PWC Employees Work One Million Hours with No Lost-Time Injuries

Employees of the Public Works Commission have reached a significant safety milestone as they worked over one million work hours with no lost-time injuries.  PWC’s last lost-time injury was Sept. 21, 2010.   The accomplishment is recognized by the North Carolina Department of Labor and  marks the sixth time in the last 13 years PWC has reached one million safe hours worked.  PWC surpassed the two million hour mark in 2007.

For fiscal year 2010-2011, PWC employees had a 47% reduction in on-the-job injuries and a 26% reduction in vehicle and equipment damage incidents. PWC also received the Department of Labor’s Certificate for Safety Achievement Award  for the 22nd consecutive year as well as the American Public Power Associations Electric Utility Safety Award  for the 19th consecutive year.

Over the last 10 years, PWC employees have worked over 13 million hours.  PWC has 572 employees who daily enter confined spaces, work around electrical voltages up to 230,000 volts, dig trenches over 20 feet deep, handle hazardous chemicals, operate heavy machinery, and drive an average of over 7,000 miles every day.