Stephen Nielsen controller
MSHA controller ID: M03312
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 33
- Mines on record
- 1
- Years on record
- 1990–2019
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
327
citations
60
significant & substantial
$86,158
proposed penalties
$66,417
paid to date
77% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $19,741 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
76
inspections on record
2,214
inspection hours
14.8
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.327 citations across 2,214 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.$86K
proposed penalties
$72K
current assessed
$66K
paid to date
$5K
outstanding
322 assessments are final orders; 25 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-05-27.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Top causes
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 13 non-fatal
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 12 non-fatal
- MACHINERY 3 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 3 non-fatal
- POWERED HAULAGE 1 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2019
2
2018
1
2017
2
2016
2
2015
1
2014
2
2011
1
2010
2
2009
1
2007
2
2006
1
2003
1
1999
2
1998
3
1997
2
1994
1
1992
1
1991
3
1990
3
Operators under this controller
Mines on record
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The full compliance file on Stephen Nielsen
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.