Pennyrile Electric has been presented with the Governor’s Safety and Health Award.
The labor cabinet reports Pennyrile Rural Electric achieved 1,006,533 hours worked without a lost-time injury by employees from April 5, 2016, to September 2020.
The Kentucky Labor Cabinet presents the award to highlight outstanding safety and health performance in Kentucky’s workplaces. A business may qualify for the award if its employees achieve a required number of hours worked without experiencing a lost-time injury or illness. The required number of hours is dependent upon the number of employees.
Pennyrile Rural Electric was established in 1937 and brings electricity to rural homes in western Kentucky. The company serves more than 48,000 members in parts of nine counties.
This one, during the afternoon of Nov. 15, 2020, is the 13th so far this year.Â
Swift trudges outside to her garage to start the generator. She props open the door to the garage, reaches above her to the handle of a long rope attached to a pulley, which cranks the generator. She pulls it over and over until, finally, the machine rumbles to life.Â
For seven more hours, she relies on the generator until the electricity is restored. That length of time to be without power also is all too common, she says. Â
The power company in the Trout Run region is Penelec, one of the stateâs largest power suppliers, and is owned by First Energy, which provides service to much of Pennsylvania as well as portions of West Virginia, Ohio and New Jersey.Â