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Safety
Contractor Safety Training
As safety is a top priority, the contractors we hire are required to
uphold the strong safety culture of Valero in their everyday work.
In 2023, our contractors completed more than 870,000 safety
training hours. In addition, contractors working at Valero re昀椀neries
have been awarded a total of 26 OSHA VPP Stars.
In the last two years, nearly half
of our 12 ethanol plants have
gone without an employee
recordable injury and no Tier 1
Process Safety Events (PSE).
All contractors are prescreened by a third party to ensure they meet or exceed Valero’s health and safety
expectations. Contractors are also trained initially and annually through a reciprocal contractor safety council
focused on site-speci昀椀c health and safety requirements. As a part of our CTEMS expectations, we have a
program in place to ensure contractor alignment with Valero's safety, health, environmental and reliability
expectations. This includes:
• Clear accountabilities and requirements for safety and contract performance.
• Requirements for contractors to have in place controls ensuring procured materials and services are
veri昀椀ed and quali昀椀ed as contracted.
Valero Leads the Transition to Non-Fluorinated Fire Suppression Foams
During the last 昀椀ve years, Valero has worked diligently on its commitment to set new industry standards
with the elimination of PFAS-containing AFFFs48 in 昀椀re suppression solutions in favor of non-昀氀uorinated
alternatives. This decision came after extensive testing of alternative 昀椀re suppression solutions while
still meeting the stringent performance requirements for 昀椀re昀椀ghting in highly 昀氀ammable environments.
This transition has also been enhanced with comprehensive training programs in emergency response
protocols.
Safety Performance Metrics
Global Re昀椀ning
Valero Re昀椀neries vs. Other Sectors47
(Recordable injuries per 200,000 working hours)
Valero Re昀椀nery Combined
Employees and Contractors
Petroleum Re昀椀neries
Finance, Insurance and
Real Estate
Electric Power Generation
Manufacturing
Education and Health
Services
State and Local
Governments
Hospitals
Framing Contractors
(Recordable injuries per 200,000 working hours)
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
Personnel Safety
Employee (TRIR)
0.25
0.35
0.21
0.32
0.40
Personnel Safety
Contractor (TRIR)
0.39
0.15
0.27
0.15
0.24
Fatality Rate
Employee
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
Fatality Rate
Contractor
0.00
0.00
0.01
0.00
0.00
Process Safety
Event Rate - Tier 149
0.05
0.06
0.05
0.08
0.05
Process Safety
Event Rate - Tier 249
0.17
0.17
0.16
0.18
0.20
0.3
0.6
0.8
1.0
3.2
4.2
4.9
6.1
7.1
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