Montana facility reaches eight-year safety milestone

Bob Bartosh, chief operating officer of Dakota Coal Company, says the Montana Limestone Company milestone is a great source of pride for the team.

Basin Electric Power Cooperative - December 29, 2011

The employees of Montana Limestone Company’s fine grind plant and rail load out facility reached eight years without a lost-time accident Dec. 16.

Montana Limestone is a subsidiary of Dakota Coal Company, which is a subsidiary of Basin Electric. The fine grind plant provides chemical grade agricultural products as well as limestone products for Stillwater Mining Company and Signal Peak Energy. The rail load out facility transfers and loads limestone onto railcars for sugar beet refineries. This facility will also load unit trains of limestone for the scrubber at Leland Olds Station. The fine grind plant and rail load out are located 70 miles south of Billings, near Warren, MT.

Bob Bartosh, chief operating officer of Dakota Coal, says the milestone is a great source of pride for the team. "We make working safely a top priority at our facilities, and this milestone goes to show that attention has paid off. I congratulate our employees on their hard work, and am so glad they’re able to go home every day safe and healthy."

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