NEWS
RELEASE
March 22, 2004
SALT INDUSTRY SAFETY RECORD
IMPROVES
ALEXANDRIA, VA, March 22, 2004 – Safety at 95 North American salt production
facilities improved significantly in 2003, the industry’s trade association, the Salt
Institute, announced today. Salt
companies have reduced lost time accidents by nearly half over the past two years. With nearly 12 million hours worked, 37 workers
suffered a lost-time injury (down 16% from the 44 last year and 45% from the 67 in 2002).
The salt industry’s safest production plants and companies were honored as
winners of the 2003 Salt Institute Safety Recognition awards.
Morton Salt, a Chicago-based division of Rohm and Haas, was honored for its
industry-best company safety record. Among
smaller companies, the best overall safety records were earned by United Salt Company,
Houston, TX, and American Rock Salt Company, Hampton Corners, NY.
Among the safest individual facilities, these won top salt industry honors for
lowest incidence rate of reportable injuries:
Mining
Morton
Salt, Fairport, OH
Large Processing
Morton
Salt, Manistee, MI
Small Processing
Sifto
Canada, Goderich, ON
Terminals/Warehouses
Cargill
Salt
And honored for lowest severity rate of
reportable injuries:
Mining
Morton
Salt, Weeks Island, LA
Large Processing
Morton
Salt, Rittman, OH
Small Processing
Cargill
Salt, Watkins Glen, NY
Terminal/Warehouses
Cargill
Salt
Salt Institute President Richard L. Hanneman
commented, “Safety is a team effort. And safety is a win-win proposition. Our goal is no lost-time accidents and these
safety achievements represent hard work on the part of both management and workers. It’s an investment that pays off for
everybody.” He noted that work-hours had
increased due to heavy demand for winter deicing salt and that such all-out production
efforts create special safety challenges.
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Editor's notes:
The Incidence Rate is computed based upon number of reportable injuries
which are based on all work-related injuries/illnesses requiring medical treatment beyond
first aid, and first aid cases involving restricted duty.
The Severity Rate is computed based upon number of workdays lost due to
work-related injury/illness.
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