Flint Hills Resources LLC companies have earned 78 local-, state-, and national-level awards for safety and environmental excellence for 2010 performance. These honors recognize FHR’s sites and employees for their achievements in operating plants responsibly and safely.
The company’s Rosemount MN refinery has received the Award of Honor–Governor’s Safety Awards from the Minnesota Safety Council for four consecutive years. It has also received a Wastewater Treatment Facility award from the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency for two consecutive years.
FHR’s terminals group received the Safety Excellence Award from the International Liquid Terminals Association. In addition, three Wisconsin fuels terminals joined four Texas terminals as Star certified sites under the US Occupational Safety & Health Administration’s Voluntary Protection Programs. Star certification recognizes the terminals exemplary safety programs.
Safety achievements by the company’s chemical plants were honored with the Thoroughbred Chemical Safety Award from Norfolk Southern. The award recognizes a company for shipping more than 1,000 carloads of regulated hazardous material over the railroad’s 22-state network without incident for the year. In 2011, 45 corporations and four plants earned that distinction.
Additional honors:
•Meritorious Safety Performance Award, National Petrochemical & Refiners Association:
—Corpus Christi TX refinery
—Marysville MI petrochemical plant
—Rosemount MN refinery (Pine Bend)
•Achievement in Years Award, National Petrochemical & Refiners Association:
—Corpus Christi refinery
—Longview TX chemical site
—Port Arthur TX petrochemical plant
—Marysville MI petrochemical plant
—Joliet IL petrochemical plant
—Peru IL petrochemical plant
•Achievement in Hours Award, National Petrochemical & Refiners Association:
—Corpus Christi refinery
—Port Arthur petrochemical plant
•Star awards, Region 6 Voluntary Protection Programs Participants Association:
—Star —Longview chemical site
—Star of Excellence—Corpus Christi refinery and Port Arthur petrochemical plant •Perfect Record Award, National Safety Council, terminals:
—Algona, Bettendorf, Davenport, and Dubuque IA —Austin, Bastrop, Corpus Christi, Euless, San Antonio, and Waco TX —Green Bay, Junction City, Madison, Milwaukee, Stevens Point, and Waupun WI —Marshall, Rosemount (bottom loading, lab, support, and top loading facilities), St Paul, and Savage MN —Omaha NE —West Fargo ND •Occupational Excellence Achievement Award, National Safety Council, terminals:
—Algona, Bettendorf, Davenport, and Dubuque —Austin, Bastrop, Corpus Christi, Euless, San Antonio, and Waco —Green Bay, Junction City, Madison, Milwaukee, Stevens Point, and Waupun —Marshall, Rosemount (bottom loading, lab, support, and top loading facilities), St Paul, and Savage —Omaha —West Fargo •Greater Omaha Safest Company Award, National Safety Council—Greater Omaha Chapter; Omaha asphalt terminal •Incident Rate Award, Iowa-Illinois Safety Council: Algona, Bettendorf, Davenport, and Dubuque terminals •Corporate Safety Award, Wisconsin Safety Council, Wisconsin terminal operations •Shipper Safety Award, Canadian Pacific Railway, Rosemount asphalt terminal