Health, Safety, and the Environment
Protecting the health and safety of our people and communities is a fundamental value
At Motiva, doing the right thing means the health and safety of our employees, contractors, and communities is at the forefront of everything we do. We strive to achieve an incident-free workplace with no harm to our people, the environment, or the communities in which we operate.
This health, safety, and environmental (HSE) excellence isn’t achievable without a purposeful focus and relentless drive for continuous improvement. At Motiva, we know that this excellence comes from every individual, every day.
Life Saving Rules
Motiva’s comprehensive safety program includes everyone who enters a Motiva facility. Our 12 Life Saving Rules are the baseline for personal safety at Motiva and ensure that every individual at our facility conducts business safely.
OSHA VPP Certification
Our refinery and chemicals plant are U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration Voluntary Protection Programs (VPP) certified, which recognizes efforts of employers and employees to achieve exemplary occupational safety and health.
HSE Policy
Our HSE Policy outlines how we operate in a safe and responsible manner, and protect the safety and health of our employees, contractors, customers, and communities. It represents our core values and is fundamental to our operations.
Employee Engagement
Educating employees and contractors is the first step in safety excellence. Everyone is trained on our safety practices. Regular safety engagements ensure team members are up to date on the latest policies and trends. Leaders are further trained in conducting positive safety interactions, as well as front-line leadership skills.
Collaboration between represented employees, management, and contractors is vital to our strong HSE culture and part of our Voluntary Protection Program certification.
Multiple groups, including employee safety ambassadors and contractor teams, raise safety awareness in the field and support dialogue between employees, contractors, and leadership.
Process Safety Collaboration
Process safety involves ensuring our facilities are operated and maintained safely to prevent leaks of hazardous materials. We are proud to be an active participant and leader in the Advancing Process Safety group. Advancing Process Safety is a collaboration between the American Petroleum Institute, the American Fuel and Petrochemical Manufacturers, and member companies to enable collaboration and sharing of best practices to continuously improve process safety throughout our industry.
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How We Protect Our Pipelines
Emergency Response
Motiva prepares and equips our people and facilities to respond to emergency situations through training and exercises. We maintain a 24/7 hotline service for community questions and incident reporting.
Our dedicated emergency response teams, including an onsite fire and rescue team and medical team, are trained to respond to incidents. We maintain close relationships with local, state, and federal agencies and regularly participate in emergency response exercises with them.
We also contribute our expertise and support to neighboring facilities and the greater community during significant emergency events as part of the Sabine-Neches Chiefs Association’s mutual aid organization.
Awarding $434,000 to first responders since 2021
First Responder Grant Program
Protecting what matters
Working to Reduce Our Environmental Footprint
Environmental Stewardship
For Motiva, our commitment to doing no harm extends beyond the safety of our workforce. We recognize that our ability to conduct business is a privilege, and we strive to be good stewards of the environment and a good neighbor in the communities where we operate.
We are committed to identifying and implementing measures that are economically and operationally feasible to reduce our environmental footprint, including air emissions, energy use, water use, waste generation, and effluents.
We systematically track, analyze, and improve energy efficiency through our energy management system, which is certified to the International Standard Organization (ISO) 50001 standard. With our commitment to protect and preserve the environment for future generations, our environmental management system is ISO 14001 certified.
24/7 Community Hotline
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