Ottawa (November 21) Electric utilities who demonstrated leadership in occupational health and safety best practices were awarded the President’s Award for Safety Excellence at Electricity Canada’s Powering Partnerships event in downtown Ottawa.
For more than 30 years, Electricity Canada has tracked and monitored the safety records of its member utilities annually, and the data collected provides key insights in how to best mitigate incidents in future. Using this data, the President’s Award for Safety Excellence is given to electricity companies who are safety leaders in the industry. The award recipients have demonstrated the least number of injuries or no injuries at all last year, based on the following metrics: Total Recordable Injury Frequency (TRIF) and All Injury/Illness Frequency and Lost-Time Injury Severity Rates.
These companies have demonstrated that they have invested in their safety management systems, have a proactive health and safety culture, and ultimately prioritize employee well-being.
The following electricity companies were recognized for excellence for the past year (grouped by the number of Full-Time Equivalent Employees (FTEs) Per Business Unit) in the areas of distribution, transmission and generation. Please see below for the list of this year’s winners.
President’s Award for Safety Excellence
- Group 1: 1500+ Employees – Transmission
- Hydro One
Group 1: 1500+ Employees – Distribution
- ENMAX
Group 1: 1500+ Employees – Generation
- Ontario Power Generation
Group 2: 300-1500 Employees – Transmission
- AltaLink
Group 2: 300-1500 Employees – Distribution
- Toronto Hydro
Group 3: 1-300 Employees – Transmission
- Maritime Electric
Group 3: 1-300 Employees – Distribution
- Oakville Hydro
Group 3: 1-300 Employees – Generation
- Heartland Generation
QUOTE:
"Electricity Canada’s members have been focused on every aspect of health and safety, in every aspect of the industry – from generation to transmission to the distribution of electricity to Canadian customers. We are proud to showcase the best of occupational health and safety in 2023. It is a great reminder that safety is always top of mind for our member utilities."
– Francis Bradley, President and CEO, Electricity Canada
About Electricity Canada:
Founded in 1891, Electricity Canada (formerly the Canadian Electricity Association) is the national forum and voice of the evolving and innovative electricity business in Canada. The Association supports, through its advocacy efforts, the regional, national, and international success of its members. Electricity Canada members generate, transmit, and distribute electrical energy to industrial, commercial, residential, and institutional customers across Canada. Members include integrated electric utilities, independent power producers, transmission and distribution companies, power marketers, and system operators, who together deliver electricity to all Canadians, in every province and territory.
For additional Information:
Graeme Burk, Director of Communications, burk@electricity.ca 613.809.0720