Neste Oil records best-ever occupational safety performance
(Thomson Reuters ONE) - Neste Oil CorporationPress Release28 January 2010 at 11.20 (EET)Neste Oil records best-ever occupational safety performanceNeste Oil's occupational safety performance during 2009 was the company'sbest-ever. A total of 3.1 total recordable injuries occurred per million hoursworked across the company, compared to 14.5 as recently as 2005. This level ofperformance puts Neste Oil among the best in Finnish industry in terms of safetyand is also good from a wider European perspective.Neste Oil's Porvoo refinery recorded 5.2 recordable injuries per million hoursworked in 2009 and its Naantali refinery 2.3. The comparable figure for theNExBTL renewable diesel construction site in Singapore was 1.31, while that forthe NExBTL plant under construction in Rotterdam was 2.77.Neste Oil's performance is excellent compared to typical safety levels in thechemical industry. Companies in the Responsible Care program coordinated by theChemical Industry Federation of Finland registered an average of 15.7 lost workday injuries per million hours worked in 2008. Corresponding statistics forNeste Oil in 2009 was 2,2."Neste Oil's position is that all incidents and injuries are preventable. I'mvery happy that our systematic safety work has yielded such good results. All ofour personnel receive safety training and safety behavior is always reviewed aspart of plant observation tours made by supervisors and other staff. We alsomeasure our safety performance very closely," says Simo Honkanen, Senior VicePresident, Sustainability and HSSE."Premium-quality operations include continuous improvement. We always aim forbetter results, as we want to ensure that our operations are safe for ourpersonnel, the environment, and our stakeholders. Any failure in this areaimpacts not only employees involved but also our financial performance, eitherin the form of additional expenses or lost revenue."Neste Oil's safety figures include both the company's own personnel and theemployees of its contractors and service providers.Neste Oil CorporationHanna MaulaDirector, Corporate CommunicationsFurther information:Hanna Maula, Director, Corporate Communications, tel. +358 (0)10 458 4618Simo Honkanen, Senior Vice President, Sustainability & HSSE, tel. +358 (0)10 4584170Neste Oil in briefNeste Oil Corporation is a refining and marketing company concentrating onlow-emission, high-quality traffic fuels. The company is the world's leadingsupplier of renewable diesel. Neste Oil's refineries are located in Porvoo andNaantali and have a combined crude oil refining capacity of approx. 260,000barrels a day. The company had net sales of EUR 15 billion in 2008 and employsaround 5,200 people. Neste Oil's share is listed on the NASDAQ OMX Helsinki.Neste Oil has been selected into the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index andawarded 'Best in Class' recognition for its social accountability by Storebrand.The company is also featured in the Ethibel Pioneer Investment Register andincluded in Innovest's Global 100 list of the world's most sustainablecorporations. Further information: www.nesteoil.com
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