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ASSE: Valero says VPP helped its contractors

07/12/2009
Valero Energy Corp. said the Voluntary Protection Programs (VPP) helped its contractors implement comprehensive safety and health management systems. VPP is a cooperative program offered by the US Occupational Safety and Health Administration.Sean Gillilan, a senior health and safety specialist for Valero, told a meeting of the American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) that seven contractors at the company’s 205,000-b/cd Bill Greehey Refinery in Corpus Christi, Tex., achieved injury and illness rates below the national average.“The more companies that are working with successful safety and health programs, the safer the refinery will be,” Gillilan said. “The comp...
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