McElroy Mine in the Ohio Valley Operations, and Robinson Run Mine in Northern West Virginia Operations, were honored recently by Coal Age magazine as “Top Performing U.S. Longwall Mines.” The awards are based on total raw coal production, average daily raw coal production and overall safety performance and were presented to both mines at the Longwall USA Convention in Pittsburgh this past June.
Receiving the award for the low-seam category for Robinson Run Mine were: (l-r), Wyatt Bittinger, longwall maintenance coordinator; Jimmy Brock, senior vice president – Northern West Virginia Operations; Tim Underwood, superintendent; Bart Hyita, chief operating officer – coal operations; Albert Radebaugh, master mechanic; and Tim Efaw, longwall coordinator.
Receiving the award for the medium seam category for McElroy Mine were: (l-r), Bart Hyita, chief operating officer – coal operations; Josh Koonz, longwall coordinator; Mike Sekora, longwall coordinator; Robbie Gallentine, master mechanic; and Albert Aloia, senior vice president-coal operations support.
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CONSOL Energy’s Fola operations in Clay County, W. Va. has won the first ever J. Brett Harvey Safety Award.
The award, named after CONSOL’s chief executive officer, recognizes sites that have shown exemplary safety performance that goes above and beyond previously established criteria.
The recognition was earned by both Fola and Peach Orchard Preparation Plant employees for working one million hours since January 1, 2008 without experiencing any recordable injuries.
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Four CONSOL Energy mining operations have been honored with national awards that recognize the company and its employees for their commitment to and record of safety excellence.
The Blacksville mine in Wana, W. Va. received a 2008 Pacesetter Award, recognizing it for achieving the best underground mine injury-incidence rate of a mine with 101 or more employees in Mine Safety and Health Administration District 3. Blacksville also earned the West Virginia Coal Association’s 2008 Eustace Frederick Milestones of Safety Award given to the industry’s safest underground operation.
The Fola Surface mine in Bickmore, W. Va. received a 2008 Pacesetter Award, recognizing it for achieving the best injury-incidence rate of all surface and auger mines employing 26 or more employees in Mine Safety and Health Administration District 4.
Four CONSOL Energy operations also received the 2009 Joseph A. Holmes Safety Award, including the Peach Orchard Preparation Plant in Bickmore, W. Va.; Blacksville Mine, in Wana, W. Va. and the Bailey Mine and Bailey Preparation Plant in West Finley, Pa. The Peach Orchard Plant was also awarded the West Virginia Coal Association’s Mountaineer Guardian Award for outstanding safety achievement in preparation plant operations.
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Mon River Towing, a subsidiary of CONSOL Energy, has recorded over two million exposure hours without a lost-time accident. The river operator, which employs 125 people, ships coal to several power plants located on the Monongahela and Ohio rivers as well as sand and gravel to the local construction industry.
In 2008, Mon River Towing worked its first one million man-hours without a lost-time accident. The company then matched that accomplishment with another one million man-hours worked without incident in 2009.
“Two million consecutive man-hours without lost time doesn’t happen by “accident” – it happens because we are dedicated to being a leader in safety and are not willing to settle for anything less,” said CONSOL Senior Vice President of Marketing, James Grech.
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