Co-op Safety Conversation Evolves as Annual Summit Draws Record Interest

About this episode

The episode discusses evolving safety practices in electric cooperatives and highlights the upcoming NRECA Safety Leadership Summit.

On this episode of Along Those Lines, we're joined by NRECA Director of Safety Programs Ken Macken and Johnie Hendrix, vice president of risk management and training for the Association of Missouri Electric Cooperatives. Ken and Johnie will talk about new ways that NRECA, statewide organizations and co-ops are working to improve safety. They'll also give program highlights of the upcoming NRECA Safety Leadership Summit in St. Louis, Missouri, which is smashing past registration records.

People in this episode

Guests: Ken Macken, Johnie Hendrix

Topics covered

• safety
• electric cooperatives
• leadership summit

Keywords

• NRECA
• safety programs
• risk management
• training

Mentioned in this episode

Products: NRECA Safety Leadership Summit

Places: St. Louis, Missouri

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