Mining Incidents

CHEROKEE NORTH: 21 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Hallett Materials · Surface
Controlled by CRH PLC
Cherokee, Cherokee County, IA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1301880

CHEROKEE NORTH has $1K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2003
Latest incident
Nov 2003
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
21
citations
0
significant & substantial
$1,190
proposed penalties
$1,190
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
11
inspections on record
65
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.
Rate withheld: 65 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

CHEROKEE NORTH has $1K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets.

Penalty disposition
Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.
$1K
proposed penalties
$1K
current assessed
$1K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
21 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2005-07-06.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
0.0%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
0.0%
reasonably likely or greater
76.2%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 0.0% low, 100.0% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Cherokee County Highway Department 1979 to 1980
  2. Walker Sand & Gravel Company 1980 to 1991
  3. Hallett Materials 1991 to 1999
  4. Hallett Materials 1999 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2006 3
2005 2
2004 2
2003 3
2002 4
2001 3
2000 4
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

CHEROKEE NORTH sits in Cherokee County, Iowa, where the Census mining category is 0.0% 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.
Cherokee County, Iowa · Population 11,587
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$64,478
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000, when MSHA's quarterly employment data starts; earlier incidents are counted but cannot be rate-adjusted. Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2006 Q2 1,135 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 1,907 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 1,191 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 1,116 1 0 896.1
2005 Q2 891 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 520 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 962 1 0 1039.5
2004 Q3 1,065 5 0 4694.8
Show 18 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2004 Q2 1,061 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 655 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 1,462 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 2,120 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 1,964 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 696 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 2,491 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 1,890 2 0 1058.2
2002 Q2 1,732 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 862 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 975 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 1,516 2 0 1319.3
2001 Q2 1,633 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 831 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 1,695 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 2,399 10 0 4168.4
2000 Q2 2,233 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 1,203 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2003 · 1 incident

November 26, 2003 IA · Metal/Non-Metal truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Hallett Materials · Struck against stationary object

EE WAS PREPARING TO MOVE CONVEYOR AND WHEN HE CLIMBED OFF THE CONVEYOR HE CUT HIS THUMB ON A SHARP METAL EDGE. HE RECEIVED FOUR STITCHES TO THE RIGHT HAND THUMB.