As promised in the last
issue, a further write-up
and some pictures concerning,
the first Open Pit Mine
Rescue Competition to be
held in Canada, would be
forthcoming.

As more and more open
pit mines are being brought
into production, the B.C.
Department of Mines &
Petroleum Resources felt
that some form of Rescue |
Training should be introduc-
ed into the industry,
involving the possible

hazards and actual incidents .

encountered, ‘by and peculiar
to surface operations.

Some typical examples
are: Personnel trapped in
vehicles which have rolled
over a dump ‘or bank, person-
nel caught in avalanches, .
personnel or equipment that
have broken through lake or
river ice, persons trapped
in burning buildings, or who
have to be raised up, or
lowered over sheer benches,
cliffs, ‘or embankments.

As can be seen, this

involves first aid knowledge -

and ability, knowledge of
breathing apparatus and toxti
-gases, knowledge of ropes,
slings and knots, transport
of injured, knowledge of
load carrying capacity of |
various ice thicknesses, how
to probe snow slides or :
avalanches to locate buried
people and the rescue
procedure involved,
tion of A-frames, aks lines,
jim poles and booms’ etc.,
etc.,
One June 12th, 1972, the
first open pit-Surface Rescue
‘Competition was held in
Prince George, B.C. under
the sponsorship of the B.C.
Department of Mines &
Petroleum Resources, the B.C.
Workmen's Compensation
Board, and the Central B.C.
Mine Safety Assoc tation.

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