Safety Milestones in Pennsylvania

June 29, 2020
While COVID-19 has changed the way we do business, FirstEnergy employees continue to focus on protecting each other from injury. Although we do not have group photos due to social distancing guidelines, we are continuing to recognize our employees’ dedication to going home safely to their families, every day. Today, we’re featuring work groups at our Pennsylvania utilities.
West Penn Power
Receiving the President’s Safety Excellence Award were:
- Pleasant Valley – The service center’s 63 employees achieved one year without an OSHA-recordable on Feb. 20.
- Greensburg – Sixty-five employees at the regional corporate center and 70 employees in the distribution control center marked five years without an OSHA-recordable on March 5. The groups also have gone more than one year without a chargeable motor vehicle accident (CMVA).
- Boyce – Twenty-six employees marked one year without an OSHA recordable and more than one year without a CMVA on April 26.
- Arnold – The group’s 50 employees celebrated one-year without an OSHA recordable and more than one year without a CMVA on April 28.
- Charleroi – Forty-seven employees achieved six years without an OSHA recordable on May 9.
- Butler – The group’s 55 employees celebrated two years without an OSHA recordable and more than one year without a CMVA on May 11.
Bargaining-unit employees at West Penn Power are represented by Utility Workers Union of America (UWUA) Local 102.

Employees at the Greensburg Distribution Control Center – including Dan Jarvis – achieved five years without an OSHA-recordable incident in early March.
Met-Ed
Receiving the President’s Safety Excellence Award were:
- Hamburg – The service center’s 21 employees celebrated six years without an OSHA-recordable on Jan. 31.
- Hanover – Twenty-seven employees achieved two years of OSHA-free work on May 26.
Receiving the Directors’ Safe Driving Award were:
- Lebanon/Middletown – The group’s 63 employees eclipsed 1 million miles without a CMVA in November 2019.
- Dillsburg – Eighteen employees reached the 500,000-mile mark in January.
- Easton and Hamburg – Both service centers reached the 500,000-mile mark in April. Eighty-two employees work out of Easton.
Bargaining-unit employees at Met-Ed are represented by the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 777.
Penelec
Receiving the President’s Safety Excellence Award were:
- Erie – Twelve employees in the project crew achieved three years without an OSHA-recordable incident on Jan. 1.
- Alexandria – The project crew’s five members celebrated two years OSHA free on Jan. 1.
- Lewistown – The district’s 29 employees achieved one year without an OSHA recordable on Feb. 8.
- Oil City – Forty employees marked two years without an OSHA recordable on March 8.
- Meadville – Twenty-one employees celebrated four years of OSHA-free work on April 1.
- Philipsburg – The district’s 14 employees achieved four years without an OSHA recordable on April 18.
- Montrose – The group’s 24 members reached three years without an OSHA recordable on May 25.
- Mansfield – Twenty-two employees achieved one-year OSHA free on May 27.
Bargaining-unit employees in the Philipsburg, Meadville, Oil City, Mansfield, Montrose and Erie groups are represented by IBEW Local 459. UWUA Local 180 represents union employees in the Lewistown and Alexandria groups.