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.
West Crusher #4Metal/Nonmetal
Croell, Inc. · Surface
Controlled by Kurt Croell
Orin, Pennington County, SD · Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 3901614
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 3
- Years on record
- 2017–2025
- Latest incident
- Aug 2025
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
3 on file2025 · 1 incident
Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
2017 · 2 incidents
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.
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.