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lue to the recent article printed in a
local paper disputing Quintette's safety
procedures, a spokesman for Quintette Coal
limited has issued the following rebuttal:

1, Background information on Quintette's
safety proceudres and policies already
in place within the company:

- Regular company Safety Meetings are
held the first Thursday of every
month. This includes both Management
and Hourly representation. Minutes
are kept and distributed to all
members including the mine
inspector's office in Prince George.
There is also a major physical audit
of all plant facilities conducted by
the members of this safety committee.

Crew safety meetings are held once
very eight days which includes all
crew employees and foreman. There is
a part of this meeting which hourly
employees discuss safety issues with-
out the presence of supervisory and/
or management participation.

Independent inspections are conducted
at least once a month by the Mine

Inspector from Prince George (Mr.
Vaughan-Thomas). Our last inspection
took place on Tuesday, April 12,

1983. All crew representatives were
present and we were given a clean
bill of health. You may want to
contact him direct for comment as to
Quintette's attitude and procedures
with relation to safety.

2. Quintette Coal Limited Employees
Handbook

Right to Refuse Work:

Any employee, who believes that he is
required to work under dangerous or
under healthy conditions, has the
right to refuse work by notifying his
Supervisor. The supervisor will
investigate the alleged unsafe condi-
tion promptly and, if warranted,
cause it to be corrected.

If the condition is not corrected to
the employee's satisfaction, he may
report it to the safety department.
The Safety Supervisor or his design-
ate will then investigate the
condition with the appropriate super-
intendent and elected area safety
representative, and initiate correct-
ive measures as deemed necessary.

If the matter remains unresolved in
the employee's opinion, it is
forwarded to the Mines Inspector for
his consideration. The employee is
assigned to other duties at this
time.

EDITION #7
This is not only the policy of
Quintette Coal Limited but also the
Law.
Mr. Gunter is not an employee of
Quintette Coal Limited but a_ union
organizer.

Mr. Vaughan-Thomas is presently checking
the validity of these allegations but we
understand that only 8 of the 23 alleged
incidents have been reported to him and
he is somewhat hampered by the fact that
they “will not" or “can not" disclose the
names of the individuals making these
statements.

Bev Korman, to our knowledge, has never
been in the Pit area within operations
and these allegations appear to be based
on heresay.

Safety to our employees has always been
and always will be of primary concern
within Quintette Coal Limited. Al]
matters related to Safety receive prior-
ity attention and it is of concern to us
(Quintette Coal Limited) that uninformed
and irresponsible allegations such as
these, would be presented as a fair
assessment of the situation.

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