# NAT'L STEEL PELLET CO (MINE)

- **MSHA mine ID:** 2100249
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Iron Ore
- **Location:** St Louis, MN
- **Operator:** National Steel Pellet Company
- **Controller:** National Steel Corp
- **Public source rows linked:** 1,864
- **Source coverage:** 14 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-18T09:31:49.615Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**National Steel Corp (M07233) → National Steel Pellet Company (L10676) → NAT'L STEEL PELLET CO (MINE) (2100249)**

Current identity source: `msha-mines`. This is a current snapshot, not a historical claim.

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Hanna M A Company → M A Hanna Company:** 1950-01-01 through 1988-12-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 2100249; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **National Steel Corp → National Steel Pellet Company:** 1989-01-01 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 2100249; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 2
- Typed edges: 6
- Interval anomalies: 0
- Valid-time bounds: inclusive; date granularity; null end means open-ended in the upstream history row; not independent proof of present control.
- Transaction-time observation: 2026-10-18T09:31:49.615908+00:00.

## Assessment signals

1. **SAFETY — 0 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 79 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 2,250 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 497 violation rows across the full record; 134 carry an S&S flag and $72,460 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 36 samples:** Occupational health samples 36 personal. 1 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 0 noise rows have an action-level or PEL dose above 100%. These are separate measures, not a silica exceedance count. Silica results and sample status are shown separately.
4. **PRODUCTION — 0 tons:** Quarterly production and employment 123K employee hours and 456 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 285 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 0 contested-violation rows, 232 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 53 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 3 linked entities:** Contractors Contractors are linked through this mine’s violation or accident records. Their production and hours cover all their operations, so they are not included in this mine’s totals.
7. **INSPECTIONS — 0 since 2021:** Inspections 16 inspection events and 2K published inspection hours across the historical record.

## EIA annual operating context

No matched record in the 2024 EIA coal-public workbook. This may be inapplicable for a non-coal operation.

## Recent Title 30 crosswalk

Snapshot current through 2026-08-19.

- **30 CFR 56.14132 — Horns and backup alarms.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-M/section-56.14132
- **30 CFR 56.14101 — Brakes.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-M/section-56.14101
- **30 CFR 56.14130 — Roll-over protective structures (ROPS) and seat belts.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-M/section-56.14130
- **30 CFR 56.12008 — Insulation and fittings for power wires and cables.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-K/section-56.12008
- **30 CFR 56.12030 — Correction of dangerous conditions.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-K/section-56.12030
- **30 CFR 56.4603 — Closure of valves.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-C/section-56.4603
- **30 CFR 56.11027 — Scaffolds and working platforms.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-J/section-56.11027
- **30 CFR 56.13020 — Use of compressed air.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-L/section-56.13020
- **30 CFR 56.12032 — Inspection and cover plates.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-K/section-56.12032
- **30 CFR 56.14112 — Construction and maintenance of guards.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-M/section-56.14112
- **30 CFR 56.16006 — Protection of gas cylinder valves.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-O/section-56.16006

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 79 rows; 2000-01-11 through 2003-04-09; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2003-06-06 through 2003-06-06; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 492 rows; 2000-02-03 through 2003-01-30; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 232 rows; 2001-05-09 through 2003-08-14; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Conferences:** 53 rows; 2000-04-04 through 2003-02-25; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 335 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 66 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 2 rows; 1950-01-01 through 1989-01-01; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 16 rows; 2000-02-02 through 2003-03-11; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 42 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 12 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Metal and Nonmetal Personal Health Samples:** 36 rows; 2000-07-27 through 2003-03-13; source ID `msha-personal-health-samples`
- **Violations:** 497 rows; 2000-02-03 through 2003-01-30; source ID `msha-violations`

## Caveats

- This is public-record decision support, not legal advice or an official MSHA record.
- Missing data can indicate no event, publication delay, an unresolved identity, or inapplicability.
- Contractor production data is entity-level and is not attributed to this mine.

## Alternate representations

- HTML: `/mines/nat-l-steel-pellet-co-mine-2100249`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/nat-l-steel-pellet-co-mine-2100249`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/2100249/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/2100249/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://2100249/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`