Wolf Den Run mine in Maryland earns Sentinels of Safety award

The National Mining Association recently awarded Vindex Energy’s Wolf Den Run mine, an Arch Coal Inc. mine in Maryland, with its Sentinels of Safety award for small-scale surface coal mines based on its 2015 safety performance.
The awards recognize the country’s safest mines and are determined across 10 categories based on the mine's operating hours and incidences of lost-time injuries. Last year saw Wolf Den Run employees logged 27,552 work hours while maintaining a lost-time incident rate of zero, the third consecutive year that the mine had achieved that record. The mine had one recordable incident on record, which occurred in December 2012.
“Commitment to safety and environmental protection make up the strong foundation of our operating philosophy,” Arch CEO John Eaves said. “We drive that message home to our employees every day through a number of initiatives, and awards such as this one recognize their dedicated efforts. We congratulate each Wolf Den employee for achieving this national recognition, and we applaud their strong commitment to safe and responsible mining practices.”
The Sentinels of Safety awards were launched in 1925 by Commerce Secretary Herbert Hoover and are the country’s most prestigious safety awards for coal, metal and non-metal mines.