MSHA DATABASEMSHA records · 15 contributing sources · snapshot Oct 13, 2026

MINE DETAILS

BPM Lovell Mill

ActiveFacilityBentonite
MSHA MINE ID4801405
LOCATIONBig Horn, WY
PUBLIC RECORD1,506 linked rows

LOCATION

Mine location

1 of 1 mine with usable MSHA coordinates. Select a marker to open a mine.

Mine coordinates

2025-01-01 – 2026-10-13Applies to production, safety and portfolio metrics. Silica samples have separate filters.

Violations

9

0 significant & substantial (S&S)

  1. 2025 Q10
  2. 2025 Q20
  3. 2025 Q33
  4. 2025 Q43
  5. 2026 Q10
  6. 2026 Q23
  7. 2026 Q30
  8. 2026 Q4 *0

Accident records

1

0 records classified as fatality

  1. 2025 Q10
  2. 2025 Q20
  3. 2025 Q30
  4. 2025 Q40
  5. 2026 Q10
  6. 2026 Q21
  7. 2026 Q30
  8. 2026 Q4 *0

Proposed penalties · USD

1,359.00

9 of 9 violations with amounts

  1. 2025 Q1—
  2. 2025 Q2—
  3. 2025 Q3453
  4. 2025 Q4453
  5. 2026 Q1—
  6. 2026 Q2453
  7. 2026 Q3—
  8. 2026 Q4 *—

On-site inspection hours

48.50

4 inspections · 4 with hours

  1. 2025 Q1—
  2. 2025 Q2—
  3. 2025 Q313.25
  4. 2025 Q414.75
  5. 2026 Q11.50
  6. 2026 Q219.00
  7. 2026 Q3—
  8. 2026 Q4 *—
Quarterly safety data
QuarterViolationsS&SProposed USDAccident recordsFatality recordsInspectionsOn-site hours
2025-Q100—000—
2025-Q200—000—
2025-Q330453.0000113.3
2025-Q430453.0000114.8
2026-Q100—0011.5
2026-Q230453.0010119.0
2026-Q300—000—
2026-Q4 *00—000—

Most cited CFR sections

All violations issued in the selected period. Counts combine subsections.

Safety activity

  1. violation5033550

    56.12008 · $151.00 proposed

  2. violation5033549

    56.14207 · $151.00 proposed

  3. violation5033548

    56.4230(a)(1) · $151.00 proposed

  4. inspectionF0030F8

    Regular Safety and Health Inspection · 19.0 on-site hours

  5. accident220261380008

    OTHER · INJURIES DUE TO NATURAL CAUSES

    Accident narrative

    Personal Health Issue not due to any chemical or physical factor from the mine. Only one person affected by this personal medical condition.

  6. inspectionF00F378

    Verbal Hazard Complaint Inspections · 1.5 on-site hours

  7. violation5038882

    56.12028 · $151.00 proposed

  8. violation5038881

    56.12004 · $151.00 proposed

  9. violation5038880

    56.14132(b)(1)(i) · $151.00 proposed

  10. inspectionF03AB01

    Regular Safety and Health Inspection · 14.8 on-site hours

  11. violation9731180

    56.14201(b) · $151.00 proposed

  12. violation9731179

    56.12008 · $151.00 proposed

  13. violation9731178

    56.12030 · $151.00 proposed

  14. inspection6469041

    Regular Safety and Health Inspection · 13.3 on-site hours

Safety sources and definitions

MSHA Violations (issue date), Accidents (accident date), and Inspections (begin date). Snapshot 2026-10-13.

Counts describe published rows, including contractor records; accident records are not distinct incidents or numbers of people injured.

Zero means no matching records in the imported sources, not proof of no events. Historical coverage differs by source; absence before a source begins reporting is not a zero incident rate. Invalid or absent dates and records after the snapshot are excluded.

S&S means SIG_SUB=Y. Fatality records use DEGREE_INJURY_CD=01. Proposed penalties are not final assessed or paid amounts; missing dollar values are omitted.

Inspection hours are SUM_TOTAL_ON_SITE_HOURS attributed to the inspection start date, without supervisor/trainee hours. Missing hours are omitted; a started inspection may still be open.

Portfolio totals use current mine membership, including events before the current owner or operator's tenure.

CFR headings link to the current Title 30 index; they are not historical legal determinations.

OWNERSHIP

Operator and controller history

Current ownership comes from MSHA Mines. Historical start and end dates come from MSHA Controller and Operator History.

CURRENT HIERARCHYHalliburton Company → Bentonite Performance Minerals LLC → BPM Lovell Mill
HISTORY RECORDS39 relationships
INTERVAL CHECKPASScontroller/operator overlap
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Halliburton CompanycontrolsBentonite Performance Minerals LLCoperatesBPM Lovell Mill

msha-controller-operator-history · controller/operator co-tenure derived on mine 4801405
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Dresser Industries InccontrolsBentonite CorpoperatesBPM Lovell Mill

msha-controller-operator-history · controller/operator co-tenure derived on mine 4801405
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Nl Industries InccontrolsN L Baroid-Div/N L Industries IncoperatesBPM Lovell Mill

msha-controller-operator-history · controller/operator co-tenure derived on mine 4801405
Other historical summaries · source-specific periods

RECORD SUMMARY

Production, safety and enforcement

These summaries use the periods stated on each card, independently of the reporting period above.

01 / SAFETYwatch

Accidents and injuries

37 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 353 lost days across the published record.

ACCIDENT + INJURY RECORD3 since 2021
accidentsmine-production-quarterly
02 / COMPLIANCEwatch

Violations and penalties

154 violation rows across the full record; 22 carry an S&S flag and $23,044 appears in current assessed amounts.

ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITY28 since 2021
inspectionsviolationsassessed-violationsorders-107a
03 / HEALTHcontext

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.

OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE28 samples
personal-health-samples
04 / PRODUCTIONcontext

Quarterly production and employment

29K employee hours and 54 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.

2026-Q20 tons
mine-production-quarterlymine-production-yearly
05 / LEGALwatch

Contests, conferences and decisions

7 contested-violation rows, 7 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 3 conference records linked by issuance number.

POST-ISSUANCE LIFECYCLE17 linked rows
conferencescontested-violationscivil-penalty-dockets-decisions
06 / CONTRACTORScontext

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.

ENTITY-LEVEL CONTEXT6 linked entities
contractor-production-quarterlycontractor-production-yearlyaccidentsviolations
07 / INSPECTIONScontext

Inspections

75 inspection events and 1K published inspection hours across the historical record.

OVERSIGHT COVERAGE13 since 2021
inspectionsviolations

HEALTH SAMPLING

Silica and quartz

Matching records00 coal · 0 personal · 0 area
Sample status0 not voided0 voided · 0 status not reported
Personal samples with C/E > 1—0 published ratios · not a citation count
2026 · No reported dates in this selection
Date / sampleDataset / analyteOccupation / areaMeasurementSample statusPublished action
No silica records match these filters. Missing samples do not establish safe conditions.
Sources and interpretation
  • Coal means use numeric concentrations from samples marked not voided, excluding control/invalid sample types and dates after the snapshot. Missing values remain null; reported zeroes remain zero.
  • Quarterly means describe available samples, not mine-wide or worker-average exposure. Quarters with no eligible measurements remain empty; the current quarter is partial.
  • Personal C/E is MSHA's published concentration-to-limit ratio. A value above 1 is not by itself a citation or a determination under the 2024 silica rule. Personal and area files do not publish a void-status field.
  • Area records include bulk-dust analyses and are kept separate from personal exposure results. Their concentration units are not specified in the source dictionary.
  • Missing samples do not establish safe conditions. Coal quartz percentage and concentration are separate measures. No compliance threshold is inferred for coal samples.

Coal quartz field definitions ↗Metal/nonmetal personal field definitions ↗Metal/nonmetal area field definitions ↗

EIA + TITLE 30

EIA production and cited regulations

EIA annual figures are reported separately from MSHA. Regulation links use the current eCFR snapshot.

RECENT PUBLIC RECORDS

Recent violations and samples

Latest records retained for inspection; aggregates above use the full source history.

VIOLATIONS12 latest shown
503355056.12008Citation
503354956.14207Citation
503354856.4230(a)(1)Citation
503888256.12028Citation
503888156.12004Citation
503888056.14132(b)(1)(i)Citation
973118056.14201(b)Citation
973117956.12008Citation
OTHER HEALTH SAMPLES3 latest shown

Coal dust, noise and other contaminants. Silica records above ↑

Respirable dust, <.1mgFront-end Loader Operator
C/E: 00.00Concentration: 0000.00 · limit: 0000.00Source unit unspecified
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% QtzKiln/Dryer Operator
C/E: 00.00Concentration: 0000.21 · limit: 0000.00Source unit unspecified
Respirable dust, <.1mgBulldozer Operator
C/E: 00.00Concentration: 0000.00 · limit: 0000.00Source unit unspecified

SOURCE COVERAGE

Reporting dates and coverage

15 datasets contain linked records. Missing datasets are listed below.

DATASETROWSWINDOWSTATUS
Accident, Injuries, and Illnessessafety · contractors37Jan 24, 2000—May 11, 2026mine-keyed
Addresses of Recordidentity · logistics1Sep 28, 1994—Sep 28, 1994mine-keyed
Assessed Violationscompliance · legal154Jan 5, 2000—May 14, 2026mine-keyed
Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisionscompliance · legal7Aug 14, 2013—Aug 14, 2013mine-keyed
Coal Dust Sampleshealth · safety—No published rowsabsent / not applicable
Conferencescompliance · legal3May 19, 2004—Oct 8, 2019mine-keyed
Contested Violationscompliance · legal7Jan 9, 2013—Jan 9, 2013mine-keyed
Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterlycontractors · production · safety628Not published—Not publishedentity-linked
Contractor Employment and Production — Yearlycontractors · production · safety142Not published—Not publishedentity-linked
Controller and Operator Historyidentity · compliance3Apr 1, 1984—Feb 26, 1998mine-keyed
Mine Employment and Production — Quarterlyproduction · safety · compliance212Not published—Not publishedmine-keyed
Mine Employment and Production — Yearlyproduction · safety · compliance54Not published—Not publishedmine-keyed
Inspectionssafety · compliance75Jan 4, 2000—May 12, 2026mine-keyed
Minesidentity · production · logistics1Not published—Not publishedmine-keyed
Metal and Nonmetal Area Sampleshealth · safety—No published rowsabsent / not applicable
Metal and Nonmetal Personal Health Sampleshealth · safety28Jan 13, 2001—Aug 12, 2025mine-keyed
Noise Sampleshealth · safety · equipment—No published rowsabsent / not applicable
Quartz Samples — Coalhealth · safety—No published rowsabsent / not applicable
Violationscompliance · safety · legal154Jan 5, 2000—May 14, 2026mine-keyed
107(a) Orders Issuedsafety · compliance—No published rowsabsent / not applicable

NOTES

Limitations

  • Contractor production is entity-level and is never represented as mine-attributable.
  • Missing rows can mean no event, publication delay, identity mismatch, or inapplicability.