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PWP #1 Metal/Non-Metal

Hallett Materials · Surface

Controlled by CRH PLC

LAKEVIEW, Polk County, IA · Intermittent

MSHA Mine ID: 1302145

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 5
Years on record: 2004–2018
Latest incident: Aug 2018

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2000

citations

significant & substantial

$5,378

proposed penalties

$5,316

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	Per 1M hrs
2025 Q4	547	0	0.0
2025 Q3	2,962	0	0.0
2024 Q4	0	0
2024 Q2	2,987	0	0.0
2024 Q1	0	0
2023 Q3	0	0
2023 Q2	2,344	1	426.6
2022 Q4	3,398	1	294.3

Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.

No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

2018 · 1 incident

August 30, 2018 IA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE

Hallett Materials · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Supervisor was in the loader picking up on the fifth wheel base to take pressure off of the shaft to remove the tail pulley stand base. Employee figured they could use the 1/4 bolt on the one side of the shaft for leverage to remove the shaft from the base. As they picked up with the loader to remove the pressure it smashed employee's finger between the bolt head and stand base.

2007 · 1 incident

May 22, 2007 IA · Metal/Non-Metal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Hallett Materials · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Employee lifted a 3 gal. jug of oil up onto loader steps & strained his shoulder.

2005 · 2 incidents

October 31, 2005 IA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)

Hallett Materials · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee has complaints of carpal tunnel syndrome. She has worked in the scale house writing scale tickets by hand for 30+ years. Employee now uses a computer to complete tickets. Hand and wrist is bothering the employee.

January 17, 2005 IA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)

Hallett Materials · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Carpal Tunnel Syndrome to both left and right hands/wrists. Repetitive use of hands operating loader levers and writing out scale tickets. Still working, scheduled for surgery at a later date.

2004 · 1 incident

April 30, 2004 IA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Hallett Materials · Struck against a moving object

MINER WAS HELPING TO SET UP WASH PLANT WHEN HIS HAND CAME IN CONTACT WITH THE END OF A PIPE LACERATING HIS 1ST FINGER ON THE LEFT HAND REQUIRING STITCHES.