Mining Incidents

West Screen Plant #1 Metal/Non-Metal

Croell, Inc. · Surface
Controlled by Kurt Croell
Buffalo Gap, Custer County, SD  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 3901488

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2012
Latest incident
Oct 2012
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2009
63
citations
14
significant & substantial
$15,155
proposed penalties
$14,919
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 0 0 0
2025 Q3 360 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 850 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 480 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 430 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 2,607 4 1 1534.3
2022 Q2 0 0 0
2022 Q1 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

1 on file

2012 · 1 incident

October 11, 2012 SD · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Croell, Inc. · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Lifting a belly pan back onto haul truck and employee felt sharp pain in his lower abdomen.