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Colowyo wir~s_safety sentinaThor~or Meeker, CO - =- Colowyo Coal Company employ- ees will receive the 1991 Sentinels of Safety award for working more employee-hours without a iast- time injury accident than any other surface coal mine in the Unit- ed States. Awarded since 1925, the Sen- tinels of Safety ie recognized as the moat prestigious mine safety award in the nation. The American Mining Congress and U. S. Depart- ment of Labor's Mine Safety end Health Administration co-sponsor the award, which is given to the mines with the best safety records in the country. The competition .. ~: honors top safety Performers in six different divisions of mining. Colowyo Coal T;ompany is the Cu•et surface coal mine in Colorado to receive this national honor. The Mine Safety and Health Administration credit Colowyo employees Cor working 735,755 empioyee•hours without alost- time injury accident during 1991. This is a new national record for employee-hours worked without a lost-time accident for a Sentinels o[ Safety winner in the surface coal mine division. In response to learning of the award, Colowyo President Dave Ueilton said, "Cutstanding and well-deserved! Every employee should be immensely proud.' Colowyo Coal Company is locat- ed south of Craig, Colorado and produces more than 4 million tons of low-sulphur, high Btu compli- ance coal annually. Colowyo is a wholly-owned sub- sidiary of Grace Energ}~ Corpora- tion, located in Dallas, Texas. Graee Energy Corporation is a di- vereitied energy company whose subsidiaries ere engaged in sup- plying services end equipment to- the petroleum industry; in the ex- plarationfor and development and production of oil and natural gas; and in coal mining.