Photo courtesy De Beers Canada
De Beers Group’s Ontario-based Victor Mine is continuing its streak of winning safety awards. After receiving two honours for health, safety, and injury prevention from Workplace Safety North (WSN) in May, the operation has earned another accolade from the organization: the WSN President’s Award.
Presented annually, the President’s Award uses data from the past two calendar years to determine the safest firms across five sectors: mining, forestry, paper, printing and converting, and small business.
“When organizations make the health and safety of their workers top priority, they show employees, customers, and the community in general their values are in the right place,” said Paul Andre, CEO of WSN. “People want to do business with and work for companies with that kind of integrity.”
Victor came out on top this year due to its strong safety performance in 2017, when only 12 workplace injuries were sustained in total. Mike Jordan, De Beers’ superintendent of safety, health, and risk, says about 93 per cent of all days in 2018 have been injury free as well.
“Victor Mine employees work safely because it’s part of our workplace DNA; everyone wants to go home uninjured after every shift,” said Alistair Skinner, operations manager. “The awards and recognition are a great way to reinforce and celebrate our outstanding safety culture.”
This is the second time Victor Mine has received the President’s Award since 2012.
