The US Dept. of Labor’s Mine Safety & Health Administration (MSHA) and the National Mining Association (NMA) honored eight mining companies for their 1999 safety records in the annual Sentinels of Safety awards program sponsored.
The companies were recognized for achieving the greatest number of employee work hours in 1999 without an injury that resulted in lost workdays. To qualify, these companies had to compile at least 30,000 employee work hours during the year without a lost-time injury or fatality. The Sentinels of Safety award is the oldest, established award for occupational safety. The first one was announced by President Herbert Hoover—a former mining engineer—when he was secretary of commerce in 1925. The annual safety competition has continued uninterrupted to the present day.
Based on a report from Safety Currents
