Major Drilling Exceeds 12 Months and Six Million Hours Lost Time Injury Free

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[{"type":"text","content":"\n\n\nMONCTON, NB, Aug. 26, 2014 /CNW/ - Major Drilling Group International\n Inc. (\"Major Drilling\") (TSX: MDI) is pleased to announce that its\n employees have worked over 6 million hours in the past 12 months Lost\n Time Injury (\"LTI\") free.   Every employee, job site, office, workshop\n and warehouse has pulled together to deliver this safety milestone for\n Major Drilling.\n\n\n\"The achievement of one year LTI free is the result of hundreds of\n thousands of safe behaviours and decisions by our employees,\" says Ben\n Graham, Global HR and HSEC Director for Major Drilling.  \"It has also\n been the result of an ongoing commitment from leadership.  Our\n President & CEO chairs the internal HSEC committee, which is comprised\n of all operational Vice Presidents and which reviews all incidents\n monthly.\"\n\n\nCommunication has been at the heart of improving our safety performance,\n using on-site coaching and open dialogue.  Major Drilling uses the TAKE\n 5 program, which helps identify site-specific risks based on the task\n to be performed and the environment where it is happening. \n Identification and elimination of job site risks are a large part of\n our safety program and have been one of the keys to success.\n\n\n\"I am very proud of our team,\" says Major Drilling President & CEO,\n Francis McGuire.  \"We have invested heavily in our safety system and\n procedures.  Our system is based on the idea that each employee has\n both a right and a responsibility towards safety.\"\n\n\nMajor Drilling is continuously looking for ways to do things better in\n order to provide a safe, harm free work environment for our employees,\n equipment, clients and the environment.\n\n\nBased in Moncton, New Brunswick, Major Drilling Group International Inc.\n is one of the world's largest metals and minerals contract drilling\n service companies. To support its customers' varied exploration\n drilling requirements, Major Drilling maintains field operations and\n offices in Canada, the United States, Mexico, South America, Asia, and\n Africa.\n\n\nSOURCE MAJOR DRILLING GROUP INTERNATIONAL INC.\n\n\n\n Ben Graham - Global HR & HSEC Director Salt Lake City, Utah, USA 801-974-0645 Copyright CNW Group 2014","length":3285,"tagName":"div"}]

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