Emergency Preparedness In Mining

Introduction Rich Maier Chief of Emergency Response for Barrick Nevada IAEMT 14 years at Barrick 13 years of Emergency Response experience

Mining What most Americans think we do. What we really do.

Mining in Northern Nevada Barrick Cortez District- 1.5 hours south west of Elko and 15 miles from Crescent Valley Nevada 1300 employees Surface and Underground Goldstrike Property- 1 hour and 15 minutes North West of Elko and 45 minutes north of Carlin 1700 Employees Turquoise Ridge- 1 hour north of Winnemucca 350 employees Underground

Mining in Northern Nevada Newmont (approximately 6000 employees) Gold Quarry Emigrant Long Canyon Chukar Exodus Pete Bajo Leeville Phoenix Twin Creeks All Mines are Rural and are over an hour transport to definitive care

What are the Hazards Surface Operations Open Pit Large Crew Sizes The biggest Mobile Equipment in the world Blasting Fires Process Chemicals Exploration Remote Locations Range Fires Rotational injuries

What are the Hazards Underground Large Crews Up to 70 people UG at any given time Limited Entry and Exit Portal Shaft Ventilation Fires DPM Ground Control Failure of Supports

Cortez Hills Open Pit

Open Pit Failure Rio Tinto Kennecott Copper slide No employees were injured

Cortez hills Underground Mine

Underground support failure

Transporting Employees

How are mines ready Medical Responce Structural Fire Wild land Fire BLS Or AEMT Licensed Ambulances Barrick Nevada 160 Medical Responders EMR-AEMT Levels Barrick Cortez Agreement with Crescent Valley Ambulance Barrick Nevada Mutual Aid Agreements Structural Fire NFPA 600 Industrial Fire Brigade Trained Fire fighters Barrick Nevada maintains 85 firefighters Type 3 Fire Engine Wild land Fire Barrick Nevada has 50 “Red Carded” Fire Fighters Type 6 Fire Engine Lots of Equipment MOU With The BLM

How are mines ready Confined Space Rescue Haz Mat Response Extrication Barrick Nevada has 50-60 confined space rescuers Arizona Vortex Haz Mat Response Haz Mat responders trained from technician to specialist level Level A Response Capabilities Extrication Hydraulic Edraulic Technical Rope Rescue 86 trained Rope rescue technicians Underground Mine Rescue CCBA’s

Training

Video Barrick Global Mine Rescue Summit Video - TE Productions.mp4

Questions