Our culture revolves around continuously striving for improvement while fostering a safe and compliant environment for everyone. We provide industry leading programs and trainings to ensure our employees are equipped to do their job safely and to protect the welfare of our people, contractors, and the communities in which we operate.
Our Commitment to Safety
The safety of all workers, including contractors, is of utmost importance to Buckeye.. Our Safety and Operations Management System (SOMS) Standard on contractor safety establishes clear guidelines for ensuring the safety of all workers on our Company’s premises.
Given our reliance on a variety of contractors to maintain and grow our operations, we have increased our contractor management support with more dedicated resources in our corporate health and safety, supply chain, and construction services teams. These efforts have resulted in the following contractor-level improvements:
- Improved health and safety planning;
- Increased contractor on-site auditing;
- Increased engagement with key contractors; and
- Enhanced onboarding and performance communications via our ISNetworld and contractor management portal.
Our operational safety is guided by ten elements from our Safety and Operations Management System (SOMS) that fall into one part of our ‘Plan-Do-Check-Act’ cycle. This management system framework consistently ensures we are reducing risk, maintaining safe and reliable operations, and focusing on improvement across all areas of our business. The ten elements of Buckeye’s SOMS are:
We prioritize preparedness to ensure that we have a plan of action in place to respond thoughtfully and efficiently in the event of an emergency. At Buckeye, all of our operations personnel and other designated employees, whether in the field or office, receive emergency scenario training at least once a year. We follow the National Preparedness Readiness Exercise Program (NREP) and the National Incident Management System (NIMS) as a baseline for our training framework. Our training approach is comprehensive and includes annual training for our staff, which can involve both tabletop and full-scale exercises that test our incident command capabilities.
Buckeye Receives ILTA’s 2023 Safety Excellence Award
