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ICMC RECERTIFICATION SUMMARY AUDIT REPORT <br /> <br />Standard of Practice 6.2: Operate and monitor cyanide facilities to protect worker health and <br />safety and periodically evaluate the effectiveness of health and safety <br />measures. <br />CC&V is: <br /> in full compliance with <br />Standard of Practice 6.2 in substantial compliance with <br /> not in compliance with <br />Summarize the basis for this finding: <br />CC&V is in FULL COMPLIANCE with Standard of Practice 6.2 requiring the operation operate and monitor <br />cyanide facilities to protect worker health and safety and periodically evaluates the effectiveness of health <br />and safety measures. <br />The operation has determined the appropriate pH for limiting the evolution of HCN gas during mixing and <br />production activities. The operations procedures detail the importance of maintaining the solutions above pH <br />10 to minimize the potential for HCN gas formation. The pH levels are monitored in the control room and <br />samples are taken with a pH monitor to confirm instrumentation is working effectively. <br />The operation uses a combination of fixed and personal monitors for HCN level monitoring. A fixed HCN <br />detection system, SensAlert, is in place at the operation. The monitors are located at the ADR1, ARD2, <br />PSES, and the HG Mill. The operation also utilizes portable gas monitors, MX6 multi gas detectors, which <br />are used the measure HCN in the person’s immediate environment. They are available for use in the ADR <br />control rooms, PSES control room, Process Laboratory, Crusher control room, Millwright shop and in the <br />warehouse. Both the fixed and portable units alarm at 4.7 ppm low and 10.0 ppm high. <br />CC&V has identified activities and areas where the exposure to harmful concentrations of cyanide is <br />possible. For such activities, the operation has operating procedure, Procedure 2 for Personal Protective <br />Equipment in place that state the PPE requirements for key activities in both standard conditions and spill <br />cleanup/HCN/CN detox conditions. Example of conditions where a portable HCN monitor is required include, <br />Solution > 1%, Truck Unloading, Solution Precipitate, Dry Process and H2O2 CN Detox. Example of where <br />SCBA is required is HCN Gas > 10ppm. <br />The operation has a procedure that dictates what personnel must do when the HCN monitor alarm sounds. <br />The HCN monitors, both static and personal, are set to alarm at 4.7 ppm and 10 ppm. The operation has <br />dictated the actions to be taken in the event of an alarm including actions to re-enter the area. <br />Portable and fixed HCN monitors are maintained, tested, and calibrated as per manufacturer requirements. <br />All fixed monitors are calibrated monthly as part of the preventative maintenance program and there is a <br />relevant Cyanide Code Procedure. All portable monitors are calibrated when docked through an online <br />system. Calibration records and preventative maintenance records were sighted by the Auditor. <br />Warning signs in English have been placed where cyanide is used, advising workers that cyanide is present. <br />There is also a specific procedure detailing the required PPE for activities in standard and spill conditions. <br />No smoking signs are posted throughout the operational areas. <br />Showers, low-pressure eyewash stations, and dry powder fire extinguishers are strategically located <br />throughout the operation in the cyanide areas. The showers and eyewash stations are checked daily and <br />monthly and the fire extinguishers monthly. <br />The operations labelled cyanide tanks and lines and clearly indicated by strategically placed signage that <br />cyanide is present. Additionally, Danger Cyanide signage is located at the entrances to all facilities where <br />cyanide is present. <br />Safety Date Sheets (SDS), first aid procedures, and informational materials on cyanide safety were available <br />in the language of the workforce in areas where cyanide is managed. SDSs (as part of the ERP) are located <br />in each of the control rooms and intranet. First aid materials and information on cyanide safety is included in <br />CC&V Mine <br />Name of Facility __________________________________ <br />Signature of Lead Auditor <br />July 28, 2017 <br />Date <br />July 2017 <br />Report No. 1663584-003-R-Rev0 20