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When it comes to operating safely, Flint Hills Resources strives to eliminate incidents and gives employees the decision rights to recommend improvements and stop potentially unsafe activities. This focus on safety extends beyond personal safety to process systems. Earning a place among the elite group of operators that have achieved U.S. Occupational Safety & Health Administration Voluntary Protection Programs STAR status takes
steadfast commitment, attention and thorough training for all employees.
Milestones
For 2008, Flint Hills Resources' terminals group received the Safety Excellence Award from the International Liquid Terminals Association. The group's 2007 safety performance received the Platinum Safety Award, the association's highest honor. Both awards recognize not only the a perfect safety year with no OSHA recordables or lost-time incidents but also a commitment to sustaining a strong safety program and industry leadership. Four of the company's refined products terminals in Texas were the first in their industry to achieve Voluntary Protection Programs STAR status from OSHA.
In October 2008, Flint Hills Resources Alaska’s North Pole Refinery employees surpassed 1.5 million hours without an incident or injury resulting in time away from work – a new plant record for working safely.
The Pine Bend Refinery was recertified as a MNSTAR worksite by the Minnesota Department of Labor for maintaining a safe work environment and its safety and health management systems that go beyond basic compliance with OSHA standards. It has been a MNSTAR site since 2005.
Employees of Flint Hills Resources’ Corpus Christi refining complex surpassed eight years and 2,921 consecutive days without an incident or injury resulting in time away from work on Dec. 23, 2008. The previous complex safety record was 2,555 days.
Employees at the company’s Longview chemical facility reached one year with no recordable injuries in May 2008.
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