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About the Safety Awards ProgramAbout the Safety Awards ProgramAwards Awards Banquet Photo Gallery About the Safety Awards Program 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. Contact Liz Couchman for more information regarding the NPRA Safety Award Program. 2008 NPRA Safety Awards - Important Dates November 2008 - Letter's sent to plants asking for updated contract information Awards Distinguished Safety Award (DSA) NPRA’s most prestigious award, the Distinguished Safety Award or DSA, as it is known, recognizes those member company refineries and petrochemical plants that have attained a superior level of safety performance in the domestic refining and petrochemical manufacturing industries. Recipients are chosen by a selection committee represented by members of the NPRA Fire and Accident Prevention Committee. It is the selection committee’s responsibility to carefully examine the safety performance records of individual plant locations using the specific screening and selection criteria detailed below. Screening Criteria In order to qualify for the DSA, a facility must first pass the screening criteria as described below.
Selection Criteria After passing the above screening criteria, the candidate facility’s overall safety performance record will be evaluated by the selection committee considering the following selection criteria:
Distinguished Safety Award Honorable Mention (DSAH) This award is presented to those DSA applicants that pass the DSA Screening Criteria and, in the judgment of the Selection Committee, have exhibited exceptional safety performance and program innovation. Previous DSA WinnersPrevious DSAH Winners Meritorious Safety Performance Award This award recognizes facilities which have achieved a total recordable incidence rate of 1.0 or less with no workplace-related fatality of an employee or non-employee during the calendar year. Gold Award The Gold Award is awarded to those facilities which have achieved a 25% or greater reduction in the total recordable incidence rate with no workplace-related fatality of an employee or non-employee during the calendar year, as compared to the average total recordable incidence rates for the three previous calendar years. Award for Safety Achievement: 1,000,000+ Employee Hours This award acknowledges facilities for operating one million or more employee hours without an employee lost workday case involving days away from work and without a workplace-related fatality of an employee or non-employee during the evaluation period. Award for Safety Achievement: 1+ Years This award acknowledges facilities for operating one or more years without an employee lost workday case involving days away from work and without a workplace-related fatality of an employee or non-employee during the evaluation period. Facility Awards All facilities will receive a mounted certificate for each eligible award. There is an option to purchase 4x6 nylon banners for $70 if receiving the Merit, Gold or DSA award. For the Safety Achievement awards we supply hard hat decals free of charge with the number of years or hours with a 'no lost time incident'. Contractor Award for Meritorious Safety Performance This award recognizes those contractors working a minimum of 20,000 hours per calendar year at a regular member facility who have achieved a total recordable incidence rate of 1.0 or less with no workplace related fatality during the calendar year. The contractor must be nominated by a regular member facility during the application process. Contractor Awards Every nominated contractor company at a facility eligible for a Contractor Merit Award will receive a mounted certificate and the option of purchasing a 4x6 nylon banner for $70. Safety Awards Banquet All NPRA Safety Awards are formally presented to the refining and petrochemical facilities and their contractors at the NPRA National Safety Conference during the safety awards banquet. This evening is a celebration of the year’s safety accomplishments and includes dinner, the awards presentations, and entertainment. As an additional service, the NPRA prepares press releases and photographs of the award presentation. Press Releases are supplied at the banquet and photographs are available for pick-up directly after the banquet ceremony. 2008 Press Releases: Safety Awards Banquet Brochure |