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Wash Plant 5: 29 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Croell, Inc. · Surface
Controlled by Kurt Croell
Buffalo, Johnson County, WY  ·  Temporarily Idled
MSHA Mine ID: 3901598

Wash Plant 5 has $5K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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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
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 2013
18
inspections on record
216
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: 216 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 5 has $5K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 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.
$5K
proposed penalties
$5K
current assessed
$5K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
29 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-05-19.
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
62.1%
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.
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: 2024-07-02
5
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg3
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz1
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (5)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2024-07-02 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2024-07-02 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Scale Man
2020-09-02 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.21 Supervisor, Co. Official
2020-09-02 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2020-09-02 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.16 Backhoe Operator

Area samples (mill and shop air)

Last sampled: 2015-09-10, 10 years ago
1
samples
Show the individual readings (1)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Area sampled
2015-09-10 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 SF ORE PROCESSING
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. Croell, Inc. 2013 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 1
2025 2
2024 2
2023 2
2022 2
2021 2
2020 2
2019 2
2018 1
2017 1
2016 2
2015 3
2014 3
2013 6
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Wash Plant 5 sits in Johnson County, Wyoming, where the Census mining category is 3.5% 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.
Johnson County, Wyoming · Population 8,602
3.5%
Mining share of county employment
$63,905
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 129 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 0 0 0
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 597 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 1,486 4 1 2691.8
Show 45 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 1,060 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 0 0 0
2023 Q4 722 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 1,072 8 1 7462.7
2023 Q2 477 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 0 0 0
2022 Q4 316 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 1,262 3 0 2377.2
2022 Q2 632 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 0 0 0
2021 Q4 1,167 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 2,062 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 1,131 1 0 884.2
2021 Q1 0 0 0
2020 Q4 1,736 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 880 5 0 5681.8
2020 Q2 0 0 0
2020 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 1 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 1,919 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 1 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 1 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 1 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 1 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 0 0 0
2017 Q3 1 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 0 0 0
2017 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 407 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 676 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 1,209 1 0 827.1
2016 Q1 0 0 0
2015 Q4 169 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 353 1 1 2832.9
2015 Q2 1 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 322 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 1,746 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 117 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 1,219 2 0 1640.7
2013 Q3 2,484 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 847 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2015 · 1 incident

August 11, 2015 WY · 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 WY · 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.