Mining Incidents

Sutherland Pit Metal/Non-Metal

Croell, Inc. · Surface
Controlled by Kurt Croell
Sutherland, Lincoln County, NE  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 2500738

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2022–2025
Latest incident
Aug 2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2003
28
citations
5
significant & substantial
$3,256
proposed penalties
$3,191
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 1,569 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 3,158 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 0 0 0
2025 Q1 0 0 0
2024 Q4 0 0 0
2024 Q2 0 0 0
2024 Q1 0 0 0
2023 Q4 1,329 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

2 on file

2025 · 1 incident

August 8, 2025 NE · Metal/Non-Metal miner, prospector, nec HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Croell, Inc. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE was driving a T-post to anchor the dredge along the berm. When the T-post driver was lifted higher than post, upon downward strike the EE's hands were caught between the post and the driver. EE stated they were not wearing gloves at the time of the incident.

2022 · 1 incident

June 13, 2022 NE · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Croell, Inc. · Fall onto or against objects

The employee was moving a water line under the wash plant when they slipped and fell into a support beam. The impact caused a laceration above the employee's left eye. The employee was seen at a local Urgent Care and received stitches.