Northern mine recognized for safety excellence.

• Position: HEALTH & SAFETY

Glencore's Kidd Operations in Timmins has been acknowledged with a prestigious award by Workplace Safety North (WSN).

The mine was bestowed the President's Award for being a top performer in each of WSN's core sectors during the inaugural Workplace Excellence Awards, held Sept. 19 in North Bay. The award recognizes commitment to continuous improvement in occupational health and safety.

"Everyone's really proud of the win." said Tom Semadeni, general manager at Timmins-based mine Kidd Operations, in a release. "It's really icing on the cake because earlier this year we won the John T. Ryan award for the best safety performance for a Canadian metal mine. So it's further reinforcement that we're on the right track here.

"I think it's great to promote success," Semadeni added. "A lot of times businesses have a tendency to notice and follow up on things that are going badly or wrong, but you need to recognize success. We need to do that internally for our own business but also out in the public. ... Just having an award like this demonstrates to the public that there's a good commitment to improving.

Several Northern companies have been acknowledged with safety awards by WSN throughout the year. The awards acknowledge safety efforts in the forestry, mining...