Louisiana Chemical Association 59th LCA Annual Meeting October 26, 2018 21st Annual SAFE Awards Presentation
Numbers Program ran from July 2nd Aug. 31st 88 eligible manufacturing sites 81 sites engaged the website, www.lcasafe.org (activated account; logged on, saved data) 92% touch rate 66 sites successfully submitted all required data by deadline 75% final participation rate Finalists & winners come from 9 different parishes LCA s SAFE program promotes EXCELLENCE
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2018 Most Improved Performance Awards
Most Improved Performance Award presented to one facility in each class who showed the greatest percent improvement in reducing both employee and contractor injury rates
2018 Finalists Most Improved Performance Class 1 (1-100 Employees) BASF, North Geismar (Ascension, winner Best, 2014; winner Most Improved, 2012, 2013) Westlake Chemical, Lake Charles North (Calcasieu)
2018 Winner Most Improved Performance BASF Corporation North Geismar Chris Irvine, Site Manager
2018 Finalists Most Improved Performance Class 2 (101 200 Employees) Air Products & Chemicals, HyCo (Syngas) Nova Chemicals (Ascension, 2017 finalist)
2018 Winner Most Improved Performance Air Products and Chemicals, HyCo Jeff Bellelo, Louisiana Area Manager
2018 Finalists Most Improved Performance Class 3 (201 400 Employees) Formosa Plastics (East Baton Rouge; finalist, 2006) Occidental Chemical, Taft (St. Charles; OSHA VPP; winner, 2001-2003, 2009) SNF Flopam (Iberville; winner 2015)
2018 Winner Most Improved Performance OxyChem, Taft Hahnville, LA Louis Palmer, Plant Manager
2018 Finalists Most Improved Performance Class 4 (>400 Employees) CF Industries Nitrogen, LLC (Ascension) Bayer (Monsanto) Luling Plant (OSHA VPP; St. Charles; winner Best, 2000, 2009)
2018 Winner Most Improved Performance CF Industries Nitrogen, LLC Morris Johnson, General Manager Chris Allen, Superintendent, Health & Safety
What level of performance are we talking about? OSHA VPP Star status - 29 consecutive years Zero recordable injuries last 7.5 years (as of July 2018) 21 years since last lost time injury One contractor recordable injury (May 2017) last 9 years Recipient - OSHA Region VI VPP & Regional Administrator Awards for Safety & Health Excellence 2017 TCIR 63% below national average; DART case
2018 Finalists Best In Louisiana Class 1 (1-100 Employees) Mexichem Fluor (Iberville; 2017 winner) Lonza, Westlake (Calcasieu; finalist, 2017; winner, 2007 [Arch]) Air Liquide, Norco (St. Charles; winner, 2015, 2016) Air Liquide, Plaquemine (Iberville) Cabot Corp., Ville Platte (Evangeline)
We have a tie Air Liquide, Plaquemine & Lonza, Westlake
2018 Winner Best In Louisiana Air Liquide Large Industries U.S. LP Plaquemine, LA Paul Labonne, Director of Operations
2018 Winner Best In Louisiana Lonza Westlake, LA Mark A. Kern, Plant Manager
2018 Finalists Best In Louisiana Class 2 (101 200 Employees) Methanex Services, LLC (Ascension; finalist, 2017) Nalco Champion, an Ecolab Company (St. John the Baptist; 2017 winner) BioLab, Inc. (Calcasieu; 2013 winner; finalist, 2016; finalist, 2017) Lyondellbasell Industries (Calcasieu; finalist, 2017) Nova Chemicals Olefins LLC (Ascension; finalist, 2017)
2018 Winner Best In Louisiana BioLab, Inc. Robert Gelinas, Site Manager
2018 Finalists Best In Louisiana Class 3 (201 400 Employees) ExxonMobil, Plastics (finalist, 2017; OSHA VPP) ExxonMobil, Polyolefins (winner 13 of last 18 years) GRACE (Calcasieu; winner, 2016, 2017; OSHA VPP) Chevron Oronite Company (Plaquemines; finalist, 2016, 2017; OSHA VPP) Louisiana Pigment (Calcasieu; OSHA VPP)
2018 Winner Best In Louisiana Louisiana Pigment Co., L.P. Tim Hall, Ph.D., Plant Manager
2018 Finalists Best In Louisiana Class 4 (>400 Employees) Dow, Louisiana Operations (Iberville; finalist, 2017; OSHA VPP) Noranda Alumina (St. James; finalist, 2017) ExxonMobil, Baton Rouge Chemical Plant (finalist 2017; winner, 2015, 2012, 2007) Dow, St. Charles Operations (winner, 2017, 2010; OSHA VPP)
2018 Winner Best In Louisiana The Dow Chemical Company Louisiana Operations Kevin Cadien, Site Director
Thanks to all participating companies Congratulations, Finalists Job very well done, Winners Coming soon Post information @ www.lcasafe.org Prepare a news release Provide facility-specific reports to enable plt. mgrs. to gauge their performance vs. peers, other finalists and winners
Under consideration for 2019 Separate PSM vs. non-psm regulated sites? Additional emphasis around process safety Revise/replace Most Improved award? Possible new metric(s) - safety culture, leadership/management commitment, employee involvement, audits, near hit reporting, training (completion or effectiveness)? Increase participation (we want 100%!) Put the data to work show performance over time
Thank you www.lca.org www.lcasafe.org LCA Health & Safety Committee Tom Yura, Chairman (Cornerstone) Mark Dearman, Vice Chairman (Rubicon) Mark Kern, Vice Chairman (Lonza)