Bentonite Performance Minerals LLC operator
Controlled by
Halliburton Company
MSHA operator ID: L17683
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 149
- Mines on record
- 4
- Years on record
- 1998–2026
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
486
citations
77
significant & substantial
$135,120
proposed penalties
$122,922
paid to date
91% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $12,198 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
301
inspections on record
6,934
inspection hours
7.0
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.486 citations across 6,934 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Penalty disposition
ⓘ
Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.$135K
proposed penalties
$123K
current assessed
$123K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
477 assessments are final orders; 21 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-02-17.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Top causes
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 53 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 32 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 14 non-fatal
- OTHER 13 non-fatal
- MACHINERY 11 non-fatal
- POWERED HAULAGE 11 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2026
1
2025
2
2024
3
2023
4
2022
2
2021
3
2020
6
2019
2
2018
6
2017
3
2016
3
2015
6
2014
3
2013
4
2012
3
2011
3
2010
5
2009
1
2008
6
2007
8
2006
7
2005
13
2004
4
2003
8
2002
8
2001
15
2000
4
1999
4
1998
12
Mines on record
- BPM Lovell Mill WY
- BPM Colony Mill WY
- BPM Colony Mine WY
- BPM Lovell Mine WY
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