ARCHIVE

Consol's Bailey ops restart marred by accident

A SERIOUS injury occurred at Consol Energy's Bailey mine on the same day the company announced th...

Staff Reporter
Consol's Bailey ops restart marred by accident

A Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection spokesperson told the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review that a contractor was crushed below the waist at around 3.30am on Monday.

Contractor GMS said the man suffered a fractured pelvis and was taken to Ruby Memorial Hospital in Morgantown for surgery, where he was in a stable condition.

Consol announced on Monday that the Bailey preparation plant had “resumed normal coal operations” – two weeks after a conveyor belt failure caused a temporary halt.

On August 1 Consol said a partial structural failure at a surface clean coal conveyor belt at the Bailey preparation facility in Greene County, Pennsylvania, caused the company to stop longwall production in the mines.

The belt system at the complex carries coal from the two mines to the clean coal silos at Bailey’s train load-out.

Both mines’ longwalls were completely idled, though all continuous miner units remained operating normally.

“Consol Energy has conducted a thorough assessment of the occurrence and reconstruction of the affected systems got underway on July 30,” officials said at the time, though the date of the failure was not disclosed.

The cost of the repairs has not been reported.

Both Enlow Fork and Bailey, which extract steam coal from the prolific Pittsburgh 8 seam, consistently rank among the top producing mines in the US.

Enlow Fork totaled 8 million tons of output last year while Bailey produced 8.6Mt.

Consol also reaffirmed its guidance to sell between 13.4Mt and 13.9Mt of coal during the third quarter.

TOPICS:

A growing series of reports, each focused on a key discussion point for the mining sector, brought to you by the Mining Monthly Intelligence team.

A growing series of reports, each focused on a key discussion point for the mining sector, brought to you by the Mining Monthly Intelligence team.

editions

ESG Mining Company Index: Benchmarking the Future of Sustainable Mining

The ESG Mining Company Index report provides an in-depth evaluation of ESG performance of 61 of the world's largest mining companies. Using a robust framework, it assesses each company across 9 meticulously weighted indicators within 6 essential pillars.

editions

Mining Magazine Intelligence Exploration Report 2024 (feat. Opaxe data)

A comprehensive review of exploration trends and technologies, highlighting the best intercepts and discoveries and the latest initial resource estimates.

editions

Mining Magazine Intelligence Future Fleets Report 2024

The report paints a picture of the equipment landscape and includes detailed profiles of mines that are employing these fleets

editions

Mining Magazine Intelligence Digitalisation Report 2023

An in-depth review of operations that use digitalisation technology to drive improvements across all areas of mining production