Marcotte Machinery Service Inc.
Health and Safety
Making Safety Work
Dumas is exceptionally committed to the health and safety of all our employees, and to providing superior health and safety performance to our clients. We offer a world class health and safety training program to our new employees, in addition to refresher training and awareness programs for our long-term and returning employees.Our goal is to achieve Zero Harm by empowering our people to proactively identify and address safety hazards both in and out of the workplace. This vision is anchored by the possibility of continuous improvement. We have introduced several new tools, such as weekly safety shares, to connect with our growing global workforce.
Internationally Recognized Safety Excellence
We are honoured to be the recipient of several prestigious industry awards:
• 2013 Safety Innovation Award from the Ontario Mine Contractors Safety Association (OMCSA):
Recognized for developing a ‘Liveman Switch’ to prevent inadvertent movement of raise climbers in underground mines.
• 2012 Safety Innovation Award from the Ontario Mine Contractors Safety Association (OMCSA):
Recognized for developing a ‘Rerailer Bar’ to safely and efficiently re-track derailed underground locomotives.
• 2010 Safety Innovation Award, OMCSA:
Recognized for developing the ‘Dumas Caged Crosshead’ to safely transport miners
underground for shaft sinking.
• Aurizon Mines, Casa Berardi Mine:
Recognized for excellence in health and safety in the workplace by the Centre of Health and
Social Service of Quebec.
• Glencore Compania Minera Las Quenuales, Yauliyacu Mine:
Awarded the Plaque of Honor for Underground Mining at the XV National Convention of Mining
Safety, organized by the Institute of Mine Safety in Peru.
Significant Safety Milestones
We are proud to have reached the following milestones (as of September 2012):
• Xstrata Copper, Kidd Mine:
Five years and 2 million manhours with no lost time injuries (LTIs) – and counting.
• AuRico Gold, Shaft Project:
Shaft rehabilitation and ramp completed with no LTIs; four years with no LTIs – and counting.
• IAMGOLD, Westwood Mine:
Three years and more than 370,000 manhours without a LTI.
• Volcan, Roberto Letts Shaft, Andaychagua Mine:
More than two years and no LTIs.
• Goldcorp, Dome Mine:
More than two years and no LTIs.
• Goldcorp – Porcupine Gold Mines, Dome Project:
Two years with no LTIs.
• Lake Shore Gold, Timmins Mine – Shaft Project:
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Source: http://www.dumasmining.com/AboutUs/HealthandSafety.aspx