The Baker Panel Report - ABSA

Table 2Percentages of Disagree/Tend to Disagree Responses to Survey Item:“Operational pressures do not lead to cutting corners where process safety is concerned.”Category Carson Cherry Point Texas City Toledo WhitingOperators 19 11 35 49 28Maintenance/Craft Technicians 29 21 36 44 ‡ 24Full-Time HSSE Employees 3 4 32 16 ‡ 23Engineering Professionals 15 5 22 27 17Operations Management 15 5 16 14 7Maintenance Management 29 ‡ 0 ‡ 11 * 6Contractors 22 30 22 36 25* Survey data are not available because of the small number (fewer than 15) of potential respondents.‡ Fewer than 25 respondents were in this group.A third survey item solicited impressions about whether process safety improvement was a long-term commitment that was not compromisedby short-term financial goals. Responses again were mixed. As indicated in Table 3 below, relatively high percentages of operators,maintenance/craft technicians, and HSSE employees at Toledo, Texas City, and Whiting responded negatively. Most notably, 56 percent ofmaintenance/craft technicians and 45 percent of operators at Toledo responded negatively. Responses from each of those groups at Carson andCherry Point, however, were more positive. Moreover, contractors and management generally responded positively across all five refineries andas indicated below, they typically provided low negative response rates. Contractors’ negative response rates ranged from just nine percent atCarson to 16 percent at Texas City, and in most cases, operations and maintenance management’s negative response rates were less thanten percent.Table 3Percentages of Disagree/Tend to Disagree Responses to Survey Item:“[P]rocess safety improvement is a long-term commitment that is not compromised by short-term financial goals.”Category Carson Cherry Point Texas City Toledo WhitingOperators 15 15 30 45 24Maintenance/Craft Technicians 18 7 39 56 ‡ 21Full-Time HSSE Employees 3 8 29 21 ‡ 28Engineering Professionals 10 7 29 19 16Operations Management 0 3 6 19 9Maintenance Management 0 ‡ 0 ‡ 13 * 9Contractors 9 11 16 13 12* Survey data are not available because of the small number (fewer than 15) of potential respondents.‡ Fewer than 25 respondents were in this group.Corporate Safety Culture C 64