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Dredge 1: 29 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Croell, Inc. · Surface
Controlled by Kurt Croell
Scottsbluff, Scotts Bluff County, NE  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 4801024

Dredge 1 has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 4 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1990–2011
Latest incident
Nov 2011
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2003
29
citations
5
significant & substantial
$2,926
proposed penalties
$2,926
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Croell, Inc.'s full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2002
27
inspections on record
314
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
ⓘ This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.
Rate withheld: 314 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Dredge 1 has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 4 contested dockets.

Penalty disposition
ⓘ Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.
$3K
proposed penalties
$3K
current assessed
$3K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
29 assessments are final orders; 4 contested dockets.
Of $536 in penalties contested before the Commission, $536 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-01-06.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
ⓘ Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
17.2%
significant & substantial
6.9%
high negligence or reckless
17.2%
reasonably likely or greater
44.8%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 10.3% low, 82.8% moderate, 6.9% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
ⓘ Contesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
5 citations taken to the federal commission · 17% of citations on record
  • Settled 5 · 100%
100%
S&S designation survived the contest
ⓘ Counts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 1 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
0%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$536 proposed, $536 after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2019-01-06.
Contested penalties
ⓘ A reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.
Largest penalties this mine contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
Docket Decision Judge Year Proposed / upheld
WEST 2014-51M Settlement Lesnick 2014 $200 → $200
WEST 2018-0229 Settlement Lesnick 2018 $118 → $118
WEST 2019-0138 Settlement Miller 2019 $118 → $118
WEST 2012-1444M Settlement Lesnick 2013 $100 → $100
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.
Health sampling
ⓘ A sample is a point in time compliance measurement, not an individual exposure history. These figures describe MSHA sampling records and do not establish causation or personal dose.

Metal and nonmetal contaminants (personal samples)
ⓘ Many samples are screening measurements of substances with no applicable exposure limit; they are counted as samples but excluded from every over-limit figure. Over-limit shares use only limit-tested samples.

Last sampled: 2018-07-02, 8 years ago
3
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz2
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg1
Show the individual readings (3)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2018-07-02 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.19 Dredge/Barge Operator
2018-07-02 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2010-12-08 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.92 Supervisor, Co. Official
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly. Metal/nonmetal contaminant figures come from MSHA's Personal Health Samples and Area Samples files (public record), updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Concrete Construction Inc 1950 to 2007
  2. Croell, Inc. 2007 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 0
2025 3
2024 2
2023 2
2022 2
2021 1
2020 3
2019 4
2018 3
2017 5
2016 5
2015 7
2014 1
2013 4
2012 5
2011 5
2010 6
2008 4
2007 2
2006 2
2005 2
2004 2
2003 2
2002 2
2001 2
2000 3
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Dredge 1 sits in Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska, where the Census mining category is 0.1% of county employment.

Local economic context
ⓘ County figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.
Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska · Population 35,937
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$60,960
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
Quarterly safety rates
ⓘ Citations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000, when MSHA's quarterly employment data starts; earlier incidents are counted but cannot be rate-adjusted. Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2026 Q2 0 0 0
2026 Q1 0 0 0
2025 Q4 485 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 1,241 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 1,058 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 422 1 0 2369.7
2024 Q4 1,239 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 1,380 0 0 0.0
Show 86 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 1,560 1 0 641.0
2024 Q1 584 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 1,605 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 1,781 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 1,453 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 275 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 1,056 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 1,015 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 1,195 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 384 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 645 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 0 0 0
2021 Q2 0 0 0
2021 Q1 0 0 0
2020 Q4 407 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 1,001 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 441 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 743 2 0 2691.8
2019 Q3 721 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 594 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 73 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 564 1 1 1773.0
2018 Q3 865 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 923 2 0 2166.8
2018 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 845 1 0 1183.4
2017 Q3 815 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 815 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 470 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 170 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 1,014 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 235 1 0 4255.3
2015 Q4 770 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 1 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 1,174 2 0 1703.6
2013 Q2 157 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 1,404 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 1,244 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 2,492 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 2,027 5 1 2466.7
2012 Q1 913 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 1,492 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 2,115 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 1,088 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 265 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 255 2 0 7843.1
2010 Q3 1,571 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 1,090 2 0 1834.9
2010 Q1 361 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 783 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 371 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 346 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 824 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 65 4 2 61538.5
2007 Q1 145 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 332 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 383 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 339 1 0 2949.9
2006 Q1 155 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 298 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 316 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 497 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 477 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 295 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 347 1 0 2881.8
2004 Q2 484 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 246 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 86 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 82 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 284 2 1 7042.3
2003 Q1 74 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 48 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 55 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 304 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 9 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 97 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 413 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 260 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 66 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 124 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 138 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 230 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 84 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2011 · 1 incident

November 16, 2011 NE · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Croell, Inc. · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was walking to van to get dunnage to load equipment at pit and stepped on uneven ground, twisted and broke left ankle.

1990 · 1 incident

August 1, 1990 WY · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand MACHINERY
Concrete Construction Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

RAISING DREDGE SNORKLE WITH WINCH, WINCH SLIPPED AND HANDLE HIT BOTH WRISTS.