Mining Incidents

Westmoreland Mining Holdings LLC controller

MSHA controller ID: 0146581

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
113
Mines on record
6
Years on record
2019–2026
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2019
661
citations
57
significant & substantial
$295,463
proposed penalties
$280,555
paid to date
95% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $14,908 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2019
400
inspections on record
13,352
inspection hours
5.0
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.
661 citations across 13,352 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.
$295K
proposed penalties
$281K
current assessed
$281K
paid to date
$302
outstanding
631 assessments are final orders; 5 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-04-07.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2026
8
2025
7
2024
16
2023
16
2022
25
2021
14
2020
15
2019
12

Operators under this controller

Mines on record

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