Exelon
Exelon experienced slightly more Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) recordable incidents in 2007 than 2006, but fewer days away, restricted and transfer (DART) cases. While Exelon reduced its overall number of DART cases from 2006, there were 1,449 lost workdays – an increase of 168 from 2006. Despite the setbacks mentioned above, Exelon achieved first-quartile performance for its OSHA recordable rate, first-decile performance for the OSHA DART rate and second-quartile performance for its injury severity rate when compared with data from the Edison Electric Institute’s (EEI) Annual Safety Survey for companies in Exelon's peer group. Exelon also reduced its number of responsible vehicle accidents (RVA), a measure of motor vehicle accidents determined to be caused by an Exelon employee, to 102 in 2007 – a significant drop from the 162 experienced in 2006.
Exelon Nuclear
November 2007 marked the first time in company history that employees completed a 12-month period with just one Industrial Safety Accident (ISA) – a nuclear industry metric used by the Institute of Nuclear Power Operations that is similar to the OSHA DART rate. Nuclear also set new fleet performance records by working 294 days without an ISA and 69 days without an OSHA recordable incident. Exelon Nuclear has reduced its ISA rate by almost 90 percent over the past five years. In addition, Peach Bottom employees completed their 10th consecutive year without a lost-time accident – extending their fleet record to over 15 million work-hours. Finally, Exelon Nuclear ranked first in the nation among all nuclear fleet operators with a rolling 24-month ISA rate of 0.06. Despite these successes, Nuclear sustained 24 OSHA recordable incidents during 2007 – up from 18 in 2006.
Exelon Power
For the third year in a row, Power achieved top-decile performance (relative to its peer group reporting in the EEI Annual Safety Survey) for OSHA recordable incidence rate. 2007 saw a reduction in OSHA recordable incidents. Among its facilities, Mountain Creek Station suffered its first OSHA recordable incident since Exelon purchased the plant in 2002, while the Peaking Division has completed nearly four years without an OSHA recordable incident.
ComEd
The company surpassed its target goals for every major OSHA metric. The company’s total of 73 OSHA recordable events for the year represents a 70 percent decrease over the past six years. ComEd’s DART rate has decreased 88 percent over the same period. The company also reduced its RVA rate by 44 percent from 2006.
PECO
The company achieved top-decile safety performance among its utility peers for its OSHA recordable incidence and DART rates. Increases in the number and severity of injuries, however, have caused concern. This has resulted in a renewed effort to re-engage all employees in preventing accidents.
Exelon Business Services Company (BSC)
BSC showed a reduction in injuries in 2007 from 2006 – thanks in part to exceptional efforts like those of their Supply team at Peach Bottom, which completed its 13th year without an OSHA recordable incident.