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Wharf is committed to achieving the highest standards of health and safety for all employees and contractors. Since operations began, the company has placed safety at the forefront of all its activities. The company’s performance has been recognized by winning a number of major health and safety awards during the past several years. Some examples of safety initiatives and awards include: Sentinels of Safety Awards in 1988, 1990, 1995, and 1999, introducing job safety analysis before many other major mines, three years without a lost time injury in 1988, 1990 and 1999, played a significant role in establishing the Black Hills Safety Association which is a chapter of the National Joseph A. Holmes Safety Association, received the 2002 Large Operations Safety Award from the Black Hills Safety Association for having achieved the Lowest Total Reportable Frequency Rate during calendar year 2002.
Part of Wharf’s commitment to providing its employees a safe and healthy work environment is the drug/alcohol free policy implemented in 1997. Employees exposed to noise levels greater than acceptable standards are enrolled in a Hearing Conservation Program.
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