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Top 5 Offense Groups (Groups Defined)	Penalty Total	Number of Records
environment-related offenses	$13,545,117,936	55
safety-related offenses	$6,033,571,738	64
competition-related offenses	$75,175,000	4
employment-related offenses	$21,708,964	9
financial offenses	$9,743,477	2

Top 5 Primary Offense Types	Penalty Total	Number of Records
PFAS violation	$13,538,700,000	9
product safety violation	$6,000,000,000	1
price-fixing or anti-competitive practices	$68,550,000	2
drug or medical equipment safety violation	$32,500,000	1
employment discrimination	$15,000,000	2

Notes: Parent-subsidiary linkages are based on relationships current as of the latest revision listed in the Update Log, which may vary from what was the case when a violation occurred. The penalty totals are adjusted to account for the fact that the individual entries below may include both agency records and settlement announcements for the same case; or else a penalty covering multiple locations may be listed in the individual records for each of the facilities. The totals are also adjusted to reflect cases in which federal and state or local agencies cooperated and issued separate announcements of the outcome. Duplicate or overlapping penalty amounts are marked with an asterisk in the list below.

Links: Subsidy Tracker data on financial assistance to this company by federal, state and local government agencies can be found here.

Individual Penalty Records:

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Company	Primary Offense Type	Year	Agency	Penalty Amount
3M Company	environmental violation	2008	AL-ENV	$14,000
CERADYNE INC	workplace safety or health violation	2008	OSHA	$18,000
3M-COTTAGE GROVE ABRASIVES	air pollution violation	2008	EPA	$30,000
3M Company	labor relations violation	2007	NLRB	$15,000
3M Company	price-fixing or anti-competitive practices	2007	private lawsuit-federal	$39,750,000
3M Medina	environmental violation	2006	OH-ENV	$74,000
3M Company	price-fixing or anti-competitive practices	2006	private lawsuit-federal	$28,800,000
3M COMPANY	workplace safety or health violation	2006	OSHA	$11,000
VENTURE TAPE CORPORATION	workplace safety or health violation	2006	OSHA	$5,065
CERADYNE, INC.	workplace safety or health violation	2006	OSHA	$9,000
CERADYNE, INC.	workplace safety or health violation	2006	OSHA	$5,000
3M COMPANY	environmental violation	2006	EPA	$14,780
3M Company	environmental violation	2006	EPA	$1,521,983
3M Company	workplace safety or health violation	2006	MSHA	$23,000
3M	labor relations violation	2005	NLRB	$60,000
Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company	water pollution violation	2004	WI-AG	$7,500
MINNESOTA MINING & MANUFACTURING CO.	air pollution violation	2004	NJ-ENV	$15,600
3M COMPANY	workplace safety or health violation	2004	OSHA	$15,225
CUNO, INC.	workplace safety or health violation	2004	OSHA	$28,125
CUNO, INC.	workplace safety or health violation	2004	OSHA	$24,075
3M	workplace safety or health violation	2004	OSHA	$44,000
3M CORDOVA-SPECIALTY MATERIALS MFG DIV	air pollution violation	2004	EPA	$192,500
3M	railroad safety violation	2003	FRA	$15,000
3M	railroad safety violation	2003	FRA	$5,000
3M Cottage Grove	environmental violation	2003	MN-ENV	$7,411
Bondo Corporation	environmental violation	2003	EPA	$13,407
3M Company	air pollution violation	2003	EPA	$78,395
3M Company	workplace safety or health violation	2002	MSHA	$6,000
3M	environmental violation	2001	AL-ENV	$5,900
CORNING PRECISION LENS,INC.	workplace safety or health violation	2001	OSHA	$7,000
3M SAINT PAUL MAIN PLANT	hazardous waste violation	2000	EPA	$38,596
3M HUTCHINSON	hazardous waste violation	2000	EPA	$52,340
3M COTTAGE GROVE	hazardous waste violation	2000	EPA	$7,150
3M COTTAGE GROVE CENTER	environmental violation	2000	EPA	$5,000
3M Company	workplace safety or health violation	2000	MSHA	$5,000