Mining, Quarrying, Oil & Gas · Ishpeming, MI
Cleveland Cliffs Iron Company
According to the U.S. Department of Labor (2010–2026), the Wage and Hour Division recovered $4,500 in back wages owed to 9 affected workers across 2 wage-theft cases.
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- OSHA penalties
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- Violations cited
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- OSHA inspections
- $4,500
- Back wages owed
Cleveland Cliffs Iron Company in Ishpeming, MI has been the subject of 0 OSHA workplace inspections and 0 citations since 2010, according to enforcement records from the U.S. Department of Labor. The employer also has 2 Wage and Hour Division (WHD) cases on record, covering Fair Labor Standards Act enforcement. All enforcement data below is sourced from the DOL public enforcement databases at data.dol.gov.
Compliance score
- B Wage & hour compliance: $5K in back wages owed across 2 WHD cases ($2K per case), vs. national p10 $2K (best) / p90 $58K (worst) among 91,622 employers with a WHD case on file.
Channels are separate federal datasets: a dimension marked not applicable simply has no record in that dataset for this employer, not a good or bad score.
Cleveland Cliffs Iron Company in the Mining, Quarrying, Oil & Gas enforcement ledger
On wage-and-hour enforcement alone, Cleveland Cliffs Iron Company ranks #541 among 717 Mining, Quarrying, Oil & Gas employers with WHD recoveries ($4,500). Cleveland Cliffs Iron Company carries no OSHA penalty in this extract but ranks #541 of 717 Mining, Quarrying, Oil & Gas employers on WHD back wages ($4,500).
How Cleveland Cliffs Iron Company Compares
Cleveland Cliffs Iron Company in Ishpeming, MI has no OSHA inspection on record with PlainWorker. An absence of federal inspection activity is not the same as a clean safety record, it typically means this employer has not yet been selected for inspection under OSHA's targeting programs. By comparison, J & A Services in Eighty Four, PA has 0 OSHA inspections on record.
No OSHA penalty has been assessed against Cleveland Cliffs Iron Company to date. The Mining, Quarrying, Oil & Gas sector average runs $4,539 per employer.
Wage & Hour Findings
The Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division found that Cleveland Cliffs Iron Company owed $4,500 in back wages to 9 employees across 2 cases and 12 violations. WHD enforces federal labor laws including the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), covering minimum wage, overtime pay, and child labor standards.
Industry Safety Context: Mining, Quarrying, Oil & Gas
How Cleveland Cliffs Iron Company compares to the Mining, Quarrying, Oil & Gas sector, which has 2,294 employers tracked by PlainWorker.
| Metric | Cleveland Cliffs Iron Company | Industry Avg |
|---|---|---|
| Inspections | 0 | 2.2 |
| Violations | 0 | 3.1 |
| Total Penalty | $0 | $4,539 |
| Avg Penalty per Inspection | $0 | $2,042 |
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What to do with this record
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- Cleveland Cliffs Iron Company also carries $4,500 in Wage and Hour Division back-wages, a separate enforcement track from OSHA safety violations. How wage-theft enforcement works
Figures reflect closed OSHA and WHD federal enforcement actions on record (2010–2026); not every workplace issue results in an inspection or investigation.
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Data as of 2026. Source: U.S. Department of Labor (OSHA, WHD).
Source: OSHA Enforcement Data
Inspection and violation records from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), U.S. Department of Labor, covering the period 2010–2026. Includes inspection dates, violation types (serious, willful, repeat, other-than-serious), and penalty amounts. Penalties shown are current assessed amounts and may differ from original citations due to settlement, contest, or reduction.
Source: Wage and Hour Division (WHD)
Compliance actions from the WHD, covering enforcement of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), including minimum wage, overtime, and child labor violations. Back wages represent amounts owed to affected employees as determined by WHD investigations.
Employer Matching
Employers are matched across OSHA and WHD datasets by name, state, and city. Employers included in PlainWorker have 2 or more OSHA inspections or $1,000+ in WHD back wages. Data is updated monthly from data.dol.gov.