Steven Thelen controller
MSHA controller ID: M10398
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 45
- Mines on record
- 3
- Years on record
- 1988–2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
203
citations
14
significant & substantial
$29,413
proposed penalties
$21,999
paid to date
75% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $7,414 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
129
inspections on record
3,114
inspection hours
6.5
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.203 citations across 3,114 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.$29K
proposed penalties
$22K
current assessed
$22K
paid to date
$377
outstanding
203 assessments are final orders; 18 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-05-05.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Top causes
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 15 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 9 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 7 non-fatal
- MACHINERY 5 non-fatal
- POWERED HAULAGE 3 non-fatal
- FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS 2 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2025
1
2023
1
2022
2
2019
1
2018
2
2017
2
2015
1
2014
3
2012
1
2011
1
2010
2
2009
2
2008
1
2007
2
2006
1
2003
2
2001
3
1999
2
1997
2
1996
2
1995
1
1994
5
1993
3
1989
1
1988
1
Operators under this controller
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The full compliance file on Steven Thelen
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