ArcelorMittal Princeton (USA) announced that Extra Energy's Virginia Point Surface Mine, wholly owned by ArcelorMittal, has been awarded the 2010 Large Surface Mine Safety Award by the Virginia Division of Mines, Minerals and Energy.
In 2010 the Virginia Point Surface Mine logged 201,383 man hours and produced 575,177 tonnes of coal. All of this was accomplished while reducing the NFDL (non fatal days lost) incident rate from 3.49 in 2009 to 0.0 in 2010 making the Virginia Point Surface Mine the safest and most productive large surface mine in Virginia.
ArcelorMittal's Twin State Mining's Highwall Miner #55 won the same award in the Small surface mine category. The Highwall miner is also located and operated on the Virginia Point Surface Mine property and reduced the NFDL incident rate from 6.43 in 2008 to 0.0 in 2009 and remained at 0.0 in 2010.
In addition Keith Casey the Superintendent for Twin State Mining's Highwall Miner #55 won an individual award for working 17 years without a lost time accident. Mr. Casey has been employed with Twin State Mining for 4.5 years in various positions.
Extra Energy mines the reserves that can be safely and economically mined using surface mining techniques and Twin State mines the reserves that are not surface mineable or cannot be mined underground by the traditional room and pillar mining technique. This award shows the amount of teamwork and focus that these two companies employ to make Virginia Point Surface Mine the Safest and most Productive Mine in Virginia.
Mr Randy Moore chief of VADMME and Mr John Brown inspector for VADMME were present and on site August 18th 2011 to present this award. Ray McKinney, District Manager of Mine Safety Health Administration District 5 called ArcelorMittal Princeton's Safety Department to congratulate the company on this accomplishment and was represented at the ceremony by Dale Hess, Supervisor of MSHA District 5 Vansant Field Office.
Mr Greg Jessee president CEO of ArcelorMittal Princeton said that "I am very pleased with all the efforts that have been put forth from everyone involved with this operation. We feel strongly that the push for safety has and is changing the culture at ArcelorMittal Princeton. To be awarded number one in the state in both Large Surface Mine and Small Surface Mine is a great honor that didn't happen by chance. Starting in the second half of 2009 ArcelorMittal Princeton expanded its safety department and made a commitment to put SAFETY FIRST ALWAYS. ArcelorMittal Princeton feels this is a great accomplishment but certainly not the end. We are implementing the Courageous Leadership Program in hopes to sustain and maintain a 0.0% NFDL and expect to win these Awards again in 2011. This is one more step on our Journey to Zero.”
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