Mining Incidents

West Screen Plant #1 Metal/Non-Metal

Croell, Inc. · Surface
Controlled by Kurt Croell
Buffalo Gap, Custer County, SD  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 3901488

West Screen Plant #1 has $15K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 6 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2012
Latest incident
Oct 2012
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2009
63
citations
14
significant & substantial
$15,155
proposed penalties
$14,919
paid to date
98% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $236 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2004
28
inspections on record
330
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: 330 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 Screen Plant #1 has $15K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 6 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.
$15K
proposed penalties
$15K
current assessed
$15K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
63 assessments are final orders; 6 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-08-07.
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 0 0 0
2025 Q3 360 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 1,227 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 1,103 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 884 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 3,329 4 1 1201.6
2022 Q3 0 0 0
2022 Q2 0 0 0
Show 59 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2022 Q1 0 0 0
2021 Q3 0 0 0
2021 Q2 250 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 686 5 0 7288.6
2017 Q3 731 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 1,067 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 378 13 5 34391.5
2016 Q4 1,180 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 128 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 1,379 4 0 2900.7
2016 Q1 279 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 818 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 1,058 8 1 7561.4
2015 Q2 1 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 19 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 733 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 2,566 7 3 2728.0
2014 Q2 1,904 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 455 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 3,199 2 1 625.2
2013 Q2 3,632 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 3,529 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 3,538 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 1,608 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 1,825 8 2 4383.6
2011 Q4 1,510 1 0 662.3
2011 Q3 1,203 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 1,753 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 1,799 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 2,588 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 3,260 2 1 613.5
2010 Q2 3,034 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 631 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 1 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 3,768 9 0 2388.5
2009 Q2 73 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 0 0 0
2008 Q1 0 0 0
2007 Q4 118 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 2,972 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 1,852 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 1,667 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 1,869 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 2,962 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 1,913 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 123 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 1,374 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 2,697 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 2,257 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 2,078 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 1,354 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 161 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 1,265 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 498 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2012 · 1 incident

October 11, 2012 SD · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Croell, Inc. · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Lifting a belly pan back onto haul truck and employee felt sharp pain in his lower abdomen.

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