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Daniel R Plote controller

MSHA controller ID: M03753

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
38
Mines on record
8
Years on record
1987–2024
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
267
citations
45
significant & substantial
$41,211
proposed penalties
$35,728
paid to date
87% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $5,484 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
178
inspections on record
2,484
inspection hours
10.7
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.
267 citations across 2,484 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Penalty disposition
ⓘ Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.
$41K
proposed penalties
$36K
current assessed
$36K
paid to date
$626
outstanding
266 assessments are final orders; 7 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-05-06.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2024
1
2021
1
2019
1
2018
1
2016
2
2015
1
2012
1
2010
1
2004
1
1992
2 (1f)
1991
1
1990
3
1989
7
1988
8
1987
7

Operators under this controller

Mines on record

Fatalities under this controller

1 recorded
July 16, 1992 IL · Metal/Non-Metal Fatality · ELECTRICAL
Beverly Materials LLC · Contact with electrical current

A MOBILE CRANE WAS BEING USED TO LOAD SALVAGE STEEL. IT WAS BOOMED ABOVE THE ADJACENT 7200 VOLT POWER LINES. THE VICTIM WAS GOING TO ATTACH THE LOAD LINE HOOK TO A PIECE OF SALVAGE STEEL THAT HAD BEEN CHAINED WHEN THE LOAD LINE CONTACTED ONE OF THE OVERHEAD ELECTRICAL CONDUCTORS, FATALLY ELECTRICUTING THE VICTIM AND SHOCKING HIS HELPER.

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