TSSA Announces 2022 Safety Award Recipients

The Technical Standards and Safety Authority (TSSA) presented the Legacy Safety Awards to Dave Little of Atura Power — Brighton Beach Generating Station and Rick Hicks of Delta Elevator in recognition of their safety leadership. As chief operating engineer at Atura Power’s Brighton Beach Generating Station, Little ensures the safe and reliable operation of a power plant, working with the operators, maintenance team, contractors and TSSA to make sure all the plant’s regulatory obligations are met. This includes having a formal process for ‘Lockout Tagout’ — a critical safety procedure in a power plant — and volunteering to lead an effort to consolidate the various safety processes between all the stations within his organization. He is management co-chair on the Brighton Beach Generating Station Joint Health and Safety Committee and is a member of the Joint Health and Safety Committee of Atura Power, a subsidiary of Ontario Power Generation that owns Brighton Beach Generating Station. Hicks began his career at Delta Elevator 30 years ago as an apprentice, becoming the organization’s Training and Development supervisor in 2013. He assesses more than 50 apprentices and oversees their tracking of hours, schooling and education units, as well as the individual training for all Elevating Devices Mechanic Trainee (EDM-T, a TSSA certification) required safety education. Hicks has created hundreds of hours of curriculum and procedures to ensure up-to-date and effective training at Delta Elevator. He works one-on-one in the field with mechanics to improve their operational aptitude and provides skills- and safety-focused training that gets webcast to more than 170 workers across Delta Elevator’s five branches. The annual TSSA Safety Awards is a nomination-based program that recognizes individuals and organizations working in sectors overseen by TSSA and that have made significant contributions to public safety in Ontario.