Westmoreland Announces Receipt of Prestigious Carolina Star Award
Westmoreland Coal Company (NasdaqGM:WLB) today announced that its
Westmoreland Partners′ subsidiary that owns and operates the Roanoke
Valley Energy Facility (ROVA) in Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina
successfully completed recertification and was awarded North Carolina′s
highest recognition for workplace safety, the Carolina Star award.
Recognition as a Carolina Star site is the highest safety and health
designation awarded by the N.C. Department of Labor with only 96
businesses in North Carolina having received Star status. ROVA remains
the only electrical generating station in North Carolina to achieve this
status.
'Employee involvement and ownership support are at the heart of our
safety culture,? said Don Keisling, manager of the ROVA facility. 'This
achievement would not have been possible without the hard work of the
ROVA employees. They are the ones that make the safety program work and
maintain our safety culture.?
About Westmoreland Coal Company
Westmoreland Coal Company is the oldest independent coal company in the
United States. Its coal operations include coal mining in the Powder
River Basin in Montana, sub-bituminous mining in Wyoming, and lignite
mining operations in Montana, North Dakota and Texas. Its power
operations include ownership of the two-unit ROVA coal-fired power plant
in North Carolina. For more information, visit www.westmoreland.com.
Westmoreland Coal Company
Kevin Paprzycki, 855-922-6463