Kenneth L Nelson controller
MSHA controller ID: M00265
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 11
- Mines on record
- 4
- Years on record
- 1995–2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
536
citations
107
significant & substantial
$170,183
proposed penalties
$101,571
paid to date
60% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $68,612 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
229
inspections on record
2,956
inspection hours
18.1
citations per 100 inspection hours
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.536 citations across 2,956 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Penalty disposition
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.$170K
proposed penalties
$102K
current assessed
$102K
paid to date
$151
outstanding
524 assessments are final orders; 63 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-05-14.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Top causes
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 3 non-fatal
- OTHER 2 non-fatal
- POWERED HAULAGE 2 non-fatal
- MACHINERY 1 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 1 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2025
1
2019
1
2015
1
2011
1
2007
1
2004
2
2003
1
2001
1
1996
1
1995
1
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The full compliance file on Kenneth L Nelson
A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.