Newmont Mining Corporation, based in Greenwood Village, Colorado, recently gained independent certification under the industry’s proprietary CORESafety system and earned praise from the National Mining Association (NMA) in Washington, D.C.
CORESafety is a voluntary, industry-wide program developed by the NMA to promote a culture of health and safety. CORESafety takes a risk-management approach to accident prevention and aims for zero fatalities along with a 50 percent reduction in injuries within five years of implementation.
“Safety is a core value for Newmont, and we have made excellent progress towards achieving our goal of zero harm by lowering injury rates by more than 50 percent since 2012,” Newmont President and CEO Gary Goldberg said in a release. “While our injury rates are among the lowest in the mining sector, we want everyone to go home safely after every shift and CORESafety is helping us achieve that goal.”
Since its establishment in 2011, participating CORESafety operations have experienced a 74 percent reduction in fatalities.
“We congratulate Newmont on this noteworthy achievement and want to recognize and thank Gary Goldberg for his role,” NMA President and CEO Hal Quinn said in the release. “The company has been an early developer and adopter of the CORESafety framework and has gone above and beyond to implement its tenets at the company’s operations across the globe.”
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