Mining Incidents

Booneville Plant Metal/Non-Metal

Hallett Materials · Surface
Controlled by CRH PLC
Booneville, Iowa County, IA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1301706

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
8
Years on record
2002–2024
Latest incident
Apr 2024
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
31
citations
4
significant & substantial
$4,232
proposed penalties
$3,747
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 1,486 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 523 3 0 5736.1
2025 Q2 450 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 504 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 0 0 0
2024 Q3 1,563 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 1,053 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 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

8 on file

2024 · 1 incident

April 17, 2024 IA · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Hallett Materials · Struck by falling object

Miner was reinstalling a suction pipe on the ladder of the dredge, miner went to place bolt on the underside when sand fell into miner's right eye.

2014 · 1 incident

December 2, 2014 IA · Metal/Non-Metal assayer, geologist, metallurgist, engineer, engineer management HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Hallett Materials · Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects

Employee was exploratory drilling at property adjacent to HM Booneville site. Employee was operating drill connecting continuous flight auger stems. This involves insertion of a metal clip/pin into the connecting points on the auger stems using a hammer. Weight of the hammer is 14 oz ball type. In the back swing motion of hammering employee felt pain in right elbow.

2012 · 2 incidents

October 26, 2012 IA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Hallett Materials · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE was climbing a ladder on a machine when his foot slipped on the bottom step causing him to catch himself with his arms.

2008 · 1 incident

June 17, 2008 IA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Hallett Materials · Struck against a moving object

While dumping wet spoil material hauled from off site, truck tipped on its side. Due to fact material was stuck inside dump and driver was on sloped surface.

2006 · 1 incident

June 19, 2006 IA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator OTHER
Hallett Materials · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was getting a section of pipe & catwalk together on the water. A gust of wind caught the section which was being added, ee's hand was caught in between the guard rails.

2003 · 1 incident

February 25, 2003 IA · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Hallett Materials · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE WAS USING A PRYBAR ON A SAND FLUME WHEN THE BAR SLIPPED AND PINNED HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE PRYBAR AND THE FLUME. HE RECEIVED MULTIPLE FRACTURES TO THE MIDDLE FINGER ON HIS RIGHT HAND ABOVE T HE FIRST KNUCKLE.

2002 · 1 incident

June 11, 2002 IA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Hallett Materials · Fall from ladders

DESCENDING LADDER FROM PLANT, HIS FEET SLIPPED. HE GRABBED LADDER RUNG WITH LEFT HAND. THE JERKING MOTION CAUSED A TEAR IN LEFT ROTATOR CUFF, DIAGNOSED ON 6/21/02.