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PWP #3: 44 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Hallett Materials · Surface
Controlled by CRH PLC
Des Moines, Polk County, IA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1300645

PWP #3 has $16K 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
11
Years on record
1983–2022
Latest incident
Apr 2022
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
44
citations
13
significant & substantial
$15,954
proposed penalties
$12,720
paid to date
80% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $3,234 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Hallett Materials's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
44
inspections on record
452
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: 452 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

PWP #3 has $16K 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.
$16K
proposed penalties
$13K
current assessed
$13K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
43 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
Of $5K in penalties contested before the Commission, $2K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-09-30.
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.
30.2%
significant & substantial
9.3%
high negligence or reckless
30.2%
reasonably likely or greater
60.5%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 18.6% low, 72.1% moderate, 9.3% 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.
2 citations taken to the federal commission · 5% of citations on record
  • Settled 2 · 100%
50%
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 2 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
91%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$2K proposed, $229 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 2016-07-03.
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
CENT20020111M Settlement Feldman 2002 $3K → $2K
CENT 2008-644M Settlement Lesnick 2009 $2K → $112
CENT 2016-0453 Settlement Miller 2016 $263 → $117
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: 2025-09-23
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
19
samples
3
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg16
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz2
  • Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (19)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2025-09-23 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2025-09-23 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Washer Operator
2024-04-10 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Bulldozer Operator
2024-04-10 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Scraper Operator
2021-10-26 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.22 10 0.02 Front-end Loader Operator
2020-03-17 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2020-03-17 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2016-05-03 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Washer Operator
2016-05-03 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2016-05-03 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Supervisor, Co. Official
2013-04-16 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Lab Technician
2013-04-16 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Supervisor, Co. Official
2013-04-16 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Washer Operator
2013-04-16 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2009-05-27 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Supervisor, Co. Official
2009-05-27 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.15 0.75 0.20 Front-end Loader Operator
2009-05-27 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.26 1.02 0.25 Cleanup Man
2003-06-18 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Laborer, Bullgang
2003-06-18 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
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.

PWP #3 recorded 9.96 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2000.

Injury rate, 2000
ⓘ 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.
9.96
total case rate
9.96
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Above average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 4.77 and the all-US-mining average was 5.64 cases per 100 workers.
In Iowa, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 4.77 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.
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. G A Finley Inc 1950 to 1989
  2. Hallett Materials 1989 to 1999
  3. Hallett Materials Inc 1999 to 2008
  4. Hallett Materials 2008 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2025 2
2024 2
2023 2
2022 2
2021 3
2020 6
2019 6
2018 6
2017 4
2016 4
2015 4
2014 3
2013 5
2012 5
2011 5
2010 5
2009 4
2008 8
2007 6
2006 5
2005 8
2004 7
2003 6
2002 5
2001 7
2000 9
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

PWP #3 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
2025 Q4 219 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 271 1 0 3690.0
2025 Q2 824 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 156 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 314 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 1,615 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 1,137 1 0 879.5
2024 Q1 0 0 0
Show 96 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 12 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 688 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 1,265 3 0 2371.5
2023 Q1 0 0 0
2022 Q4 0 0 0
2022 Q3 431 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 765 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 520 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 1,717 1 0 582.4
2021 Q3 1,167 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 140 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 449 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 1,998 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 1,400 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 2,155 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 599 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 812 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 3,107 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 3,617 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 1,367 2 1 1463.1
2018 Q4 1,275 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 3,625 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 2,981 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 291 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 2,776 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 2,804 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 1,653 1 1 605.0
2017 Q1 1,091 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 2,239 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 2,732 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 2,280 3 1 1315.8
2016 Q1 802 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 1,522 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 2,512 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 3,071 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 372 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 1,035 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 2,506 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 2,610 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 0 0 0
2013 Q4 2,223 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 2,273 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 2,382 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 436 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 1,016 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 3,147 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 1,976 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 719 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 1,558 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 3,327 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 2,563 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 992 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 2,908 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 2,821 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 2,460 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 262 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 1,173 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 2,435 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 2,279 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 1,013 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 3,294 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 4,478 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 4,279 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 2,206 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 3,730 3 0 804.3
2007 Q3 3,173 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 3,747 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 1,768 6 2 3393.7
2006 Q4 1,819 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 2,058 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 2,911 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 3,446 7 3 2031.3
2005 Q4 3,303 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 5,742 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 5,911 3 1 507.5
2005 Q1 3,220 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 4,569 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 3,740 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 5,308 1 1 188.4
2004 Q1 3,045 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 3,286 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 3,894 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 4,811 3 0 623.6
2003 Q1 2,140 1 0 467.3
2002 Q4 3,077 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 2,178 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 2,805 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 2,411 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 4,784 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 5,122 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 4,038 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 2,438 3 2 1230.5
2000 Q4 4,577 1 0 218.5
2000 Q3 4,319 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 6,041 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 5,139 1 0 194.6
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

11 on file

2022 · 1 incident

April 27, 2022 IA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Hallett Materials · Fall from machine

A miner made the decision to climb onto a conveyor without fall protection to assist getting a drive belt off and fell 8 1/2 feet breaking right leg.

2012 · 1 incident

March 26, 2012 IA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Hallett Materials · Fall onto or against objects

The employee had exited the scale house and walked to the eastside to talk to a customer. While returning to the scale house, the employee tripped over a piece of broken concrete that had been buried in the sand. The employee landed on the concrete pad hurting his wrist and knee

2006 · 2 incidents

October 24, 2006 IA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Hallett Materials Inc · Fall from machine

Clt was stepping from skid loader bucket to the ground, he caught his foot in a chain twisting his ankle as he fell to the ground.

February 8, 2006 IA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Hallett Materials Inc · Struck against stationary object

As dozer crested the top of travel way ramp the center of gravity pulled the front of the dozer down. Employee was thrown forward into the cage of the dozer from the seatbelt not being buckled correctly.

2003 · 1 incident

June 17, 2003 IA · Metal/Non-Metal HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Hallett Materials Inc · HANDLING OF MATERIALS

EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING AT SUPERVISOR'S PICKUP TALKING. WHEN FINISHED SUPERVISOR SHUT PICKUP DOOR SMASHING EE'S RIGHT THUMB IN DOOR.

2000 · 1 incident

April 20, 2000 IA · Metal/Non-Metal scalper-screen operator ELECTRICAL
Hallett Materials Inc · Fall from machine

THE CREW HAD BEEN CLEANING THE GENERATOR THAT SUPPLIES THE PLANT; WHEN THEY STARTED IT, IT SHORTED OUT CAUSING SMALL BLOWUP. EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING IN BACK END OF GENERATOR TRAILER WHEN THIS O CCURRED, AND IT CAUSED HIM TO LOSE HIS BALANCE AND FALL OUT OF TRAILER, BREAKING LEFT ANKLE.

1990 · 2 incidents

August 31, 1990 IA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Hallett Materials · Struck against stationary object

WAS STEPPING DOWN FROM LOADER,STEPPED AWKWARDLY ON A ROCK AND TWISTED BACK.

June 27, 1990 IA · Metal/Non-Metal superintendent DISORDERS (PHYSICAL AGENTS)
Hallett Materials · Contact with heat

WORKING IN FEEDER BIN,OVERCOME WITH HEAT.MILD HEAT STROKE.

1989 · 1 incident

September 20, 1989 IA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Hallett Materials · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WAS CARRYING PORTABLE GENERATOR, STEPPED IN RUT AND TWISTED BACK.

1986 · 1 incident

September 13, 1986 IA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
G A Finley Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJ WORKING ON 1LANT WHEN PRY BAR BEING USED BY ANOTHER EMPL SLIPPED,HIT EMPL IN THE HEAD.

1983 · 1 incident

September 20, 1983 IA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
G A Finley Inc · Struck against a moving object

INJURED WAS OPERATING A TRACTOR-DOZER FOR STRIPPING PURPOSES WAS BACKING UP TO MAKE ANOTHER PASS WHEN THE REAR END OF THE DOZER DROPPED WITH A JOLT CAUSING A JAR TO INJURIES BACK.