59th Annual Mine Safety Awards

Recipients of the 59th Annual Mine Safety Awards were celebrated virtually on May 4, 2021.

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:

• Barrick Gold Inc. – Nickel Plate Mine
• CertainTeed Canada Inc. – Windermere Mining Operation
• Cumberland Sand and Gravel
• Mainland Construction Materials – Jamieson Quarry
• North Coal Ltd.
• Peace River Coal Inc. – Trend-Roman Mine
• 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:

• 532470 BC Ltd. – Ward Road Quarry
• Mainland Construction Materials – Cox Station
• Sandhill Materials Inc. – Sandhill Materials

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:

• Taseko Mines Ltd. – Gibraltar Mines Ltd.

Underground Mine Awards

Small Underground Mines Award

• Barkerville Gold Mines – Bonanza Ledge Phase 2

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

• G Shift Mine Rescue, Castle Safety, and Fording River ATWF-S Contractor Tradesman
• Teck Resources Ltd. - Fording River Operations

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.

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