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Wash Plant 1 Metal/Non-Metal

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

Wash Plant 1 has $36K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 9 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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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
83% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $6,254 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2004
38
inspections on record
468
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: 468 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Wash Plant 1 has $36K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 9 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.
$36K
proposed penalties
$30K
current assessed
$30K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
87 assessments are final orders; 9 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-10-06.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
See also the operator's enforcement record
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
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 1,860 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 1,183 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 0 0 0
Show 75 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 1,397 2 1 1431.6
2023 Q3 1,245 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 1,000 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 0 0 0
2022 Q4 1,260 2 2 1587.3
2022 Q3 1,824 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 1,547 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 384 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 1,130 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 1,060 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 932 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 0 0 0
2020 Q4 1,598 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 1,256 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 578 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 294 1 0 3401.4
2019 Q3 950 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 722 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 670 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 1,079 6 1 5560.7
2018 Q3 909 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 865 1 0 1156.1
2018 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 0 1 0
2017 Q3 96 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 1 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 1,060 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 1,057 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 1,008 1 0 992.1
2016 Q1 449 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 936 13 3 13888.9
2015 Q3 846 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 1,230 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 1,410 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 940 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 2,183 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 1,365 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 633 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 1,830 7 1 3825.1
2013 Q3 2,215 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 1,346 8 0 5943.5
2013 Q1 1,628 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 968 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 1,147 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 1,712 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 894 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 2,205 6 0 2721.1
2010 Q3 2,545 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 3,173 14 2 4412.2
2010 Q1 0 0 0
2009 Q4 2,135 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 531 7 5 13182.7
2009 Q2 223 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 1 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 803 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 1,772 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 1,130 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 2,690 1 0 371.7
2007 Q3 2,111 12 1 5684.5
2007 Q2 1,212 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 1,109 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 3,593 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 3,133 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 3,477 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 3,746 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 2,440 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 868 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 3,322 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 410 5 3 12195.1
2004 Q4 0 0 0
2004 Q3 1,714 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 100 0 0 0.0
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.

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