# Hibbing Taconite Company

- **MSHA mine ID:** 2101600
- **Status:** Active
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Iron Ore
- **Location:** St Louis, MN
- **Operator:** Hibbing Taconite Company
- **Controller:** Cleveland Cliffs Inc; US Steel
- **Public source rows linked:** 15,370
- **Source coverage:** 16 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-17T06:17:15.228Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Cleveland Cliffs Inc; US Steel (0159681) → Hibbing Taconite Company (0174653) → Hibbing Taconite Company (2101600)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Mittal-US Steel Canada-Cliffs Natural Resources → Hibbing Taconite Company:** 1950-01-01 through 2020-12-08; derived from co-tenure at mine 2101600; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Cleveland Cliffs Inc et al → Hibbing Taconite Company:** 2020-12-09 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 2101600; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **US Steel  et al → Hibbing Taconite Company:** 2020-12-09 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 2101600; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 3
- Typed edges: 7
- 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: 2026-10-17T05:35:58.500035+00:00.

## Assessment signals

1. **SAFETY — 52 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 596 historical accident/injury rows; 1 coded fatalities and 11,678 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 556 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 3,668 violation rows across the full record; 543 carry an S&S flag and $2,672,710 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 461 samples:** Occupational health samples 453 personal; 8 area. 12 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 360K employee hours and 737 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 1,950 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 963 contested-violation rows, 971 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 16 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 37 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 — 39 since 2021:** Inspections 206 inspection events and 18K 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 56.9315 — Dust control.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-H/section-56.9315
- **30 CFR 56.4201 — Inspection.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-C/section-56.4201
- **30 CFR 56.13010 — Reciprocating-type air compressors.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-L/section-56.13010
- **30 CFR 56.12004 — Electrical conductors.** (3 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-K/section-56.12004
- **30 CFR 56.4104 — Combustible waste.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-C/section-56.4104
- **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
- **30 CFR 56.14103 — Operators stations.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-M/section-56.14103
- **30 CFR 56.20013 — Waste receptacles.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-S/section-56.20013
- **30 CFR 56.12008 — Insulation and fittings for power wires and cables.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-K/section-56.12008
- **30 CFR 56.20003 — Housekeeping.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-S/section-56.20003

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 596 rows; 2000-01-01 through 2026-09-09; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 1978-11-22 through 1978-11-22; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Metal and Nonmetal Area Samples:** 8 rows; 2014-06-24 through 2014-06-30; source ID `msha-area-samples`
- **Assessed Violations:** 3,654 rows; 2000-02-29 through 2026-07-13; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 971 rows; 2003-01-29 through 2026-09-18; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Conferences:** 16 rows; 2002-04-11 through 2018-11-08; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 963 rows; 2005-04-05 through 2026-05-26; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 3,850 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 863 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 3 rows; 1950-01-01 through 2020-12-09; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 206 rows; 2000-02-29 through 2026-07-10; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 36 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 81 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:** 453 rows; 2001-04-19 through 2025-11-18; source ID `msha-personal-health-samples`
- **Violations:** 3,668 rows; 2000-02-29 through 2026-07-13; 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/hibbing-taconite-company-2101600`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/hibbing-taconite-company-2101600`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/2101600/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/2101600/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://2101600/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`