47th Annual Mine Safety Awards

Recipients of the 47th Annual Mine Safety Awards were celebrated on June 6, 2009 in Squamish.

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:

• Butler Brothers Supplies Ltd. - Butler Brothers Duncan
• Butler Brothers Supplies Ltd. - Keating
• Lehigh Hanson – Steelhead-Skway
• 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.

• Allard Contractors Ltd. – Pit D
• CertainTeed Gypsum Canada Inc. - Windermere Mining Operation
• Jack Cewe Ltd. – Jervis Inlet
• Lafarge Canada Inc. - Central Aggregates
• Lafarge Canada Inc. – Coquitlam Sand and Gravel
• Orca Sand & Gravel Ltd.
• Western Canadian Coal Partnership – Willow 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.

• Teck Coal Limited – 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.

• Teck Coal Limited – Greenhills 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