Mining Incidents

PWP #4 Metal/Non-Metal

Hallett Materials · Surface
Controlled by CRH PLC
Des Moines, Polk County, IA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1302176

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
2000–2015
Latest incident
Jun 2015
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
33
citations
4
significant & substantial
$4,100
proposed penalties
$4,100
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
2016 Q2 0 0 0
2016 Q1 204 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 2,416 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 2,433 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 0 0 0
2014 Q2 2,341 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 236 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 2,478 0 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

5 on file

2015 · 1 incident

June 17, 2015 IA · Metal/Non-Metal weighman, scale person HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Hallett Materials · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was going to get in the loader started up the stairs forgot to get ink pen turned around and let go of safety gate, bolt on handle hit his left thumb cutting his thumb, required six stitches

2012 · 1 incident

July 18, 2012 IA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Hallett Materials · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Using expanded metal to make the guard the employee was using his knee to hold the metal in place so he could mark the spot where the self tapping screw was going to go. While marking the spot on the guard the expanded metal slipped off his knee and sliced his left index finger.

2005 · 1 incident

June 3, 2005 IA · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Hallett Materials Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was folding a stacker when the pry bar slipped and crushed his thumb between the conveyer frame.

2001 · 1 incident

August 20, 2001 IA · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner POWERED HAULAGE
Hallett Materials Inc · Struck by falling object

WHILE MOVING ROCK AROUND (ROUGHLY 12" DIAMETER) WITH SKID LOADER, ONE ROCK ROLLED BACK INTO CAB STRIKING LEFT LEG CAUSING LACERATION TO UPPER SHIN ON LEFT REQUIRING STITCHES.

2000 · 1 incident

April 17, 2000 IA · Metal/Non-Metal miner, nec HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Hallett Materials Inc · Struck against a moving object

REPAIRING AN AIR BRAKE LINE, WHILE CUTTING LINE WITH KNIFE, EMPLOYEE SLIPPED AND CUT LEFT THUMB, REQUIRING SIX STITCHES.