June 26, 2013 ChemStewards Safety Symposium Draws over 100 Attendees Metrics Reporting Database opens Monday,

July 1st Mid-Year ChemStewards Reviews Submitted this August 2013 Performance Improvement Awards Applications Now Accepted Flexible options for creating compliant SDSs

ChemStewards Safety Symposium Draws over 100 Attendees

More than 100 ChemStewards members and affiliates gathered in Houston on May 22 for the National Chemical Safety Symposium hosted by SOCMAs ChemStewards. National and local authorities on process and occupational safety provided insightful presentations to inform participants of the latest trends and methodologies currently used in the industry to create safe and secure manufacturing environments. Dr. M. Sam Mannan, Chemical Engineering Department Regents Professor, Holder of the T. Michael OConnor I Chair and Director of the Mary K. OConnor Process Safety Center at Texas A&M University, delivered a thought-provoking and inspirational keynote address to attendees expressing that companies must focus on technical safety, human factors and culture, and management systems in order to prevent repeat industrial tragedies. You must have a vision, he said. The goal for every company should be zero accidents. We havent defined what safety culture is, but we have to get there.

John Herber, staff consultant to the AIChE Center for Chemical Process Safety, touched on the tragic West Texas Fertilizer plant explosion and shared his perspective on why smaller companies struggle with process safety and potential improvement. It is critical for management to understand they hold the livelihoods of their employees in their hands, he said. He also stressed that companies should put as much emphasis on learning operational and safety procedures as they do in filling out their timesheets. Every employee knows how to fill out his timesheet, so he gets paid, he said, because everyone wants to get paid. Doesnt everyone want to be safe? Sure. But it doesnt get the same level of rigor. Jerry L. Jones, a chemical engineering consultant with AIChE, kicked off the symposium with a Chemical Enterprise Risk Management Workshop on Tuesday, May 21, where he stressed the need for risk-based decision making in all environmental, health, safety and security (EHS&S) and quality management programs. The workshop concluded with a panel discussion on integrating process safety into chemical manufacturing operations. ChemStewards thanks all attendees, speakers and sponsors for their participation in this years event. For an event recap and photos, click here.

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Metrics Reporting Database opens Monday, July 1st The online Metrics Reporting Database will open on Monday, July 1. ChemStewards participating facilities must submit the following metrics by Friday, August 2. Toxic Release Inventory Process Safety Incidents OSHA Recordable Incident Rate Production Energy Efficiency Hazardous Waste Generation Employee Training Product Stewardship ChemStewards Coordinators can access the online reporting tool here. If you experience difficulties logging in, please contact ChemStewards. Click here to access the Metrics Guidance Document a great tool to reference when inputting your data. *Tier 1 facilities need only report TRI, Process Safety Incidents, Production and OSHA Incidence Rate.
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Mid-Year ChemStewards Reviews Submitted this August Up-to-date scorecards and performance summaries will be provided to the president of each ChemStewards participating company this August. If you have obligations that need to be finalized, or if you would like to make an update before these reports are submitted, please contact ChemStewards. All ChemStewards Coordinators will receive their report via email before the official notices are distributed.
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2013 Performance Improvement Awards Applications Now Accepted Applications for the 2013 Performance Improvement Awards are now being accepted. This program recognizes member facilities demonstrating outstanding commitment to continuous improvement in EHS&S. Winning facilities in the areas of Stakeholder Communications, Product Stewardship, EHS&S in Planning and Operations, Employee Training and

Engagement, and Resource Management and Waste Minimization will be honored at SOCMAs Annual Dinner in New York City, December 9, 2013. To submit an application for your facility, please click here. For more information contact ChemStewards. Click here to view photos, an event recap, and a list of attendees from last years annual dinner and award ceremony. *All facilities are encouraged to apply for the Gold Award and fill out all of the sections.
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Flexible options for creating compliant SDSs Keeping up with the timely creation and distribution of compliant MSDS / SDSs and label documents is always a challenge. Add to this: increased enforcement, GHS and REACH, ever-changing regulatory requirements, budget cuts, reduced resources, and the situation becomes even more difficult. Maybe it is time to take a look at one of the many options 3E Company offers. MSDgen MSDS / SDS authoring, management and distribution system Authoring Services Outsource the burden to 3Es qualified team Ariel Global Regulatory Content Use our data as a reference when authoring your MSDS/SDSs or feed our data into your existing authoring system Learn more, click here, call 800-346-6737 or email us at info@3Ecompany.com.
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