Mining Incidents

Plymouth Metal/Non-Metal

Plymouth, Box Elder County, UT  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 4202425

Plymouth has $12K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2012–2019
Latest incident
Oct 2019
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2006
65
citations
13
significant & substantial
$11,797
proposed penalties
$11,797
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2006
39
inspections on record
510
inspection hours
n/a
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.
Rate withheld: 510 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Plymouth has $12K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 contested dockets.

Penalty disposition
Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.
$12K
proposed penalties
$12K
current assessed
$12K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
65 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-03-18.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000, when MSHA's quarterly employment data starts; earlier incidents are counted but cannot be rate-adjusted. Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2025 Q4 3,023 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 3,623 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 3,709 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 1,328 5 0 3765.1
2024 Q4 2,660 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 3,408 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 3,395 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 253 0 0 0.0
Show 73 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 523 5 1 9560.2
2023 Q3 665 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 539 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 0 0 0
2022 Q4 1,771 1 0 564.7
2022 Q3 2,667 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 2,730 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 1,591 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 2,278 1 0 439.0
2021 Q3 2,933 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 2,679 1 0 373.3
2021 Q1 1,208 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 2,905 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 3,095 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 2,769 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 1,556 1 0 642.7
2019 Q4 1,613 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 2,332 1 0 428.8
2019 Q2 2,368 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 1,822 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 1,723 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 2,131 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 2,450 1 0 408.2
2018 Q1 2,132 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 2,067 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 2,355 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 2,196 2 0 910.7
2017 Q1 1,129 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 1,775 3 0 1690.1
2016 Q3 2,308 1 0 433.3
2016 Q2 2,513 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 2,819 2 0 709.5
2015 Q4 1,584 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 2,956 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 3,030 1 0 330.0
2015 Q1 3,360 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 4,800 5 2 1041.7
2014 Q3 2,400 1 0 416.7
2014 Q2 2,490 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 2,430 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 1,920 2 0 1041.7
2013 Q3 2,400 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 3,360 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 2,400 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 2,400 13 6 5416.7
2012 Q3 2,400 1 1 416.7
2012 Q2 2,480 5 0 2016.1
2012 Q1 1,920 1 0 520.8
2011 Q4 2,880 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 2,626 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 1,053 4 2 3798.7
2011 Q1 819 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 1,204 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 2,688 1 0 372.0
2010 Q2 3,002 1 1 333.1
2010 Q1 537 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 2,640 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 5,403 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 4,195 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 4,063 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 12,096 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 2,689 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 1,391 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 401 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 2,016 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 2,402 1 0 416.3
2007 Q2 1,401 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 571 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 2,085 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 2,866 4 0 1395.7
2006 Q2 1,857 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 189 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 0 0 0
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.

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A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.