HARRISBURG — The Energy Association of Pennsylvania has officially recognized seven companies for outstanding safety performance. Safety is of paramount importance to the Energy Association and its member companies.

“We congratulate our members for their continuing commitment to improve safety for their customers and in the workplace,” said Terrance J. Fitzpatrick, president and CEO, Energy Association of Pennsylvania. “For over two decades, the Association and our predecessor organizations have been recognizing companies for their efforts in safety through the EAP’s annual Safety Award program.”

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 2020. Those companies included Columbia Gas of Pennsylvania and National Fuel Gas.

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 2020, as compared to calendar year 2019. National Fuel Gas was among those honored.

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 2018-2019-2020. Among those honored was Columbia Gas of Pennsylvania.

The Motor Vehicle Fleet Safety Improvement Award recognizes those member companies which reported an exceptional reduction in motor vehicle accidents for calendar year 2020, as compared to calendar year 2019. National Fuel Gas was honored in this category.

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 2020. Columbia Gas of Pennsylvania and National Fuel Gas were among the honorees.