PITTSBURGH (March 30, 2011) – CONSOL Energy announced that five of its mining operations in West Virginia have been named recipients of Joseph A. Holmes Safety Awards. The awards are presented annually by the Joseph A. Holmes Safety Association to select mine operations meeting the safety criteria established for the awards.
CONSOL Energy’s Fola Surface Mine and its Peach Orchard Preparation Plant, both located in Bickmore, W. Va.; it’s Peg Fork Surface Mine, located in Naugatuck, W. Va.; its Shoemaker Mine located in Marshall County, W.Va.; and its Blacksville #2 mine located in Wana, W. Va., have each been named recipients of the awards based on their 2010 safety records.
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CONSOL Energy Shoemaker Mine in Marshall County, W.Va., was named the 2010 recipient of the prestigious Eustace Frederick Milestones of Safety Award in Charleston, W.Va.
Fola Surface, Peg Fork Surface, Blacksville #2 and the Peach Orchard Preparation Plant were all recognized for their commitment to safety through the awards given annually to qualifying underground and surface mining operations across the state of West Virginia.
The Shoemaker Mine won the state’s top award for underground mine safety, recognizing it for the best safety performance among West Virginia underground coal mines in 2010.
In addition to the Shoemaker mine win, in the underground safety category CONSOL Energy’s Blacksville #2 Mine in Wana, W.Va., was awarded a Mountaineer Guardian award.
In the surface mine category, Fola Surface operations and its Peach Orchard Preparation Plant, both in Clay County, W.Va. and the Peg Fork Surface Mine, located in Naugatuck, W.Va., were each recognized with Mountaineer Guardian Awards for their outstanding safety achievements.
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CONSOL Energy’s mine rescue teams completed the 2010 competition season with the best performance as a group in company history.
Through the season, CONSOL Energy teams won 26 mine rescue team awards; 13 benchman awards; eight pre-shift awards; and a total of 50 awards for individual achievements.
New to the competition season was a first aid team from Blacksville. CONSOL Energy has not had a First Aid Team since the 1960s. The first aid team won third place in combination mine rescue/first aid in the post 5 West Virginia contest; and second place in both first aid and combination mine rescue/first aid in the Southern West Virginia Mine Rescue competition.
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PITTSBURGH, April 12, 2011 - CONSOL Energy's Wiley Surface Mine in Mingo County, W.Va., earned its third consecutive R.E. Bailey Safety Award as the company's 50 employees achieved a milestone in safety by working another million hours without a lost-time accident. The stellar safety record has its origins 25 years ago in December 1986 when the last lost-time accident occurred at Wiley.
"No matter what the weather or mining conditions, the attention Wiley employees pay to safety is second to none," said Miller Creek Superintendent Keith Bartley.
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