Industry Recognition
2022 TCC/ACIT AWARD WINNERS
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
Dow – La Porte Operations
INEOS Oligomers – La Porte
Kuraray America Elastomers – Pasadena
Lubrizol – La Porte
Nouryon Surface Chemistry – Fort Worth
OxyChem – Dallas
OQ Chemicals – Bishop
Pure Salt Baytown – Mont Belvieu
Sekisui Specialty Chemicals – Pasadena
Group Two - facilities with 61 to 200 employees
ChampionX - Odessa
Chemours – La Porte
Chevron Phillips - Kingwood Research & Technology Center
Chevron Phillips - Orange
Dow – Texas City Operations
Eastman - Texas City
INEOS Oligomers – Chocolate Bayou-Alvin
INVISTA - Longview
Kuraray America EVAL – Pasadena
Lubrizol - Bayport
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
BASF – Port Arthur
Chevron Phillips - Pasadena Plastics Complex
Chevron Phillips - Port Arthur
Dow – Deer Park Operations
INVISTA - Victoria
Kaneka North America – Pasadena
TotalEnergies Petrochemicals & Refining – La Porte
Group Four - facilities with more than 500 employees
Chevron Phillips - Cedar Bayou
Dow – Seadrift Operations
Dow – Texas Operations - Freeport
ExxonMobil - Baytown
INEOS Olefins and Polymers – Chocolate Bayou
Excellence In Caring for Texas Awards
Group Two
Nouryon Functional Chemicals - Pasadena
Nouryon Functional Chemicals - Battleground
Mitsubishi Chemical – SoranoL Division La Porte
Group Three
Chevron Phillips Chemical – Borger
Group Four
Formosa Plastics – Point Comfort
Sustained Excellence In Caring For Texas Award
Group One
Pure Salt – Baytown
Underground Services Markham – Clemville
Group Three
Chemours – Ingleside
Group Four
Ascend Performance Materials – Chocolate Bayou
BASF – Freeport
Chevron Phillips – Sweeny, Clemens and Old Ocean
Eastman – Texas Operations – Longview
Olin Corporation – Texas Operations – Freeport
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 Rate - Employee Awards
This award recognizes those facilities with a Zero Incident Rate; meaning they did not have an employee OSHA recordable injury or illness in 2021.
Group One
Dow – La Porte Operations
INEOS Oligomers – La Porte
Kuraray America Elastomers - Pasadena
Lubrizol – La Porte
Nouryon Surface Chemistry – Fort Worth
OQ Chemicals - Bishop
Pure Salt Baytown – Mont Belvieu
SI Group – Baytown
TotalEnergies Petrochemicals & Refining – Beaumont
Group Two
Ashland – Texas City
INEOS Oligomers – Chocolate Bayou-Alvin
Kuraray America EVAL – Pasadena
Mitsubishi Chemical – SoranoL Division – La Porte
Nouryon Functional Chemicals – Pasadena
Nouryon Functional Chemicals – Battleground
Nouryon Surface Chemistry – Houston
OxyChem – Deer Park PVC/KOH
OxyVinyls - Battleground
Sasol Chemicals – Greens Bayou
Sasol Chemicals – Winnie
Solvay Specialty Polymers – Borger
Group Three
Chemours – Ingleside
Chevron Phillips – Borger
INEOS Olefins & Polymers – Battleground
Group Four
Celanese – Clear Lake
Zero Incident rate - contractor Awards
This award recognizes those facilities with a Zero Contractor Incident Rate at their facility in 2021.
Group One
Dow – La Porte Operations
INEOS Oligomers – La Porte
Kuraray America Elastomers – Pasadena
Lubrizol – La Porte
Nouryon Surface Chemistry – Fort Worth
OQ Chemicals – Bishop
Pure Salt Baytown – Mont Belvieu
SI Group – Baytown
TotalEnergies Petrochemicals & Refining – Beaumont
Group Two
Afton Chemical – Houston
Chemours – La Porte
Dow – Texas City
INEOS Oligomers – Chocolate Bayou - Alvin
Kuraray America – Bayport
Mitsubishi Chemical – SoarnoL Division – La Porte
Nouryon Functional Chemicals – Pasadena
Nouryon Functional Chemicals – Battleground
Nouryon Surface Chemistry – Houston
OxyChem – Deer Park PVC/KOH
OQ Chemicals – Bay City
OxyChem – Deer Park VCM
OxyVinyls – Pasadena PVC
OxyVinyls – Battleground
Sasol Chemicals – Greens Bayou
Sasol Chemicals – Winnie
SI Group – Freeport
Solvay Specialty Polymers – Borger
Group Three
Chemours – Ingleside
Chevron Phillips - Borger
Chevron Phillips – Pasadena Plastics Complex
INEOS Olefins & Polymers – Battleground
INVISTA – Victoria
Group Four
Celanese – Clear Lake
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 2021 when compared to the previous 3 years.
Group One
Dow – La Porte
INEOS Oligomers – La Porte
Kuraray America Elastomers – Pasadena
Nouryon Surface Chemistry – Fort Worth
OQ Chemicals – Bishop
Pure Salt Baytown – Mont Belvieu
SI Group – Baytown
Group Two
Afton Chemical – Houston
BASF – Bishop
Dow – Texas City
INEOS Oligomers – Chocolate Bayou-Alvin
Kuraray America EVAL – Pasadena
Mitsubishi Chemical – SoarnoL Division - La Porte
Nouryon Functional Chemicals – Pasadena
OxyChem – Deer Park PVC/KOH
OQ Chemicals – Bay City
OxyVinyls – Battleground
Sasol Chemicals – Greens Bayou
Sasol Chemicals – Winnie
Group Three
Chemours – Ingleside
Chevron Phillips – Pasadena Plastics Complex
Dow – Deer Park
ExxonMobil – Mont Belvieu
INEOS Olefins & Polymers - Battleground
INVISTA – Victoria
OxyChem – La Porte VCM
Group Four
Ascend Performance Materials – Chocolate Bayou
Celanese – Clear Lake
Eastman – Texas Operations - Longview
ExxonMobil – Baytown
Formosa Plastics – Point Comfort, and
LyondellBasell – Channelview
Olin – Texas Operations – Freeport
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
Dow – La Porte Operations
Group Two
Mitsubishi Chemical – SoarnoL Division – La Porte
Group Three
Chevron Phillips – Pasadena Plastics Complex
Group Four
Covestro – Baytown
ACIT REGIONAL MEMBER OF THE YEAR AWARDS
Each year, ACIT recognizes a Member of the Year from among our four active ACIT regions. The recipient may be an individual who has exhibited extraordinary dedication to ACIT in their Region. Nominees are considered from each region and a winner is selected by the ACIT Board of Directors. These individuals volunteer countless hours in planning and organizing ACIT 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 ACIT by allowing them to actively participate in ACIT.
Region 1 - Houston Ship Channel Region
Crystal Cedro with ThinkReliability
Region 2 - Mid Coast Region
Greg Copeland with Tolunay-Wong Engineers
Region 4 - South Texas Region
David Cook with Mirage Industrial Group
ACIT LEADERSHIP AWARD
The ACIT Leadership Award was established by the ACIT Board of Directors to recognize an owner company or organization that has demonstrated strong leadership within ACIT and contributed to the success of our organization.
2022 ACIT Leadership Award
Coastal Ice & Water
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 2021.
Group One
Air Liquide Large Industries – Beaumont LMA
Air Liquide Large Industries – Bloomington
Air Liquide Large Industries – Channelview
Air Liquide Large Industries – Freeport
Air Liquide Large Industries – Ingleside
Air Liquide Large Industries – La Porte
Air Liquide Large Industries – Nederland
Air Liquide Large Industries – Port Neches
Chemours – La Porte
Dow – La Porte
Ethyl Corporation – Houston
Goodyear – Houston
INEOS Oligomers – La Porte
Kuraray America Elastomers – Pasadena
Lubrizol Corporation – La Porte
Nouryon Surface Chemistry – Fort Worth
OQ Chemicals – Bishop
Pure Salt Baytown – Mont Belvieu
SI Group – Baytown
Group Two
Afton Chemical - Pasadena
Air Liquide Large Industries - Bayport
Arkema - Houston
BASF - Bishop
Braskem – Oyster Creek
Braskem – Seadrift
Chevron Phillips - Orange
Dow – Texas City
INEOS Nitriles – Green Lake
Kuraray America EVAL - Pasadena
Mitsubishi Chemical – La Porte
Nouryon Surface Chemistry – Houston
OxyChem – Deer Park PVC/KOH
OQ Chemicals – Bay City
OxyVinyls - Pasadena PVC
Sekisui Specialty Chemicals – Pasadena
TotalEnergies Petrochemicals & Refining - La Porte
Group Three
Celanese – Clear Lake
Chevron Phillips - Borger
Chevron Phillips - Pasadena Plastics Complex
Dow – Deer Park
Group Four
ExxonMobil – Baytown
INEOS Olefins & Polymers – Battleground
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 2021 and submitted an essay to describe their process safety initiatives.
Group One
Dow Chemical – La Porte Operations
Group Two
Nouryon Surface Chemistry – Houston
TotalEnergies Petrochemicals and Refining – La Porte
Group Three
Chevron Phillips Chemical – Borger
Group Four
INEOS Olefins and Polymers – Battleground
TCC/ACIT 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.
2022 Texas-Louisiana EHS Leadership Award
Laura Burnett of Mitsubishi Chemical
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.
2022 Gerald R. Ehrman Award
Greg Blanchard of Ascend Performance Materials in Alvin
