MONCTON, NB,
Aug. 26, 2014 /CNW/ - Major Drilling
Group International Inc. ("Major Drilling") (TSX: MDI) is
pleased to announce that its employees have worked over 6 million
hours in the past 12 months Lost Time Injury ("LTI")
free. Every employee, job site, office, workshop and
warehouse has pulled together to deliver this safety milestone for
Major Drilling.
"The achievement of one year LTI free is the
result of hundreds of thousands of safe behaviours and decisions by
our employees," says Ben Graham,
Global HR and HSEC Director for Major
Drilling. "It has also been the result of an ongoing
commitment from leadership. Our President & CEO chairs
the internal HSEC committee, which is comprised of all operational
Vice Presidents and which reviews all incidents monthly."
Communication has been at the heart of improving
our safety performance, using on-site coaching and open
dialogue. Major Drilling uses
the TAKE 5 program, which helps identify site-specific risks based
on the task to be performed and the environment where it is
happening. Identification and elimination of job site risks
are a large part of our safety program and have been one of the
keys to success.
"I am very proud of our team," says Major Drilling President & CEO, Francis McGuire. "We have invested heavily
in our safety system and procedures. Our system is based on
the idea that each employee has both a right and a responsibility
towards safety."
Major Drilling is
continuously looking for ways to do things better in order to
provide a safe, harm free work environment for our employees,
equipment, clients and the environment.
Based in Moncton, New
Brunswick, Major Drilling Group International Inc. is one of
the world's largest metals and minerals contract drilling service
companies. To support its customers' varied exploration drilling
requirements, Major Drilling
maintains field operations and offices in Canada, the United
States, Mexico,
South America, Asia, and Africa.
SOURCE MAJOR DRILLING GROUP INTERNATIONAL INC.