Mining Incidents

Oxford Mining Co LLCOperator

Controlled by Westmoreland Coal Company
MSHA Operator ID: P16978
Fatalities
1
Total incidents
195
Mines on record
17
Years on record
2000–2018

Safety benchmark

Recorded fatalities relative to other operators with a fatal MSHA history. Percentile is computed across the 739 operators with at least one recorded fatality.

Fatality-count percentile
0th

More recorded fatalities than 0% of operators on file.

Rank
#526of 739

Position when operators are sorted by recorded fatalities.

Vs industry mean
0.6×

Industry mean: 1.6 fatalities per fatal-history operator.

This operator
1
Industry mean
1.6
Industry median
1
Peers at similar incident volume

Methodology: percentile and rank computed across MSHA operators with at least one recorded fatality. Industry mean is the average across that same population. Peers are sampled by closest total-incident count, regardless of fatality outcome.

For counsel + compliance teams

Get an email the moment a new MSHA-reportable accident lands at any mine on file under Oxford Mining Co LLC. Useful for 105(c) defense intake, FMSHRC docket prep, and active client monitoring.

Top causes

  • MACHINERY1 fatality · 17 non-fatal
  • SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON67 non-fatal
  • HANDLING OF MATERIALS46 non-fatal
  • HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)20 non-fatal
  • POWERED HAULAGE18 non-fatal
  • FIRE8 non-fatal

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
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.