Industry Recognition
2024 TCC/TCA AWARD WINNERS
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The Texas Chemistry Council (TCC) Safety Awards program promotes continual improvement in safety performance among member companies. This program recognizes members and their facilities for exemplary safety results and commitment to continuous improvement.
The Caring for Texas Awards Program promotes community involvement, emergency response, and sustainability. TCC members achieving the highest standards receive the Excellence in Caring for Texas and Sustained Excellence in Caring for Texas, showcasing their commitment to their employees and communities.
Winning any of these awards is an impressive achievement, reflecting a profound commitment to safety, community engagement, and industry leadership. These awards signify the recipients' dedication to maintaining the highest standards and making a positive impact on their peers, employees, and communities.
We are excited to announce this year’s winners who have demonstrated outstanding commitment and achievements in safety, community involvement, and industry leadership. Congratulations to all the award recipients!
CARING FOR TEXAS AWARDS
The objective of the TCC Caring for Texas awards program is to promote continuous improvement by the chemical industry in community awareness, emergency response, security, and pollution prevention. The program provides recognition for member facilities that, during the previous calendar year, have achieved exemplary results and demonstrated a strong commitment to their employees and their community.
Group One - facilities with fewer than 60 employees
Kuraray Elastomers – Pasadena
Nouryon Surface Chemistry – Fort Worth
Underground Storage – Pierce Junction
Group Two - facilities with 61 to 200 employees
BASF - Beaumont
Dow – Bayport
Dow – La Porte
INEOS Acetyls – Texas City
INEOS Oligomers – Chocolate Bayou
INVISTA - Longview
Kuraray – La Porte
LyondellBasell Equistar Pipeline - Houston
Nouryon Functional Chemicals – Battleground
Nouryon Surface Chemistry – Houston
OQ Chemicals – Bay City
OxyChem - Deer Park VCM
OxyVinyls - La Porte VCM
OxyVinyls - Pasadena PVC
OxyVinyls - Battleground
SI Group – Freeport
Solvay Specialty Polymers – Borger
TPC Group – Port Neches
Group Three - facilities with 201 to 500 employees
Ascend – Chocolate Bayou
Chevron Phillips - Borger
Chevron Phillips - Pasadena Plastics Complex
Chevron Phillips - Port Arthur
Dow – Texas City
ExxonMobil – Beaumont Chemical Plant
ExxonMobil – Beaumont Polyethylene Plant
ExxonMobil – Baytown Olefins Plant
ExxonMobil – Mont Belvieu
INVISTA – Victoria
LyondellBasell – Pasadena
OxyChem - Ingleside
TotalEnergies – La Porte
TPC Group - Houston
Group Four - facilities with more than 501 employees
BASF - Freeport
Chevron Phillips – Sweeny, Clemens & Old Ocean
Chevron Phillips – Cedar Bayou
Covestro - Baytown
Dow – Deer Park
ExxonMobil - Baytown
Formosa Plastics – Point Comfort
LyondellBasell – Channelview
OQ Chemicals – Bay City
Excellence In Caring for Texas Awards
Group One
OxyChem - Dallas Silicates
Group Two
Kuraray EVAL - Pasadena
Nouryon - Houston Almeda
Group Three
Celanese - Clear Lake
Gulf Coast Growth Ventures - Gregory
Group Four
Indorama - Port Neches
Sustained Excellence In Caring For Texas Award
Group One
Pure Salt Baytown - Baytown
Pure Salt Baytown - Mont Belvieu
Underground Services Markham - Clemville
Group Two
Chevron Phillips - Orange
Mitsubishi SoarnoL - La Porte
Nouryon - Pasadena
Group Three
Chemours - Ingleside
Group Four
Eastman Texas Operations - Longview
Olin - Lake Jackson
SAFETY AWARDS
The TCC Safety Awards program was established by the TCC Board of Directors to promote the continual improvement of safety performance by TCC member companies. The Safety Awards Program is intended to achieve this objective by providing recognition for TCC members and member facilities who, during the previous calendar year, have both achieved exemplary results and demonstrated commitment to safe operations through implementation and continuous improvement of safety-related programs. Qualifying sites and individual applicants must be active TCC members in good standing having paid dues and meeting all the requirements of membership in accordance with the TCC Bylaws. The Safety Awards are administered by the Occupational Safety Committee and the OSC Awards Subcommittee.
Zero Incident Award
This award recognizes those facilities with a Zero Incident Rate; meaning they did not have an employee OSHA recordable injury or illness in 2023.
Group One
Air Liquide – Corpus Christi
BASF – Lake Creek
Chevron Phillips - Conroe
Ethyl Corporation – Pasadena
INEOS Oligomers – La Porte
Kuraray Elastomers – Pasadena
Nouryon – Fort Worth
OQ Chemicals – Bishop
OxyChem – Dallas Silicates
Pure Salt Baytown – Mont Belvieu
SI Group – Baytown
Texas Brine – Houston, and
Underground Services Markham – Pasadena
Group Two
Arkema – Houston
Chevron Phillips – Orange
Dow – Bayport
LyondellBasell Equistar Pipeline – Houston
LyondellBasell - Mansfield
MEGlobal – Oyster Creek
Mitsubishi SoarnoL – La Porte
Nouryon – La Porte
Nouryon – Houston Almeda
Nouryon - Pasadena
OxyChem – Pasadena PVC
Sasol – Green Bayou & Winnie Sites, and
Sekisui Specialty Chemicals – Pasadena
Group Three
Celanese - Bishop
ExxonMobil – Beaumont, and
ExxonMobil – Mont Belvieu
Group Four
ExxonMobil - Baytown
Occupational Safety Distinguished Service Awards
These Awards are presented to those facilities that have met the Occupational Safety Committee participation requirements by attending at least 3 of the quarterly Occupational Safety Committee or Subcommittee meetings during the course of the year and have demonstrated improvement in their injury and illness incident rate for 2023 when compared to the previous 3 years.
Group One
BASF – Lake Creek
Kuraray Elastomers – Pasadena
Nouryon Surface Chemistry – Fort Worth
Pure Salt Baytown – Mont Belvieu, and
Underground Services Markham - Clemville
Group Two
Chevron Phillips – Orange
INEOS Acetyls – Texas City
INEOS Oligomers – Chocolate Bayou
Kuraray EVAL – Pasadena
Mitsubishi SoarnoL - La Porte
Nouryon – Houston Almeda
Nouryon Functional Chemicals – Pasadena, and
OxyChem – Deer Park PVC/KOH
Group Three
Ascend Performance Materials – Chocolate Bayou
Chemours – Ingleside/Corpus Christi
ExxonMobil – Baytown Olefins
ExxonMobil – Beaumont Chemical Plant
ExxonMobil – Beaumont Polyethylene Plant
ExxonMobil – Mont Belvieu Plastics
Gulf Coast Growth Ventures – Gregory
INEOS Olefins & Polymers – Battleground, and
OxyChem - Ingleside
Group Four
Covestro – Baytown
ExxonMobil – Baytown Chemical Plant
LyondellBasell – Channelview
Olin – Lake Jackson
Best In Texas Awards
The ‘Best in Texas’ Awards are presented to the top facilities within each group that meet the criteria for Distinguished Safety Service and maintain a contractor safety program under TCC’s recommended guidelines for Contractor Safety. These applications are peer-reviewed by members of the OSC Awards Subcommittee who judge applications in different categories than their own.
Group One
Pure Salt Baytown - Mont Belvieu
Group Two
Kuraray America EVAL - Pasadena
Group Three
ExxonMobil - Baytown Olefins Plant
Group Four
ExxonMobil - Baytown Chemical Plant
TCA REGIONAL MEMBER OF THE YEAR AWARDS
Each year, TCA recognizes a Member of the Year from among our four active TCA regions. The recipient may be an individual who has exhibited extraordinary dedication to TCA in their Region. Nominees are considered from each region and a winner is selected by the TCA Board of Directors. These individuals volunteer countless hours in planning and organizing TCA events and recruiting new members in their region. This Award is presented to both the individuals and to their companies who show their support for TCA by allowing them to actively participate in TCA.
Region 1 - Houston Ship Channel Region
Karl Gansen with Weigh-Tech
Region 2 - Mid Coast Region
Jerry Hebert with MPR Services
Region 4 - South Texas Region
Tony Alcoser with ISS Leak Sealers
TCA LEADERSHIP AWARD
The TCA Leadership Award was established by the TCA Board of Directors to recognize an owner company or organization that has demonstrated strong leadership within TCA and contributed to the success of our organization.
2024 TCA Leadership Award
Reta Brown with Hose of South Texas
TCA OUTSTANDING OWNER AWARD
The TCA Outstanding Owner Award is a special award established by the TCA Board of Directors when there is an owner company or organization that has demonstrated leadership and strong support for TCA , and has contributed to the success of our organization.
2024 TCA Outstanding Owner Award
Formosa Plastics
PROCESS SAFETY AWARDS
SAM MANNAN AWARD FOR ZERO PROCESS SAFETY INCIDENTS
Dr. Sam Mannan was the founding Director of the Mary Kay O’Connor Process Safety Center at Texas A&M University for many years. Unfortunately, Dr. Mannan passed away in 2018. He was passionate about process safety and was committed to driving continuous improvement and preventing incidents. The TCC Board of Directors felt it fitting to honor his life’s work with the Dr. Sam Mannan Award for Zero Process Safety Incidents, recognizing facilities with no Tier 1 or Tier 2 incidents in 2023.
Group One
Air Liquide – Corpus Christi
BASF – Lake Creek
Chevron Phillips - Conroe
Ethyl Corporation – Houston
INEOS Oligomers – La Porte
Kuraray Elastomers – Pasadena
Nouryon Surface Chemistry – Fort Worth
OQ Chemicals – Bishop
Pure Salt Baytown – Mont Belvieu
SI Group – Baytown
Underground Services Markham – Clemville
Group Two
Afton Chemical - Houston
Chevron Phillips - Orange
Dow – La Porte
Dow - Bayport
Kuraray EVAL – Pasadena
Kuraray – La Porte
LyondellBasell Equistar Pipeline – Houston
LyondellBasell - Mansfield
MEGlobal – Oyster Creek
Mitsubishi – La Porte
Nouryon Surface Chemistry – Houston-Almeda
OQ Chemicals – Bay CIty
OxyChem – Deer Park VCM
Sekisui Specialty Chemicals – Pasadena
SI Group – Freeport
TotalEnergies – La Porte
Group Three
ExxonMobil – Beaumont Polyethylene Plant
ExxonMobil – Mont Belvieu Plastics Plant
Goodyear – Beaumont
Group Four
BASF – Freeport
Dow - Seadrift
TEXAS A&M MARY KAY O’CONNOR PROCESS SAFETY CENTER AWARD FOR DISTINGUISHED PROCESS SAFETY INITIATIVE
TCC has established a collaboration with the Mary Kay O’Connor Process Safety Center at Texas A&M University to utilize their global research and analysis of process safety incidents that can offer insights to industry in our pursuit of continuous improvement in process safety across industry. The Mary Kay O’Connor Process Safety Center’s students and faculty judged submissions in each facility category. Eligible applicants had Zero Incident for 2023 and submitted an essay to describe their process safety initiatives.
Group One
Nouryon Surface Chemistry - Fort Worth
Group Two
TotalEnergies - La Porte Polypropylene
Group Three
ExxonMobil - Mont Belvieu
Group Four
Dow - Seadrift
TCC/TCA EHS LEADERSHIP AWARD
The Texas-Louisiana EHS Leadership Award recognizes the Chair of the EHS Committee for their dedication and leadership in improving safety and promoting best practices across our industry. The EHS Chair is nominated by industry peers from Texas and Louisiana to lead what has become the premiere environmental, health and safety conference in our industry. Consideration for this important leadership role typically requires several years of direct involvement with the EHS seminar as well as strong leadership and organizational skills.
2024 Texas-Louisiana EHS Leadership Award
Nancy Ross of LyondellBasell
GERALD R. EHRMAN AWARD FOR LEADERSHIP IN SAFETY MANAGEMENT
The Occupational Safety Committee established this award to recognize a special plant manager who has demonstrated outstanding leadership in Safety Management. The first recipient of this award was Jerry Ehrman of DuPont, who retired in 2007. Jerry served as Chairman of TCC from 2004 – 2005 and as Chairman of the Occupational Safety Committee from 1998 until his retirement in 2007. Jerry was extremely dedicated to TCC, ACIT and the Occupational Safety Committee, and a strong supporter of the EHS Seminar.
The committee decided that this award would be named in Jerry’s honor as the “Gerald R. Ehrman Award for Safety Management” and would only be given to a plant manager who embodies the same leadership and dedication to Safety Management that Mr. Ehrman exhibited throughout his many years of service to his company and to TCC.
2024 Gerald R. Ehrman Award
Paul Fritsch - Gulf Coast Growth Ventures
