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MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT: Tammy Cavender (573)
751-7500
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 31, 2006
Southeast Missouri Mining Companies Earn Safety Awards
Best Safety Record and Most Improved Awards Presented
Farmington, MO – The Southeast Missouri Mine Safety Association (SEMMSA) held its annual safety awards banquet Thursday night, March 29, 2006, in Farmington, Missouri. Over 100 people attended this annual event.
The Missouri Department of Labor and Industrial Relations’ Mine and Cave Safety and Health Program and the SEMMSA presented thirteen safety awards to southeast Missouri mining, milling, smelting and contracting companies. Eleven companies were recognized for Best Safety Records and two awards were given for Most Improved.
Best Safety Record Award Recipients included:
- Capital Sand, Jefferson City, MO
- Category: Dredge
- Doe Run/Buick Facility, Viburnum, MO
- Category: Smelter
- Bloomsdale Excavating, Bloomsdale, MO
- Category: Contractor
- US Silica, Pacific, MO
- Category: Small Surface Mine
- ISP Minerals, Annapolis, MO
- Category: Large Surface Mine
- Fred Weber North Stone, Maryland Heights, MO
- Category: Small Surface Mine
- Nestle Purina Pet Care, Bloomfield, MO
- Category: Large Surface Mine
- Doe Run/Brushy Creek, Bunker, MO
- Category: Small Surface at Underground Mine
- Doe Run/Buick Mine and Mill, Viburnum, MO
- Category: Large Surface at Underground Mine
- Doe Run/#29 Mine, Viburnum, MO
- Category: Small Underground Mine
- Mississippi Lime/Peerless Mine, Ste. Genevieve, MO
- Category: Large Underground Mine
Most Improved Award Recipients included:
- Capital Quarries/Dixie Portable, Salem, MO
- Category: Most Improved Surface Mine
- Doe Run/Buick Mine and Mill, Vibrunam, MO
- 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 36 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 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. The program’s mine safety instructors trained more than 5,700 Missouri miners in federal fiscal year 2005.
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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