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Westmoreland Haystack Mining LLC: 19 MSHA citations Coal

Evanston, Uinta County, WY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4801757

Westmoreland Haystack Mining LLC has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2012
Latest incident
Jul 2012
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2012
19
citations
3
significant & substantial
$2,192
proposed penalties
$2,192
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Westmoreland Haystack Mining LLC's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2012
6
inspections on record
352
inspection hours
n/a
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.
Rate withheld: 352 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Westmoreland Haystack Mining LLC has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets.

Penalty disposition
ⓘ Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.
$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
19 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2014-07-23.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
ⓘ Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
15.8%
significant & substantial
10.5%
high negligence or reckless
15.8%
reasonably likely or greater
15.8%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 10.5% low, 78.9% moderate, 10.5% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Westmoreland Haystack Mining LLC shows 100% of 8 respirable coal dust samples met the 1.5 mg/m3 standard.

Health sampling
ⓘ A sample is a point in time compliance measurement, not an individual exposure history. These figures describe MSHA sampling records and do not establish causation or personal dose.

Respirable coal dust
ⓘ Respirable coal dust and silica figures cover coal facilities. Dust compliance is measured against the current 1.5 mg/m3 standard; samples predating the 2014 standard are included, so compliance rates are a coarse historical signal.

Last sampled: 2012-10-04, 13 years ago
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
8
samples
0.36
dust max (mg/m3)
8 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 0 by the operator.
Most-sampled occupations
  • REFUSE TRUCK DRIVER/BACKFILL TRUCK DRIVE3
  • BULLDOZER OPERATOR2
  • ROAD GRADER OPERATOR2

Silica (quartz)

Last sampled: 2012-10-17, 13 years ago
20.6
silica avg (%)
1
samples
20.6
silica max (%)
Most-sampled occupations
  • ROAD GRADER OPERATOR1
See US coal mines ranked by silica in their dust samples.

Noise
ⓘ The share counts noise samples whose measured dose exceeded the 90 dBA permissible exposure limit. It describes the sampled workplace, not what reached the miner's ear: hearing conservation programs and the hearing protection worn during the shift are recorded separately and are not reflected here.

Last sampled: 2012-10-10, 13 years ago
0%
over PEL
9
samples
Most-sampled occupations
  • REFUSE TRUCK DRIVER/BACKFILL TRUCK DRIVE3
  • BULLDOZER OPERATOR2
  • ROAD GRADER OPERATOR2
See US mines ranked by noise samples over the legal limit.
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.

Westmoreland Haystack Mining LLC recorded 7.07 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2012.

Injury rate, 2012
ⓘ This rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
7.07
total case rate
7.07
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Above average. The US coal mining average was 3.74 and the all-US-mining average was 2.96 cases per 100 workers.
In Wyoming, coal mining averaged 1.06 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Ownership history
  1. Westmoreland Haystack Mining LLC 2011 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
ⓘ Coal production is reported quarterly and lags the current period; the most recent quarters may be incomplete.
Year Employees Coal produced (tons)
2019 4
2018 5
2017 6
2016 0
2015 1
2014 3 45,100
2013 6
2012 15
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Westmoreland Haystack Mining LLC sits in Uinta County, Wyoming, where the Census mining category is 6.2% of county employment.

Local economic context
ⓘ County figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.
Uinta County, Wyoming · Population 20,605
6.2%
Mining share of county employment
$82,672
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
Quarterly safety rates
ⓘ Citations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000, when MSHA's quarterly employment data starts; earlier incidents are counted but cannot be rate-adjusted. Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2019 Q1 5 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 5 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 5 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 33 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 11 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 24 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 90 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 96 0 0 0.0
Show 18 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2017 Q1 22 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 0 0 0
2015 Q4 0 0 0
2015 Q3 528 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 192 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 0 0 0
2014 Q4 960 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 960 1 0 1041.7
2014 Q2 3,472 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 360 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 349 3 0 8596.0
2013 Q3 829 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 2,981 1 0 335.5
2013 Q1 8,009 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 7,807 10 2 1280.9
2012 Q3 7,853 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 6,539 2 0 305.9
2012 Q1 6,095 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2012 · 2 incidents

March 5, 2012 WY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Westmoreland Haystack Mining LLC · Fall from machine

Employee was operating the 992 Loader. Just as the sun was rising, the employee attempted to clean the window when he fell to the ground, injuring his back. Other operators saw came to assistance and stabilized the employee until outside medical services arrived, who transported the employee to the local hospital for evaluation