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Safety
Goal Zero Safety Program
Our Goal Zero program is designed to
eliminate incidents and injuries in six
focus areas by taking a data-driven riskbased approach. The program utilizes
comprehensive incident reporting data
and evaluates each incident against the
AFPM Personal Safety Incident Matrix,
tailored for the re昀椀ning industry. This
matrix classi昀椀es incidents according
to their potential outcomes, injury
type/consequence and activity/cause
contributing factors. Each of our Valero
sites establishes goals and objectives
aligned with each of the Goal Zero’s six
focus areas and provides monthly reports.
Personnel
Exposure
Energy Isolation
and Control
Hand Awareness
and Safety
Slips, Trips and
Falls
Dropped
Objects
Heavy Equipment/
Vehicle Operations
Heavy Equipment/
Vehicle Operations
Energy Isolation and
Control
• 360 Walk-Arounds/Circle
for Safety.
• LOTO and Blinding.
• Refinery Vehicle
Management.
• Bleeder Management.
• Management/Incident
Accountability Meetings.
• Equipment Clearing to
Return to Service.
• Energy Isolation Lists.
• Zero Energy Verification.
• Training Qualification
Verification.
Hand Awareness and
Safety
Valero Albert City Ethanol Plant
Valero’s Safety
Assessment for Excellence
(VSAFE)
VSAFE re-engineers 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 more than 120 expectations that are
key to driving culture and continuous
improvement. Using a proprietary process
with site data, 昀椀eld assessments, and
employee/management interviews,
subject matter experts work alongside site
champions at each re昀椀nery to perform
this assessment every three years.
• Impact/Cut-Resistant
Gloves.
• Enhanced Job Hazard
Analysis (JHA), Permitting
and Assessment Tools.
• Pre-Job Hand Hazard
Evaluation.
Personnel Exposure
• Reducing Health Hazards
such as:
• H2S.
• Chemical Contact.
• Heat Exposure.
• Inhalation Hazards.
• Low Oxygen.
• Assessments and
Inspection for Hand Power
Tools.
Slips, Trips and Falls
Dropped Objects
• Focused Worksite
Assessments.
• Maintenance Planning for
Elevated Work.
• Mechanical Integrity
Inspections (walkingworking surfaces).
• Tool Tethering.
• SRLs (Self-Retracting
Lanyards).
• Lifting Equipment
Upgrades.
• Area Housekeeping
Accountability.
• Enhanced JHA, Permitting
and Assessment Tools.
• Barricades/Mesh/
Canopies.
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