest town
- Babbitt
- Operator
- Cold Spring Granite Company
- Employees
- 6
- MSHA field office
- Duluth MN Field Office
- Citations and orders since January 1, 2022
- 5
- Significant and substantial
- 1 (20.0%)
- Closure orders
- 0
- High negligence or reckless
- 0
- Proposed penalties
- $790
- Amount paid so far
- $790
- Inspections
- 9
- Inspector hours on site
- 61
- Citations per inspection
- 0.56 (all mines 2.30)
- Accident reports
- 7
- Injury and illness cases
- 7
- Fatalities
- 0
- Latest MSHA record
- August 5, 2026
Citations and injury cases by year
Calendar years since 2022; 2026 runs to the date of the MSHA files.
| Year | Citations and orders | Significant and substantial | Proposed penalties | Injury and illness cases |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | $266 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | $0 | 1 |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | $147 | 2 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | $0 | 3 |
| 2026 | 2 | 1 | $377 | 1 |
Standards cited most at Mesabi Black
Sections of Title 30 of the Code of Federal Regulations named on the citations, with the part each belongs to.
| Standard | What the part covers | Citations |
|---|---|---|
| 30 CFR 56.12004 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.14132 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.15005 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.4601 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.4101 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
Injury and illness cases at Mesabi Black
Accident reports by degree of injury, as the operator reported them to MSHA.
| Degree | Cases |
|---|---|
| Days away from work or restricted activity | 4 |
| No lost time, or an occupational illness | 3 |
What the accident reports at Mesabi Black describe
Accident classification, as MSHA codes the circumstances that contributed most directly.
| Classification | Reports |
|---|---|
| Handling of materials | 3 |
| Slip or fall of person | 2 |
| Disorders (repeated trauma) | 1 |
| Powered haulage | 1 |
Equipment named in accident reports at Mesabi Black
| Equipment | Reports |
|---|---|
| Ore haulage trucks - off highway trucks | 1 |
Other open mines in Lake County, Minnesota
| Mine | Operator | County | Main commodity | Employees | Citations since 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northshore Mining Company | Northshore Mining Company | Lake County, MN | Iron ore | 335 | 592 |
| L-231 | Kasota Stone Fabricators Inc | Lake County, MN | Dimension granite | 4 | 27 |
| L-159 | Kasota Stone Fabricators Inc | Lake County, MN | Construction sand and gravel | 2 | 8 |
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.