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Home > Electrical Safety > Employee Health and Safety > Success Stories
Several initiatives demonstrate Hydro One's commitment to health and
safety in the workplace:
Creation of Hydro One Chair in Electrical Injury Endowment Fund
- In June 2006, Hydro One created a permanent endowment fund called
the Hydro
One Chair in Electrical Injury at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
and St. John's Rehab Hospital, the only such program in Canada. The
program is in partnership with Dr. Joel Fish, Medical Director of the
Ross Tilley Burn Unit at Sunnybrook. Over the next five years, Hydro
One has committed $500,000 to push forward research and treatment of
electrical burn patients. Read more in our fact
sheet (PDF - 858 KB)
- Dr. Joel Fish provides guidance to doctors throughout the province
for the treatment of burn victims due to electrical contact injuries,
as diagnosis and treatment of electrical burns is poorly understood
in the medical community
- Involves an electrical contact/flash incident form and guidance provided
by Dr. Fish through telephone and the North Network
- Working with St. John Ambulance to use improved electrical burn treatment
information in first-aid training.
Multi-Workplace Joint Health & Safety Committee (JHSC)
- An important component to the Internal Responsibility System
- Replaces a geographically based JHSC structure with one that is more
efficient and matches our organizational structure
- All JHSC receive certification training as required by the Occupational
Health & Safety Act
- Highlighted accomplishments at 2003 Health & Safety Conference.
Hydro One Safety Rules
- Project to review former Ontario Hydro Corporate Safety Rules &
Policies book
- A joint working team refreshed the rules to orient it to our current
business
- Hydro One and the Electrical & Utilities Safety Association at
the request of the Ministry of Labour completed the new Electrical Utility
Safety Rules
- The new rules for work in the electrical environment combine the experience
and expertise of both organizations.
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