PCX Patriot Coal Corp.

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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