Welding a brace on the wash plant a hot piece of slag bounced off helmet and into the ear.
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.
See also
the operator's enforcement record
Quarterly safety rates
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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 |
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| 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 file2015 · 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
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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