HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 05071985 - X.3 IN THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
OF
CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, STATE OF CALIFORNIA
In the.Matter. of Congratulating Shell
Oil Company's. Martinez Manufacturing
Complex for Successfully Completing Resolution No. 85/222
5 Million Safe Work Hours
WHEREAS Shell Oil Company's Martinez Manufacturing Complex, currently
recognized as the safest refining complex in the nation, reached another
safety milestone when its nearly 1,000 employees successfully completed
5 million work hours without a lost-time injury; and
WHEREAS this remarkable safety record started on October 4, 1982 and
has continued uninterrupted for more than 2k years - 938 days; and
WHEREAS to achieve a record of this magnitude every employee had to
become a part of the team effort; and
WHEREAS during this 5 million hour period, Complex employees have a
recordable frequency rate of only 0.52 with only 13 such injuries. That
equates to only one such injury for nearly 385,000 of work, and
WHEREAS Shell Oil Company's Martinez Manufacturing Complex has recently
received national awards from the National Petroleum Refiners Association
(NPRA), the National Safety Council (NSC) , and the Chemical Manufacturing
Association (CMA), and
WHEREAS the Complex's Chemical Plant received one of NSC's national
awards - the Award of Merit, as well as, the CMA's Certificate of Honor -
the fifth straight year CMA has honored the plant;
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of Supervisors of the County
of Contra Costa, California, hereby extends our congratulations and best
wishes to the nearly 1,000 employees who successfully completed 5 million '
safe work hours to reach this milestone.
PASSED AND ADOPTED on May 7, 1985, by the unanimous vote of the Board
Members present.
I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of a
resolution entered in the minutes of the Board of Supervisors on the date
aforesaid.
Witness my hand and the seal of the
Board of Supervisors affixed this
7th day of May, 1985
Attested: Phil Batchelor, Clerk of
the Board 'of Supervisors and County
Administrator
By �. Deputy Clerk
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