Oct 24, 2012 2 min read

WAYNESBURG – Consol Energy Inc.’s Bailey mine in Greene County on Wednesday hosted Assistant Secretary of Labor for Mine Safety and Health Joseph Main as well as several key congressional committee staff members to showcase innovative technologies designed to improve the safety of the miners. The company’s Enlow Fork mine, which is part of the company’s largest mining complex and adjacent to the Bailey mine, also marked its achievement of recording 1 million hours worked with no recordable injuries. “No other underground coal operation in the nation can lay claim to such a distinctive feat,” said Consol Chairman and Chief Executive Officer J. Brett Harvey in a press release. “When preparation and focus are fully dedicated to the job at hand, performance and results occur. This achievement is a true testament to our employees’ commitment to safety as our top core value.” Enlow Fork’s 724 employees achieved their million hours without experiencing any recordable injuries Aug. 29, having worked safely since Feb. 9, 2012. They will receive the J. Brett Harvey Award during a reception dinner at Consol Energy Center Nov. 17. The award recognizes sites that have shown exemplary safety performance above and beyond the criteria established by past company safety awards. Established in January 2008, it was named after Harvey in recognition of his work to develop the Absolute Zero safety initiative which the company continues to implement and work toward at all of its operations. That initiative recognizes zero accidents as the norm and focuses employees and contractors on achieving an accident-free workplace. During Wednesday’s tour, Consol said it demonstrated key safety technologies it has been working to implement across several of its mines, including proximity detection, personal dust monitors, coal dust expolosibility meters, and through-the-earth voice and data communications.