October 21, 2020

Employees in the following work groups received the President’s Safety Excellence Award.

Ohio Edison

• Medina – Thirty-nine employees achieved one year without an OSHA-recordable incident.

Bargaining-unit employees at Medina are represented by Utility Workers Union of America (UWUA) Local 126. Ohio Edison’s North Jackson Lines group was featured in a Oct. 16 story on the FirstEnergy Today portal.

The Illuminating Company (CEI)

• Revenue Operations – Members of the group – consisting of 17 field collectors and three official personnel – celebrated 11 years without an OSHA recordable and one year without a chargeable motor vehicle accident (CMVA).
• Strongsville – Forty-five employees in the Lines group achieved two years without an OSHA recordable.
• Transmission Lines – Approximately 15 employees celebrated three years of OSHA-free work.

Bargaining-unit employees at CEI are represented by UWUA Local 270.

West Penn Power

• Clarion – The service center’s 11 employees celebrated three years of OSHA-free work and more than one year without a CMVA on Sept. 20.
• Kittanning – Forty employees at the service center achieved three years without an OSHA recordable on Sept. 27.
• St. Marys – Thirty-two employees achieved two years without an OSHA recordable and more than one year without a CMVA on Sept. 11.

Bargaining-unit employees at West Penn Power are represented by UWUA Local 102.

​Met-Ed

• Transmission Maintenance – The group’s 15 employees celebrated nine years of OSHA-free work on Sept. 14.
• York – The service center’s 135 employees achieved one year without an OSHA recordable on Aug. 19.
• ​Boyertown – Thirty-two employees at the facility surpassed one year without an OSHA recordable on Aug. 14.

Bargaining-unit employees at Met-Ed are represented by the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 777.