Mining Incidents

Westmoreland Rosebud Mining LLC operator

Controlled by Westmoreland Mining Holdings LLC
MSHA operator ID: P24656

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
272
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
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2026
4
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.