Mining Incidents

Oxford Mining Co LLC operator

Controlled by Westmoreland Coal Company
MSHA operator ID: P16978

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
195
Mines on record
17
Years on record
2000–2018
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
673
citations
151
significant & substantial
$236,794
proposed penalties
$175,355
paid to date
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.

Top causes

Incident timeline

2018
4
2017
8
2016
4
2015
3
2014
6
2013
17
2012
11
2011
11 (1f)
2010
18
2009
20
2008
3
2007
18
2006
12
2005
25
2004
12
2003
12
2002
4
2001
5
2000
2

Mines on record

Fatalities under this operator

1 recorded
December 3, 2011 OH · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer Fatality · MACHINERY
Oxford Mining Co LLC · Struck against stationary object

EE was shoving top soil away from the highwall. He backed up over and through an 8 foot berm that had been constructed at the edge of the highwall. The dozer went over the wall rolling over and throwing him out of the cab.