Pan American Silver is committed to protecting the health and safety of its employees and contractors at its mining operations and development projects. We will strive to provide a safe and healthy workplace for our employees and contractors and we are committed to:
- Promote health and safety on and off the job;
- Provide employees with the training and tools to work safely;
- Comply with applicable laws and regulations of the countries in which we operate;
- Adhere to sound and effective health and safety practices;
- Provide a safe work environment by minimizing and/or eliminating hazards;
- Educate the workforce to the potential hazards of their job;
- Strive for and encourage continuous improvement in all aspects of health and safety for our employees and contractors;
- Pursue and implement accident prevention programs;
- Ensure that first aid and emergency response plans are in place at each operation;
- Require that employees perform their duties in the safest manner possible;
- Continue to educate and train employees about job hazards;
- Ensure accident reporting is completed in a diligent manner;
- Remediate all identified health and safety findings promptly;
- Utilize a key corporate oversight position to conduct regular reviews and report findings to Pan American Silver Corp. management and the Board of Directors to ensure that company health/safety policies and procedures are being adhered to;
- Ensure that mechanisms are in place that promote employee participation in the development of health and safety standards and that these employees take ownership of their health and safety responsibilities;
- Develop, operate and audit health and safety management systems at Pan American Silver Corp. operations that meet or exceed those in use by other peer mining companies; and
- Make this policy available to Pan American Silver Corp.’s employees, contractors, stakeholders, and the public;
Each operation is responsible and held accountable for the development and implementation of procedures and programs that comply with this policy.
