Mining Incidents

Boone Plant & Pit: 3 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Hallett Materials · Surface
Boone County, IA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1300996

MSHA record for Boone Plant & Pit (mine ID 1300996). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
1984–1988
Latest incident
Feb 1988
Ownership history
  1. Hallett Construction Company 1950 to 1986
  2. Hallett Materials 1986 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Boone Plant & Pit sits in Boone County, Iowa, where the Census mining category is 0.6% of county employment.

Local economic context
County figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.
Boone County, Iowa · Population 26,669
0.6%
Mining share of county employment
$79,741
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

1988 · 1 incident

February 11, 1988 IA · Metal/Non-Metal driller, highwall operator, highwall drill operator MACHINERY
Hallett Materials · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

AUGER FLIGHT SLIPPED AND HIT HIM ON TOP OF HIS HEAD. 9 STITCHES WERE REQUIRED TO CLOSE CUT

1985 · 1 incident

February 25, 1985 IA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Hallett Construction Company · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING LOAD I BEAMS ONTO A COMPANY TRUCK WHEN HE STEPPED ON SOME OLD LUMBER ON THE GROUND UNDERNEATH AND HIDDEN BY SOME WEEDS AND DEBRIS RUNNING A NAIL THROUGH THE SOLE OF HIS LEFT BOOT AND INTO HIS FOOT HE WAS TAKEN TO THE DR FOR EXAMINATION AND TREATMENT OF HIS INJURY RECD TETANOUS SHOT HE REMAINED OFF THE JOB WOTH PAIN WHEN WALKING THEN INFECTION SET IN AND RET

1984 · 1 incident

May 17, 1984 IA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Hallett Construction Company · Fall from machine

OPERATOR WAS GETTING OUT OF CAB OF FRONT END WHEEL LOADER HE APPARENTLY GRABBED HANDRAIL TO ASIST GETTING DOWN THE STEPS UPPER END OF HANDRAIL BROKE LOOSE FROM CAB ALLOWING IT TO SWING AROUND OPERATOR LOST BALANCE AND FELL TO GROUND LANDING ON HIS BACK HE WAS FOUND BY A HIRED TRUCKER WHO WENT TO SCALHOUSE TO SUMMON AMBULANCE DR ADVISED HE MAY HAVE HADS CONCUSSION AND KNOCKED OUT H