Health & Safety

The National Mining Association (NMA) is pleased to sponsor the Sentinels of Safety Awards for U.S. mining operations.

Sentinels of Safety are awarded annually to the nation's safest mines with a minimum of 4,000 injury-free hours.

The awards were initiated in 1925 by then-Commerce Secretary Herbert Hoover and remain the nation's most prestigious awards recognizing mining safety.

The rules and categories for the awards can be found here.

The 2010 awards were presented at the 2011 Sentinels of Safety Awards Luncheon on October, 18 in Washington, D.C.

Large Company Award Winners:

Coal Processing Facility
Bevins Branch Preparation Plant, McCoy Elkhorn Coal Corp., Pikeville, Ky.

Surface Coal
South Hallsville No.1 Mine, Sabine Mining Co., North American Coal Corp., Hallsville, Texas

Underground Coal
Sufco, Canyon Fuel Company, Arch Coal, Inc., Salina, Utah

Bank or Pit
Voca Plant, Unimin Corp., Voca, Texas

Dredge
Briggs Plant, Fordyce Holdings, Inc., Victoria, Texas

Metal-Nonmetal Mill
Edgar Plant, BASF Corp., McIntyre, Ga.

Open Pit
Keetac, United States Steel Corp.- Minnesota Ore Operation, Keewatin, Minn.

Quarry
Three Rivers Quarry, Martin Marietta Materials, Inc., Smithland, Ky.

Underground Metal
Sweetwater Mill/Mine, The Doe Run Company, Reynolds, Mo.

Underground Nonmetal
Coolspring Mining, Inc., Coolspring Stone Supply, Inc., Uniontown, Pa.

Small Company Award Winners:

Coal Processing Facility
Mayflower Preparation Plant, Powell Mountain Energy, LLC, Arch Coal, Inc., St. Charles, Va.

Surface Coal
Marett Mine, Quality Aggregates, Inc., Parker, Pa.

Underground Coal
Shean Hill Mine, Sterling Mining Corp., Salineville, Ohio

Bank or Pit
Cemex-Maricopa, Cemex Construction Materials South, LLC, Maricopa, Ariz.

Dredge
Woodland Plant, Clayton Sand Company, Chatsworth, N.J.

Metal-Nonmetal Mill
Dupo Plant #9, Columbia Quarry Company, Dupo, Ill.

Open Pit
Kaufman-George Pit, New NGC Inc., Fort Dodge, Iowa

Quarry
Reef Mine, Southwest Stone, Inc., Ferron, Utah

Underground Metal
Arizona #1, Denison Mines (USA) Corp., Fredonia, Ariz.

Underground Nonmetal
Miss Linda Mine, J M Huber Corp., Marble Hill, Ga.