Green Cross Safety Excellence Award Finalists

CIMA Services L.P.

In late 2021, CIMA Services L.P. embarked on a journey to build a robust safety culture and lower incident rates companywide. Analyzing the company’s statistical safety data, CIMA started a deep dive into the company’s risks, incidents and injury trends. Management studied the statistical data from the past few years, reviewed information from root cause analysis investigations and considered lessons learned. As a result, a new culture initiative was born.

The CIMA STAR (Self Task Assessment & Responsibility) program’s main goal is to get employees to participate and actively consider the risk of the task they are performing by continuously asking themselves one simple question throughout the day: “What can go wrong?” 

Since the inception of the program and the addition of a new Safety Culture Ambassador position, CIMA has seen an 87% drop in incidents/Injuries as CIMA’s man hours have grown.  

Aramco Northern Area Producing

Aramco's Northern Area Producing faced a growing problem of Motor Vehicle Accidents (MVAs), with employees under 35 being the highest-risk group. To address this, Northern Area Producing implemented a comprehensive traffic safety framework based on four key elements: A dedicated task force, human resources initiatives, traffic monitoring and control, and infrastructure improvements. This included mandatory driver training, road surveillance, journey management programs and employee engagement. 

The commitment from senior leadership was crucial, with offenders facing counseling with supervisors, directors and the senior vice president depending on the severity of the traffic offense. Over time, a culture of zero tolerance for traffic safety deviations was instilled leading to the complete elimination of traffic safety rules’ deviations and MVAs. Northern Area Producing is now looking to expand these initiatives to the broader community using technology and data analytics to further enhance road safety. By prioritizing the high-risk young demographic, Northern Area Producing succeeded in driving a significant safety culture shift that serves as a model for other organizations.

Ingredion

Ingredion has 12,000 employees and 6,500 contractors across 84 facilities. It is a Fortune 500 global ingredient solutions company that turns grains, fruits, vegetables and other plant-based materials into value-added ingredient solutions for the food, beverage, animal nutrition, brewing and industrial markets. Ingredion’s global recordable incident rate was best in class for their industry, yet data showed it was still having serious incidents. So, for six years, the company focused on serious injury and fatality prevention (SIF) and potential serious injury and fatality prevention (PSIF). This included:

● Improving machine safeguarding, fall protection

● Introducing Life Savers, a Zero Injury Mindset, and conducting a safety culture survey

● Educating plant managers on the desired safety culture through a course called Embark

● Making capital investments to help prevent thermal events

● Conducting hazard studies, dry thermal reviews and dust hazard assessments

Since 2017, Ingredion Incorporated has reduced SIFs by 70% and PSIFs by 86%.