Mesabi Metallics Company LLC safety activity
MSHA violations, accident reports and inspections.
Safety activity
Slip or fall of person
Days away from work only
Accident narrative
Snowing & cold day while outside installing a fire suppression system on a Hydraulic excavator. Employee was wearing insulated bib overalls, as EE was descending the stairs off excavator EE's bibs caught the stairwell causing EE to trip and miss the last 2 stairs landing on the ground on EE's right shoulder, elbow and hand.
Other
Days away from work only
Accident narrative
Was bending over and twisting when serving a telehandler to install a plastic cover that allows access to the HVAC box as EE had just finished servicing the blower motor. Felt pain in EE's lower back, very similar to a back injury a year or so ago. called triage, ice and ibuprofen. but EE elected to see doc. EE went to Do con 11-12-25 and was taken off work through 11-19-25.
Slip or fall of person
No dys awy frm wrk,no rstr act
Accident narrative
Employee tripped and impact caused cut bleeding on little finger on right hand. After employee left for the day the employee decided to go in to get finger looked at and it was found that little finger was fractured. Return to Work report brough back by employee next morning stated to avoid heavy lifting with right hand which will not be an issue with their assigned work tasks.
Machinery
No dys awy frm wrk,no rstr act
Accident narrative
EE cutting off a stiffener inside a piece of ductwork on the fab table with a 6" cut off wheel/grinder. As the cut was getting complete the piece had some stored energy and sprung in toward the cut, causing their right thumb to get pinched between the sheet and the stiffener.
Handling of materials
No dys awy frm wrk,no rstr act
Accident narrative
Removing bolts from larger bolt, 45# bolt slid down onto EE's left thumb/hand.
Slip or fall of person
No dys awy frm wrk,no rstr act
Accident narrative
Employee jumped up on a 3' platform, missed, landing back on ground.
Ventilation and shielding for welding.
30 CFR 56.14213(a) · $151.00 proposed penalty
Temporary, portable containers.
30 CFR 47.44(b) · $151.00 proposed penalty
Safety can use.
30 CFR 56.4402 · $151.00 proposed penalty
Housekeeping.
30 CFR 56.20003(c) · Significant and substantial (S&S) · $151.00 proposed penalty
Seat belts for haulage trucks.
30 CFR 56.14131(b) · $151.00 proposed penalty
Combustible waste.
30 CFR 56.4104(a) · $151.00 proposed penalty
Regular Safety and Health Inspection
53.0 on-site hours reported
Berms or guardrails.
30 CFR 56.9300(a) · $151.00 proposed penalty
Slip or fall of person
No dys awy frm wrk,no rstr act
Accident narrative
Employee tripped while walking on path, knee made contact with ground causing laceration.
Slip or fall of person
No dys awy frm wrk,no rstr act
Accident narrative
Employee tripped while walking on steel. Chin made contact with steel during fall.
Special Emphasis Programs
1.3 on-site hours reported
103 (g) Written Notification Hazard Complaint Inspectio
11.3 on-site hours reported
Handling of materials
Days away from work only
Accident narrative
Doubler plate became dislodged from it's rigging and dropped, pinching the workers fingers between the doubler plate and the steel under it.
Housekeeping.
30 CFR 56.20003(a) · $151.00 proposed penalty
Protection for openings around travelways.
30 CFR 56.11012 · $151.00 proposed penalty
Regular Safety and Health Inspection
17.0 on-site hours reported
Protection of gas cylinder valves.
30 CFR 56.16006 · $151.00 proposed penalty
Handling of materials
No dys awy frm wrk,no rstr act
Accident narrative
Forklift brought in a piece of 3'x15'x1' rubber, 3 people lifting together, EE bent down to lift it up and felt pain in back while starting to lift.
Slip or fall of person
No dys awy frm wrk,no rstr act
Accident narrative
EE states EE was lifting a 3"x3"x8' piece of dunnage that wasn't heavy. EE twisted wrong and felt immediate pain.
Sources and definitions
MSHA Violations (issue date), Accidents (accident date) and Inspections (begin date).
Violation titles use current CFR headings to identify the cited rule; they are not the inspector’s account of what happened.
Counts describe published rows, including contractor records; accident records are not distinct incidents or numbers of people injured.
Zero means no matching records in the imported sources, not proof of no events. Historical coverage differs by source; absence before a source begins reporting is not a zero incident rate. Invalid or absent dates and records after the snapshot are excluded.
S&S means SIG_SUB=Y. Fatality records use DEGREE_INJURY_CD=01. Proposed penalties are not final assessed or paid amounts; missing dollar values are omitted.
Inspection hours are SUM_TOTAL_ON_SITE_HOURS attributed to the inspection start date, without supervisor/trainee hours. Missing hours are omitted; a started inspection may still be open.
Portfolio totals use current mine membership, including events before the current owner or operator's tenure.