SALT LAKE CITY – March 7, 2016 – Boart Longyear (www.BoartLongyear.com), the world’s leading provider of drilling services, equipment and performance tooling, announced today that its drilling services team in Canada received the Safe Day Everyday Gold Award. The award was presented by the Association for Mineral Exploration British Columbia (AME BC) and the Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) at the annual PDAC Convention in Toronto.
Boart Longyear received the award for working more than 1 million hours without recording a Lost Time Incident during 2014.
“We are so proud of our team for their outstanding accomplishment,” said James Chalmers, Vice President of Environment, Health, and Safety. “Through our ‘Make it Personal’ campaign, our drillers make a commitment to safety and to making it home safely every day. In 2014, we also launched a ‘Boots on the Ground’ training program to align and train our highly skilled supervisors on leadership principles, such as keeping everyone accountable and making decisions with respect to safety.”
To learn more about Boart Longyear’s safety programs, visit
http://www.boartlongyear.com/safety-programs.
About Boart Longyear
Boart Longyear is the world’s leading provider of drilling services, drilling equipment and performance tooling for mining and drilling companies globally. It also has a substantial presence in aftermarket parts and service, energy, mine de-watering, oil sands exploration and production drilling.
The Global Drilling Services division operates in over 30 countries for a diverse mining customer base spanning a wide range of commodities, including copper, gold, nickel, zinc, uranium, and other metals and minerals. The Global Products division designs, manufactures and sells drilling equipment, performance tooling, and aftermarket parts and services to customers in over 100 countries.
Boart Longyear is headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA, and listed on the Australian Securities Exchange in Sydney, Australia. More information about Boart Longyear can be found at www.boartlongyear.com. To get Boart Longyear news directly, visit www.boartlongyear.com/feed.