44th Annual Mine Safety Awards

Recipients of the 44th Annual Mine Safety Awards were celebrated on April 24, 2006 in Victoria.

Open Pit Mine and Quarry Awards

Certificate of Achievement

Certificates of Achievement was presented to the following operations, all of which had with a minimum of 15,000 worker hours and an injury-frequency rate of zero:

• Allard Contractors Ltd – Mission Pit
• Butler Brothers Supplies Ltd. – Duncan
• Butler Brothers Supplies Ltd. – Sooke Pit
• Hub City Paving Ltd – Cassidy Pit
• Imperial Paving Ltd – Ross Road Pit
• Jack Cewe – Jervis Inlet
• Steelhead Aggregates – Skway Pit
• Valley Rite Mix – Cannon Contracting

Stewart/O'Brian Safety Award

This award was presented to the following operations, all of which logged between 35,000 and 200,000 worker hours and had the lowest injury-frequency rate.

• BPB Canada Inc - Windermere Mining Operation
• Construction Aggregates Ltd. - Producers Pit
• Construction Aggregates Ltd - Sechelt Mine
• Lafarge Canada Inc. - Central Aggregates
• Texada Quarrying Ltd
• Western Canadian Coal – Dillon Mine
• Western Canadian Coal – Perry Creek

Edward Prior Award

This award is presented to operations that logged between 200,000 and 1,000,000 worker hours and had the lowest injury-frequency rate.

• Elk Valley Coal Corporation – Line Creek Operations

John Ash Award

This award is presented to operations that logged a minimum of 1,000,000 worker hours and had the lowest injury-frequency rate.

• Highland Valley Copper

Underground Mine Award

Small Underground Award

This award is presented to operations that logged between 20,000 and 240,000 worker hours (one-third of which were underground) and had the lowest injury-frequency rate.

• Quinsam Coal Corporation    - Quinsam Coal Mine