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Absaloka Mine, Big Horn County, Montana: 96 MSHA citations
Updated November 6, 2026. Source: US Department of Labor, Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), Open Government Data Sets.
Absaloka Mine is an active coal (bituminous) surface mine in Big Horn County, Montana, operated by Westmoreland Absaloka Mining LLC with 14 employees on MSHA's record (mine ID 2400910). Since January 1, 2022 MSHA inspectors issued 96 citations and orders there with $65,803 in proposed penalties, and 11 accident reports were filed there, with 11 injury or illness cases.
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- MSHA mine ID
- 2400910
- Status
- Active since July 1, 1974
- Main commodity
- Coal (bituminous)
- Mine type
- Surface
- County
- Big Horn County, Montana
- Nearest town
- Hardin
- Operator
- Westmoreland Absaloka Mining LLC
- Parent company
- Westmoreland Mining Holdings LLC
- Employees
- 14
- MSHA field office
- Gillette WY Field Office
- Citations and orders since January 1, 2022
- 96
- Significant and substantial
- 11 (11.5%)
- Closure orders
- 0
- High negligence or reckless
- 5
- Proposed penalties
- $65,803
- Amount paid so far
- $60,231
- Inspections
- 19
- Inspector hours on site
- 604
- Citations per inspection
- 5.05 (all mines 2.30)
- Accident reports
- 11
- Injury and illness cases
- 11
- Fatalities
- 0
- Latest MSHA record
- July 2, 2026
- Citations issued to contractors here
- 13 ($1,758 proposed)
Citations and injury cases by year
Calendar years since 2022; 2026 runs to the date of the MSHA files.
| Year | Citations and orders | Significant and substantial | Proposed penalties | Injury and illness cases |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 35 | 6 | $25,485 | 6 |
| 2023 | 28 | 4 | $34,142 | 4 |
| 2024 | 15 | 0 | $2,724 | 0 |
| 2025 | 11 | 1 | $2,291 | 0 |
| 2026 | 7 | 0 | $1,161 | 1 |
Standards cited most at Absaloka Mine
Sections of Title 30 of the Code of Federal Regulations named on the citations, with the part each belongs to.
| Standard | What the part covers | Citations |
|---|---|---|
| 30 CFR 77.1110 | Surface coal mines, safety | 13 |
| 30 CFR 77.502 | Surface coal mines, safety | 10 |
| 30 CFR 77.1605 | Surface coal mines, safety | 9 |
| 30 CFR 77.502-2 | Surface coal mines, safety | 7 |
| 30 CFR 77.410 | Surface coal mines, safety | 6 |
| 30 CFR 77.1607 | Surface coal mines, safety | 5 |
| 30 CFR 77.404 | Surface coal mines, safety | 5 |
| 30 CFR 47.44 | Hazard communication | 4 |
| 30 CFR 77.1713 | Surface coal mines, safety | 4 |
| 30 CFR 77.1104 | Surface coal mines, safety | 3 |
| 30 CFR 77.202 | Surface coal mines, safety | 3 |
| 30 CFR 77.1606 | Surface coal mines, safety | 3 |
| 30 CFR 77.1600 | Surface coal mines, safety | 2 |
| 30 CFR 77.400 | Surface coal mines, safety | 2 |
| 30 CFR 77.1103 | Surface coal mines, safety | 2 |
Injury and illness cases at Absaloka Mine
Accident reports by degree of injury, as the operator reported them to MSHA.
| Degree | Cases |
|---|---|
| Days away from work or restricted activity | 9 |
| No lost time, or an occupational illness | 2 |
What the accident reports at Absaloka Mine describe
Accident classification, as MSHA codes the circumstances that contributed most directly.
| Classification | Reports |
|---|---|
| Slip or fall of person | 6 |
| Machinery | 2 |
| Powered haulage | 1 |
| Exploding vessels under pressure | 1 |
| Handling of materials | 1 |
Equipment named in accident reports at Absaloka Mine
| Equipment | Reports |
|---|---|
| Shovel | 2 |
| Trucks | 1 |
| Pump | 1 |
| Bulldozer | 1 |
| Ore haulage trucks - off highway trucks | 1 |
Other open mines in Big Horn County, Montana
| Mine | Operator | County | Main commodity | Employees | Citations since 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spring Creek Mine | Navajo Transitional Energy Company, LLC | Big Horn County, MT | Coal (bituminous) | 268 | 56 |
| Decker Mine | Decker Coal Company | Big Horn County, MT | Coal (bituminous) | 28 | 24 |
| Portable Crusher #1 | Big Horn County | Big Horn County, MT | Construction sand and gravel | 2 | 3 |
| Wolf Mountain Coal-Spring Creek | Wolf Mountain Coal, Inc. | Big Horn County, MT | Coal (bituminous) | 7 | 1 |
| Yci McCLOSKEY C3 | Yochum Contracting Inc | Big Horn County, MT | Construction sand and gravel | 3 | 0 |
US government work, public domain. Counts come from the MSHA files published on November 6, 2026. An open mine is one MSHA lists as Active, Intermittent, New Mine, Temporarily Idled or NonProducing; 13,673 were open that day. Citations, penalties, inspections and accident reports run from January 1, 2022. A citation is an inspector's allegation and an operator can contest it; the penalty is the amount MSHA first proposed, before any contest or settlement. An operator is the legal entity MSHA assesses, and a parent company is its controller. Mines run by sole proprietors or by individuals are counted in every total and are not named. This page uses MSHA data and is not endorsed or certified by MSHA. Free to reuse with credit to SpecStream under CC BY 4.0. Spot a wrong value? Write to [email protected] with the link to this page.