Marshall Municipal Utilities Honored with National Award for Outstanding Safety Practices

MMU Earns Safety Award of Excellence

April 1, 2026: Marshall – Marshall Municipal Utilities (MMU) has earned the American Public Power Association’s (APPA’s) Safety Award of Excellence for safe operating practices in 2025. The utility earned a Diamond level designation in the category for utilities with 60,000 to 109,999 electrical worker-hours of annual worker exposure.

“Safety is part of everything we do at MMU,” said Jeff Bergstrom, General Manager at MMU. “We’re proud of our strong safety culture and the daily effort our team makes to ensure everyone goes home safely to their families.”

More than 240 utilities entered the annual Safety Awards for 2025. The entrants are placed in accordance with their number of worker-hours and ranked based on the most incident-free records and overall state of their safety programs and culture during 2025. The incidence rate is based on the number of work-related reportable injuries or illnesses and the number of worker-hours during 2025, as defined by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA).

“In Public Power, safety excellence isn’t achieved by chance. It’s earned through unwavering discipline, strong leadership, and a culture where every team member looks out for one another,” said Jon Beasley, Chair of APPA’s Safety Committee and Vice-President of Electric Cities of GA. “These Safety Award recipients stand as proof that commitment and consistency save lives, strengthen communities, and set the benchmark for our entire industry.”

APPA has conducted the Safety Awards annually for more than sixty-eight years. APPA is the voice of not-for-profit, community-owned utilities that power 2,000 towns and cities nationwide.