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Porter receives Presidential Lifesaving Award

Early in March, Ed Porter, industrial account executive, took his daughter Holly to lunch at the well-loved Elite Restaurant in Jackson, Mississippi. While enjoying their meal, Porter noticed another patron choking, hunched over and pointing to her throat. He didn’t hesitate to act. Porter jumped up and successfully performed the Heimlich maneuver, saving her life.

Two Entergy Mississippi Employees Save a Life

Rankin linemen Steve Hammons and Don Smith started off their work day like they had many times before, by stopping at a local gas station for coffee. On this particular October morning, the line was extraordinarily long. Only one cashier was working, and he was having a hard time with what should have been a normal routine.

Beware the Griswold Christmas Effect; Be Safe, Save Energy with Holiday Lighting

In the holiday movie classic, "National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation," Clark Griswold sets out to create a good old-fashioned family Christmas. He lights the outside of his house with 25,000 twinkling lights, which at first fail to work (due to his faulty wiring) and then temporarily cause a city-wide power shortage and wreak havoc for his neighbors.

Entergy Mississippi Employee Wins President’s Lifesaving Award

nnnnnEntergy Mississippi Lineman Mark Whitworth doesn’t see his lifesaving actions as anything special, but it takes someone special to do what he did.

Entergy Mississippi Employee Saves Life with Heimlich Maneuver

After starting their day before sunrise and working eight hours, Entergy Mississippi linemen Dan Sund and Jude Miller and trainee Christian Sullivan finally had a chance to grab lunch after responding to an outage. While finishing their meal, a gentleman at a nearby table started choking. A restaurant employee attempted to assist him, but he quit breathing. That’s when Sund stepped in.

If You Can’t Take the Heat…

It’s hot outside, and it’s not going to cool down for a while. Temperatures like these can easily cause heat-related illnesses. If you have to be out in the heat, follow these tips to keep yourself safe.

Baxter Wilson Employees are Stars

It's not every day that a company can say that it employs celebrities, but Entergy Mississippi has a whole plant full of stars!   Our Baxter Wilson plant in Vicksburg recently received its OSHA Voluntary Protection Program Star recertification, acknowledging that the site is committed to effective employee protection beyond the requirements of OSHA standards. Plant Technician Russell Standish led the recertification effort. He provided personnel escorts, paperwork and manpower to support the recertification effort.
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