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Valero Bill Greehey Refinery – Corpus Christi Discovery Prevents
Team Achieves OSHA’s Major Issue for Customer
Highest Award
Our goal is to rise above the industry safety standards, setting the bar
for a proactive safety culture based on continuous improvement.
TeamQualspec employees’ attention to detail and focus on safety enabled
the team at the Valero Bill Greehey Refinery in Corpus Christi to earn
the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s highest award of
Voluntary Protection Program, a Star Site recertification – the 3 VPP
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recertification for the team. Diligence, training, safety and
experience play an integral role in
The VPP Star Certification is one of the most prestigious every job we take on. It is thanks
safety recognitions to receive in the industry. Achieving Star to these things and a keen eye that a
status in VPP requires management’s commitment and a commitment potential disaster was recently avoided
by our employees to place an emphasis on worksite analysis, hazard for one of Team’s customers. While
recognition and control, and health and safety training. Our team conducting routine monitoring at
demonstrated to the OSHA audit team that these elements are ingrained a pipeline terminal, Clark Watson
in our culture and that we have the proper systems in place. In addition discovered a major pipeline spill. Clark
to the VPP Star recertification, the team just recently celebrated is commended with remaining calm and
17 years, over 1 million safe manhours, without a single recordable. following proper protocol to prevent what
Congratulations to our Valero Bill Greehey Corpus Christi Refinery team! could have turned into a deadly disaster.
The customer was extremely thankful
for Clark’s responsiveness, training and
actions. In recognition of the important
role he played in preventing an incident,
Team has rewarded Clark with several
Core Choice coupons as a thank you for
his commitment and efforts in setting the
highest standards for Team.
