HARRISBURG — The Energy Association of Pennsylvania has officially recognized several companies for outstanding safety performance.

The Safety Achievement Award recognizes those member companies, each with 100,000 or more hours worked, which reported an exceptionally low incidence rate for calendar year 2019. Honorees were Columbia Gas of Pennsylvania; Met-Ed, A FirstEnergy Company; and West Penn Power, A FirstEnergy Company.

The Safety Improvement Award recognizes those member companies, each with 100,000 or more hours worked, which reported an exceptional reduction in incidence rate for calendar year 2019, as compared to calendar year 2018. Recognized for the achievement were Columbia Gas of Pennsylvania and Met-Ed, A FirstEnergy Company.

The Safety Sustainability Award recognizes those member companies, each with 100,000 or more hours worked, which reported an exceptional sustained low incidence rate over calendar years 2017-2018-2019. Receiving the award were Columbia Gas of Pennsylvania; Duquesne Light Company; and West Penn Power, A FirstEnergy Company.

The Motor Vehicle Fleet Safety Improvement Award recognizes those member companies which reported an exceptional reduction in motor vehicle accidents for calendar year 2019, as compared to calendar year 2018. Receiving this award were Columbia Gas of Pennsylvania, UGI Utilities, Valley Energy and Wellsboro Electric Company.

The Motor Vehicle Fleet Safety Achievement Award recognizes those member companies, each with more than 2,000,000 miles driven, which reported an exceptionally low Preventable Motor Vehicle Incident/Accident Rate (PMVAR) for calendar 2019. Recipients were Columbia Gas of Pennsylvania; Penn Power, A FirstEnergy Company; UGI Utilities; and West Penn Power, A FirstEnergy Company.