45th Annual Mine Safety Awards

Recipients of the 45th Annual Mine Safety Awards were celebrated on April 16, 2007 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
• Allard Contractors Ltd – Haney Pit
• Ash Grove Cement Company – Blubber Bay Quarry
• Butler Brothers Supplies Ltd. – Keating Pit
• Division of Lafarge Canada – Coquitlam Sand and Gravel
• Graymont Western Canada Inc – Pavilion Quarry
• Jack Cewe Ltd – Jervis Inlet
• Plateau Construction Ltd – Harper Ranch Quarry

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.

• Certain Teed Gypsum Canada Inc - Windermere Mining Operation
• Lafarge Canada Inc. - Central Aggregates
• Texada Quarrying Ltd
• Western Canadian Coal Corporation – Dillon Mine

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 – Coal Mountain 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.

• Elk Valley Coal Corporation – Elkview Operations

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