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Westmoreland Rosebud Mining LLCOperator

Controlled by Westmoreland Mining Holdings LLC
MSHA Operator ID: P24656
Fatalities
1
Total incidents
272
Mines on record
1
Years on record
2001–2026

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
#460of 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 Westmoreland Rosebud Mining LLC. Useful for 105(c) defense intake, FMSHRC docket prep, and active client monitoring.

Top causes

  • POWERED HAULAGE1 fatality · 27 non-fatal
  • HANDLING OF MATERIALS66 non-fatal
  • SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON54 non-fatal
  • MACHINERY40 non-fatal
  • DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)27 non-fatal
  • HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)21 non-fatal

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
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.