CSX Announces 2022 Chemical Safety Excellence Award Winners

CSX on July 27 announced the 54 winners of the Class I railroad’s 29th annual Chemical Safety Excellence Awards recognizing customers for their “outstanding contribution to the safe transportation of hazardous materials.”

According to CSX, the Chemical Safety Excellence Awards were presented to customers who shipped at least 600 carloads of hazardous materials with the railroad during 2022 without a release due to controllable factors. The winners, CSX, says, represent a wide range of industry segments and shipped a combined total of more than 175,000 carloads of hazard materials on the railroad’s network during the previous calendar year.

In addition, CSX presented special recognition awards to seven companies that achieved milestones of 5, 10 and 15 years without an accidental release of hazardous materials shipped on the railroad. Multi-year recognition award winners included:

• 15 Years: Occidental Chemical Corp.
• 10 Years: Green Plains Trade Group, Plains All American, and SABIC.
• 5 Years: Crestwood Services, Synagro Rail (EPIC), and Suncor Energy.

“The unrelenting safety efforts of the CSX Chemical Safety Excellence Award winners, combined with proven safety advantages of rail transportation, contribute to a sustainable supply chain that protects communities and employees,” said CSX Executive Vice President of Sales and Marketing Kevin Boone. “CSX railroaders understand that safety is an every-day, around-the-clock commitment, and we applaud our customers who stand with us through their rigorous safety programs.”