State Safety

From: Southeast Mine Safety & Health Conference

Are you interested in mining health and safety? If you answered yes mark your calendar for the 6th Annual Southeastern US Mine Safety and Health Conference. The audience will be addressed by keynote speakers from the health and safety industry, along with sessions taught by safety professionals across the southeast. The site of this year’s conference is also new and exciting! Please join in the cutting edge learning and fun fellowship.

For registration and other information, please see the conference website, here.

From: The Daily Athenaeum

By Joshua Clark

Raymond Bradbury, former president of Martin County Coal Corporation, will speak today during the annual William N. Poundstone lecture in Grand Hall C of the Erickson Alumni Center.

Bradbury’s lecture, “My Last and Best 23 Years in Coal” is at 5 p.m., and Bradbury will dicuss the mining industry and his experience as a coal and mineral expert in the state of West Virginia.

The event is headed by Christopher Bise, Robert Murray Chair of the College of Engineering and Mineral Resources.

PITTSBURGH, Sept. 15, 2011 — /PRNewswire/ — CONSOL Energy’s (NYSE: CNX) Fola operations in Clay County, WV, have recorded a second million exposure hours worked with no recordable injuries. With this accomplishment, Fola becomes a two-time recipient of CONSOL Energy’s prestigious J. Brett Harvey Safety Award.

Fola operations employees have worked one million hours since December 29, 2009, without experiencing any recordable injuries from that time. The record was achieved on Monday, August 29 and was earned by both Fola and Peach Orchard Preparation Plant employees.

“This is a milestone for which every employee at Fola can take credit,” CONSOL Energy Chief … Continue Reading

Listed are the states participating in the MSHA grants program with links to each state program Summary. Also program officials and contact persons are listed with phone numbers and e-mail addresses.

ALABAMA
Mr. Ken Russell
Director of Business and Industry Training
Bevill State Community College
101 State Street, Box 800
Sumiton, AL 35148
Telephone: (205) 648-3271 (Ext. 5225)
E-mail: KRussell@bscc.eduALASKA
Mr. Dennis Steffy, CMSP
Director, Mining and Petroleum Training Services
University of Alaska – Anchorage
162 College Road
Soldotna, AK 99669
Telephone: (907) 262-2788
E-mail: mapts@alaska.net

ARIZONA
Ms. Laurie Schwartzbaugh
Deputy Director
Arizona State Mine Inspector’s Office
1700 West Washington, Suite 403
Phoenix, AZ 85007-2805
Telephone: (602) 542-5971
E-mail: LSwartzbaugh@mi.state.az.us

By Mike GorrellThe Salt Lake TribuneWith 2010 being an injury-free year, the Sufco coal mine outside Salina has been honored by the Rocky Mountain Coal Mining Institute as the safest underground mine in an eight-state region.

Sufco miners excavated 6.4 million tons of coal in almost 800,000 combined hours of working without a reportable accident last year, according to the federal Mine Safety and Health Administration’s online database.

“The employees of Sufco are very deserving of this recognition for their hard work and dedication to workplace safety,” said John Eaves, president and chief operating officer of St. Louis-based Arch Coal … Continue Reading