Safety at Eastman

Chemical Company

Doug Giles

Plant Protection Safety Manager

December 11, 2013

Who We Are Founded 1920 & headquartered Kingsport, TN

Fortune 500 company & Malcolm Baldrige NQA

2013 Responsible Care Company of the Year

2012 Sales Revenue $9.1 billion

Approx. 7,000 employees & 2,000 contractors

Over 500 buildings on 858 acres

Manufacture more than 1,200 products

• Chemicals, fibers, coatings, adhesives & plastics

• Major supplier of cellulose acetate fibers & PET

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Eastman Safety

Eastman Kingsport Site (EKS) VPP STAR certified in 1998

• TOSHA’s Voluntary Protection Program (VPP) Called "Volunteer STAR"

• Formed 1996 to recognize companies with exemplary safety records

• Currently only 35 sites in TN have VPP STAR certification

• VPP STAR sites generally have 60-80% fewer injuries than industry average

Safety Committees

TNO Safety KRA Team

Process Safety Review Committee (Division PSRS)

Division Safety Coordinators’ Team

Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Team

Traffic Safety Team

Process Hazard Analysis (PHA) Team

Risk Management & Facility Siting Committee

Hazardous Chemicals Committee

Hazardous Process Controls Committee • Combustion Control Committee

Institutional Biosafety Committee

Specially Trained Employees

Certified Safety Professionals (CSP)

Special Government Employees (SGE)

Certified Industrial Hygienists

Physicians

Registered Nurses and Nurse Practitioners

Emergency Medical Technicians (EMT’s) & Paramedics

HAZMAT Technicians

Tennessee Licensed Fire Fighters

Professional Engineers

Employee Assistance Counselors (contracted)

Licensed Physical Therapists

HSE Resources

TNO Plant Protection Department has 125 full-time

employees divided into four groups:

• Safety

• Emergency Response

• Technical Services

• Support Services

Corporate resources include: Health, Safety and Security,

Industrial Hygiene, Responsible Care, Environmental

Support, Product Safety and Medical

No Magic Bullet for Safety

Safety programs will only get you so far

Programs are the foundation for safety

Partially implemented programs do not produce excellent

results

Going to the next level requires saturation of programs

How important is safety vs. production / quality / cost

• What do employees hear more about?

How good is good enough?

• Can we actually go to Zero injuries?

Safety Excellence

“PERFECTION IS NOT ATTAINABLE,

BUT IF WE CHASE PERFECTION

WE CAN CATCH EXCELLENCE.”

Vince Lombardi

How Good is Good Enough?

Common perceptions that hinder excellence

• Zero injuries is absolute perfection -

unattainable

• When people are involved mistakes /

accidents will happen

• There is risk in everything we do

• Accidents are the cost of doing business

• We’re as good as our peers – good enough

Achieving Safety Excellence

Focus

• Not injury-free forever

• But – continuous, sustainable improvement

• Goal: To go increasingly longer periods injury free

Heartfelt belief that all injuries are preventable

• Injuries are not acceptable

• We do everything possible to prevent them

A passion for following safe and correct operating procedures

• Paying attention to details

• Not taking short-cuts

• "Do it right" the first time – every time

Achieving Safety Excellence

Being proactive in reducing exposures and preventing

injuries

• Task safety audits

• Near miss reporting / follow up

• Hazard identification / elimination

• Pre-job planning

Willingness to help others work safely

• Observing at-risk behaviors / conditions

• Immediate intervention – before behavior / condition

results in injury

• Willingness to give and receive feedback

Questions