Surface safety commendation for Cleveland Potash

摘要

Cleveland Potash Ltd (CPU have been commended by the Health and Safety Executive for the excellence of their surface safety team at the company's Boulby Mine. The inspectors pointed out that it is the only team of it's kind in the country. The commendation came as the latest four recruits completed their five-day intensive training at the Mines Rescue Service, based in Houghton Le Spring, Co. Durham, bringing to 18 the number of staff fully qualified in surface safety. The team is the responsibility of Jimmy Pink, safety compliance officer, who said: We have always had an awareness of surface safety and a team ready to help out in an incident, but it wasn't reaLly on the same footing as the underground team. I pointed that out and they called my bluff and asked me to sort it out.'