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STRATEGY
LOW-CARBON
ENVIRONMENT
SAFETY
COMMUNITY
PEOPLE
GOVERNANCE
Goal Zero Safety Program
Our Goal Zero program is designed to eliminate incidents and injuries in seven focus areas by taking a datadriven risk based approach.
Heavy Equipment/
Vehicle Operations
Energy Isolation
and Control
Contractor Safety
Management
Personnel
Exposure
• 360 Walk-Arounds/
Circle for Safety.
• Control of Hazardous
Energy and Materials
Assessments (CHEM).
• Contractor On-Site
Onboarding.
• Reducing Health
Hazards such as: H2S,
Chemical Contact,
Heat Exposure,
Inhalation Hazards and
Low Oxygen.
• Refinery Vehicle
Management.
• Management/
Incident Accountability
Meetings.
• Minimum Set of
Expectations.
• Equipment Clearing to
Return to Service.
• Training Qualification
Verification.
• Short-Service Employee
Program.
• Craft Certification
Verification.
• ISNetworld Scoring
Criteria Upgrade.
Hand Awareness
and Safety
Slips, Trips
and Falls
Dropped
Objects
• Impact/Cut-Resistant
Gloves.
• Focused Worksite
Assessments.
• Maintenance Planning
for Elevated Work.
• Enhanced Job
Hazard Analysis
(JHA), Permitting and
Assessment Tools.
• Mechanical Integrity
Inspections (walkingworking surfaces).
• Tool Tethering.
• SRLs (Self-Retracting
Lanyards).
• Lifting Equipment
Upgrades.
• Area Housekeeping
Accountability.
• Enhanced JHA,
Permitting and
Assessment Tools.
• Pre-Job Hand Hazard
Evaluation.
• Assessments and
Inspection for Hand
Power Tools.
• Barricades/Mesh/
Canopies.
Valero’s Safety Assessment for Excellence (VSAFE):
Elevates the traditional health and safety audit and compliance model to focus on driving health and
safety excellence. VSAFE assesses the design and effectiveness of safety performance in over 120
expectations that are key to driving culture and continuous improvement. Using a proprietary process,
site data and field assessments, subject matter experts work alongside site champions at each
refinery to perform this assessment every three years.
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