About the Safety Committee
The purpose of the Safety Committee is to provide recommendations to FHR on enhanced refinery safety programs and community initiatives. Among other initiatives, the Safety Committee helped establish the FHR telephone call-out Emergency Preparedness Network - or EPN - system.
Flint Hills Resources, in collaboration with the CAC,the city of Eagan and Qwest has introduced an Emergency Preparedness Network (EPN) that is designed to rapidly notify people in an affected area of an emergency by sending a recorded message through the telephone system.
To learn more about EPN:
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Flint Hills Resources recently achieved MNSTAR certification through Minnesota Occupational Safety and Health Administration (MNOSHA). This certification program recognizes companies where managers and employees work together to develop safety and health management systems that go beyond basic compliance with all applicable OSHA standards and result in immediate and long-term prevention of job-related injuries and illnesses.
To learn more about the MNSTAR program please visit:
http://www.dli.mn.gov/WSC/mnstar.asp »
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Recent Initiatives & Reports
Safety Committee Charter
Mike Payette and Mark Maday from Union Pacific Railroad addressed CAC Safety Committee and member questions at the October CAC meeting. Railroad safety was an inititiave identified by the Safety committee at the CAC retreat. For more detailed information, please see Approved Minutes October 13, 2008.
The Safety Committee works with Flint Hills Resources management and safety team members to monitor and improve programs that protect the community and Flint Hills Resources employees; helped establish the telephone call-out Emergency Preparedness Network - or EPN system.
