Four SOCMA awards for MFG

MFG Chemical, a speciality and custom chemical manufacturer, has won four awards for plant safety and performance improvement at two of its three sites in Dalton, Georgia, from SOCMA.

The Kimberly Park plant won the Silver Award for EHS&S Planning & Operations, having completed a major improvement project to facility process equipment, piping and equipment safety systems which it said substantially improved process controls and automation; redundancy in process cooling water; and, the mitigation of risk from runaway reaction, among other things.

Kimberly Park also won a Performance Improvement Award for Stakeholder Communications based on its installation of a new key performance indicator communication board. This shows current incident rates, event descriptions, safety observation results, the training and compliance activity calendar, safety equipment information and tips, pre-shift safety moments and safe work topics.

Meanwhile, Callahan Road plant also won a Performance Improvement Award for Stakeholder Communication and another for Product Stewardship award. This, it said, “was based on comprehensive improvements to the processes used to select and approve suppliers and related logistics services”. These included a new annual review and communications process, which provides performance feedback to suppliers, with a score partly based on EHS&S performance.