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MOUNTAIN STATE CARBON LLC

1851 MAIN STREET, FOLLANSBEE, WV, 26037
Operated by CLEVELAND-CLIFFS INC · 1 of 38 establishments
324199All Other Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing
EIN 202840611

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OSHA inspections
8
over 18 years
Violations
6
$8,160 in penalties
Penalties
$8,160
$1,360 avg
Violations across 2 federal agencies
Enforcement actions from multiple agencies may indicate systemic compliance issues across functions.
Accident investigations on record
2 fatalities · 2 National Emphasis Program inspections · 1 OSHA follow-up

Summary

MOUNTAIN STATE CARBON LLC has accumulated 6 OSHA violations across 8 inspections over 18 years of recorded history, with $8,160 in total assessed penalties.

The most recent federal enforcement activity was recorded 7 years ago.

Federal records were found in 2 of 15 sources. Sources without matching records returned empty for this establishment.

Agency coverage

MOUNTAIN STATE CARBON LLC appears in OSHA workplace safety and NLRB labor relations records only. No matching records were found in WHD wage enforcement, MSHA mine safety, EPA environmental compliance, OFLC visa and labor certification (historical), FMCSA motor carrier registration, SAM.gov federal debarment, CMS nursing home enforcement, UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry, CPSC product recalls, or NHTSA vehicle recalls.

OSHA workplace safety

Inspections
8
0.4 / yr · last 18 yrs
Violations
6
0.3 / yr
Penalties
$8,160
$1,360 avg / violation
17% serious83% other
Inspection trigger · complaint
3 of 8
Inspection trigger · referral
2 of 8

38% of inspections at this establishment produced violations,

Most-cited OSHA standards

Top OSHA standards cited at this employer, ranked by citation count. Standards (CFR sections) cluster citations into safety themes -- machine guarding, lockout-tagout, hazard communication, fall protection, process safety, etc. A concentration on one or two sections reveals a pattern that individual citations don’t. 6 distinct standards shown · 6 citations in this view · $8,160 in penalties.

CFR sectionCitationsInspectionsTotal penaltyFirst citedLast cited
29 CFR 1910.0022 A0111$2,500Jul 2008Jul 2008
29 CFR 1910.0133 A0111$2,000Jul 2010Jul 2010
29 CFR 1910.0023 B0311$1,500Jul 2008Jul 2008
29 CFR 1904.0029 B0211$1,160Feb 2019Feb 2019
29 CFR 1910.0022 A0211$500Jul 2008Jul 2008
29 CFR 1910.0024 H11$500Jul 2008Jul 2008

Source: OSHA inspection citations (violation_detail). CFR section codes can be looked up at osha.gov/laws-regs for the formal standard text. Per-inspection detail and the specific violation descriptions are available by expanding individual inspections below.

Safety self-report (OSHA 300A)

Recordable injury rates the employer filed with OSHA’s Injury Tracking Application. DART covers cases with days away, restricted, or transferred; TRIR is the total recordable case rate.

DART rate
1.9
vs industry
+0.6
TRIR
2.8
vs industry
+0.4

Reported for 121 average annual employees at this establishment.

Source: OSHA ITA Form 300A (employer self-reported). Rates are per 100 full-time equivalent workers. Establishments below the ~10-FTE threshold are not required to report.

Industry benchmark

Industry avg TRIR
2.4
BLS SOII 2024
Industry avg DART
1.3
BLS SOII 2024
Self-reported TRIR
2.8
OSHA ITA Form 300A (employer self-reported)

BLS rates reflect industry-wide averages. Self-reported figures come from OSHA’s Injury Tracking Application; absence of self-reported data does not necessarily indicate non-compliance — many establishments fall below the ITA reporting threshold.

Inspection breakdown

Complaint
3
Accident
1
Referral
2

Complaint- and accident-triggered inspections are stronger risk signals than routine planned inspections.

OSHA severe injury reports

Self-reported events under 29 CFR 1904.39 (24-hour notification of hospitalization, amputation, or loss of an eye) · Jul 2019

Reports
1
Hospitalizations
1
Amputations
0
Eye losses
0

Most frequent event: Exposure to environmental heat

Source: OSHA Severe Injury Reports (federal OSHA only; state-plan states like California, Oregon, and Washington maintain their own programs and do not consistently report into this feed).

Severe injury reports — events

Each row is a hospitalization, amputation, or eye-loss event the employer self-reported to OSHA under 29 CFR 1904.39. Narratives are written by the reporting employer.

DateEventBody partOutcome
Jul 12, 2019Exposure to environmental heatBODY SYSTEMSHospitalized

Source: OSHA Severe Injury Reports. Federal-OSHA jurisdiction only by default; some state-plan programs report voluntarily.

OSHA accident events

Accidents, fatalities, and catastrophes documented during OSHA inspections at this employer. Each entry links to the inspection that recorded it.

DateEventInjuriesHospitalizedFatalities
Sep 3, 2018CPR,Cardiac Arrest,Heart Attack,Heat Exhaustion,Heat Stroke,UnconsciousnessFatality11
Feb 20, 2010BACK,NECK,STRUCK BY,FALLING OBJECTFatality11

Source: OSHA accident investigations. Narratives are recorded by the inspecting officer and may be truncated.

Activity timeline

Data refreshed
Weekly
First OSHA inspection
Most recent activity
7 years ago

No federal enforcement activity has been recorded against this establishment in 7+ years. Most recent activity: 7 years ago. Data on this page is refreshed weekly.

Wage & Hour Division (WHD)

No WHD wage, overtime, or child-labor enforcement cases on file for MOUNTAIN STATE CARBON LLC. Verify directly with Wage and Hour Division

Mine safety (MSHA)

No MSHA mine safety violations on file for MOUNTAIN STATE CARBON LLC. Verify directly with Mine Safety and Health Administration

Labor relations (NLRB)

Company-level in WV — for CLEVELAND-CLIFFS INC, not this location alone

Total cases
2
Unfair labor practice
2

National Labor Relations Board — unfair labor practice charges and union representation cases. The NLRB records cases at the company/regional level (no worksite address), so these are matched by company name and state and may span other CLEVELAND-CLIFFS INC locations in the same state.

NLRB cases

National Labor Relations Board cases involving this employer. Includes unfair labor practice (ULP) filings and representation election proceedings. NLRB enforcement is process-driven; no per-case monetary penalty is assessed (remedies are case-by-case backpay orders, posting requirements, election re-runs, etc.). 2 cases · 2 ULP

Case numberTypeFiledClosedStatusRegion
06-CA-114245Unfair labor practiceSep 2013Mar 2014ClosedRegion 06, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
06-CA-036200Unfair labor practiceSep 2008Nov 2008ClosedRegion 06, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Source: NLRB case files. Rows shown are those the agency has published. Region numbers (1–31) correspond to NLRB's geographic offices.

Visa & labor certification (OFLC) — historical

No H-1B, H-2A, or H-2B labor condition applications on file (historical data only — DOL ended OFLC publication) for MOUNTAIN STATE CARBON LLC. Verify directly with Office of Foreign Labor Certification

Environmental compliance (EPA)

No EPA inspections or formal enforcement actions on file for MOUNTAIN STATE CARBON LLC. Verify directly with Environmental Protection Agency

Federal criminal prosecution record

No federal criminal prosecutions, plea agreements, or deferred-prosecution agreements on file for MOUNTAIN STATE CARBON LLC. Verify directly with UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry

Federal contracts

No federal contracts are recorded to this specific location.

Company-wide — ARCELORMITTAL SA (across 5 entities)
Obligated (5-yr)
$0
Obligated (all-time)
$11.5M
Awards (all-time)
27

Consolidated across all USAspending recipient entities under this corporate parent — not attributable to this single location.

Federal contract activity for the parent corporation. Source: USAspending.gov, net obligations. Recipient address is the SAM registration / HQ address, not necessarily the worksite.

Inspection history

DateTriggerViolationsSeriousPenalty
2018-09-04Fatality/Catastrophe0$0
2018-08-22Unprogrammed Related1$1,160
2013-10-24Complaint0$0
2010-06-02Referral0$0
2010-03-24Complaint1$2,000
2010-02-21Accident0$0
2009-07-01Complaint0$0
2008-04-29Referral41$5,000

Source: OSHA IMIS. Citation amounts reflect initially assessed penalties; final amounts after appeal may differ.

In the news

Part of a larger organization

MOUNTAIN STATE CARBON LLC is one of 38 establishments rolled up under the parent organization CLEVELAND-CLIFFS INC.

Federal enforcement records on this page represent activity at this specific establishment only. The full enforcement footprint of CLEVELAND-CLIFFS INC across all 38 of its tracked locations is viewable on the parent profile.

Other employers in this industry and state

Other employers in all other petroleum and coal products manufacturing within WV, ordered by federal enforcement volume:

Other locations under this parent

Other establishments operated by CLEVELAND-CLIFFS INC, ordered by federal enforcement volume:

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About this data

This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on MOUNTAIN STATE CARBON LLC from every major federal compliance and enforcement source plus the UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry. OSHA workplace safety inspections, WHD wage cases, MSHA mine safety, EPA environmental enforcement, NLRB labor relations, OFLC visa/labor certification, FMCSA motor carrier registration, SAM.gov debarments, CMS nursing-home records, BLS industry safety benchmarks, OSHA ITA self-reported injury rates, SEC enforcement and financial disclosures, CPSC and NHTSA recalls.

Establishments are matched across agencies using normalized employer name, state, and ZIP code. This establishment resolves to the parent rollup CLEVELAND-CLIFFS INC, which operates 38 establishments in our dataset.

OSHA citations typically appear 3–8 months after the inspection, so very recent enforcement actions may not yet be reflected. Profiles may be incomplete if the establishment operates under multiple legal names or files under variations our entity-matching rules don’t yet cover. To report a missing record or correction, email corrections@fastdol.com.

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Frequently asked

What is MOUNTAIN STATE CARBON LLC's OSHA violation history?
MOUNTAIN STATE CARBON LLC has 8 OSHA inspections on record with 6 violations and $8,160 in total penalties.
How does MOUNTAIN STATE CARBON LLC's safety record compare to its industry?
MOUNTAIN STATE CARBON LLC operates in the all other petroleum and coal products manufacturing industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 2.4. MOUNTAIN STATE CARBON LLC's self-reported DART rate is 1.87 compared to an industry average of 1.3.
Has MOUNTAIN STATE CARBON LLC had any workplace fatalities?
Yes. Federal records show 2 fatality investigations involving MOUNTAIN STATE CARBON LLC.