Safety is on everyone’s mind every day at the E.H. Aldrich Station Water Treatment Facility in Elrama, Pa. It has been that way for years — 11 to be exact, or 387,000 work hours. That’s how long the staff has gone without recording a lost-time accident.
“We don’t decide how to do something first,” says Senior Production Director Dan Hufton. “We decide how to keep everyone safe first.” The managers of the facility, operated by Pennsylvania American Water, discuss safety at every meeting, make process decisions based on the safety of staff and neighbors, reward safety achievements, and make safety a
