Westmoreland Absaloka Mining LLC operator
Controlled by
Westmoreland Mining Holdings LLC
MSHA operator ID: 0079503
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 67
- Mines on record
- 1
- Years on record
- 2007–2026
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2007
411
citations
111
significant & substantial
$663,463
proposed penalties
$543,605
paid to date
82% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $119,858 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2007
91
inspections on record
5,634
inspection hours
7.3
citations per 100 inspection hours
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.411 citations across 5,634 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Penalty disposition
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.$663K
proposed penalties
$617K
current assessed
$544K
paid to date
$74K
outstanding
383 assessments are final orders; 14 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-03-17.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Top causes
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 21 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 18 non-fatal
- POWERED HAULAGE 9 non-fatal
- MACHINERY 7 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 4 non-fatal
- FIRE 2 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2026
1
2023
4
2022
6
2021
2
2020
3
2019
2
2018
4
2017
2
2016
6
2015
4
2014
6
2013
4
2012
3
2011
3
2010
2
2009
1
2008
5
2007
9
Mines on record
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