Rail Link wins Wyoming Governor

Written by jrood

Rail Link, Inc., a subsidiary of G&W, received the Wyoming Governor's Award for Safety and Health in the Large Mine-Site Contractor category. The award is the highest honor given by the State of Wyoming for recognition of an employer's commitment to excellence in workplace safety and health. Rail Link loads more than 400 million tons of Powder River Basin coal annually into trains for railroad companies at more than a dozen mines in Wyoming and Montana. This represents approximately 90 percent of Powder River Basin coal production and more than a third of all coal burned in North America. The company has 160 employees in the Powder River Basin. At the mine sites, Rail Link employees receive empty coal trains from the railroad companies, operate them slowly through the mine's loading stations where the cars are filled with coal and then hand the loaded, mile-long trains back to the railroad companies in a non-stop cycle of as many as 70 trains daily. Rail Link's coal loading operations and GWI's Utah Railway comprise GWI's Rocky Mountain Region, which worked more than 445,000 man-hours in 2010 without a single reportable injury. "Receiving the Wyoming Governor's Award is a great honor," said GWI Rocky Mountain Region Senior Vice President Andrew Chunko. "Safety is our top priority, and our Rail Link employees' commitment to working safely pays off with every single individual in the Powder River Basin returning home safely every day. It's wonderful to be recognized by the State of Wyoming, and since safety is also our customers' top priority, it's a big part of our competitive advantage in the Powder River Basin."  

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