If the Beaufort-Jasper Water & Sewer Authority had in-house medical personnel, they’d be pretty bored. After all, the utility — based in Okatie, near Beaufort on South Carolina’s coastline — went nearly two million work hours without a lost-time injury, from March 2015 to March 2021.The secret sauce for the remarkable 6-year-long, 1.95-million-hour injury-free streak? A safety program that involves a broad base of employees and receives strong support from senior management, both of which have helped to firmly establish a safety-first culture that permeates every corner of the organization, says Steve Lee, safety specialist.National organizations have taken notice of
