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December 10, 1999
Ms. Novina Wong
Clerk
City of Toronto
Toronto City Hall
100 Queen Street West
Toronto, Ontario
M5H 2N2
Dear Ms. Wong:
At its meeting on Wednesday, December 8, 1999, the Commission considered the attached report entitled, "Russell Hill
Subway Train Accident Of August 11, 1995 Due Diligence Checklist Update."
The Commission adopted the Recommendation contained in the above report, as listed below:
"It is recommended that the Commission:
i) Receive for information the updated Due Diligence Checklist relating to the Russell Hill Subway Train Accident of
August 11, 1995, 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."
The foregoing is forwarded to City of Toronto Council through the City of Toronto Planning and Transportation
Committee for information.
Sincerely,
Vincent Rodo
General Secretary
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Attachment
Similar letter sent to: Dr. J. Young, Chief Coroner of Ontario
Ms. J. Rush, Deputy Minister, Ontario Ministry of Transportation
TORONTO TRANSIT COMMISSION
REPORT NO.
MEETING DATE: December 8, 1999
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 Due Diligence Checklist relating to the Russell Hill Subway Train Accident of
August 11, 1995, 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
Nine 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, December 16, 1997, June 17, 1998 December 2, 1998, and
September 1, 1999.
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
Four recommendations have closed since the last update on September 1, 1999. The TTC has now closed a total of 219 of
the 236 recommendations from both the Coroner's Jury Recommendations and the Internal Teams' Recommendations. Of
the remaining 17 recommendations, 9 are scheduled to close by December 31, 2000. The following table provides a
summary of the current status of recommendations, and the status of recommendations as reported on September 1, 1999.
CATEGORY |
September 1, 1999 |
December 8, 1999 |
TOTAL |
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OPEN |
CLOSED |
OPEN |
CLOSED |
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Training |
2 |
48 |
1 |
49 |
50 |
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Track |
0 |
31 |
0 |
31 |
31 |
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Transit Control |
6 |
33 |
5 |
34 |
39 |
|
Vehicles |
0 |
32 |
0 |
32 |
32 |
|
Signals Design |
5 |
27 |
5 |
27 |
32 |
|
Signals Maintenance |
1 |
33 |
0 |
34 |
34 |
|
Coroner's Jury |
7 |
11 |
6 |
12 |
18 |
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TOTAL |
21 |
215 |
17 |
219 |
236 |
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Percentages |
9% |
91% |
7% |
93% |
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ONGOING STEPS
The next updated Due Diligence Checklist, which is scheduled to be presented at the Commission Meeting in August
2000, will also be forwarded to the Office of the Chief Coroner of 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 each year in August, until closure of all
recommendations, and will outline the status of all recommendations and any outstanding issues or deficiencies.
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November 5, 1999
13.8.8
Attachment: Due Diligence Checklist #10
Russell Hill Subway Train Accident of August 11, 1995
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