Safety competition is a good conclusion to Saskatchewan Mining Week – 620 CKRM

At the end of Mining Week in Saskatchewan, several safety teams had to give their best in a tough competition.

Teams from 18 mine sites around Saskatchewan compete in the Saskatchewan Mining Association’s 54th Emergency Response/Mine Rescue Competition held at the World Trade Centre at Prairieland Park in Saskatoon.

The underground and surface rescue teams demonstrated their skills in seven different competitions. The overall winner in the “surface” category was the team from the K+S potash mine in Bethune. The overall winner in the “underground” category was the team from the Nutrien mine in Cory.

Here are all the results, provided by the Saskatchewan Mining Association:

IN TOTAL
Winner Surface – K+S Potash Canada Bethune Second – Westmoreland Estevan
Underground Winner – Nutrien Cory, Second – Nutrien Lanigan

The individual competition winners of the 54th Annual Emergency Response/Mine Rescue Competition are:

BEAM TECHNICIAN
Underground Winners – Owen Gunther, Nutrien Lanigan
Second place underground – Tyson Devine, SSR Mining Seabee

FIRST AID
Winner Surface – Mosaic Belle Plaine Runner Up – Westmoreland Mining Estevan
Underground Winner – Nutrien Allan, Second – Nutrien Lanigan

FIRE FIGHTING
Winner Surface – Westmoreland Mining Estevan Second – K+S Potash Bethune
Underground Winner – Nutrien Cory, Second – Nutrien Lanigan

PRACTICAL SKILLS
Winner Surface – K+S Potash Bethune Second – Westmoreland Poplar River
Underground Winner – Nutrien Cory, Second – Nutrien Lanigan

CAPABILITY
Surface Winner – K+S Potash Bethune Second Place – Mosaic Esterhazy Surface
Underground Winner – Nutrien Allan, Second – Nutrien Cory

SURFACE ROPE RESCUE SKILLS
Winner – Mosaic Esterhazy Surface Second Place – K+S Potash Canada Bethune

SURFACE FIELD PROBLEM
Winner Surface – Mosaic Belle Plaine Runner Up – Westmoreland Mining Estevan

PROBLEM IN UNDERGROUND MINING
Underground Winner – Nutrien Cory Second – Nutrien Vanscoy