LA7(1) All Injury Frequency
| Performance Measure | 2001/2002 | 2002/2003 | 2003/2004 | 2004/2005 |
| All Injury Frequency (targets) | N/A | N/A | 3.1 | 2.7 |
| All Injury Frequency (actuals) | 5.0 | 3.3 | 3.0 | |
| Definition | All Injury Frequency is the total number of employee injury incidents (Medical Aids and Disabling Injuries) occurring in the 12 months prior to the report date, relative to the amount of worked hours in the same period. For this measurement, Medical Aid injuries are defined as those where a medical practitioner has rendered services beyond the level defined as "first aid" in relation to the injury incident, and the employee was not absent from work beyond time lost on the day of the injury. Disabling injuries are defined as those that involve the employee being absent from work beyond the day of injury. | |||
| Variance Explanation | All Injury Frequency was on target after some recent levelling of the improvement rate. BC Hydro is still benefiting from the focus that has been placed on safety and performance improvement through awareness, planning, training, and safe work practices. Notwithstanding the better than target performance, three electrical contact incidents, each causing significant injury, occurred this year: Wahleach Generating Station on June 18th, 2003; GM Shrum Generating Station on July 23, 2003, and Dal Grauer Substation on October 2003. A review of these events was undertaken to determine if there was a common cause or trend to these incidents. A number of corrective action plans were undertaken as a result of the review, and this has substantially reduced the risk of reoccurrence. | |||
| Benchmark Comparison | BC Hydro regularly compares itself to B.C. Industry as well as to peer Canadian electrical utilities (through the CEA), but we regard the CEA as the truest comparison. The BC Hydro fiscal year end AIR of 3.0, shown above, is roughly 10 per cent below the CEA composite (average) of 3.41 for the calendar year ending December 31, 2003. | |||
Last Modified: Jun 29, 2004
