Westmoreland Coal (WLB) Unit Receives Danger Order for Rosebud Mine, Withdraws Workers

On October 29, 2012, Western Energy Company, a subsidiary of Westmoreland Coal Company (Nasdaq: WLB), received a verbal imminent danger order under section 107(a) of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977 at its Rosebud Mine in Colstrip, Montana. A formal written order was received on October 31, 2012. The order alleged that front-end loaders were loading material in an area where material was hanging up on the face of the high wall, causing it to slide in large quantities while the digging process was conducted, requiring withdrawal of miners from the area. No injuries occurred as a result of the cited condition.

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