Mining Incidents

PWP #3 Metal/Non-Metal

Hallett Materials · Surface
Controlled by CRH PLC
Des Moines, Polk County, IA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1300645

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
6
Years on record
2000–2022
Latest incident
Apr 2022
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
44
citations
13
significant & substantial
$15,954
proposed penalties
$12,720
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 S&S Per 1M hrs
2025 Q4 219 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 271 1 0 3690.0
2024 Q4 314 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 1,615 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 1,137 3 0 2638.5
2024 Q1 0 0 0
2023 Q4 12 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 1,101 3 0 2724.8
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

6 on file

2022 · 1 incident

April 27, 2022 IA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Hallett Materials · Fall from machine

A miner made the decision to climb onto a conveyor without fall protection to assist getting a drive belt off and fell 8 1/2 feet breaking right leg.

2012 · 1 incident

March 26, 2012 IA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Hallett Materials · Fall onto or against objects

The employee had exited the scale house and walked to the eastside to talk to a customer. While returning to the scale house, the employee tripped over a piece of broken concrete that had been buried in the sand. The employee landed on the concrete pad hurting his wrist and knee

2006 · 2 incidents

October 24, 2006 IA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Hallett Materials Inc · Fall from machine

Clt was stepping from skid loader bucket to the ground, he caught his foot in a chain twisting his ankle as he fell to the ground.

February 8, 2006 IA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Hallett Materials Inc · Struck against stationary object

As dozer crested the top of travel way ramp the center of gravity pulled the front of the dozer down. Employee was thrown forward into the cage of the dozer from the seatbelt not being buckled correctly.

2003 · 1 incident

June 17, 2003 IA · Metal/Non-Metal HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Hallett Materials Inc · No Value Found

EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING AT SUPERVISOR'S PICKUP TALKING. WHEN FINISHED SUPERVISOR SHUT PICKUP DOOR SMASHING EE'S RIGHT THUMB IN DOOR.

2000 · 1 incident

April 20, 2000 IA · Metal/Non-Metal scalper-screen operator ELECTRICAL
Hallett Materials Inc · Fall from machine

THE CREW HAD BEEN CLEANING THE GENERATOR THAT SUPPLIES THE PLANT; WHEN THEY STARTED IT, IT SHORTED OUT CAUSING SMALL BLOWUP. EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING IN BACK END OF GENERATOR TRAILER WHEN THIS O CCURRED, AND IT CAUSED HIM TO LOSE HIS BALANCE AND FALL OUT OF TRAILER, BREAKING LEFT ANKLE.