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Black Butte Coal Company operator

Controlled by Lighthouse Resources Inc; Anadarko Petroleum Corporation
MSHA operator ID: P08348

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
80
Mines on record
1
Years on record
2000–2024
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
657
citations
112
significant & substantial
$361,173
proposed penalties
$294,987
paid to date
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2024
2
2023
2
2022
1
2021
2
2020
3
2019
1
2018
2
2017
2
2016
3
2015
3
2014
4
2013
3
2012
1
2011
6
2010
5
2009
1
2008
3
2007
1
2006
4
2005
6
2004
4
2003
3
2002
7
2001
5
2000
6 (1f)

Mines on record

Fatalities under this operator

1 recorded
July 29, 2000 WY · Coal truck driver Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Black Butte Coal Company · Struck against stationary object

EE CRESTED PIT 10-RAMP 2 DIVIDE, HEADING SOUTH DOWN-GRADE TO THE COAL PLANT. WHEN FOR NO APPARENT REASON, THE TRUCK VEERED SLIGHTLY TO THE LEFTAT AT THE RAMP JUNCTION. THE TRUCK RAN THRU THE BERM, ABOVE THE OLD PIT 10 READY LINE, WHERE THEOPERATOR WAS EJECTED FROM THE TRUCK