Mining Incidents

Westmoreland Haystack Mining LLC 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.
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.

MSHA sampling at Westmoreland Haystack Mining LLC shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.17 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 8 samples.

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.
0.17
dust avg (mg/m3)
0.36
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
8
samples
Most recent sample: 2012-10-04.
Silica (quartz)
20.6
silica avg (%)
20.6
silica max (%)
1
samples
Most recent sample: 2012-10-17.
Noise
0%
over PEL
9
samples
Most recent sample: 2012-10-10.
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.
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 3 1 1006.4
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

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