Mining Incidents

Wash Plant 1 Metal/Non-Metal

Croell, Inc. · Surface
Controlled by Kurt Croell
Hot Springs, Fall River County, SD  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 3901494

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
2005–2010
Latest incident
Jun 2010
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2005
88
citations
19
significant & substantial
$35,824
proposed penalties
$29,570
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 1,518 1 0 658.8
2025 Q3 1,891 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 1,491 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 678 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 502 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 0 0 0
2024 Q1 0 0 0
2023 Q4 0 2 1
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

2010 · 1 incident

June 2, 2010 SD · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Croell, Inc. · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Croell employee was coiling electric cord and strained his right shoulder.

2006 · 1 incident

May 23, 2006 SD · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Croell, Inc. · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Was pumping up fuel into Gen Set on 05/23/06 when he felt a pain and heard a pop. Went to doctor later that afternoon and was diagnosed with a pulled groin muscle. EE was given a work release on 05/24/06 and released for full duty on 05/25/06.

2005 · 1 incident

April 8, 2005 SD · Metal/Non-Metal belt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Croell, Inc. · Struck by flying object

He got a large piece of coarse sand in right eye which needed medical attention. Employee was wearing safety glasses.