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8/10/2012
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Genesee & Wyoming's Rail Link earns recognition for health, safety
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Genesee & Wyoming Inc. (GWI) subsidiary Rail Link Inc. has received the Wyoming Governor’s Award for Safety and Health in the large mine-site contractor category for the second consecutive year.
The award is the state’s highest recognition of an employer’s commitment to excellence in workplace safety and health, GWI officials said in a prepared statement.
In 2011, Rail Link loaded more than 430 million tons of Powder River Basin (PRB) coal into trains for railroads at more than a dozen mines in Wyoming and Montana, representing about 90 percent of PRB coal production and more than one-third of all coal burned in North America. Rail Link — which is part of GWI’s Mountain West Region — employs 162 in the basin.
At the mine sites, Rail Link workers receive up to as many as 80 empty coal trains a day, operate them slowly through the mine’s loading stations where the cars and filled and then hand the loaded, mile-long trains back to railroads.
“Safety is the No. 1 priority for us and for our customers, and it’s wonderful to have the state of Wyoming recognize that commitment,” said GWI Mountain West Region Senior Vice President Andrew Chunko.
The award is the state’s highest recognition of an employer’s commitment to excellence in workplace safety and health, GWI officials said in a prepared statement.
In 2011, Rail Link loaded more than 430 million tons of Powder River Basin (PRB) coal into trains for railroads at more than a dozen mines in Wyoming and Montana, representing about 90 percent of PRB coal production and more than one-third of all coal burned in North America. Rail Link — which is part of GWI’s Mountain West Region — employs 162 in the basin.
At the mine sites, Rail Link workers receive up to as many as 80 empty coal trains a day, operate them slowly through the mine’s loading stations where the cars and filled and then hand the loaded, mile-long trains back to railroads.
“Safety is the No. 1 priority for us and for our customers, and it’s wonderful to have the state of Wyoming recognize that commitment,” said GWI Mountain West Region Senior Vice President Andrew Chunko.
