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.
Beverly Materials LLC operator
Controlled by
Daniel R Plote
MSHA operator ID: L17422
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
208
citations
32
significant & substantial
$34,132
proposed penalties
$28,648
paid to date
84% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $5,484 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
149
inspections on record
2,062
inspection hours
10.1
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.208 citations across 2,062 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.$34K
proposed penalties
$29K
current assessed
$29K
paid to date
$626
outstanding
207 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.
Top causes
- ELECTRICAL 1 fatality · 1 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 7 non-fatal
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 6 non-fatal
- MACHINERY 4 non-fatal
- POWERED HAULAGE 3 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 3 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2024
1
2021
1
2019
1
2015
1
2012
1
2010
1
2004
1
1992
2 (1f)
1990
1
1989
4
1988
8
1987
4
Mines on record
Fatalities under this operator
1 recorded
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