56th Annual Mine Safety Awards

Recipients of the 56th Annual Mine Safety Awards were celebrated on February 27, 2018 in Victoria.

Open Pit Mine and Quarry Awards

Certificate of Achievement

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

• Lafarge Canada Inc. - Abbotsford Gravel Sales
• Butler Brothers Supplies Ltd. – Butler Brothers Supplies Ltd.
• CertainTeed Gypsum Canada Inc. – Windermere
• Imperial Limestone Co. Ltd. – Imperial Limestone
• West Ridge Quarries Ltd. – West Ridge Quarries

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:

• Lafarge Canada Inc. – Central Aggregates
• Lafarge Canada Inc. – Earle Creek
• Lafarge Canada Inc. – Pitt River Quarries
• Orca Sand & Gravel – Orca Sand & Gravel

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:

• Conuma Coal Resources Ltd. - Brule

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 Ltd. – Greenhills Operation

Underground Mine Awards

Small Underground Mines Award

• No applicants

Large Underground Mines Award

This award is presented to operations with more than 240,000 worker hours (one-third of which were underground) and that had the lowest injury-frequency rate during the calendar year:

• New Gold Inc. – New Afton

Chief Inspector of Mines Award

• No winner

Mine Safety Technology Award

The Mine Safety Technology Award is a leading indicator award created to recognize the development of controls to prevent workplace incidents and to acknowledge a mine’s innovation, using technology to protect the health and safety of its employees. We want to hear how you identified the problem and what you did to fix it, either using brand new technology or through the innovation of existing technology. This is a chance to showcase how your company took innovative steps to make BC’s mining sector safer.

• No winner