Genesis Alkali earned the Industrial Minerals Association-North America's Safety Achievement Award for Large Mines. Pictured are: Barbara Ritchie, Genesis Alkali EHS Director, Randy Johnson, Chairman of the Board of Directors for IMA and Fred von Ahrens, Vice President Manufacturing for Genesis Alkali.
Genesis Alkali received the Industrial Minerals Association-North America Safety Achievement Award during the INA-NA's meeting in Washington, D.C., on May 8.
The IMA-NA is a trade association representing industrial minerals industries in North America and is comprised of members working in the ball clay, barite, bentonite, borates, calcium carbonate, diatomite, feldspar, industrial sand, kaolin, soda ash, talc and other industrial minerals industries.
According to a press release, Genesis Alkali earned the award in the large mine category, where Genesis Alkali reported working 1,712,568 employee hours with nine injuries, creating an injury rate of 1.05 per 200,000 employee hours. For nonmetal mines, this rate was 1.76 in 2017.
"We are very proud of our employees and their dedication to working safely," Ed Flynn, EVP and President of Genesis Alkali said in a press release. "Safety is one of our core values, and we work diligently to ensure that each and every employee comes to work and returns home to their families safely each day."
The awards program is operated in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Labor's Mine Safety and Health Administration. Ten companies and three individual mining operations received honors from INA-NA.
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