Company honoured for promoting safety
Oct 15, 2008 - 04:11 PM
By Keith Gilligan
DURHAM -- Ontario Power Generation has been honoured for its work in promoting safety.
The Safe Communities of Pickering-Ajax (SCOPA) presented OPG with its Ambassador for Safety Business Partner Award during a Oct. 9 conference in Ajax.
This is the second year SCOPA has presented the award, giving it last year to the Durham District School Board.
"Their commitment to safety and protection of the environment is uncompromising and absolute," said SCOPA's Jim McKinnon of OPG.
OPG has "shown a strong commitment to our board" by serving on SCOPA since its founding, he said.
Also, OPG has provided financial contributions to support SCOPA's leadership, Mr. McKinnon said.
"They have assisted with the cost of the Heroes program," he said. "This is a program that teaches youth about Smart Risk and is offered to all high schools in the Ajax-Pickering area."
The conference was hosted by the Industrial Accident Prevention Association and attracted about 300 people to the Deer Creek Golf and Banquet facility.
The company has "demonstrated a leadership role in supporting injury prevention and safety promotion programs," he said.
In 2007, OPG provided financial aid and "in-kind assistance" to more than 900 initiatives in their host communities through the company's corporate citizenship program. Included in the initiatives was 270 to health and safety organizations, Mr. McKinnon said.
"Last but not least, and I admire this, OPG believes that a target of zero injuries is achievable. This is not only good business sense, it shows a commitment to protecting their employees and sending them home as healthy as they arrived at work," Mr. McKinnon said.
Working with organizations like SCOPA "affords us the opportunity to show our shared values," OPG's Olwen Gower said in an interview,
"Safety is an ingrained cornerstone" for the company, said Greg Jackson, the manager of safety strategies.
"Our safety philosophy applies not only to nuclear production, but also with our workers," he said.
With its unions and associations, "we continue to stress to improve safety to our workforce," Mr. Jackson said.
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