The Bandera Electric Cooperative reached 1.5 million hours without a lost time injury as of Sept. 17, the cooperative said in a news release. The new record marks eight years since the last, lost time accident in July 2012. Lost time injury is an industry standard that refers to incidents that result in a disability or an employee missing work due to an injury. It is an important metric to evaluate the overall effectiveness of a safety program, BEC said. “This is an outstanding and significant milestone that all BEC employees worked hard to achieve, resulting in safer operations, more confident employees and ...