Process Safety
SOCMA members track and report the number of process safety incidents as part of their commitment to continuous process safety improvement. A process safety incident is an unplanned event that occurs from a manufacturing process, including fires, product spills or explosions. Although there is no federal requirement for the collection of process safety information, members from all ChemStewards® tier levels recognize the importance of tracking their performance and setting continuous improvement goals. In addition, some members have provided supplemental information which has been linked to the data.

SOCMA member companies are engaged in the production of specialty batch chemistry that ultimately leads to a wide variety of products. SOCMA member facilities range in size from a dozen employees to several thousand employees.

*SOCMA’s definition of a reportable process safety incident can be found in the metrics guidance document at Zwww.chemstewards.com
 
 
 
Report Statistics
  Average (As of 9/8/2008)
Calendar Year Process Safety Incidents
2007 0.24
2006 0.43
2005 0.20
2004 0.27

ChemStewards®


What Members Are Saying…

“When you are in the custom manufacturing business like we are, ChemStewards® makes a really big difference as you go through a customer audit.  If you don’t have a comprehensive program like this in place you often can’t get your foot in the door.  In fact, we had a customer tell us we got his business because he learned that we received an award from SOCMA for our program.”

Dave Hurder
Vice President
McGean, Inc.