Chocolate Bayou Earns 2 NPRA Safety Awards
May 11, 2011
ALVIN, Texas, May 11, 2011 – LyondellBasell (NYSE: LYB) announced today that its Chocolate Bayou Polymers Plant has earned two awards from the National Petrochemical & Refiners Association (NPRA) for outstanding safety performance in 2010.
The awards, announced today during the National Safety Conference and Exhibition in Dallas, are among 13 safety awards earned by seven LyondellBasell plants. Previously announced was LyondellBasell’s selection for the Distinguished Safety Award, NPRA’s top safety honor.
“Safety and reliability in our operations form the cornerstone of our strategy at LyondellBasell, and we are very proud of the employees and contractors at these seven plants that helped to achieve this recognition by NPRA,” said Sam Smolik, vice president of health, safety, environment and Operational Excellence.
The Chocolate Bayou site earned a Meritorious Safety Performance Award for a 0.0 (no injuries) total recordable incident rate (TRIR) and an Award for Safety Achievement in Years for two years without a lost workday case injury (injury serious enough to require an employee to miss work). This safety performance places the Chocolate Bayou Plant among the top tier of the refineries and chemical manufacturing sites in the country.
Meritorious Safety Performance is awarded to facilities with a TRIR of 0.8 or less and no workplace related fatality, process safety event or community impact during the calendar year 2010.
Sites recognized by NPRA included plants in Alvin, La Porte, Pasadena and Victoria, Texas; and Lake Charles, La., operated by LyondellBasell affiliate Equistar Chemicals, and a chemical plant in Pasadena, Texas, operated by Lyondell Chemical Company.
LyondellBasell’s Chocolate Bayou Polymers Plant uses ethylene to produce high-density polyethylene (HDPE) plastic resin that our customers convert into consumer products. These include plastic bottles, furniture, playground equipment, food packaging to store and keep goods fresh, and personal care products. The plant is located on FM 2004 2 miles west of FM 2917 and about 14 miles from Alvin, Texas. The plant employs approximately 50 workers.
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