60th Annual Mine Safety Awards

Recipients of the 60th Annual Mine Safety Awards were celebrated virtually on May 5, 2022.

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:

• Jamieson Quarry – Mainland Construction Materials
• McLean Sumas Mountain – Mainland Construction Materials
• Westridge Quarries – Westridge Quarries Ltd.
• Windermere Mining Operations – CertainTeed Canada Inc.

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:

• Ward Road Quarry - 532470 BC Ltd
• Nickel Plate Mine - Barrick Gold Inc.
• Cox Station - Mainland Construction Materials
• Orca Sand and Gravel - Polaris Materials
• Sandhill Materials - Sandhill Materials Inc

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:

• Wolverine – Conuma Coal Resources Limited

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:

• Gibraltar Mines Ltd. – Taseko Mines Ltd.

Underground Mine Awards

Small Underground Mines Award

• No winner

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:

• Brucejack Mines – Pretium Resources Inc.

Chief Inspector of Mines Award

• Hy-Tech Drilling Ltd.

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.

• Fireside Barite Mine – Fireside Minerals Ltd.