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Sage Creek Mill, Big Horn County, Wyoming: 13 MSHA citations
Updated November 6, 2026. Source: US Department of Labor, Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), Open Government Data Sets.
Sage Creek Mill is an active bentonite processing facility in Big Horn County, Wyoming, operated by Wyo-Ben, Inc with 17 employees on MSHA's record (mine ID 4800612). Since January 1, 2022 MSHA inspectors issued 13 citations and orders there with $2,482 in proposed penalties, and 5 accident reports were filed there, with 5 injury or illness cases.
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- MSHA mine ID
- 4800612
- Status
- Active since October 5, 1982
- Main commodity
- Bentonite
- Mine type
- Facility
- County
- Big Horn County, Wyoming
- Nearest town
- Lovell
- Operator
- Wyo-Ben, Inc
- Employees
- 17
- MSHA field office
- Gillette WY Field Office
- Citations and orders since January 1, 2022
- 13
- Significant and substantial
- 4 (30.8%)
- Closure orders
- 0
- High negligence or reckless
- 0
- Proposed penalties
- $2,482
- Amount paid so far
- $2,373
- Inspections
- 12
- Inspector hours on site
- 96
- Citations per inspection
- 1.08 (all mines 2.30)
- Accident reports
- 5
- Injury and illness cases
- 5
- Fatalities
- 0
- Latest MSHA record
- August 3, 2026
Citations and injury cases by year
Calendar years since 2022; 2026 runs to the date of the MSHA files.
| Year | Citations and orders | Significant and substantial | Proposed penalties | Injury and illness cases |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 3 | 3 | $907 | 0 |
| 2023 | 2 | 1 | $395 | 0 |
| 2024 | 7 | 0 | $1,029 | 1 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | $0 | 2 |
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | $151 | 2 |
Standards cited most at Sage Creek Mill
Sections of Title 30 of the Code of Federal Regulations named on the citations, with the part each belongs to.
| Standard | What the part covers | Citations |
|---|---|---|
| 30 CFR 56.15005 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 2 |
| 30 CFR 56.12004 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 2 |
| 30 CFR 56.11002 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 50.30 | Reporting of accidents, injuries and illnesses | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.14132 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.15001 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.14100 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.12034 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.5001 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 50.20-1 | Reporting of accidents, injuries and illnesses | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.12028 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
Injury and illness cases at Sage Creek Mill
Accident reports by degree of injury, as the operator reported them to MSHA.
| Degree | Cases |
|---|---|
| Days away from work or restricted activity | 4 |
| No lost time, or an occupational illness | 1 |
What the accident reports at Sage Creek Mill describe
Accident classification, as MSHA codes the circumstances that contributed most directly.
| Classification | Reports |
|---|---|
| Slip or fall of person | 3 |
| Handling of materials | 2 |
Equipment named in accident reports at Sage Creek Mill
| Equipment | Reports |
|---|---|
| Front-end loader | 1 |
| Packaging machine | 1 |
Other open mines in Big Horn County, Wyoming
| Mine | Operator | County | Main commodity | Employees | Citations since 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lovell Mill | American Colloid Company Mineral Group | Big Horn County, WY | Bentonite | 44 | 52 |
| Magnet Cove Mill | Wyo-Ben, Inc | Big Horn County, WY | Bentonite | 36 | 35 |
| Crusher #1 | Frost Rock Products Company | Big Horn County, WY | Construction sand and gravel | 3 | 33 |
| BPM Lovell Mill | Bentonite Performance Minerals, LLC | Big Horn County, WY | Bentonite | 62 | 27 |
| Portable #1 | Mountain Construction Company | Big Horn County, WY | Construction sand and gravel | 13 | 21 |
| Stucco Mill | Wyo-Ben, Inc | Big Horn County, WY | Bentonite | 30 | 16 |
| G-P Gypsum Quarries | Georgia-Pacific Gypsum LLC | Big Horn County, WY | Gypsum | 17 | 14 |
| Magnet Cove Mine | Wyo-Ben, Inc | Big Horn County, WY | Bentonite | 37 | 11 |
| 3J Crushing Plant | 3J Trucking LLC | Big Horn County, WY | Construction sand and gravel | 4 | 5 |
| Big Horn Basin Mines | Wyo-Ben, Inc | Big Horn County, WY | Bentonite | 11 | 2 |
| BPM Lovell Mine | Bentonite Performance Minerals, LLC | Big Horn County, WY | Bentonite | 23 | 1 |
| Molnar Pit | Big Horn Redi-Mix Inc | Big Horn County, WY | Construction sand and gravel | 4 | 1 |
| Capwood Properties | River Rock, LLC | Big Horn County, WY | Construction sand and gravel | 1 | 1 |
| Yellowtail Mine | American Colloid Company Mineral Group | Big Horn County, WY | Bentonite | 14 | 0 |
| Highland Excavation Pit | Highland Excavation & Construction, Inc. | Big Horn County, WY | Construction sand and gravel | 3 | 0 |
US government work, public domain. Counts come from the MSHA files published on November 6, 2026. An open mine is one MSHA lists as Active, Intermittent, New Mine, Temporarily Idled or NonProducing; 13,673 were open that day. Citations, penalties, inspections and accident reports run from January 1, 2022. A citation is an inspector's allegation and an operator can contest it; the penalty is the amount MSHA first proposed, before any contest or settlement. An operator is the legal entity MSHA assesses, and a parent company is its controller. Mines run by sole proprietors or by individuals are counted in every total and are not named. This page uses MSHA data and is not endorsed or certified by MSHA. Free to reuse with credit to SpecStream under CC BY 4.0. Spot a wrong value? Write to [email protected] with the link to this page.