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Oscar P Plourde controller

MSHA controller ID: M37300

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
62
Mines on record
2
Years on record
1987–2016
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
227
citations
57
significant & substantial
$68,599
proposed penalties
$57,354
paid to date
84% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $11,245 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
90
inspections on record
1,129
inspection hours
20.1
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.
227 citations across 1,129 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.
$69K
proposed penalties
$69K
current assessed
$57K
paid to date
$11K
outstanding
224 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-08-14.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2016
1
2006
2
2004
3
2003
1
2002
4
2001
5
2000
5
1999
5
1998
6
1997
3 (1f)
1996
3
1995
2
1994
4
1993
3
1991
2
1990
1
1989
4
1988
4
1987
4

Operators under this controller

Mines on record

Fatalities under this controller

1 recorded
December 3, 1997 NH · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman Fatality · MACHINERY
Plourde Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

WHILE TESTING AND SERVICING A NEWLY INSTALLED TOLSMITH 24" DOUBLE SCREW SAND WASHER, THE VICTIM'S CLOTHING BECAME ENTANGLED, PULLING HIM INTO THE RING AND PINION GEARS LOCATED AT THE FRONT OF THE SAND WASHER.

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