June 19, 1998

Ms. Novina Wong
Clerk
City of Toronto
Station 1071, 7th Floor
Metro Hall
55 John Street
Toronto, Ontario
M5V 3C6

Dear Ms. Wong:

At its meeting on Wednesday, June 17, 1998, 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.

The foregoing is forwarded to the City of Toronto, the Chief Coroner of Ontario and the Province of Ontario for information.

Sincerely,

Vincent Rodo

General Secretary

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Attachment

TORONTO TRANSIT COMMISSION

REPORT NO.

MEETING DATE: June 17, 1998

SUBJECT: RUSSELL HILL SUBWAY TRAIN ACCIDENT OF

AUGUST 11, 1995

DUE DILIGENCE CHECKLIST UPDATE

RECOMMENDATION

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 City of Toronto, and the Province of Ontario for information.

BACKGROUND

Six 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, March 4, 1997 and December 16, 1997.

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 197 of the 236 recommendations from both the Coroner's Jury Recommendations and the Internal Teams' Recommendations. Of the remaining 39 recommendations, 18 are scheduled to close during 1998. The following table provides a summary of the current status of recommendations, and the status of recommendations as reported in the last update on December 16, 1997.

ONGOING STEPS

The next updated Due Diligence Checklist, which is scheduled to be presented at the Commission Meeting on December 2, 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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June 8, 1998

13.8.8

Attachment: Due Diligence Checklist Update -

Russell Hill Subway Train Accident of August 11, 1995