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Process
Safety
reduction
in the contractor RIR of 2019
Striving for zero process safety events not only ensures that we keep our employees and communities safe, but that we minimize our environmental impact. We completed 2020 with a Tier 1 and 2 combined Process Safety Event (PSE) Rate of 0.039, a slight increase from our record low PSE Rate in 2019. We continue to drive toward our goal of zero by improving risk management processes and identifying opportunities to eliminate any potential loss of primary containment.
risk assessments focused on chemicals that present
Toxic Inhalation Hazards.
requirements for externally facilitated risk workshops that engage frontline employees in risk identification and mitigation.
new Process Safety Core Competency Program to ensure employees have training and experience to deliver strong process safety performance.
As a result of a 2019 spike in contractor injuries, CPChem developed and facilitated a Contractor Safety Leadership and Engagement Training course in 2020. CPChem contractors finished 2020 with an RIR of 0.05, a 79% reduction in the contractor RIR of 2019 (0.24), showing significant improvement in safety performance.
%
Contractor Safety
Process Safety Highlights in 2020
Completed
Enhanced
Developed
Process Safety
Event Rate
Tier 1 and Tier 2 Process Safety Event Rate
(events/hours x 200,000)
0
During a scheduled turnaround at our Sweeny/Old Ocean plant, employees were challenged to perform their job duties while also following additional COVID-19 protocols. These employees rose to the challenge and experienced no recordable injuries through more than 439,305 total work hours.
total hours
No recordable injuries through more than
Safely Maintaining Our Assets
438500
total hours
without a single recordable injury
At Q-Chem’s Mesaieed and RLOC facilities, employees and contractors completed an equipment turnaround and worked more than 5,100,000 total hours without a single recordable injury. Added up, that’s the equivalent of 582 years!
Five Million Hours of Safety
5099600
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