Mining Incidents

Dirt Crew 1 Metal/Non-Metal

Croell, Inc. · Surface
Controlled by Kurt Croell
Lawler, Chickasaw County, IA  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 1302275

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
2006–2008
Latest incident
Aug 2008
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2005
29
citations
7
significant & substantial
$5,596
proposed penalties
$5,596
paid to date
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2025 Q4 444 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 968 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 522 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 657 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 619 2 0 3231.0
2024 Q3 0 0 0
2024 Q2 0 0 0
2024 Q1 1,586 0 0 0.0
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2008 · 1 incident

August 12, 2008 IA · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Croell, Inc. · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee injured arm & back while loading utility vehicle onto pickup.

2006 · 2 incidents

September 15, 2006 IA · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man OTHER
Croell, Inc. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee was getting into haul truck and the wind blew the door shut on left thumb resulting in a laceration.

July 31, 2006 IA · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Croell, Inc. · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Taking bucket off excavator and smashed 2 fingers on left hand. Six stitches in one finger and cracked bone on tip of finger on same hand.