A worker at Hudbay's Lalor mine, staying at the Outland camp, has tested positive for COVID-19, according to the company.
Information in an internal Hudbay memo obtained by The Reminder says the company was made aware of the case at 4 p.m. Nov. 13. The person is listed by Hudbay as "in isolation in another province" - it is unknown which province the person is isolating in.
"We will be working closely with public health in assisting them in their investigation in any way in order to keep our employees/contractors safe. We will be taking all necessary precautions and following all protocols in place to reduce the risk of COVID-19 in our workplace," reads the Hudbay memo.
The case, as it was reported in a camp resident who lives outside the Snow Lake area, will not be listed in provincial COVID-19 data in the Flin Flon/Snow Lake/Cranberry Portage/Sherridon health district. Any cases connected to the initial case at the camp, unless they are found in residents of the district, will not show up in the district's COVID-19 case count.
After an accident involving the skip at 777 last month reduced work at the Flin Flon-area mine, some workers from the Flin Flon area - estimates range between 60 and 100 employees - were temporarily moved to the Lalor site.
In the memo, Hudbay requests that all employees and contractors within the mine stick to the company's COVID-19 procedures, including keeping two-metre distancing when possible, wearing respirators when distancing can't be done, wearing masks in shared vehicles and shuttles and washing and sanitizing surfaces.
"Temperature taking and pre-work health screening is mandatory for the start of every shift," reads the memo.
The Reminder has reached out to Hudbay for further comment.
