Safety Awards

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Dakota Westmoreland Corporation
Beulah Mine

  • 2011 Sentinels of Safety - Certificate of Achievement for Its Outstanding Safety Record in 2010
  • 2011 Rocky Mountain Institute Coal Mining Safety Award for 2010 - Small Mine Category
  • 2011 North Dakota Lignite Energy Council Safety Excellence Award for 2010
  • 2010 North Dakota Lignite Energy Council Safety Excellence Award for 2009
  • 2009 North Dakota Public Service Commission - North Dakota Award for Excellence in Surface Coal Mining and Reclamation
  • 2009 Lignite Energy Council Safety Excellence Award for 2008
  • 2006 Lignite Energy Council Safety Excellence Award for 2005
  • 2005 Sentinels of Safety - Certificate of Achievement (Coal Processing Plant)
  • 2003 Top Lignite Energy Council Safety Excellence Award for 2002

Texas Westmoreland Coal Company
Jewett Mine 

  • 2002 Texas Mining and Reclamation Association Awards of Exellence
    - Coal Category
    - Archeological Work
    - Auger
  • 2001 Texas Mining and Reclamation Association Awards of Excellence
    - Coal Category
    - Surface Mining and Reclamation of an Abandoned Underground Lignite Mine
  • 2001 Sentinels of Safety - Third Place

Western Energy Company
Rosebud Mine

  • 2005 Office of Surface Mining and Enforcement (OSM) - National Award for Excellence in Surface Mining
  • 2002 Montana Recreation and Parks Association - Citation of Merit

Westmoreland Resources, Inc.
Absaloka Mine

  • 2010 Montana Governor's Award for Safety and Health - Large Mines
  • 2001 and 2004 US Dept. Of Labor - MSHA; Sentinals of Safety Award

Westmoreland Savage Corporation
Savage Mine

  • 2010 Rocky Mountain Coal Mining Institute's Safety Award for Surface Mines - Award for outstanding and ongoing safety performance during calendar years 2007, 2008, and 2009
  • 2010, 2009 and 2007 Montana Governor's Award for Safety and Health - Small Mining Employer
  • 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004 and 2003 Westmoreland Coal Company President’s Award for the safest mine within the company
  • 2005 Sentinels of Safety - Certificate of Achievement
  • 2004 MSHA’s “Certificate of Achievement in Safety” - small surface coal group Sentinels of Safety Program

Roanoke Valley Power Facility

  • 2009 and 2004 North Carolina Star Award for Safety
  • 2002 and 2001 Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents - Gold Award for Occupational Safety
  • 2001 Electric Light and Power - Ranked #20 nationally for highest Coal-Fired Plant Capacity Factor