Mining Incidents

PWP #4 Metal/Non-Metal

Hallett Materials · Surface
Controlled by CRH PLC
Des Moines, Polk County, IA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1302176

PWP #4 has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
2000–2015
Latest incident
Jun 2015
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
33
citations
4
significant & substantial
$4,100
proposed penalties
$4,100
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
31
inspections on record
275
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: 275 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 #4 has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 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.
$4K
proposed penalties
$4K
current assessed
$4K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
32 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2014-11-05.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
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
2016 Q2 0 0 0
2016 Q1 204 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 726 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 2,416 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 2,433 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 523 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 2,438 4 0 1640.7
2014 Q3 1,080 0 0 0.0
Show 58 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2014 Q2 2,707 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 236 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 1,881 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 2,478 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 2,507 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 149 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 1,243 1 0 804.5
2012 Q3 2,365 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 2,266 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 1,279 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 2,156 3 0 1391.5
2011 Q3 2,075 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 3,265 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 1,853 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 3,405 5 1 1468.4
2010 Q3 2,976 6 0 2016.1
2010 Q2 3,206 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 999 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 838 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 1,512 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 2,350 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 1,117 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 2,273 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 3,136 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 1,959 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 2,017 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 1,610 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 2,724 2 1 734.2
2007 Q2 3,296 1 1 303.4
2007 Q1 3,256 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 3,785 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 4,190 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 3,867 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 3,446 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 3,936 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 4,991 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 5,069 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 3,452 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 3,705 1 0 269.9
2004 Q3 4,613 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 4,057 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 3,234 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 5,071 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 4,920 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 4,845 2 0 412.8
2003 Q1 2,952 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 4,923 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 3,460 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 4,479 2 0 446.5
2002 Q1 4,614 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 5,019 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 3,232 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 6,577 2 1 304.1
2001 Q1 2,727 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 4,340 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 6,108 4 0 654.9
2000 Q2 5,672 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 5,179 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

2015 · 1 incident

June 17, 2015 IA · Metal/Non-Metal weighman, scale person HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Hallett Materials · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was going to get in the loader started up the stairs forgot to get ink pen turned around and let go of safety gate, bolt on handle hit his left thumb cutting his thumb, required six stitches

2012 · 1 incident

July 18, 2012 IA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Hallett Materials · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Using expanded metal to make the guard the employee was using his knee to hold the metal in place so he could mark the spot where the self tapping screw was going to go. While marking the spot on the guard the expanded metal slipped off his knee and sliced his left index finger.

2005 · 1 incident

June 3, 2005 IA · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Hallett Materials Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was folding a stacker when the pry bar slipped and crushed his thumb between the conveyer frame.

2001 · 1 incident

August 20, 2001 IA · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner POWERED HAULAGE
Hallett Materials Inc · Struck by falling object

WHILE MOVING ROCK AROUND (ROUGHLY 12" DIAMETER) WITH SKID LOADER, ONE ROCK ROLLED BACK INTO CAB STRIKING LEFT LEG CAUSING LACERATION TO UPPER SHIN ON LEFT REQUIRING STITCHES.

2000 · 1 incident

April 17, 2000 IA · Metal/Non-Metal miner, nec HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Hallett Materials Inc · Struck against a moving object

REPAIRING AN AIR BRAKE LINE, WHILE CUTTING LINE WITH KNIFE, EMPLOYEE SLIPPED AND CUT LEFT THUMB, REQUIRING SIX STITCHES.

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