# BPM Lovell Mill

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4801405
- **Status:** Active
- **Type / commodity:** Facility / Bentonite
- **Location:** Big Horn, WY
- **Operator:** Bentonite Performance Minerals LLC
- **Controller:** Halliburton Company
- **Public source rows linked:** 1,506
- **Source coverage:** 15 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Halliburton Company (M00854) → Bentonite Performance Minerals LLC (L17683) → BPM Lovell Mill (4801405)**

Current identity source: `msha-mines`. This is a current snapshot, not a historical claim.

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Nl Industries Inc → N L Baroid-Div/N L Industries Inc:** 1984-04-01 through 1994-01-20; derived from co-tenure at mine 4801405; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Dresser Industries Inc → Bentonite Corp:** 1994-01-21 through 1998-02-25; derived from co-tenure at mine 4801405; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Halliburton Company → Bentonite Performance Minerals LLC:** 1998-02-26 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4801405; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 3
- Typed edges: 9
- Interval anomalies: 0
- Valid-time bounds: inclusive; date granularity; null end means open-ended in the upstream history row; not independent proof of present control.
- Transaction-time observation: 2026-10-13T11:19:05.459773+00:00.

## Assessment signals

1. **SAFETY — 3 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 37 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 353 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 28 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 154 violation rows across the full record; 22 carry an S&S flag and $23,044 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 28 samples:** Occupational health samples 28 personal. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 0 noise rows have an action-level or PEL dose above 100%. These are separate measures, not a silica exceedance count. Silica results and sample status are shown separately.
4. **PRODUCTION — 0 tons:** Quarterly production and employment 29K employee hours and 54 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 17 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 7 contested-violation rows, 7 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 3 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 6 linked entities:** Contractors Contractors are linked through this mine’s violation or accident records. Their production and hours cover all their operations, so they are not included in this mine’s totals.
7. **INSPECTIONS — 13 since 2021:** Inspections 75 inspection events and 1K published inspection hours across the historical record.

## EIA annual operating context

No matched record in the 2024 EIA coal-public workbook. This may be inapplicable for a non-coal operation.

## Recent Title 30 crosswalk

Snapshot current through 2026-08-19.

- **30 CFR 56.12008 — Insulation and fittings for power wires and cables.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-K/section-56.12008
- **30 CFR 56.14207 — Parking procedures for unattended equipment.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-M/section-56.14207
- **30 CFR 56.4230 — Self-propelled equipment.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-C/section-56.4230
- **30 CFR 56.12028 — Testing grounding systems.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-K/section-56.12028
- **30 CFR 56.12004 — Electrical conductors.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-K/section-56.12004
- **30 CFR 56.14132 — Horns and backup alarms.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-M/section-56.14132
- **30 CFR 56.14201 — Conveyor start-up warnings.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-M/section-56.14201
- **30 CFR 56.12030 — Correction of dangerous conditions.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-K/section-56.12030
- **30 CFR 56.14112 — Construction and maintenance of guards.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-M/section-56.14112
- **30 CFR 56.12032 — Inspection and cover plates.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-K/section-56.12032
- **30 CFR 56.4402 — Safety can use.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-C/section-56.4402

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 37 rows; 2000-01-24 through 2026-05-11; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 1994-09-28 through 1994-09-28; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 154 rows; 2000-01-05 through 2026-05-14; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 7 rows; 2013-08-14 through 2013-08-14; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Conferences:** 3 rows; 2004-05-19 through 2019-10-08; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 7 rows; 2013-01-09 through 2013-01-09; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 628 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 142 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 3 rows; 1984-04-01 through 1998-02-26; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 75 rows; 2000-01-04 through 2026-05-12; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 212 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 54 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Metal and Nonmetal Personal Health Samples:** 28 rows; 2001-01-13 through 2025-08-12; source ID `msha-personal-health-samples`
- **Violations:** 154 rows; 2000-01-05 through 2026-05-14; source ID `msha-violations`

## Caveats

- This is public-record decision support, not legal advice or an official MSHA record.
- Missing data can indicate no event, publication delay, an unresolved identity, or inapplicability.
- Contractor production data is entity-level and is not attributed to this mine.

## Alternate representations

- HTML: `/mines/bpm-lovell-mill-4801405`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/bpm-lovell-mill-4801405`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4801405/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4801405/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4801405/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`