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This is Marty Carpenter of the Salt Lake Chamber with your Utah Business Report.
The Salt Lake Chamber, Utah's largest and longest-serving business association, applauds Rio Tinto and Kennecott Utah Copper for their dedication to safety. By all accounts, the damage from the landslide that recently occurred at the Bingham Canyon Mine was greatly minimized by their commitment to protect their employees, contractors and the public.
On the evening of April 10th, Kennecott Utah Copper's Bingham Canyon Mine experienced a slide along a geotechnical fault line of its north eastern wall. Thanks to monitoring ground movement for several months, Kennecott was able to relocate buildings, roads and heavy machinery before the slide happened. All of the employees were safe and accounted for.
It is well known in the business community that all Rio Tinto meetings begin with a safety message. Many Utah businesses, including the Salt Lake Chamber, have followed this example, no doubt increasing the overall level of workplace safety in our state.
This is Marty Carpenter for KSL News Radio.
