December 17, 1997 

Dr. J. Young

Regional Coroner for Metropolitan Toronto

Office of the Chief Coroner

25 Grenville Street

Toronto, Ontario

M7A 2G9

Dear Dr. Young:

At its meeting on Tuesday, December 16, 1997, the Commission considered the attached report entitled, "Russell Hill Subway Train Accident Of August 11, 1995 Due Diligence Checklist Update".

The Commission received the updated Due Diligence Checklist contained in this report, which provides a status report on the progress toward closing the Coroner’s Jury Recommendations and the TTC’s Internal Team Recommendations; and further requested that a copy be forwarded to the Chief Coroner of Ontario, the Municipality of Metropolitan Toronto and the Province of Ontario for information.

Sincerely,

Vincent Rodo

General Secretary

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Attachment

Copy: Ms. N. Wong, Metropolitan Toronto Clerk, The Municipality of Metropolitan Toronto

Ms. J. Rush, Deputy Minister, Ontario Ministry of Transportation

It is recommended that the Commission:

I) Receive for information the updated Russell Hill Subway Train Accident of August 11, 1995 Due Diligence Checklist contained in this report, which provides a status report on the progress toward closing the Coroner's Jury Recommendations and the TTC's Internal Team Recommendations.

ii) Forward this report to the Chief Coroner of Ontario, the Municipality of Metropolitan Toronto, and the Province of Ontario for information.

Five previous Due Diligence Checklist updates were submitted to the Commission at its meetings of April 2, 1996, May 28, 1996, July 9, 1996, December 10, 1996, and March 4, 1997. APress Conference was held at Metropolitan Toronto Police Headquarters on April 10, 1997, convened by the Regional Coroner for Metropolitan Toronto, Dr. Robert Huxter, in accordance with the requirements of Coroner’s Jury Recommendation #18. The March 4, 1997 checklist was formally presented to the Coroner, the media and the public at that time.

The following definitions have been provided to staff to clarify their meaning within the Due Diligence Checklists:

Closed means that every aspect of the recommendation has been addressed and completed. There is documentation supporting the closure. For example: a signed-off written procedure is complete and currently being followed, the equipment is purchased and in use, or a memo is on file detailing the reason the TTC has non-concurred. The person responsible has signed-off on the Due Diligence Sign-off Report.

Closed by TTC means that every possible step has been taken by the TTC, and the completion of the recommendation rests with an outside agency. This applies only to Coroner's Jury Recommendations. The person responsible has signed-off on the Due Diligence Sign-Off Report.

Open indicates that the implementation of the recommendation is underway.

SUMMARY OF JURY AND TTC INTERNAL TEAMS’ RECOMMENDATIONS

The TTC has now closed a total of 189 of the 236 recommendations from both the Coroner's Jury Recommendations and the Internal Teams' Recommendations. The following table provides a summary of the status of recommendations reported in the last update on March 4, 1997, which showed totals projected for the April 10, 1997 Coroner’s Press Conference.

The next updated Due Diligence Checklist, which will be presented at a Commission Meeting in June 1998, will also be forwarded to the Office of the Chief Coroner for Ontario, to ensure that the Chief Coroner is apprised of our progress with respect to the resolution of all of the recommendations stemming from the Russell Hill Subway Train Accident.

The status of the recommendations are also summarized and reported in the TTC’s monthly Chief General Manager's report. The TTC will continue to present publicly to the Commission twice per year until completion, and will outline the status of all recommendations and any outstanding issues or deficiencies.

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December 4, 1997

13.8.8

Attachment: Due Diligence Checklist Update -

Russell Hill Subway Train Accident of August 11, 1995