Safety Awards
About the Safety Awards
Awards Announcement
NPRA is now accepting 2009 Safety Statistics and Awards applications. Deadline for facilities - February 12, 2010. Deadline for contractors - February 19, 2010.
The NPRA Safety Statistics and Awards Program is part of a comprehensive safety program developed by NPRA’s Safety and Health Committee to promote accident prevention in the petroleum refining and petrochemical manufacturing industries as well as the contractors supporting them and to publicly recognize those facilities that for the previous year have achieved a high safety standard in their daily operations.
NPRA companies who operate U.S. refineries and petrochemical manufacturing plants, as well as NPRA Associate member contractors working in those facilities.
The Safety Awards are based on records kept for employees in accordance with the Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) record keeping requirements as defined by law and entered on the OSHA 300A form.
The NPRA safety awards program is open to NPRA Regular Member companies which operate a U.S. refinery or petrochemical manufacturing plant as well as NPRA Associate Member contractors. Associate members must be nominated by a Regular Member operating facility to be eligible for an award.
Process Safety Statistics Collection
The NPRA Safety & Health Committee has developed a new program to collect and report Process Safety Events (PSE) for a new Process Safety Statistics Report. The PSE data will be collected in conjunction with the current NPRA Occupational Injury and Illness (OII)Statistics Report (I&I Report). NPRA will begin collecting 2009 PSE data in January 2010 for benchmarking purposes. This data will be collected at the company aggregate level only and will only be used for benchmarking purposes and not shared outside of NPRA membership. This year's survey will be done online. If you would like to participate or have any questions, please contact Lara Swett, lswett@npra.org. Participation is not mandatory, however NPRA and the Safety & Health committee strongly encourage all sites to participate in this program to help petroleum and petrochemical companies set performance targets, drive continuous improvement, and to permit industry benchmarking.
Click here for a Word document of the Process Safety Event Reporting
The definitions used for collection are based on either one of the following guidance documents.
Industry Guidance Documents:
API Guide to Process Safety Incidents
CCPS Report on Process Safety Leading and Lagging
CY 2009 NPRA Safety Awards - Important Dates
- November 5, 2009 - Letters sent to plants asking for updated contact information
- December 9, 2009 - Application packet with username and password sent out. DSA application distributed
- January 4, 2010 - Online system accepting award applications
- January 29, 2010 - Deadline for DSA applications. NO EXCEPTIONS
- February 12, 2010 - Deadline for awards applications for regular members and all contractor nominations
- February 19, 2010 - Online application system will close, all contactor applications must be completed
- May 20, 2010 - Safety Awards Banquet
Contact Myndie Petersen for more information regarding the NPRA Safety Award Program.