Mining Incidents

Wash Plant 5 Metal/Non-Metal

Croell, Inc. · Surface
Controlled by Kurt Croell
Buffalo, Pennington County, SD  ·  Intermittent
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.
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.
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 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
2024 Q2 1,060 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 0 0 0
Show 43 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
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 SD · 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 SD · 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.

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