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Two Freeman miners cited for outstanding safety
Freeman Coal Mining Corp foremen Elmer Neal of Benton and Gene Hogston of Du Quoin were cited for safety records in 1962. Neal supervised 43,905 man hours with no accidents and was plant foreman at Orient 3 Mine near Waltonville. Hogston, underground section foreman at Orient 3, supervised 14,175 man hours without injury. They attended a Mine Inspectors Institute of America convention in Columbus, Ohio, in June with safety officials.
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Freeman Coal Mining Corp
Elmer Neal
Benton
Gene Hogston
du Quoin
Paul M. Budzak
Freeman
Neal
Orient 3
Waltonville
Hayston
Mine Inspectors Institute of America
Columbus
Ohio