November 14, 2003 WRMMA Meeting Minutes – Winnemucca, Nevada Convention Center

7:00a.m. to 7:30a.m. Sign in

Dues $30.00 per person $100.00 for 4 persons or more from one site

WELCOME AND INTRODUCTION

7:30a.m. to 9:15a.m. General Business – Report Outs

    • Mitch Geyer – Opening Comments, Introductions
      • Mitch welcomed all in attendance and went around the room for introductions.
        • Bob Frayser - Newmont West
        • Mitch Geyer - Newmont East
        • Gary Frost - Apollo Gold
        • Jack Phillips - Apollo Gold
        • Randy Moulton – Apollo Gold
        • Harvey Hill - Newmont East
        • Dave Street - Newmont West
        • Richard Carrick - Barrick
        • Rich Fifield - Barrick
        • Ellis Ritz - Placer Dome
        • Carlos Guzman - Placer Dome
        • Brian Andreozzi - Newmont East
        • Dennis Zimmerman - Newmont East
        • Jim Trosper - Coeur Rochester
        • ? Murphy - Coeur Rochester
        • Mike Dorman - Newmont West
        • Kevin Hughes – Barrick
        • Walt Holland – Newmont West
        • Larry Henman – Newmont West

 

    • Bring 3 best practices, two in equipment maintenance and one in safety.
      • The group was reminded to bring best practices to the meeting to share with everyone as this is a great value to coming together.
    • Bob Frayser – WRMMA Business Report / Community Highlights
      • Bob gave a summary of the business report and stated that the bank account was returning to health. He gave accounting of income and expense details as well as the ending balance.
    • Bob Frayser – WRMMA Web Site report
      • The web site is getting good traffic from a lot of different places. It was discussed to have a Web Master position as part of the officer-ship of the association. All welcomed the idea. However, expressed concern about it being done solely by a supplier web expert. It was decided to look in house some more and one name was given by Kelly Alexander with Apollo Gold for a possible candidate.
    • Kelly Alexander – Review of Last meeting 3Ws - See Below
      • 3 W’s were started from a clean slate at this meeting after having closed out the other action items.
    • Updates from each site attending: Changes, News, and Gossip
      • Each site gave a general update of their activity, progress, troubles, and opportunities. Worthy of a special note – two operations sent operations personnel (Dave Street – Twin Creeks, Harvey - Hill Gold Quarry) to the meeting and were of considerable value to those in attendance and we hope that they gained value to take back to their respective mine sites. The detail of this section is unavailable for notes due to technical difficulties. We apologize for this mishap and can only say we will try to correct the problem at the next meeting.

9:15a.m. to 9:30a.m. Break

9:30a.m. to 10:00a.m. Officer Report Out / Open

REPORT OUT TOPICS

NOTE – IF UNABLE TO ATTEND PLEASE SEND A REPLACEMENT PREPARED TO PRESENT YOUR PART

10:00a.m. to Noon Sharing Best Practices Presentations

    • Newmont East- Mitch Geyer Update on 992G Boom
      • Mitch showed pictures of the self contained oil filled pin enhancements on the machine at Gold Quarry. Kelly Alexander and Jim Trosper also voiced concerns with respect to the current design.
    • All Sites Weather Awareness Programs*
      • Bob Frayser showed a slide show of the lightning safety procedures and facts recently distributed at Newmont operations. Other site are currently working on this topic and will supply documents when available.
    • Newmont East - Brian Andreozzi Cab Seal Inspection – Smoke Bomb
      • Brian Andreozzi showed a slide show and presented what Newmont Eastern operations have incorporated into their PM program.
    • Newmont East – Dennis Zimmerman Training Procedures
      • Dennis gave a very detailed and lengthy presentation on the training procedures in use at Newmont East mine sites.

Noon to 1:00p.m. Lunch break (Provided by WSA)

      •  Lunch was provided by the Western Suppliers Association and many of their members attended the luncheon.

1:00p.m. to 3:00p.m. Sharing Best Practices Presentations

    • BMGI – Paul Doyle Swing / Hoist Transmission Updates
      • This update was given by Richard Carrick in Paul’s absence

 

 

    • Newmont - Don Trowbridge Internal Rebuild Facility
      • This presentation was given by Mitch Geyer in Don’s absence and he showed a slide show of the impressive rebuild shop at Gold Quarry and their gave good description of their capabilities.  
    • Cashman Equipment - Allan Moore 16H Park Brake Issues
      • This project has been delegated to Jay Powell at Cashman Equipment and a team was formed to better understand the problems and potential solutions. The team members are: Otis Pryor (Bald Mountain), Larry Henman (Newmont West), Jay Powell (Cashman), Engineer (Cat)

3:00p.m. to 3:15p.m. Break

3:15p.m. to 3:45p.m. General Meeting Review

What worked? What didn’t work? Suggested changes of formats, dates, locations, frequency, newsletter, etc. Selection of vendor for company/equipment updates.

·         All thought the meeting went well and made comments about being appreciative of operations personnel joining the meeting, hoped that it would continue, and hoped other sites would send operations personnel to future meeting.

3:45p.m. to 4:30p.m. Action Planning

Topic selection process for next WRMMA meeting study groups. 3W review.

Topics for next meeting are:

·         Break Away Fuel Nozzle Presentation by Carlos Guzman (Placer Dome)

·         Tire Belt Update From Ellis Ritz (Placer Dome)

·         Heel Plate Tooling Presentation From Dennis Zimmerman (Newmont East)

·         T.E.A.M. Update From Richard Carrick (Barrick)

·         Wear Iron Hazards Presentations – Innovative products and solutions

o        30-45 minute presentation from ESCO Dealer

o        30-45 minute presentation from Hensley Dealer

o        30-45 minute presentation from Berkley Forge Dealer

 

 

 

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Each site to designate WRMMA Contact Point

All Sites

By next meeting

Each site to provide contact details to the Secretary for recording.

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Each site to bring a copy of their weather awareness program

All Sites

March 26, 2004

Each site to take back all programs to their safety departments for review.

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Each Site member to bring an operations person to the next meeting

All Sites

March 26, 2004

Typically one who interacts the most with maintenance personnel, i.e. Trainer, Coordinator, Dispatcher, etc.

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