FOCUS ON SAFETY

Safety and reliability go hand in hand in Princeton, Kentucky’s municipal electric operations. Providing a safe working environment for employees enables PEPB to provide reliable electric power to customers. PEPB employees have established an excellent record of safe operations by working more than 2,323 days without a lost time accident. The employees efforts are lead by Randy Dorroh, Safety Coordinator, who has completed a certificate program through the Tennessee Valley Public Power Association. Randy takes his job seriously and the results are clearly beneficial to employees and the community.
PEPB continuously strives to improve its operations and each year raises the bar for achievement in order to keep the appropriate focus on safe operations. In 2008 PEPB was again achieved the designation of Reliable Public Power Provider (RP3) by the American Public Power Association. The RP3 designation signifies that employees, management, and governing board are working together to carry out PEPB’s mission of providing safe and reliable power for the Princeton, Kentucky community.
“Genuine Safety” logo and slogan is the newest PEPB effort for our employees to show our commitment to making the PEPB one of the safest places to work in Caldwell County, Kentucky. Our commitments to safety include:
Make safety a core value. Safety is as important to our organization as keeping reliable electricity going for our customers. We let employees know that no job is so important that it should be done at personal risk. We conduct safety meetings on a monthly basis.
Commit management to worker safety. Our manager and supervisors actively engage in our organization’s safety efforts. Leaders demonstrate their commitment to safety by following our company’s safe work procedures, listening to and acting upon employees’ concerns and actively participating in safety meetings.
Involve employees in the safety process. We encourage employees to take part in making our workplace safe by including them in safety committees, inspections, accident investigations and safety suggestion programs. We give them time to participate during their regular work hours and recognize their efforts. Find out what motivates them to work safe.
We set high expectations for safe behavior by clearly stating expectations that everyone will follow the safety procedures and wear appropriate personal protective equipment. Managers and supervisors also should expect employees to identify, control and report all hazards found in the workplace.
We encourage all employees to set their own goals. Employees will respond more positively to setting their own goals. Give them the autonomy to do this and encourage them to make it a personal aim to go home each day without injury.
By setting these commitments, the PEPB promotes a safe environment for all our employees as we continue to be your “hometown energy provider.”