Recommendations of the Mining Health and Safety Prevention Review
The Mining Health Safety and Prevention Review released its final report on April 15, 2015. Over the
course of 15 months, the Review studied the state of health and safety in Ontario mines. The result of
this work were 18 recommendations designed to get miners home safe. These recommendations were
clustered in the 6 themes of the Review, the capacity of the mining health and safety system to meet
the needs of the mining sector, training, emergency plans and mine rescue, the Internal Responsibility
System, hazard identification and mitigation, and new technology/management of change processes.
While the Review collected information from a variety of sources including extensive public consultation
and research into past inquires and coroner jury recommendations. The Director of the Review will
provide an overview of the Review process. The facilitators of the 6 working groups dedicated to the
themes of the Review will provide an overview of their work and the Review’s recommendations
relating to their themes.
Panelists:
Wayne De L’Orme – Ministry of Labour – Director of the Mining Health Safety and Prevention Preview
Robert Barclay – Ministry of Labour – Provincial Co-ordinator of the Mining Program – Facilitator of the
Capacity and the Hazards working groups
Robert Merwin – Ministry of Northern Development and Mines – Assistant Deputy Minister – Facilitator>
of the Training, Skills and Labour Development working group
Victor Pakalnis – President and CEO – MIRARCO – Facilitator of the New Technology and Management of
Change working group
Alex Gryska – Workplace Safety North – General Manager – Mine Rescue – Facilitator of the Emergency
Preparedness and Mine Rescue working group
Megan Waque – Workplace Safety North – Stakeholder Communications Specialist – Facilitator of the
Internal Responsibility System working group
Additional Information
- June 25th,2015
- 7 - 10 pm
- Fraser Auditorium
- Admission is free.
- Free parking in lot 1.
- Tickets are required for entry.
- Seating is limited.
- Lecture is in English.
