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MSHA News Release: [09/18/2002]
Contact Name: Rodney
Brown
Phone Number: (202) 693-9425
MSHA Recognizes Safest U.S. Mining Operations
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Labor’s Mine Safety
and Health Administration (MSHA), in cooperation with the National Mining
Association, has named eight U.S. mining operations as winners of its annual
“Sentinels of Safety” award in recognition of their outstanding
safety records during 2001. Winning mining operations are from Alabama,
Arizona, Nebraska, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia and Wyoming.
“Qualifying to win this award requires an exemplary commitment to
safety and health in the workplace,” said Dave D. Lauriski, assistant
secretary of labor for mine safety and health. “The winners all deserve
the highest praise for their efforts to work safely each and every
day.”
Since 1926, mining operations in various operational categories have
been recognized for achieving the highest number of employee work-hours without
an injury that resulted in lost time from work. To qualify for a Sentinels of
Safety award, a company must compile at least 30,000 employee work-hours during
the year without a lost-time injury or fatality.
The eight winners were the Deep Mine #30 of Paramont Coal Corp. in
Dante, Va.; the Black Thunder Mine of Thunder Basin Coal Co., in Wright, Wyo.;
the Young Mine of ASARCO, Inc., in Strawberry Plains, Tenn.; the Weeping Water
Mine of Martin Marietta Aggregates in Weeping Water, Neb.; the Phelps Dodge
Sierrita, Inc., of Phelps Dodge Mining Co. in Green Valley, Ariz.; the Imerys
Gantts Quarry of Imerys Carbonates, LLC in Sylacauga, Ala.; the Arena Plant of
Hanson Aggregates South Central in Altair, Tex.; and the Briggs Plant of
Fordyce, Ltd. in Victoria, Texas. An additional 32 mining operations in 17
states were also recognized for their exceptional safety records.
Considered the most prestigious award in the mining industry, as well as
the oldest established award for occupational safety, the Sentinels of Safety
competition was begun in 1925 by then-Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover.
The Sentinels of Safety Awards will be presented on Thursday, Sept.19,
during a luncheon at the Washington Court Hotel, 525 New Jersey Ave., NW,
Washington, D.C.
SENTINELS OF SAFETY AWARDS - 2001
FIRST PLACE
First place winners and their number of consecutive employee-hours
recorded in each of the sponsored mining categories are as follows:
Underground Coal Group
Deep Mine #30, Paramont Coal Corporation, Dante, VA,
175,582 hours.
Surface Coal Group
Black Thunder Mine, Thunder Basin Coal Company, LLC, Wright, WY,
1,247,939 hours.
Underground Metal Group
Young Mine, ASARCO, Inc., Strawberry Plains, TN,
223,890 hours.
Underground Nonmetal Group
Weeping Water Mine, Martin Marietta Aggregates, Weeping Water, NE,
130,287 hours.
Open Pit Group
Phelps Dodge Sierrita, Inc., Phelps Dodge Mining Co., Green Valley, AZ,
454,936 hours.
Quarry Group
Imerys Gantts Quarry, Imerys Carbonates, LLC, Sylacauga, AL,
212,051 hours.
Bank or Pit Group
Arena Plant, Hanson Aggregates South Central, Altair, TX,
132,565 hours.
Dredge Group
Briggs Plant, Fordyce, Ltd., Victoria, TX,
228,816 hours.
SENTINELS OF SAFETY AWARDS - 2001
Other mining operations with exceptional safety records during
2001
Underground Coal Group
Dugout Canyon Mine, Canyon Fuel Company, LLC, Wellington, UT, 134,402
hours. Creech
#1, Powell Mountain Coal Co., Inc., St. Charles, VA, 117,708 hours. VICC
No. 7, Coastal Coal
Company, LLC, Coeburn, VA, 96,982 hours. No. 1 Mine, Regent Allied
Carbon Energy Inc.,
Pound, VA, 83,887 hours.
Surface Coal Group
Kayenta Mine, Peabody Energy, Kayenta, AZ, 920,846 hours. Jewett Mine,
Northwestern
Resources Co., Jewett, AZ, 689,827 hours. Decker Mine, Decker Coal Co.,
Decker, MT,
428,111 hours. Falkirk Mine, The Falkirk Mining Company, Underwood, ND,
408,706 hours.
Underground Metal Group
Deep Star Mine, Newmont Gold Corp., Carlin, NV, 183,560 hours. Clinch
Valley Mine,
Pasminco Zinc, Inc., Thornhill, TN, 101,293 hours. San Manuel Mine, BHP
Copper, San
Manuel, AZ, 86,002 hours. Lee Smith Mine, Anglogold (Jerritt Canyon)
Corp., Elko, NV,
53,447 hours.
Underground Nonmetal Group
Sperry Mine, United States Gypsum Company, Sperry, IA, 115,946 hours.
Kerford Limestone
Mine, Kerford Limestone Co., Weeping Water, NE, 75,478 hours.
Independent Salt Mine,
Independent Salt Company, Kanopolis, KS, 72,407. Grand Saline Mine,
Morton Salt a Rohm
and Haas Co., Grand Saline, TX 59,526 hours.
Open Pit Group
Northshore Mine, Northshore Mining Co., Babbitt, MN, 269,110 hours.
Rochester Mine, Coeur
Rochester, Inc., Lovelock, NV, 246,429 hours. Denton-Rawhide Mine,
Kennecott Rawhide
Mining Co., Hawthorne, NV, 212,874 hours. Kennecott Barneys Canyon,
Kennecott Barneys
Canyon Mining Co., Bingham Canyon, UT, 135,854 hours.
Quarry Group
Lafarge Building Materials, Lafarge Building Materials, Inc., Ravena,
NY, 114,534 hours. TXI
Bridgeport Stone Plant, TXI, Bridgeport, TX, 107,600 hours. Servtex
Plant, Hanson Aggregates
West Inc., New Braunfels, TX, 102,548 hours. Krome Quarry, Rinker
Materials, Miami, FL,
100,447 hours.
Bank or Pit Group
Irwindale Rock Plant, Hanson Aggregate Pacific SW, Irwindale, CA,
129,332 hours. Plant 11, United Metro Materials, Inc., Phoenix, AZ, 126,525
hours. Eagle Mills Plant, Hanson Aggregates, Bearden, AR, 101,446 hours.
Showers Plant, Fordyce, Ltd., Victoria, TX,
97,762 hours.
Dredge Group
Porter Plant & Pit, RGI Materials, Porter, TX, 108,680 hours. Lower
Burrell Plant, Hanson
Aggregates PMA, Inc., New Kensington, PA, 62,917 hours. Muskogee Dredge,
APAC-
Arkansas, Arkhola, Ft. Smith, AR,49,082 hours. Marine Aggregates
Services, Marine
Aggregates Services, Martinez, CA, 43,905 hours
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