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Westmoreland Coal Company controller

MSHA controller ID: C01550

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Fatalities
6
Total incidents
2694
Mines on record
60
Years on record
1983–2019
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
2,688
citations
598
significant & substantial
$2,152,556
proposed penalties
$1,889,790
paid to date
88% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $262,766 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
1,218
inspections on record
60,662
inspection hours
4.4
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.
2,688 citations across 60,662 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.
$2.2M
proposed penalties
$2.0M
current assessed
$1.9M
paid to date
$77K
outstanding
2,653 assessments are final orders; 83 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2020-02-24.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2019
7
2018
46
2017
41 (1f)
2016
48
2015
38
2014
30
2013
20
2012
20
2011
17
2010
23
2009
27
2008
39
2007
41
2006
51
2005
40
2004
44
2003
34
2002
33
2001
28
1997
2
1996
9
1995
84
1994
108
1993
117
1992
53

Operators under this controller

Mines on record

Fatalities under this controller

6 recorded
May 6, 2017 MT · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Westmoreland Rosebud Mining LLC · Struck against a moving object

On May 6, 2017 at approximately 16:55 a haul truck operator backed up to a berm to dump, the berm breeched and the haul truck and berm slid down the highwall approximately 150 ft. There were no witness to the incident.

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