Mining Incidents

Plourde Sand & Gravel Company Inc operator

Controlled by Oscar P Plourde
MSHA operator ID: L37300
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

Mines on record

Fatalities under this operator

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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