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Geoffroy Petit, chief executive officer for Total Petrochemicals USA Inc., speaks to a crowded room of the importance of safety and of Total's accomplishments during the Golden Triangle Business Roundtable Safety Awards Luncheon in Beaumont on Tuesday. Mary Meaux

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August 31, 2010

Mary Meaux The Port Arthur News The Port Arthur News Tue Aug 31, 2010, 06:14 PM CDT

BEAUMONT — Safety is no accident.

Just ask the 67 award nominees and 11 companies who were named winners at the Golden Triangle Business Roundtable Safety Awards luncheon on Tuesday the importance of safety.

Geoffroy Petit, chief executive officer for Total Petrochemicals USA Inc., told the crowded room of business owners and contractors of the importance of safety in the work place and that safety is no accident.

Total’s commitment to safety is no accident but is a well thought out plan that spans the world. Knowing “who does what and when,” coupled with an Advanced Integrated Management System and 12 fundemental “Golden Rules” have helped the petrochemical giant keep injuries and off-time down to near zero.

Petit was keynote speaker at the event, which was held at the Holiday Inn’s Atrium Plaza.

The Contractor safety Awards is an annual event organized by the Busines Roundtable. In its 19th year, the event recognizes contractor companies doing business in the petrochemical industry that have undergone a thorough audit and achieved the year’s best safety performance.

Award recipients include:

• Engineering — Aker Solutions, for work at DuPont Sabine River Works

• Small Speciality — J.T. Thorpe, for work at Flint Hills Resources

• Medium Speciality — Brock Services LTD/Atlantic Scaffolding, for work at Exxon Mobile Beaumont Chemical Plant

• Large Speciality — Brock Service LTD, for work at Flint Hills Resources

• Small Maintenance — Zachry Industrial Inc., for work at Chevron Phillips Chemical Company, Port Arthur

• Medium Maintenance — Triple ‘S’ Industrial Corporation, for work at Chevrol Pipe Line Company

• Large Maintenance — Triple ‘S’ Industrial Corporation, for work at Exxon Mobile Beaumont Chemical Plant

• Small Construction — Mason Construction LTD, for work at Exxon Mobile Beaumont Refinery

• Medium Construction — Mason Construction LTD, for work at Exxon Mobile Beaumont Chemical Plant

• Large Construction — Conex International LLC, for work at Motiva Entreprises, Port Arthur Refinery

• Meritorious — Leak Sealers Environmental Inc., for work at Exxon Mobile Beaumont Refinery and Motiva Enterprises, Port Arthur Refinery

The Meritorious Award is for those conract companies who do not accumulate sufficient work hours at one site to receive nomination by an owner company for a safety award. The Meritorious nominee must receive nominations from at least two owner conmpanies and submit an application for the committee to nominate.

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