EE was fatally injured when the articulated haul truck EE was operating traveled off of a haul road into a lake at the Hallett Materials sand and gravel pit. The crew was stockpiling production material during the night shift when they noticed EE was missing. Crew members began searching for the missing EE and found EE's haul truck submerged in water.
Stripping #1 Metal/Non-Metal
Hallett Materials
· Surface
Controlled by
CRH PLC
Des Moines,
Polk County,
IA
·
Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 1301825
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- Fatalities
- 1
- Total incidents
- 3
- Years on record
- 2001–2018
- Latest incident
- Jan 2018
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
22
citations
6
significant & substantial
$8,200
proposed penalties
$7,756
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2023 Q4 | 207 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q3 | 1,310 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q2 | 3,377 | 1 | 0 | 296.1 |
| 2023 Q1 | 2,732 | 4 | 1 | 1464.1 |
| 2022 Q4 | 2,501 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2022 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
Fatalities at this mine
1 recorded
January 25, 2018
IA · Metal/Non-Metal
bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer
Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Hallett Materials
· Drowning
Reportable incidents
2 on file (excluding fatalities above)2014 · 1 incident
Hallett Materials · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
The crew was re-attaching the counterweight to the 390 cat excavator and employee got this left Index finger pinched between the bolt head and the washer.
2001 · 1 incident
Hallett Materials Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface
EE WAS GRABBING FUEL NOZZLE TO FUEL UP DJB. HE WAS STANDING ON ICE, SLIPPED AND STUCK OUT LEFT ARM TO BRACE FALL. HE STRAINED LEFT SHOULDER IN FALL.