Safety is of the utmost concern to Buckeye Bahamas (BORCO) and they continue to display this with their Safety Star Programme. This year was the second year of the programme which was established in 2013, and this year’s top safety employee was Mark Wilkinson from BORCO’s Warehouse Department.

“I would like to congratulate Mark for demonstrating a high level of safety consciousness in not only observing but also reporting safety issues,” said Dexter Brooks, Health, Safety, Security and Environmental (HSSE) Team Leader. “During 2014 Mark observed and reported numerous safety issues that potentially could have resulted in possible injuries to our employees and contractors. Reporting such deficiencies provides the opportunity to take corrective actions thereby avoiding possible injuries.”

The Safety Star programme was launched to promote BORCO’s ‘Safety Culture’ with management rewarding staff for their safe behaviour. Designated safety coaches have been identified within the company and assigned with the responsibility of conducting daily Safety Observation Rounds (SORs) in the workplace. During daily observations, safety coaches immediately recognise employees and contractors who show correct safety behaviours, and immediately issue lapel safety star pins along with a congratulatory safety card.
Mark Wilkinson was selected as the top safety star after the Health Safety Security Environmental (HSSE) department conducted a raffle with all safety cards issued this year. “BORCO and contract employees are encouraged to follow Mark’s example and become Safety Stars by being very observant of safety issues encountered within our facility and reporting them to Supervisors / Safety Coaches immediately,” Brooks noted. “Unsafe acts, unsafe conditions, near misses and all incidents should be reported immediately as we strive to maintain a safe and secure work environment at BORCO.”

Thanks to the Safety Star programme, potential unsafe situations are corrected immediately or temporary controls put in place to mitigate risks, thereby reducing the chance of potential incidents and/or injuries. In total, 137 Safety Stars were awarded in 2014, with 36 staff being recognised with cash incentives throughout the year for their efforts.

“BORCO believes that the safety of our employees is our most important objective and our programme to recognise these practices is meeting with great success,” said Robert Gaffney, VP International Operations. “I am very pleased with my team’s work and that we are ensuring that our facility and our employees are doing their best to work as safely as possible.”

Bahamas Oil Refining Company International Limited (“BORCO”) is the largest storage terminal facility in the Western Hemisphere, with the ability to store, heat, blend, transship, and bunker fuel oil, crude oil and various petroleum products. BORCO has 26 million barrels of storage capacity. BORCO’s facilities are strategically positioned along the Northwest Providence Channel off the southern tip of Grand Bahama Island. This location is ideally suited for blending, transshipping and terminaling operations for the Arabian Gulf, Northwest Europe and West Africa trade to the United States’ Gulf coast and East coast, as well as for North America trade to Europe, Latin America and the Pacific. The company is headquartered in Freeport, Bahamas.

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Castrol Quote of the day: January 28, 2015 "Doctors have always advised  that it's best to read the labels of everything we put into our bodies. The same is true of anything we put into our engines. We stand ready to address or assist with  anything you read on those labels that maybe confusing."

Castrol Quote of the day: January 28, 2015

"Doctors have always advised that it's best to read the

labels of everything we put

into our bodies. The same

is true of anything we put

into our engines. We stand

ready to address or assist with anything you read on those

labels that maybe confusing."

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