Mining Incidents

Westmoreland Rosebud Mining LLC operator

MSHA operator ID: P24656
Fatalities
1
Total incidents
273
Mines on record
1
Years on record
2001–2026
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
426
citations
74
significant & substantial
$370,208
proposed penalties
$318,435
paid to date
86% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $51,773 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
136
inspections on record
9,408
inspection hours
4.5
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.
426 citations across 9,408 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.
$370K
proposed penalties
$318K
current assessed
$318K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
413 assessments are final orders; 17 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-12-16.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2026
5
2025
2
2024
14
2023
8
2022
8
2021
2
2020
5
2019
2
2018
9
2017
6 (1f)
2016
5
2015
4
2014
6
2013
2
2012
8
2010
10
2009
13
2008
21
2007
19
2006
32
2005
27
2004
23
2003
16
2002
17
2001
9

Mines on record

Fatalities under this operator

1 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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