PIKETON, Ohio - Employees at the United States Enrichment Corporation’s Portsmouth uranium enrichment plant set a new safety record on February 7, 2000, by working a total of 1,507,959 hours or 133 days without experiencing a Lost Work Day Case - Days Away from Work recordable injury. This is an all-time record for the plant since it began following U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) recordkeeping guidelines in 1989. A lost-time injury is an injury that results in actual time away from the work site.

"Our continued successes in preventing this type of injury are a direct result of every employee’s commitment to safety," said General Manager Morris Brown. "I congratulate my fellow employees at Portsmouth for their exceptional performance in attaining this goal as well as for their continued efforts to improve the safety and health performance of our plant.

"This achievement comes after USEC formed a Safety Core Group last August, consisting of site management, union and headquarters representatives, to encourage a safety culture that would result in zero accidents and injuries in the workplace," said Brown. "The Group provides leadership, resources and incentives to protect USEC’s most important asset, its employees and their families."

The safety milestone was achieved during a time of increased production levels at the plant. On Monday, February 14, 2000, the plant reached its highest production efficiency level since 1995.

The United States Enrichment Corporation is a subsidiary of USEC Inc., the world’s leading supplier of enriched uranium fuel for commercial nuclear power plants. A global energy company, USEC has its headquarters in Bethesda, Maryland, and operates production plants in Kentucky and Ohio.

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