Mining Incidents

Stripping #1Metal/Nonmetal

Controlled by CRH PLC
Des Moines, Polk County, IA · Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 1301825
Fatalities
1
Total incidents
3
Years on record
2001–2018
Latest incident
Jan 2018

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded
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

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

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.