John T. Ryan Trophy

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John T. Ryan Trophies are awards of excellence presented by Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum (CIM) to a mine in a given category which experiences the lowest accident frequency during the previous year in all of Canada. Three national trophies are given each year, one to a metal mine, a coal mine and one to a select mine. An award is also given out to the mine with the lowest accident frequency in each of the following regions:

• Quebec and East
• Ontario
• Prairies and Northwest Territories
• British Columbia and Yukon.

The award is given by Mine Safety Appliances Company as a memorial to the founder John T. Ryan.^[1][2]