BCL Mine achieves milestone safety record
Sunday, May 12, 2013
He says in 2004, the company breached the two million fatality-free mark. From July 10, 2010 to July 10, 2012, BCL employees and contractors continuously worked with safety as their first and foremost concern. In doing so, they lived the rule of ‘safety first’ which is a buzz word in the mining industry, Molosankwe says.
“Through the company’s principal philosophy and dogma of complying with all safety procedures, BCL Mine has pushed beyond what has commonly been accepted as the unattainable by recording three million shifts without fatality.
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