Mining Incidents

Wash Plant 5 Metal/Non-Metal

Croell, Inc. · Surface
Controlled by Kurt Croell
Buffalo, Pennington County, SD  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 3901598

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2013–2015
Latest incident
Aug 2015
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2013
29
citations
5
significant & substantial
$4,572
proposed penalties
$4,572
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 544 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 1,487 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 1,146 4 2 3490.4
2025 Q1 0 0 0
2024 Q4 0 0 0
2024 Q3 1,486 4 1 2691.8
2024 Q2 1,060 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 722 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

2015 · 1 incident

August 11, 2015 SD · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Croell, Inc. · Contact with hot objects or substances

Welding a brace on the wash plant a hot piece of slag bounced off helmet and into the ear.

2013 · 1 incident

October 21, 2013 SD · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Croell, Inc. · Contact with hot objects or substances

Employee loosened radiator cap to check coolant level and burned his right hand/wrist from hot pressurized coolant.