AN UPDATE FROM OMR ON YOUR MINE RESCUE PROGRAM ISSUE #42 SUMMER 2020 Mine Rescue training resumes

SOCIAL DISTANCING – Left to right, Taylor Trahan, Al Desbois, Zac Clouthier, Josh Gagne, and Corbin MacDonald from Sudbury INO - Glencore’s Onaping Depth Project keep their distance during a June Introductory Mine Rescue Course at the Onaping Mine Rescue Station. For more training photos, see Page 5.

resumed later in the fall, Rideout said, but now required for BG4s. ‘Near normal’ the province’s move into Stage 3 in July, will permit underground training to resume Participants are still asked not to attend training expected immediately in late August. training if they have any COVID-19 symptoms or have come into contact to resume in fall Beginning late August and September, all with someone who has tested positive for COVID-19. As re-opens from the pandemic, so new training sessions, including cross mine site sessions, will be scheduled to be held does Ontario Mine Rescue (OMR). Conversations with mine rescue co- at mine sites and involve underground ordinators indicate they and their sites are While precautions to prevent the spread of activities, he said. able and willing to open to underground COVID-19 will continue, OMR introductory training, Rideout said. and refresher training will move to “more All mine site-specific COVID-19 procedures, normal” operations late this summer, says which may include cage or travel limitations, Throughout the pandemic, Mine Rescue Shawn Rideout, Chief Mine Rescue Officer. will be followed. Officers and mine rescue volunteers have continued to respond promptly and Surface training had been scheduled to Enhanced cleaning procedures for mine effectively to emergencies. resume at mine sites in late August, and it rescue substations will continue, as will the was hoped underground training would be stricter washing and sanitizing procedures See ‘VOLUNTEERS’ Page 5 While you’re waiting for the next competition Did you miss this year’s district and So put away the Mine Rescue Handbook, provincial mine rescue competitions? and grab a pencil and paper. There is no time limit. Don’t know how you’re doing to make to the 2021 season? Ready, begin . . .

Regretfully, we can’t stage a four-hour 1. What are the two greatest hazards to life underground mine rescue scenario to sate during and after mine fires? your appetite. A. Oxygen deficiency, carbon monoxide But here’s a short challenge to keep B. Carbon dioxide, smoke competitors in the mood, or for those who have never competed before, a little idea of C. None of the above A, B, C OR D? – Joce Vignola searchs what to expect – a sample MCQ or knowledge D. Methane, sulphur dioxide for an answer during the 2019 Timmins test, and there’s a Technician MCQ on Page 4 District MCQs. for the eager for an extra challenge. See ‘PSSST’ Page 3

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- 1 - Thank You for being prepared 30 Years Dewald Janse Sudbury District Van Rensburg Sudbury District , Aaron Brouse Holt-McDermott Mine Vale, Totten Mine Peter Buratti Mario Lachapelle Al Chenier Vale, Creighton Mine Kirkland Lake Gold, Vale, Totten Mine Macassa Mine 20 Years Kordell Hull Kevin Metatawabin Vale, Copper Cliff Mine Alamos Gold Inc., Algoma District Michael James Young-Davidson Mine Marcel Ouimette Sudbury INO – Glencore, Nickel Rim South Alamos Gold Inc., Maciej Watorek Island Gold Mine Kirkland Lake Gold, Curtis Poirier Macassa Mine Sudbury INO – Glencore, Southern District Onaping District Nickel Rim South Jim Ahrens Serge Solomon Serge Tousignant Compass Minerals, Vale, Copper Cliff Mine Goderich Mine KGHM, McCready West Mine David Wylie Perry Altenbeck Red Lake District Sudbury INO – Glencore, K+S Windsor Salt, TOP HONOURS for years of service this year Nickel Rim South Ojibway Mine belongs to 30-year veteran Peter Buratti Carla Adams of Vale’s Creighton Mine, pictured from Timmins District Sudbury District 1994. Buratti competed in nine provincial Evolution , competitions, all but one for Inco, now Vale, Red Lake Gold Mines Michael Bennett Dave Chalmers and won three times. In 1991, his first provincial Andre Brouillard Glencore, Vale, Copper Cliff Mine competition, he competed for Denison Mines, Kidd Operations representing Elliot Lake/Algoma District. Evolution Mining, Dave Griffiths Red Lake Gold Mines Pat Desmarais Sudbury INO – Glencore, Joffre Sanftenberg Sudbury INO – Glencore, Clayton Connolly Glencore, Nickel Rim Mine Sudbury INO Glencore, Nickel Rim South Kidd Operations Fraser Mine Evolution Mining Don Tremblay Richard Roy Red Lake Gold Mines Philip Doucette Vale, Copper Cliff Mine Perry Simon Glencore, Sudbury INO – Glencore, James Dobbyn Vale, Coleman Mine Nickel Rim South Kidd Operations 10 Years Evolution Mining, Jessica Taylor Justin Whitmore Red Lake Gold Mines Matt Foy Glencore, Algoma District Sudbury INO Glencore, Vale, Creighton Mine Kyle Fry Fraser Mine Kidd Operations Newmont , Steve Levesque Red Lake District Musselwhite Mine Shane Fris Alamos Gold Inc., District Glencore, Island Gold Mine Dan Kuppinen Chris Leroux Kidd Operations Rylan Vesa Newmont Goldcorp, Evolution Mining, Martin Tremblay Impala , Mathew Johnson Red Lake Gold Mines Musselwhite Mine Barrick Hemlo, Lac des Iles Mine Pan American Silver, Williams Mine Mitchell Halteman Rick Smith Lakeshore Gold – Evolution Mining, Timmins West Newmont Goldcorp, Kirkland Lake 5 Years Red Lake Gold Mines District Musselwhite Mine Michael (Paul) Algoma District Scott McKean MacDonald Trevor Thurier Norm Gannon Jr. Evolution Mining, Pan American Silver, Kirkland Lake Gold, Newmont Goldcorp, Dave Forbes Red Lake Gold Mines Lakeshore Gold – Macassa Mine Musselwhite Mine Wesdome Gold Mines, Bell Creek Eagle River Mine Nicholas Plouffe Heather Willis Mario Madore Joey Roy Evolution Mining, Newmont Porcupine, Alamos Gold Inc., Evolution Mining, David Stone Red Lake Gold Mines Hoyle Pond Mine Young-Davidson Mine Red Lake Gold Mines Alamos Gold Inc., Mike Rubenick Jeffrey St-Martin Island Gold Mine Corey Schneider Southern District Newmont Goldcorp, Glencore, Alamos Gold Inc., Bruce Tangie Musselwhite Mine Young-Davidson Mine John Maggio Kidd Operations Wesdome Gold Mines, CGC Inc., Edgar Arce Saenz Ben Young Eagle River Mine Keiran Swanton Hagersville Mine Evolution Mining, Kirkland Lake Gold, Glencore, Red Lake Gold Mines Kidd Operations Holt McDermott Mine Justin Reinbrecht Kirkland Lake CGC Inc., District Colin Samas Serge Roy Onaping District Hagersville Mine Newmont Goldcorp, Adam Bailey Pan American Silver, Musselwhite Mine Paul Leclair Lakeshore Gold – Sudbury District Alamos Gold Inc., Bell Creek Sudbury INO Glencore, Young-Davidson Mine Southern District Mill Anthony Chevrier Nathan Tietz Drew Doxsee Matt Peebles Vale, Creighton Mine Pan American Silver, Justin Roy Kirkland Lake Gold, CGC Inc., Lakeshore Gold – Vale, Coleman Mine Eric Perreault Holt-McDermott Mine Hagersville Mine Timmins West

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- 2 - Pssst! What’s the answer to . . . Continued from Page 1

2. What is the explosive range of ammonia?

A. 28 to 75% B. 15 to 38% C. 15 to 75% D. 15 to 28%

3. The reciprocating saw is equipped with ______battery packs, capable of approximately ______hours of cutting.

A. 4, 2 hours B. 3, 1 hour C. 2, 1 hour D. 1 , 1/2 hours

4. What is the first step for treatment for gas poisoning?

A. Keep casualty at rest, talk to him/her B. Remove to fresh air ASAP

C. Give artificial respiration, if not HEADS OF THE CLASS – Newmont Goldcorp’s Musselwhite Mine’s mine rescue breathing team had the highest team score on their MCQs at the 2019 Ontario Mine Rescue D. Give oxygen and continue as long as Competition in Red Lake, winning the Theory Exam Award. required C. 30,000 ppm C. Oxygen cylinders 5. In high sensivity mode on the MSA D. 5,000 ppm D. Regular maintenance Thermal Imaging Camera, objects will be light yellow at a temperature of? 10. Which is correct about hydrogen? 16. Severe irritation to eyes, nose and throat will occur when exposed to ammonia at? A. 360 degrees F (160 degrees C) A. Has colour A. 400 to 700 ppm B. 297 degrees F (147 degrees C) B. Dangerous to breathe B. 400 to 1,000 ppm C. 275 degrees F (135 degrees C) C. Explosive C. 200 to 400 ppm D. 212 degrees F (100 degrees C) D. Has odour D. 300 to 400 ppm 6. Oxygen-cylinder rebreathing apparatus 11. A Class C fire extinguisher has the letter used by Ontario Mine Rescue teams have an “C” in a ______symbol. 17. Ammonia, in concentration of approved operating time of? approximately ______per cent or higher, can A. Blue circle cause skin burns (particularly to moist skin). A. 30 min. to 5 hours B. Yellow star A. 3 B. 30 min. to 90 min. C. Green triangle B. 5 C. 30 min. to 4 hours D. Red square C. 7 D. 30 min. to 3 hours 12. Which is not a component of the BG4 D. 2 7. Oxygen made by liquefaction processes that breathing loop? conforms to standard contains no impurities, 18. If relative humidity exceeds ______per and shall contain? A. Breathing bag cent, the air has a limited ability to absorb moisture from the skin and cooling is minimal. B. Moisture relief valve A. 98% laughing gas, 2% argon and traces of inert gases C. Minimum (demand) valve A. 60 B. 19.5% oxygen and no more than 5% D. Pressure relief valve B. 70 carbon monoxide 13. Smoke that has hydrocarbons in sufficient C. 80 C. 98% oxygen, 2% argon and traces of concentrations may explode. D. 90 inert gases A. True 19. The governing body that specifies the D. 98% oxygen, 2% nitrogen and traces of requirements of oxygen used in rescue inert gases B. False apparatus is?

8. How many steps are there for the general 14. What is the explosive range of hydrogen A. U.S. Bureau of Mines treatment of gas poisoning? sulphide? B. Ontario Mine Rescue A. 4 A. 4.1 to 74% C. Ontario Ministry of Labour B. 5 B. 2.5 to 81% D. Canadian Transport Commission C. 6 C. 4.3 to 46% 20. What is the specific gravity of NH3? D. 7 D. 5 to 28% A. 0.60 9. Brief exposure to levels of ammonia as high 15. Oxygen self-generating apparatus are B. 0.97 as ______may cause death due to suffocation simple in design in that they eliminate the or edema of lungs. need for all of the following, except? C. 0.55 D. 0.91 A. 1,000 ppm A. Mechanical components B. 3,000 ppm B. Regulating valves For answers, see ‘Definitely’ Page 6

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- 3 - LIFELINE – Need help? Jean-Yves Doiron of Vale, won the technician competition at the 2019 Ontario Provincial Mine Rescue Competition in Red Lake. More than just nimble fingers A mine rescue technician’s job is far more complicated than ‘Slide Tab A into Slot B’. It is detailed knowledge, for detailed work.

Think you can do it?

Close your books, get your pencil (no pens, please), and try the Technician’s MCQ.

1. No oil or grease of any kind should be used in any type of high pressure oxygen pump. A ______between the oil or grease and the oxygen is possible and very likely to result in an explosion. When using any oxygen pump, ensure good ventilation in the pumping room to dilute the concentrations of oxygen.

A. Mixture B. Contamination C. Introduction D. Chemical reaction SECOND LIFELINE – Need more FINAL LIFELINE – Final call for help? 2. The Test-it 6100 is a sturdy, portable test help? Kirkland Gold’s technican Norm Try Steeve Pinel, of Alamos Gold, device – compact in a suitcase design – Gannon Jr. placed second in last year’s Island Lake Gold Mine, placed third in intended specifically to test the functions of provincial competition.. the provincial. Drager closed-circuit breathing apparatus including the BG4. The Test-it 6100 will not 4. How often must the Sentinel on the BG4 A. Right, same perform which test on the BG4? have a pressure indicator comparison check B. Right, opposite performed? A. No pressure warning C. Left, same A. Every 3 years B. Exhalation valve D. Left, opposite C. Bypass valve B. Every 5 years 6. If a SSR 90M is mainly carried on a vehicle D. High pressure leak test C. Every 4 years when is the “End of Employability”? 3. When rebuilding a oxygen cylinder valve D. Yearly which components are discarded? A. After 5 years 5. When reassembling the SSR 90M trainer: B. After 10 years A. Sliding ring, plastic ring, lower spindle to install the top cover of valve housing, orient the top cover of the valve housing so C. After 3 years B. Lock ring, Teflon ring, lower spindle that the exhaust holes for the heat exchanger D. After 6 years C. Sliding ring, plastic ring, upper spindle are to the ______and ______side of the D. Lock ring, sliding ring, upper spindle pressure relief valve. See ‘DO YOU’ Page 5

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- 4 - CLOSING THE DISTANCE – Left to right, Josh Rocheleau, Brent Kraayenbrink, Scott Deslippe, Jacob Fuerth, and Ray Barrette close the distance while wearing Drager BG4s during recent refresher training at K+S Windsor Salt. Volunteers glad to be training Continued from Page 1

The province’s move in mid-June into Stage 2 of re-opening meant that refresher training and introductory courses could resume at mine sites on surface, Rideout said.

But after talking with mine rescue coordinators, he said, it was decided already scheduled training would continue to be held at mine rescue stations.

There was insufficient time before refresher training slowed down for the summer to reschedule planned training to mine sites, Rideout said.

Training at mine sites had halted in March due to the pandemic, prompting OMR to begin to develop short online refresher seminars. The seminars had not been rolled out before in-person, participatory training resumed following the Victoria Day weekend in May.

At that time, district Mine Rescue Officers resumed refresher training with restrictions at OMR stations across the province. Class sizes were limited, social isolation was required, activities were limited to the surface, and station cleaning processes were enhanced. Washing and sanitizing procedures for the BG4s were reviewed and enhanced.

The resumption of training in late May went well, he said. The volunteers were happy to be back. Some had not trained in two or three months and rust was beginning to show, Rideout said. CLOSING THE DISTANCE – From left, Dan Rulli, Southern For many Southern District volunteers, “it was the first time they Ontario District Mine Rescue Officer, and Compass Minerals got to see the Delaware Station”, due to the station’s unique central dispatch location between the three mine sites at Hagersville, Goderich Mine volunteers Peter Hendriks and Dave Kelly Windsor and Goderich. review rope rescue training. Do you know your battery test? Continued from Page 4 A. 5 years 10. The Test-it 6100 operating panel is clearly B. 10 years divided into flow and pressure areas. An 7. When performing the battery test on the integrated display is located in the centre BG4 Sentinel, the “Battery Warning 1” icon C. 6 years of the panel where either the flow or the was observed and a long beep was heard on D. 3 years pressure is indicated. The display indication startup. What does this indicate? can be switched by pushing the button below A. Battery charge “OK” 9. The moisture relief valve drains moisture the display. If the button is pressed for a that accumulates in the breathing bag. longer period, ______. B. Battery discharged, needs replacement The valve opens when the pressure in the C. Battery charge sufficient for four moisture trap is ______than ______. A. The display switches from mbar to psi hours, needs replacement B. Error code E1 appears A. >15 mbar D. Alarm functioning properly C. Error code E2 appears B. > 15 mbar 8. BG4s held in reserve must have the O-ring D. Sensor offset adjustment is carried out C. <15 mbar on the pressure relief valve replaced every ______years. D. = 15 bar For answers, see ‘Definitely’ Page 6

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