Mining Incidents

Benton Lignite Mine: 1 reportable incident Coal

Benton Mining Partnership · Surface
Benton, Saline County, AR  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0301628

MSHA record for Benton Lignite Mine (mine ID 0301628). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1988
Latest incident
Jul 1988
Ownership history
  1. Shell Mining Company 1987 to 1988
  2. Mc George Contracting Company Inc 1988 to 1988
  3. Benton Mining Partnership 1988 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Benton Lignite Mine sits in Saline County, Arkansas, where the Census mining category is 0.1% of county employment.

Local economic context
County figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.
Saline County, Arkansas · Population 125,724
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$76,534
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1988 · 1 incident