Chesapeake Utilities Corporation recently earned three 2013 Safety Achievement Awards from the American Gas Association (AGA) at the AGA's Operations Conference in Pittsburgh, Pa.

Chesapeake Utilities Corporation is a diversified energy company engaged in natural gas distribution, transmission and marketing; electricity distribution; propane gas distribution and wholesale marketing; advanced information services; and other related services.

AGA presented safety awards to the following:

Chesapeake Utilities, a natural gas distribution company that serves approximately 56,000 residential and commercial customers in Delaware and Maryland, earned the 2013 AGA Safety Achievement Award for excellence in fleet safety performance. The award is given to member companies that experienced the fewest preventable motor vehicle incidents.

Chesapeake Utilities performed in the top quartile of AGA membership in 2013 when compared to the most recent industry data, according to the company.

Read about the other safety awards here.

The American Gas Association, founded in 1918, represents more than 200 energy companies that deliver clean natural gas locally throughout the United States. There are more than 71 million residential, commercial and industrial natural gas customers in the U.S., of which 94 percent — over 68 million customers — receive their gas from AGA members.

This article was updated at 11:53 a.m. July 22, 2014 to correct an error mistating Chesapeake's ranking on the annual Top 300 commercial fleet list. We apologize for this error.