Pointe Coupee Electric Membership Corp. (PCEMC) General Manager Jodie Cotten Jr. joined Line Superintendent Danny Cline, Safety Coordinator Joe Langois and Manager of Operations Craig Magruder in accepting an award on behalf of the Co-op employees for working 149,978 work-hours without a lost-time at an award ceremony held during the annual membership meeting of the Association of Louisiana Electric Co-ops (ALEC), July 25 in Baton Rouge.

Representing PCEMC Board of Directors at the ceremony were Jimmy Ewing, Jr., Irvin E. Settoon Sr., Ralph B. Chustz Sr., George G. LaCour Jr., Peter Rumfola Jr. and Alton B. Smith Jr.  Unable to attend was director Al Ewing.

PCEMC's 41 employees have worked without a lost-time accident since September 2006.  They were alos recognized for driving 1,818,819 miles from June 2007 through May 2008 without a vehicle accident.  PCEMC has won the Louisiana Statewide Safety Trophy in 1987, 1998, 2001, 2003, and 2004.  General Manager Jodie Cotten congratulated and praised all the PCEMC employees on their professional performance and dedication.  The award recognizes the support of the Co-op's board of directors, management and supervisors to the safe operation of the utility.

The safety recognition plaque was presented by Mike Bergeaux, ALEC's Director of Loss Control, in recognition of the PCEMC employees' outstanding safety record.

"I am proud of all of our employees for earning this award and for the compliment it pays to our Co-op and its directors and members," Cotten added.

PCEMC's employees serve approximately 10,250 active accounts in Iberville, Pointe Coupee and West Baton Rouge parishes.