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BRITISH COLUMBIAMINE SAFETY AWARDSOpen Pit Mine and Quarry Awards

Application Form

Established in 1961 the Open Pit Mine and Quarry Awards recognize excellence in open pit and quarry safety.

Award application deadline is February 1st.

This year’s awards will be presented at either the

Safety Awards Banquet or a combined

Provincial Mine Rescue & First Aid Competition

&Safety Awards Banquet

We hope you will join us and others from industry as we celebrate your success in safety, the team effort of your employees and thesuccess of those involved in mine rescue thoughout the province.

Each safety award-winning mine will receive three (3) free awards banquet tickets, one for each of the two OHSC Co-chairs and one for the Mine Manager. The award winners will be finalized by April. Should a mine win an award, up to three (3) pre-purchased tickets will be refunded.

We also invite and encourage your attendance at the Provincial Mine Rescue and First Aid Competition to support the teams while enhancing your knowledge about mine rescue . The competition is held the second Saturday in June from 8 a.m.–4 p.m. in a BCcommunity.

For banquet information, visit www.minesafetyawards.gov.bc.ca

Eligibility and Rules

All permitted mines in B.C. which have accumulated the required number of combined worker and contractor hours and have no fatalities in the competition year are eligible for the awards.

At the Chief Inspector of Mines’ discretion awards will be given to those eligible open-pit mines and quarries which have the lowest injury-frequency rate in the competition period.

Other factors that will be considered in adjudicating awards are lost-time accident frequency rates for the two most recent consecu-tive years and a comparison to the industry average.*

*Industry average is determined by WorkSafeBC’s estimated injury rates. Injury rate is defined by WorkSafeBC as the number of short-term disability claims per 100 person years of WorkSafeBC covered employment. Person years as defined by WorkSafeBC is one year of work in the given industry by one person

For more information on the application process, eligibility requirements and application criteria, please visitwww.minesafetyawards.gov.bc.ca

British Columbia Mine Safety AwardsOffice of the Chief Inspector of Mines

Province of British Columbia

PO Box 9320 Stn Prov GovtVictoria, BC V8W 9N3 Fax: (250) 952-0491

Mine.Safety@gov.bc.ca

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Awards and Trophies Categories

Open Pit Mine and Quarry Awards

These awards recognize the dedication of industry, unions and workers who are committed to maintaining a high level of health and safety at B.C. mines.

The awards are presented annually by the Chief Inspector of Mines to mines and quarries for their safety accomplishments in the previous calendar year.

Please check one:

Certificate of Achievement Minimum 15,000 worker hours Stewart/O’Brian Safety Award 35,000 up to 200,000 worker hours Edward Prior Safety Award 200,000 up to 1 million worker hours John Ash Safety Award 1 million or more worker hours

Award winners will be requested to submit pictures of the mine site and OHS Committee, to be showcased at the awards banquet.

For more information on the application process, eligibility requirements and application criteria, please visitwww.minesafetyawards.gov.bc.ca

OPEN PIT MINE and QUARRY AWARDSAPPLICATION FORM

Return by February 1st

Please submit award application forms by February 1st

British Columbia Mine Safety Awards

Office of the Chief Inspector of Mines

Province of British Columbia

PO Box 9320 Stn Prov GovtVictoria, BC V8W 9N3

Fax: (250) 952-0491Mine.Safety@gov.bc.ca

Mine Name: Company Name:(as it will appear on Award)

Mine Manager’s Name: Mine Manager’s e-mail:

Mailing Address:

Contact Person: Contact e-mail:

Telephone: Fax:

Lost -Time Accident ReportFor complete eligibility requirements and rules, visit www.minesafetyawards.gov.bc.ca

20____ 20____Number of lost-time accidents:(Where compensation was paid to the worker)

Number of worker-hours worked:(Includes contractor hours worked)

Lost-time accident frequency rate =Number of lost-time accidents x 200,000

Number of hours worked

Certification

We, the under-noted company, submit the following in respect to our lost-time accident records as of December 31, 20____, believing it to be a true and accurate statement.

Certified by Position:

Name Signature Date

Mine Manager

Name: Signature Date