Bentonite Performance Minerals, LLC safety activity
MSHA violations, accident reports and inspections across the current mine portfolio.
Safety activity
Horns and backup alarms.
BPM Lovell Mill · 480140530 CFR 56.14132(b)(1)(i) · $151.00 proposed penalty
Regular Safety and Health Inspection
BPM Lovell Mill · 480140514.8 on-site hours reported
Conveyor start-up warnings.
BPM Lovell Mill · 480140530 CFR 56.14201(b) · $151.00 proposed penalty
Insulation and fittings for power wires and cables.
BPM Lovell Mill · 480140530 CFR 56.12008 · $151.00 proposed penalty
Correction of dangerous conditions.
BPM Lovell Mill · 480140530 CFR 56.12030 · $151.00 proposed penalty
Regular Safety and Health Inspection
BPM Colony Mine · 480088914.0 on-site hours reported
Regular Safety and Health Inspection
BPM Lovell Mill · 480140513.3 on-site hours reported
Operators stations.
BPM Colony Mine · 480088930 CFR 56.14103(b) · $151.00 proposed penalty
Operating speeds and control of equipment.
BPM Colony Mine · 480088930 CFR 56.9101 · Significant and substantial (S&S) · $549.00 proposed penalty
Requirement for container labels.
BPM Colony Mill · 480007030 CFR 47.41(a) · $151.00 proposed penalty
Handling of materials
BPM Colony Mill · 4800070Days restricted activity only
Accident narrative
Elbow pain following manual handling of empty supersack fabric opening.
Regular Safety and Health Inspection
BPM Colony Mill · 480007011.0 on-site hours reported
Insulation and fittings for power wires and cables.
BPM Colony Mill · 480007030 CFR 56.12008 · $151.00 proposed penalty
Regular Safety and Health Inspection
BPM Lovell Mine · 48010166.5 on-site hours reported
Powered haulage
BPM Colony Mine · 4800889Days restricted activity only
Accident narrative
EE driving an artic truck went to grab drink bottle and dropped bottle. Leaned over to grab bottle, while still driving, and veered off road & hit tail end of a berm jarring EE & equipment. EE sustained head wound and fractured collarbone on left side of body. EE was rushed to ER (received staples & sling) & returned to work next shift.
Correction of dangerous conditions.
BPM Colony Mine · 480088930 CFR 56.12030 · $151.00 proposed penalty
Regular Safety and Health Inspection
BPM Colony Mine · 480088925.5 on-site hours reported
Regular Safety and Health Inspection
BPM Colony Mill · 48000709.5 on-site hours reported
Requirement for container labels.
BPM Colony Mill · 480007030 CFR 47.41(a)(1) · $151.00 proposed penalty
Operators stations.
BPM Colony Mill · 480007030 CFR 56.14103(b) · $151.00 proposed penalty
Sources and definitions
MSHA Violations (issue date), Accidents (accident date) and Inspections (begin date).
Violation titles use current CFR headings to identify the cited rule; they are not the inspector’s account of what happened.
Status is from the current MSHA Mines snapshot, not the selected reporting period. Closed records can retain their last reported controller/operator.
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.