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Case studies: Woodsmith Mine, North Yorkshire
WOODSMITH MINE,
NORTH YORKSHIRE
Sector Utilities infrastructure
Client Careys with Sirius Minerals as end-user / client
Location Whitby, North Yorkshire
Project information
A fantastic, landmark
project in which our ‘LIFE’
health and safety culture
was adopted by our client
and the end-user business
simultaneously.
This is a world record for
the project at Woodsmith
Mine. Before this
achievement in the UK, the
deepest VSM Shaft was 83
metres in St Petersburg,
Russia.
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We were contacted ny Careys
to undertake shaft sinking
works at Sirius Minerals’ £3.2bn
polyhalite mine near Whitby.
The project reached a historic
milestone in September
2019, with the naming of the
pioneering Herrenknecht
Vertical Shaft Sinking Machine
(VSM), being used to excavate
the first 120m of a 360m deep
tunnel access shaft.
Creating strong, ehthical
relationships with this age group
is vital, these students and even
their children could work at the
mine throughout its life.
(Dermott Coughlan)
Engagement with the local
community is of huge
importance for the project and
Sirius Minerals invited children
from nearby Sleights Primary
School.
The children unveiled a plaque
with the name of the machine,
having won a competition
between local schools.
Joseph Gallagher Limited | Specialist, technical workforce supply
The area contains the largest
deposit of polyhalite fertilizer
in the world, which will be
extracted and transported via an
underground conveyor belt to
a materials handling facility in
Teeside.
We have been contracted to
construct the material transfer
system shaft using Vertical Shaft
sinking Machine (VSM) with a
reinforced concrete slipform
lining.
Joseph Gallagher, Careys
and Sirius are aligned in our
approach to Health and Safety.
With an excellent track
record and ambition for
continual health and safety
improvement, we have created
an enviable foundation for the
implementation of this project.
Situated within a national park
there were specific enviromental
considerations.
To minimise road movements
and the projects carbon
footprint, we participated in a
park and ride system.
All excavated material produced
is being reused throughout the
site.
