Ontario Mine Rescue provincial competition winners announced
Unlike the district competitions, which are held in spectator-friendly hockey arenas with a maze of simulated mine workings constructed on the arena floor, the provincial competition sends teams into an actual operating underground mine.
“Spectators viewed the teams via camera feed to surface, as each team navigates the mine and attempts to solve a variety of mine hazards using their knowledge, skills and abilities to evacuate the workers trapped underground and restore the mine to safe working conditions. Skills are tested in as realistic a scenario as possible to help ensure they are prepared for future mine emergencies,” Hanley added.
Technical judges hidden throughout the mine evaluate teams against a pre-determined list of criteria based on the policies and procedures of the provincial mine rescue guidelines.
The scenario this year included the construction of ventilation infrastructure, the application of first aid to injured miners, the use of specialty mine rescue equipment, and the challenge of detecting contaminated mine ventilation and making it safe.
“Ontario Mine Rescue is proud to report that all seven of the highly skilled participating teams successfully resolved the emergency,” said Hanley. “Each team is evaluated on the strength of their strategy and use of safe procedures.”
The winners of this year’s event, with the provincial champions taking home the coveted gold hard hats, were as follows:
Team competition results:
Provincial champion – 1st overall – Newmont Musselwhite mine, Red Lake district
- Captain – Jack Lawson
- #2 – Taylor Poling
- #3 – Alexa Dumaine
- #4 – Scott Lawson
- Vice captain – Philip Mullin
- #6 – Jimmy Sinclair
- Briefing officer – Ryan Lepage
- #7 – Nick Gosselin
- Coaches – Chris Horde and Gabe Roy
- Mine rescue officers – Kurtis Atkinson and Jeff Farquharson
2nd overall – Impala Canada Lac des Isles mine, Thunder Bay district
Team Firefighting Award – Newmont Musselwhite mine, Red Lake district
Team First Aid Award – Lakeshore Gold Timmins West & Bell Creek mines, Timmins district
Team Special Equipment Award – Newmont Musselwhite mine, Red Lake district
Team Theory Exam Award – Lakeshore Gold Timmins West & Bell Creek mines, Timmins district
Also competing in the teams competition were:
Barrick Hemlo Williams mine, Algoma district
Alamos Gold Young-Davidson mine, Kirkland Lake district
Compass Minerals Goderich mine, Southern district
Onaping district – Did not qualify
Individual technician competition results:
1st – Garry Bennett, Alamos Gold, Young-Davidson mine, Kirkland Lake district
2nd – Jean Yves Doiron, Vale Sudbury operations, Sudbury district
3rd – Darren Bullied, Evolution Mining Red Lake Gold mines, Red Lake district
Also competing in the individual technician competition were:
Monika Jorgenson, Impala Canada Lac des Isles mine, Thunder Bay district
James Greer, Wesdome Gold Mines Eagle River mine, Algoma district
Michael Bennett, Glencore Kidd mine, Timmins district
Jim Ahrens, Compass Minerals Goderich mine, Southern district
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