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The 258th meeting of the Ontario Mine Contractors Safety Association was held at the Days Inn, Timmins, Ontario on June 2, 2011.

Board of Directors

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Closing Remarks: Name: Andy Fern Members and Firms Represented Jim Cluff Adam Craig Denis G. Beaudoin Gil Bertrand Robert Gripper Jeanny Portelance Nelson Burton Jeff Hutzul George Mondoux Gerry Desrosiers Ron Dion Ron Dupuis Derek Budge Glenn Tilson Gerald Allan James McDougall James Clark Silvio Bertrand Jamie Mortson Bruce Fraser Denis Beaudoin Gerry Connors Roger Breau Ken Leavoy Bert Ganoury Joseph Ducharme Kelly Moseley-Williams Andrew Keough Pat Bolger Firm: Dumas Mining Ltd Workplace Safety North Taurus Drilling Cementation Canada Inc Boartlongyear Cementation Canada Inc DMC DMC Mining Superior Safety Cementation Canada Inc MacIntyre & Associates Redpath Group Retired Redpath Group Schauenburg Industries Ministry of Labour Alex Macintyre DMC Mining Alex MacIntyre & Associates Dumas Mining J.S. Redpath Cementation Canada Inc Cementation Canada Inc Taurus Drilling Dumas Mining Dumas Mining Dumas Mining STC Footwear Manroc Developments Bolger & Associates Position: Vice President Field Consultant Mechanical Supervisor Director – Health & Safety Manager Health and Safety VP Operations Registered Nurse – Occ. Health Safety & Training Coordinator Manager Superintendent Safety & Training Project Superintendent Safety Department Lifetime Member Manager Safety Health & Environment Sales Agent Provincial Mining Specialists Operations Manager Area Manager – Canada Safety Manager of Safety & Training Safety Superintendent Corporate Director – Health and Safety Skills Trainer General Manager Safety & Training Coordinator Regional Training Coordinator H&S Representative Sales Manager General Manager President Bruce Fraser – Chair

Charlie Toeppner – Designate Sec. /Treasurer Jamie Mortson - Director Gil Bertrand – Vice-Chair Derek Budge – Director Emmett Houston – Director

Eric Hodgins Cementation Canada Inc Emmett Houston DMC Mining Glenn Morton SPCGTM Contract Services Don Croteau Schauenburg Industries Kevin Villeneuve Draeger Safety Canada Mike Frost Procon Mining & Tunnelling Tom Regimbald Cementation Canada Inc Robert McLean Retired Roy Slack Cementation Canada Inc. Roberta Spicer J.S. Redpath Rick Piche Superior Safety Craig Robertson Manroc Developments Tony Linton Dumas Mining Richard Boyd Cementation Canada Inc Don Bethune Acklands Grainger Charlie Toeppner Cementation Members and Guests Not Present: Pat Heaphy Soucie Salo Safety Scott Patrick North Safety Products Don Findlay Technica Mining Hugh Ducasse FNX Mining Company Inc Bruce Dunlop J.S. Redpath Dan Bosse Levitt Safety Peter Hucal Soucie Salo Safety Manish Gupta Draeger Safety Michael Burns Dumas Mining Douglas Sands J.S. Redpath Gerry Ouellet J.S. Redpath John Ethier Boartlongyear Murray Golden Manroc Joanne Cyr Taurus Drilling Services Don Gillis Retired James Kirkey Taurus Drilling Marc Delorme Superior Safety John Gibbons Clarke Phillips Andy Fearn Dumas Mining Bob McLaughlin MacIntyre Mike Parent FNX Dave Hachey J.S. Redpath Doris Godin Maximum Mining Will Thomson Vale Inco George Flumerfelt Redpath Group Tony Hansen Dumas Mining Kevin Melong J.S. Redpath Bob Bouchard J.S. Redpath Brent Hannah Superior Safety Jacques Vachon Technica Group Phillip Hickey J.S. Redpath Matt Tarlton J.S. Redpath Ed Miller Dumas Contracting Jim Sasseville Vale Inco Manager of Personnel Manager of Safety Manager Managing Director Regional Sales Manager Safety & Training Coordinator Safety Coordinator Human Resources & Safety President Safety & Health Promotion Coordinator Branch Manager Safety Manager Manager of Technical Services Project Superintendent Safety Products Sales, Specialist Area Manager Branch Manager Account Executive Safety & Training Supt. V.P. Health & Safety & Environment V.P. Canadian Operations Branch Supervisor/Account Manager Operations Manager Products Specialist Field Supervisor Area Manager Operations Manager Safety Advisor Administrative Assistant Lifetime Member Supervisor Manager Sales Manager V.P. Mechanical Supt. Manager of Safety & Training Superintendent Safety & Human Resources Safety Supervisor President & CEO Master Mechanic / Safety Manager Shaft Projects Safety Training Supervisor Tech Sales Safety / Training Supervisor Area Manager Project Superintendent Safety Coordinator Safety Supervisor 2

Allan Portugie Tim Maloney Dan Halverson Drew Artus Fred Barker Vern Charette Kevin Cadieux John Morrison Richard Buckmueller John Scott John Caufield Pino Spigarelli Kevin Callaghan Jason Moran Bert Gandury Fred Barens Dale Dirkson Boartlongyear Vale Inco J.S. Redpath J.S. Redpath J.F. Barker Consulting Inc. Clarke Phillips Boartlongyear Redpath Group J.S. Redpath Procon Mining Schauenburg Industries Dumas Mining Moran Group Moran Mining Dumas Mining Alliance Mercantile Inc Dumas Mining Paul Souter DMC Frank Pegahmagabow SCR Gary Hoban Manroc Developments Ray Fortin Cementation Canada Inc Gary Gagain Jr. J.S.Redpath

Agenda Item 1: The meeting was called to order at 9:00 a.m. by Chairman Bruce Fraser.

Agenda Item 2: Members and Guests introduced themselves and the firms that they represent. Bruce went through housekeeping for the group.

Agenda Item 3: Reviewed the minutes of the previous meeting. Motion by Keith Gilbert to accept the minutes, second by Silvio Bertrand - Carried

Agenda Item 4: Business arising from the minutes. No new business.

Agenda Item 5: Committee Reports

MLRC Report – Derek Budge - Mining Legislative Review Committee – No report, the next Meeting to be held on June 15th and 16th, in Sudbury.

Mine Rescue –Emmett Houston -

Training Coordinator Safety Supervisor Construction Superintendent Director Human Resources Pres. / CEO Training Coordinator Contracts Administrator Equipment Manager Superintendent Director HR and Safety President Health & Safety Coordinator Safety Coordinator VP Operations Training Coordinator Ontario Sales Manager Safety /Training Program Development Coordinator Contracts Manager Safety Safety Director Safety / Training Supt. Mechanized Raising Coordinator  The IMRB conference to be in held in Beijing has been finalized for October 2011  Planning for the Canada 2013 is well underway

 John provided an update regarding SSR 90 rebuilds. John is waiting for SSR 90 parts for 75 units scheduled to be rebuilt this year.

The mine rescue handbook will be reprinted with corrections this year. Target is September 2011. It will include emergency procedures for:  Entrapment

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Team members in Distress BG 4 as a Rescue Unit Gradual Loss of Oxygen

FUTURE GUIDELINE MINE RESCUE RESPONSE IN EXPANSIVE MINES Mine Rescue officers have been instructed to obey the highway traffic act and therefore are not to use lights and sirens. The same requirements apply to relief men. Amendments will be made to the policies and procedures and will be distributed to all MRO’s and relief men.

 It was agreed that all next year’s district competitions will be held on the second week of May. The information will be relayed to all MRO’s by Charlie

 The Mutual Aid Agreement industry practice is located at WSN’s website at the following location.

 Mine Rescue Re-entry Protocols - Luc Beauchamp sent his apologies to the TAC

committee he definitely will deliver an update at the October 19, 2011 meeting to be held in Sudbury.

The 2011 Provincial Mine Rescue Competition will be held underground at Hemlo Operations Williams Mine on June 10 and 11, 2011.

The next meeting will be in June and will be held in Marathon, June 10, 11, 2011

MTC – Jamie Mortson - No Meeting and Jamie presented a formal update on the Common Core.

Expect that the regulation changes to 854/90 will be completed by July 2011.

Loss Control Committee – Gil Bertrand - A meeting was held on April 19, 2011

 Kerry Willett provided an update on the WSN Mining Sector Activities starting with a

PowerPoint on statistics prepared for our group by Dawna Nighbor, Business Analyst, WSN:  Establish the Ministry of Labour as the lead for accident prevention, transferring it from the

WSIB. Appoint a new Chief Prevention Officer to coordinate and align the prevention system.  Note: This Act amends or repeals more than one Act.

 Confined Spaces Consolidation April 4, 2011, Amendments have been approved to

consolidate all regulatory requirements respecting confined spaces under the Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSA) into one regulation, namely O. Reg. 632/05 (Confined Spaces)  Workplace Safe and Insurance Board (WSIB) will provide new additions to Work Well core

audit with Sector-based Focus on Priority Hazards.

 Amendments to Regulation 854 (Mines and Mining Plants) These proposed amendments include:

 Updating training requirements to reflect changes in training programs

approved by the Ministry of Training, Universities, and Colleges;  Updating diesel exhaust exposure limits;

 Updating provisions related to mine hoisting plants;

 Updating requirements pertaining to work on wheel and tire assemblies;  Adding occupational noise requirements, consistent with existing

requirements found in other OHSA regulations;

 Updating provisions pertaining to the administration of mine rescue;

a. MOL Inspection Blitzes 2011:

New & Young Workers May-Aug Construction Cranes May

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Diamond Drilling June Pits & Quarries July PPE Sept Ventilation (UG) Oct Racks & Storage Nov

 Reviewed Industry Incidents: November 26, 2010 – April 18, 2011

TAC Project 2011-12

 Our new TAC Project was identified as the “Overview of Safety Management Systems that

lead to Zero Harm”.

Working Environment Committee: Bruce Fraser - Bruce attended a meeting on May 26th in Timmins; the next meeting will be in Goderich on September 22nd.

 Glenn Staskus date on regulation changes.  Jim Cluff – update on WSN

 Closure and re-entry in abandon and inactive mine workings

 MSD sub-committee, no activity, WSN put together an MSD course, not much participation  Guide to Healthy Pregnancy in the mining workplace, available by year end on the

Laurentian Web page.

 Measuring of ISO cyanides is still difficult to measure, there is no means to measure exactly

there is no science for methodology.

 Tammy Eger is looking for places to conduct studies on Whole Body Vibration.

 DMC would commit to provide Tammy with a workplace where a raise climber is being used.  Project for 2011 and 2012, safety meeting talk on dermatitis. Also a video on silica awareness.

Fatigue management. Development underground mine ventilation plan.  Research for support for 2012, Noise research.

 Jim talked about a scent free policy in the workplace.

Roy Slack- Workplace Safety North, Roy kept his report short as Candys Ballanger Michaud was there to give a more in depth report about WSN.

Roy stated the Mining Conference was a success. Candys Ballanger Michaud went on record stating that the Mining Conference will continue in the future.

MiHR: Denis Beaudoin - spoke about MIHR, the pilot project is completed 128 workers have been

certified, through Canada. A national presentation was made at the CIM Conference in Montreal. There were over 120 people in attendance.

Denis Beaudoin attended the CIM conference in Montreal, presented Roy Slack paper on the Chilean Rescue, as well as accepted an award presented to Canadian companies who were involved in the Chilean rescue.

Hoist Plant Sub-committee, a Slack Rope regulation, requiring a slack rope protection system on newly installed or refurbished hoist after January 2012.

Financial Report. Charlie Toeppner. See handout

Agenda Item 6: Presentation by Candys Ballanger Michaud WSN. To view the presentations go to www.omcsa.com

Agenda Item 7: Presentation by Dave Winfeild on Backup cameras. See handout. To view the presentations go to www.MobileSafety.net

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Agenda Item 8: Lunch

Agenda Item 9: Presentation by Gerald Allan MOL…regrets sent that he was unable to make it.

Agenda Item 10: WSN – Jim Cluff.

To view the presentations go to www.omsca.com

Agenda Item 11: Incident/Injury or Safety Innovations – Safety Innovation by Jamie Mortson on Dumas new ZERO SAFETY HARM SYSTEM. (See handout card)

Incident report by Keith Gilbert of Cementation on Totten shaft incident.

We need to encourage members to bring more Incident reports. This was the building foundation of the OMCSA and each member should be presenting something. To see presentation go to www.omcsa.com

Agenda Item 12: Other Business:

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Don Gillis motioned that a section for ‘New Business” be added to the Agenda. This was seconded by Roy Slack.

Roy Slack read out Cementations Policy on Recruiting at functions which clearly indicates no Cementation Employee will recruit others during these types of meetings. He also asked that if a Cementation employee is found to be recruiting that he would like to notified. Andy Fern indicated he will also write a similar policy for Dumas. Trophy Presentation, OMCSA Awards. Winners for 2010

WSN Award of Excellence - J.C. MacIssac – J.S. Redpath Peter Graham – DMC Mining

Don Gillis- Can the Awards Trophies be renamed?

Agenda Item 13: Closing Remarks: Andy Fern, Dumas VP Operations

Andy remarked that these OMCSA meetings always add value to all members.

Agenda Item 17: Date and Location of next meeting: The next meeting will be held in Thunder Bay at the Victoria Inn on October 7th. Directors meeting October 6th.

Agenda Item 18: Meeting close

Meeting Closed at 1:40 pm Motion by Silvio Bertrand, Seconded by Ron Dupuis - carried

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