Mining Incidents

Van Meter Pit Metal/Non-Metal

Hallett Materials · Surface
Controlled by CRH PLC
Des Moines, Polk County, IA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1302327

Van Meter Pit has $774 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
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2007
8
citations
2
significant & substantial
$774
proposed penalties
$774
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2006
8
inspections on record
39
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: 39 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Van Meter Pit has $774 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.
$774
proposed penalties
$774
current assessed
$774
paid to date
$0
outstanding
8 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2011-03-23.
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
2012 Q4 57 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 1 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 0 0 0
2011 Q3 0 0 0
2011 Q2 0 0 0
2011 Q1 156 2 0 12820.5
2010 Q4 0 0 0
2010 Q3 0 0 0
Show 17 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2010 Q2 0 0 0
2010 Q1 205 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 1,799 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 965 1 0 1036.3
2009 Q2 1,859 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 1,082 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 1,765 2 0 1133.1
2008 Q3 1,725 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 2,443 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 1,746 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 2,036 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 2,416 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 1,832 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 666 3 2 4504.5
2006 Q4 1,506 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 3,224 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 2,030 0 0 0.0

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.

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