Great River Energy employees continue to make safety a priority
Underwood, ND (December 7, 2000) Employees at Great River Energy's North Dakota generation facilities, Stanton Station and Coal Creek Station are continuing to meet and exceed their safety records. On November 13, Stanton Station employees marked nine years working without a lost-time accident and on December 4, Coal Creek Station employees reached two years without a lost-time accident.
"There is a ton of pride among the workforce in this long run and I know that every day when they come to work, each employee's safety and the safety of working partners is a high priority," said Stanton Station's safety and training coordinator Melt Olin said. "I attribute the long run without a lost time accident to the attitude toward safety by the employees and their supervisors."
Stanton Station has 73 employees and Coal Creek Station has 205, so meeting these milestones are an incredible feat says Coal Creek Station's safety coordinator Roger Rohrer.
"When you look at all we accomplish during the course of a normal day, and all the possible safety risks, our employees are performing with top-notch safety awareness," Rohrer said. "I'm very proud to work with employees who believe so highly in safety and make it a priority each and every day."
Great River Energy's North Dakota field service personnel who are based near Underwood and Devils Lake also continue to achieve great safety records. The 18 employees field services employees are in their 12th year working without a lost time accident.
Great River Energy, the owner and operator of Stanton Station and Coal Creek Station, is a generation and transmission cooperative, headquartered in Elk River, MN. The cooperative serves customers in 29 cooperatives in Minnesota and Wisconsin.
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