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Plymouth Metal/Non-Metal

Whitaker Construction · Surface

Controlled by Richard K Whitaker; Mike Whitaker

Plymouth, Box Elder County, UT · Intermittent

MSHA Mine ID: 4202425

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 2
Years on record: 2012–2019
Latest incident: Oct 2019

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2006

citations

significant & substantial

$11,797

proposed penalties

$11,797

paid to date

Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.

Quarterly safety rates

Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA

Quarter	Hours worked	Citations	Per 1M hrs
2025 Q4	3,023	0	0.0
2025 Q3	3,623	0	0.0
2025 Q2	3,709	0	0.0
2025 Q1	1,328	5	3765.1
2024 Q4	2,660	0	0.0
2024 Q3	3,408	0	0.0
2024 Q2	3,395	0	0.0
2024 Q1	253	0	0.0

Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.

No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2019 · 1 incident

October 4, 2019 UT · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Whitaker Construction · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee was attempting to remove a screen deck that was jammed. When EE pulled on it and it came free, EE's right hand was caught between the screen and a brace. This resulted in a laceration and hairline fracture to EE's right pinky knuckle. The employee was wearing gloves. In the future the screen will be cleaned and free to remove and impact gloves will be worn.

2012 · 1 incident

September 7, 2012 UT · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

Nish Rock · Fall from machine

Mine employee with 20 plus years of experience climbed onto the tire of a John Deere 640 loader to apply grease to a fitting on the arm that lifts the loader bucket. Upon descent, his foot became stuck in the tire tread causing him to fall 4.5 feet to the ground level resulting in a fractured hip. The employee was hospitalized for three days.