MESABI PUBLISHING COMPANY INC is a newspaper publishers employer in VIRGINIA, MN. Federal records show 1 OSHA inspection with 5 violations and $2,700 in penalties. All data sourced from public federal enforcement records.
Data sourced from OSHA, DOL WHD, MSHA, EPA ECHO, NLRB, FMCSA, OFLC, BLS, SAM.gov, CMS, USAspending, CPSC, NHTSA, and the UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry. Last updated: May 3, 2026.
MESABI PUBLISHING COMPANY INC
704 S 7TH AVE W, VIRGINIA, MN, 55792
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Inspection History
No inspection records found.
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Industry context
Within the newspaper publishers industry in MN, MESABI PUBLISHING COMPANY INC ranks in the 95th percentile of OSHA violation frequency across 96 comparable establishments. That places this employer among the highest-violation establishments in its peer set.
OSHA penalty totals rank in the 99th percentile of the same peer group.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports an industry-average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) of 0.8 for the newspaper publishers sector, with a Days Away, Restricted, or Transferred (DART) rate of 0.6.
Activity timeline
No federal enforcement activity has been recorded against this establishment in the past 16 years.
Frequently Asked Questions
- What is MESABI PUBLISHING COMPANY INC's OSHA violation history?
- MESABI PUBLISHING COMPANY INC has 1 OSHA inspection on record with 5 violations and $2,700 in total penalties.
- How does MESABI PUBLISHING COMPANY INC's safety record compare to its industry?
- MESABI PUBLISHING COMPANY INC operates in the newspaper publishers industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 0.8.
About this data
This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on MESABI PUBLISHING COMPANY INC of VIRGINIA, MN from 17 federal data sources. Records were found in 4 sources: OSHA workplace safety inspections, NLRB labor relations cases, FMCSA motor carrier safety, and BLS industry safety benchmarks. The remaining 13 sources were checked and found no matching records: WHD, MSHA, EPA, OFLC, OFCCP, USAspending, SAM.gov, CMS, CPSC, NHTSA, UVA, SEC enforcement, SEC facts.
Establishments are matched across agencies using normalized employer name, state, and ZIP code. The dataset was last refreshed on May 3, 2026.
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