June 2007 | Alabama Living
During the Alabama Rural Electric Association Annual Meeting recently Clarke-Washington EMC was presented an award for working the entire year of 2006 without a loss time accident. This is quite an achievement and one I am very proud of. In fact we have now worked 170,000 hours without a lost-time accident.
Thanks to all the employees for maintaining a culture of safety for not only their own benefit, but for that of the general public. Clarke-Washington EMC is safety accredited by the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association, a distinction which designates electric cooperatives that meet the high standards of safety of this national program.
Rely for Life events have wrapped up for the year. I have heard excellent numbers reported on the fundraising efforts for this year. Everyone in each Relay community has worked hard to come up with creative fundraising ideas as we move closer to finding a cure for cancer. Clarke-Washington EMC is proud to represent all our communities that have such heart.
Kate Simon of Thomasville High School and Tyler Chastain of Leroy High School are the winners of our NRECA Washington D.C. Youth Tour. They will spend a week this summer visiting our nation’s capitol and learning about electric cooperatives. For many years Clarke-Washington EMC has sponsored students from our area to participate in this excellent program.
While enjoying these long summer days, remember it is also severe weather season. Clarke-Washington EMC wants to help you and your family be as prepared as possible when severe weather threatens our communities. Severe weather safety tips are listed in the following pages.
Clarke-Washington EMC received an Alabama Rural Electric Association Safety Award for completing one year without a lost time accident for 2006. The award was presented at AREA’s annual meeting in April at the Mobile Convention Center. The following men helped contribute to this award: front row, James Koen, Terry Hooper, Bobby Pritchard, Arthur McBride and David Bryant. Back row: Jimmy Hudson, Bill Bumpers, Kenny Harrell, Harold Hoven, Steve Sheffield and David Anderson.