Mining Incidents

West Crusher #4 Metal/Non-Metal

Croell, Inc. · Surface
Controlled by Kurt Croell
Orin, Pennington County, SD  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 3901614

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
2017–2025
Latest incident
Aug 2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2017
10
citations
1
significant & substantial
$1,207
proposed penalties
$1,207
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 4,089 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 0 0 0
2019 Q2 1 2 0 2000000.0
2019 Q1 246 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 1,769 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 2,603 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 2,334 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 0 1 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

2025 · 1 incident

August 11, 2025 SD · Metal/Non-Metal miner, prospector, nec MACHINERY
Croell, Inc. · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE was drilling holes to install guard when the drill caught metal and twisted in their hand causing injury. The EE strained their right wrist. The EE did not report their incident until 08.18.2025 after seeking medical attention on 08.17.2025. Injury was inadvertently entered as an OSHA incident and is now being corrected.

2017 · 2 incidents

August 22, 2017 SD · Metal/Non-Metal groundman, yardman DISORDERS (PHYSICAL AGENTS)
Croell, Inc. · Contact with heat

Diagnosis of heat exhaustion and dehydration from hot weather. Employee was terminated on 08/24/2017 but not due to the illness. Condition was not reported to employer until 08/24/2017 which is the day employee went to the doctor.

August 16, 2017 SD · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Croell, Inc. · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was cleaning off the cross-over belt on the crusher with a spud bar trying to break up a large piece of aggregate. While ee was trying to break down the large piece of material, ee strained right elbow.