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2006 SENTINELS OF SAFETY AWARD WINNERS AND RUNNER UPS
Revisions to the Sentinels of Safety Awards Program, February 11 2005

Award Category, Mine and Company Injury-Free Hours:
Underground Coal:
Band Mill 2, Cumberland River Coal Co. of Arch Coal, Inc., Eolia, Ky.
175,686 hours
Underground Coal:
Abundance Coal Mine, Abundance Coal Inc., Kite, Ky.
56,665 hours
Surface Coal:
Farmersburg Mine, Black Beauty Coal Co. of Peabody Energy, Evansville, Ind.
539,695 hours
Surface Coal:
State Industries Strips, State Industries, Inc., East Kittanning, Pa.
36,488 hours
Coal Processing Facility:
Burke Branch Tipple, Premier Elkhorn Coal Co. of Teco Coal Corp., Myra, Ky.
151,970 hours
Coal Processing Facility:
Columbians Pits, Buckeye Industrial Mining Co., Lisbon, Ohio
27,445 hours
Underground Metal:
K-2 Mine Site, Kinross Gold Corp. Kettle River Operations, Republic, Wash.
29,254 hours
Underground Nonmetal:
Peerless Mine, Mississippi Lime Company, St. Genevieve, Mo.
279,812 hours
Underground Nonmetal:
Lyons Salt Co. Mine, Lyons Salt Co., Lyons, Kan.
42,070 hours
Open Pit:
Rio Tinto Minerals-Boron Operations, Rio Tinto, Boron, Calif.
449,804 hours
Open Pit:
Tumbledown Mine, Milwhite Inc., Van Horn, Tex.
15,295 hours
Quarry:
Tower Rock Stone Co.-St. Genevieve, Tower Rock Stone Co., St. Genevieve, Mo.
229,549 hours
Quarry:
Green Rock Co., Inc. #1, Green Rock Company, Inc., Alto, Tex.
14,861 hours
Dredge:
Briggs Plant, Fordyce, Ltd., Victoria, Tex.
272,424 hours
Dredge:
Augusta Sand Mine, Rinker Materials of Florida, Inc., Grovetown, Ga.
11,543 hours
Bank or Pit:
Sloan Quarry #1001, Bardon Materials/Aggregate Industries-U.S., North Las Vegas, Nev.
218,341 hours
Bank or Pit:
Northumberland Sand Plant, Central Builders Supply Co., Sunbury, Pa.
10,029 hours
Metal/Nonmetal Mill:
Sandersville Mill, J.M. Huber Corp., Sandersville, Ga.
306,219 hours
Metal/Nonmetal Mill:
Forks of the River Quarry, Rinker Materials of Florida, Inc., Knoxville, Tenn.
26,635 hours
   

Chart of all winners from 1925 - 2005 (Excel file)