Patriot Coal's Guyan Mine Receives Coveted Sentinels of Safety Award
24 September 2008 - 10:05PM
PR Newswire (US)
ST. LOUIS, Sept. 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Patriot Coal
Corporation (NYSE:PCX) today announced that the Guyan Mine at its
Apogee mining complex has received the Sentinels of Safety Award
for outstanding safety performance in a large surface coal group.
The Award was presented today in connection with the MINExpo
INTERNATIONAL 2008 conference in Las Vegas. The Sentinels of Safety
Awards are cosponsored by the Mine Safety and Health Administration
and the National Mining Association. The Awards are designed to
recognize achievement of outstanding safety records in mining
operations and are awarded to mines that record the most hours in a
calendar year without a lost-time injury. "Patriot Coal's vision is
to provide a safe and healthy work environment, with the belief
that all workplace incidents are preventable. The safety and health
of our employees is an integral part of all processes and the first
priority in all aspects of our business," noted Patriot Chief
Executive Officer Richard M. Whiting. "The Sentinels of Safety
Award is a national award coveted by all mining operations. We are
very pleased to receive this award and commend our Guyan mine
employees for achieving outstanding safety performance." As a
result of the company's strong emphasis on safety, Patriot's
incident rate of 3.44 per 200,000 hours worked in the first 7
months of 2008 was the safest in the company's history. About
Patriot Coal Patriot Coal Corporation is the third largest producer
and marketer of coal in the eastern United States, with 22
Company-operated mines and numerous contractor-operated mines in
Appalachia and the Illinois Basin. The Company ships to domestic
and international electric utilities, industrial users and
metallurgical coal customers, and controls approximately 1.9
billion tons of proven and probable coal reserves. The Company's
common stock trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol
PCX. DATASOURCE: Patriot Coal Corporation CONTACT: Janine Orf of
Patriot Coal Corporation, +1-314-275-3680 Web site:
http://www.patriotcoal.com/
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