Mining Incidents

Nielsen Brothers Inc Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Robert Nielsen
Sedro Woolley, Skagit County, WA  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 4503678

Nielsen Brothers Inc has $45K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2010
89
citations
24
significant & substantial
$44,573
proposed penalties
$44,573
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2010
32
inspections on record
501
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.
Rate withheld: 501 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Nielsen Brothers Inc has $45K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 contested dockets.

Penalty disposition
Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.
$45K
proposed penalties
$45K
current assessed
$45K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
89 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-03-17.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000, when MSHA's quarterly employment data starts; earlier incidents are counted but cannot be rate-adjusted. Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2025 Q4 307 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 1,321 3 0 2271.0
2025 Q2 2,088 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 1,878 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 1,210 1 0 826.4
2024 Q2 436 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 1,867 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 1,782 0 0 0.0
Show 51 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q3 1,469 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 1,069 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 1,974 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 1,607 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 1,733 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 1,749 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 1,640 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 1,330 6 0 4511.3
2021 Q3 1,912 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 1,653 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 971 2 0 2059.7
2020 Q4 0 0 0
2020 Q3 649 6 0 9245.0
2020 Q2 1,113 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 1,087 2 0 1839.9
2019 Q4 1,172 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 884 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 1,123 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 1,149 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 876 8 3 9132.4
2018 Q3 1,136 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 1,624 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 468 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 656 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 1,716 1 0 582.8
2017 Q2 1,218 18 10 14778.3
2017 Q1 1,605 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 1,723 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 2,326 2 1 859.8
2016 Q2 2,352 8 1 3401.4
2016 Q1 2,382 1 0 419.8
2015 Q4 1,215 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 1,189 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 1,051 1 0 951.5
2015 Q1 468 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 789 2 0 2534.9
2014 Q3 394 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 994 1 0 1006.0
2014 Q1 664 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 502 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 170 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 1,615 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 1,165 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 639 1 0 1564.9
2012 Q3 1,349 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 1,807 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 684 5 1 7309.9
2011 Q1 889 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 2,127 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 2,202 16 8 7266.1
2010 Q2 679 0 0 0.0

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.

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