A.O. Smith Water Products Company’s McBee, S.C. plant has racked up two million hours without a lost-time accident.   
    Herbert L. Pirkey, corporate director for safety, health, and environment, recently presented 380 McBee employees with a commemorative plaque along with a letter signed by A.O. Smith Corporation chairman and chief executive officer Paul Jones for their outstanding achievement in safety.      
    “I can sense the commitment and leadership demonstrated by members of this Safety Committee and each of you so that you achieve status like working more than two years without a serious injury,” Pirkey said.   
    The McBee plant reached the two million hour safety milestone on Nov. 19, 2007, attaining the two million-hour accomplishment for the first time in the plant’s 28-year history. Earlier in the year, the plant received the A. O. Smith President’s Safety Award, the company’s highest form of safety recognition.