August 31, 2012
An outstanding safety record achieved by the Thiess team at Tarong’s Meandu Mine has resulted in an unexpected windfall for the local Kingaroy Ambulance.
The team at Tarong won a Thiess monthly safety award in June for demonstrating leading excellence in safety.
The prize is $1000 to donare to a charity of their choice, and the Tarong team selected the Kingaroy Local Ambulance Committee.
Thiess’ Australian Mining Executive General Manager Michael Wright said it was important to celebrate successes while targeting workplaces to be free from injuries and incidents.
“Tarong Meandu’s safety performance has been consistently improving over the past 12 months with the month of June being recordable injury free. We expect that the good performance will continue and that the site will continue to be a leader in safety across our business,” he said.
Kingaroy Local Ambulance Committee President John Box said his committee was very pleased to accept the unexpected donation from Thiess especially considering it that had been generated by their safety conscious staff.
LACs work very hard to ensure their local Paramedics are provided with the latest cutting edge equipment and information so that they can provide the best pre-hospital care available for the local community members.
