Mining Incidents

West Crusher #4 Metal/Non-Metal

Croell, Inc. · Surface
Controlled by Kurt Croell
Orin, Pennington County, SD  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 3901614

West Crusher #4 has $1K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
2017–2025
Latest incident
Aug 2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2017
10
citations
1
significant & substantial
$1,207
proposed penalties
$1,207
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2017
7
inspections on record
84
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: 84 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

West Crusher #4 has $1K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 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.
$1K
proposed penalties
$1K
current assessed
$1K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
10 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-09-16.
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 4,089 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 1,609 1 0 621.5
2020 Q1 0 0 0
2019 Q2 284 2 0 7042.3
2019 Q1 246 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 1,770 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 2,603 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 2,334 0 0 0.0
Show 7 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2018 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 0 1 0
2017 Q3 2,320 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 2,319 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 571 6 1 10507.9
2016 Q4 0 0 0
2016 Q3 0 0 0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2025 · 1 incident

August 11, 2025 SD · Metal/Non-Metal miner, prospector, nec MACHINERY
Croell, Inc. · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE was drilling holes to install guard when the drill caught metal and twisted in their hand causing injury. The EE strained their right wrist. The EE did not report their incident until 08.18.2025 after seeking medical attention on 08.17.2025. Injury was inadvertently entered as an OSHA incident and is now being corrected.

2017 · 2 incidents

August 22, 2017 SD · Metal/Non-Metal groundman, yardman DISORDERS (PHYSICAL AGENTS)
Croell, Inc. · Contact with heat

Diagnosis of heat exhaustion and dehydration from hot weather. Employee was terminated on 08/24/2017 but not due to the illness. Condition was not reported to employer until 08/24/2017 which is the day employee went to the doctor.

August 16, 2017 SD · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Croell, Inc. · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was cleaning off the cross-over belt on the crusher with a spud bar trying to break up a large piece of aggregate. While ee was trying to break down the large piece of material, ee strained right elbow.

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