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PRP #5: 43 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Hallett Materials · Surface
Controlled by CRH PLC
Des Moines, Polk County, IA  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 1302190

PRP #5 has $8K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 3 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
2004–2022
Latest incident
Oct 2022
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
43
citations
7
significant & substantial
$8,037
proposed penalties
$7,275
paid to date
91% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $762 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Hallett Materials's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
37
inspections on record
378
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: 378 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

PRP #5 has $8K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 3 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.
$8K
proposed penalties
$7K
current assessed
$7K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
43 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
Of $1K in penalties contested before the Commission, $391 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-10-16.
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.
16.3%
significant & substantial
2.3%
high negligence or reckless
16.3%
reasonably likely or greater
55.8%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 16.3% low, 81.4% moderate, 2.3% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
ⓘ Contesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
4 citations taken to the federal commission · 9% of citations on record
  • Settled 2 · 50%
  • Stood as issued 1 · 25%
  • Vacated or withdrawn 1 · 25%
100%
S&S designation survived the contest
ⓘ Counts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 1 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
69%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$1K proposed, $391 after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2018-06-13.
Contested penalties
ⓘ A reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.
Largest penalties this mine contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
Docket Decision Judge Year Proposed / upheld
CENT 2018-0337 Settlement Paez 2018 $953 → $191
CENT 2014-167M Settlement Miller 2014 $200 → $100
CENT 2011-854M Dismissal Gill 2011 $100 → $100
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.
Health sampling
ⓘ A sample is a point in time compliance measurement, not an individual exposure history. These figures describe MSHA sampling records and do not establish causation or personal dose.

Metal and nonmetal contaminants (personal samples)
ⓘ Many samples are screening measurements of substances with no applicable exposure limit; they are counted as samples but excluded from every over-limit figure. Over-limit shares use only limit-tested samples.

Last sampled: 2024-10-16
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
16
samples
2
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg11
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz3
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz2
Show the individual readings (16)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2024-10-16 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2024-10-16 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2023-05-02 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2023-05-02 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Washer Operator
2021-03-23 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2021-03-23 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.18 Washer Operator
2020-09-15 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.34 Crusher Oper/Worker
2020-09-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2012-04-25 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Cleanup Man
2012-04-25 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.18 Front-end Loader Operator
2011-04-12 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2011-04-12 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.17 1.47 0.12 Washer Operator
2010-04-14 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.15 1.23 0.12 Front-end Loader Operator
2010-04-14 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Cleanup Man
2005-06-02 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Cleanup Man
2005-06-02 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly. Metal/nonmetal contaminant figures come from MSHA's Personal Health Samples and Area Samples files (public record), updated weekly.

PRP #5 recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2005.

Injury rate, 2005
ⓘ This rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 3.76 and the all-US-mining average was 4.21 cases per 100 workers.
In Iowa, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 3.46 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Year total case rate days-away fatal
2005 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2004 * 8.62 0.00 0.000
2003 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2002 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Ownership history
  1. Hallett Materials 1992 to 1999
  2. Hallett Materials Inc 1999 to 2008
  3. Hallett Materials 2008 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 4
2025 3
2024 4
2023 3
2022 3
2021 3
2020 5
2019 5
2018 6
2017 4
2016 3
2015 4
2014 2
2013 3
2012 3
2011 4
2010 3
2009 3
2008 2
2007 2
2006 4
2005 12
2004 12
2003 32
2002 22
2001 9
2000 8
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

PRP #5 sits in Polk 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.
Polk County, Iowa · Population 497,441
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$81,621
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
2026 Q2 1,913 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 990 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 1,895 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 612 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 811 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 989 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 1,774 1 0 563.7
2024 Q3 2,296 0 0 0.0
Show 98 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 2,611 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 1,066 1 0 938.1
2023 Q4 1,247 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 2,005 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 2,277 4 0 1756.7
2023 Q1 0 0 0
2022 Q4 1,029 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 1,945 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 1,733 2 1 1154.1
2022 Q1 328 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 689 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 2,429 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 1,611 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 496 2 0 4032.3
2020 Q4 2,167 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 2,611 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 2,668 2 2 749.6
2020 Q1 295 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 1,712 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 2,804 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 3,418 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 412 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 2,379 2 0 840.7
2018 Q3 3,252 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 2,698 1 1 370.6
2018 Q1 786 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 580 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 2,675 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 2,563 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 1,077 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 1,261 1 0 793.0
2016 Q3 2,322 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 2,872 2 0 696.4
2016 Q1 584 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 1,835 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 1,568 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 1,389 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 121 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 612 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 1,516 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 1,516 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 273 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 593 1 0 1686.3
2013 Q3 663 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 1,483 1 0 674.3
2013 Q1 49 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 1,202 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 1,591 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 1,758 1 0 568.8
2012 Q1 0 0 0
2011 Q4 776 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 1,829 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 1,979 1 0 505.3
2011 Q1 281 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 1,124 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 843 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 1,913 2 1 1045.5
2010 Q1 759 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 0 0 0
2009 Q3 1,709 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 316 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 488 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 360 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 947 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 1,095 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 1,032 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 1,001 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 1,174 5 0 4258.9
2007 Q2 1,156 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 1,112 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 1,037 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 1,205 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 1,260 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 5,520 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 5,794 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 5,911 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 6,112 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 6,342 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 5,796 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 5,891 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 5,803 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 5,710 1 0 175.1
2003 Q4 6,951 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 7,827 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 24,570 1 1 40.7
2003 Q1 24,426 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 12,560 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 12,489 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 10,929 1 0 91.5
2002 Q1 7,009 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 4,359 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 5,045 3 0 594.6
2001 Q2 3,935 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 3,396 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 4,264 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 244 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 4,655 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 4,516 6 1 1328.6
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2022 · 1 incident

October 12, 2022 IA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Hallett Materials · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Two team members were installing a guard on a conveyor after repairs had been made. As one team member was attempting to install bolts into the guard it shifted smashing a finger. Stitches and outpatient surgery were needed to properly repair the finger. No broken bones.

2018 · 1 incident

January 19, 2018 IA · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Hallett Materials · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EE turned to walk to the mechanics truck 10 feet away, to pick up a tool. As ee stepped over power cords and tripped causing ee to twist/roll and fall. EE immediately reported incident to Supervisor. Injury developed as a contusion on the right foot requiring prescription strength anti-inflammatory.

2004 · 1 incident

February 13, 2004 IA · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Hallett Materials Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING ACROSS THE PLANT YARD, SLIPPED ON ICE AND FELL, CAUSING A LOWER BACK MUSCLE STRAIN.