Mining Incidents

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

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.

Reportable incidents

2 on file (excluding fatalities above)

2014 · 1 incident

April 4, 2014 IA · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
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

March 5, 2001 IA · Metal/Non-Metal truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
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.