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FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT: Tammy Cavender (573)
751-7500
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 5, 2007
Southeast Missouri Mining Companies Earn Safety Awards
Best Safety Record and Most Improved Awards Presented
Jefferson City, MO - The Missouri Department of Labor and Industrial Relations’ Mine and Cave Safety and Health Program partners with the Southeast Missouri Mine Safety Association (SEMMSA) each year to present awards to southeast Missouri mining and smelting companies, as well as contracting companies. The awards are given for excelling in mine safety and health.
The 2006 SEMMSA awards banquet will be held April 5, 2007, at 6:00 p.m. at the Tradition Inn, Highway W and Highway 67, in Farmington, MO. Representative Shannon Cooper will be the keynote speaker.
The Mine and Cave Safety and Health Program and SEMMSA will present 13 safety awards to southeast Missouri mining, milling, smelting and contracting companies. Eleven companies will be recognized for Best Safety Records and two awards will be given for Most Improved.
Best Safety Record Award Recipients include:
- Doe Run – Buick Resource Recycling
- Category: Smelter
- Bloomsdale Excavating
- Category: Contractor
- Capital Sand – Kathy Lee (Dredge)
- Category: Dredge
- Iron Mountain Trap Rock
- Category: Small Mill
- Nestle Purina PetCare - Bloomfield
- Category: Large Mill
- SEMCO – Big Cedar Quarry
- Category: Small Surface Mine
- ISP Minerals
- Category: Large Surface Mine
- Doe Run – Fletcher
- Category: Small Surface at Underground Mine
- Mississippi Lime – Peerless Mine
- Category: Large Surface at Underground Mine
- Fred Weber – New Melle
- Category: Small Underground Mine
- Mississippi Lime – Peerless Mine
- Category: Large Underground Mine
Most Improved Award Recipients include:
- SEMCO – SEMCO Portable
- Category: Most Improved Surface Mine
- Mississippi Lime – Peerless Mine
- Category: Most Improved Underground Mine
Most recipients of the Best Safety Record Award have zero lost time injuries. Other criteria for this award include number of reportable hours and injuries.
“SEMMSA was established nearly 37 years ago to stem the tide of mining related injuries and create a forum to address safety concerns,” said Allen Dillingham, director of the Division of Labor Standards. “Missouri’s Mine and Cave Safety and Health Program has been a close partner with SEMMSA over the years and we look forward to working with such a quality organization that has done so much to change the culture of safety at the mine site.”
The Mine and Cave Safety and Health Program provides no-cost training and consultation to mine owners and workers, as well as contractors, through a grant from the U.S. Department of Labor’s Mine Safety and Health Administration. Consultation provides services in the areas of training and training plan development, mine rescue, hazard awareness and abatement, risk assessment and alternative solutions to mine hazard abatement.
For more information regarding the Mine and Cave Safety and Health Program, please visit www.dolir.mo.gov/ls/minesafety or call (573) 751-3403.
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