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to Ensure Operating Excellence

Safe and effective operation requires robust environmental, health, safety (EHS) and security management systems. EHS expectations are set at the company level through a system that establishes our EHS requirements, embeds key processes and monitors our performance. These expectations are outlined in our EHS Policy and EHS Management Manual.

Our Vice President of Environmental, Health, Safety and Quality regularly monitors EHS performance and provides reports to Senior Leadership. The Senior Vice President of Manufacturing and Distribution leads a detailed discussion with the CF Industries Board of Directors at every meeting. Additionally, the Board receives monthly updates on EHS performance. They are supported by a team of EHS auditors who conduct audits across all CF operations to ensure that EHS risks are properly identified and managed.

Our EHS expectations are implemented at the facility levels through location-specific EHS management systems that ensure a safe, secure, productive and environmentally responsible workplace and address local EHS regulatory requirements.

Continual improvements to our safety practices are helping CF achieve year-over-year improvement in our safety performance. We’re proud to report that 2019 was the safest year in our history according to several measures.regulatory requirements.

0.48
Recordable
Incident
Rate (RIR)
0.21
DART Rate
(Days Away, Restricted
or Transferred Rate)
  • CF Industries
  • BLS Fertilizer Manufacturing

Source: Internal CF Data and U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)

In 2019, the International Fertilizer Association (IFA) introduced the Industry Stewardship Champions designation. CF joined 33 other IFA members in receiving the recognition for our efforts in promoting safety and environmental protection. The label is awarded to companies that obtained IFA’s Protect and Sustain certification for product stewardship and that participated in all of IFA’s recent benchmarks on employee safety performance, environmental performance, energy efficiency and CO2 emissions.

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CO2 Emissions

Each year, the Stephen R. Wilson Excellence in Safety Award recognizes the most impactful safety innovations developed across CF. The 2019 winner was a submission from our Ince, U.K. manufacturing facility. The electrical team at Ince recognized a risk when working on a switch gear that transforms high-voltage electricity for distribution across the site. Tasks had to be done in a specific order, and while these steps were precisely documented and personnel received extensive training, a single mistake could be extremely dangerous. The team decided to engineer the risk of human error out of the system with a mechanical interlock system. Now, an interlocking key system physically ensures that all steps are performed correctly and in the proper order, every time.

This innovative solution is being rolled out to all CF global sites. Says Kelvin Roth, Vice President, Environmental, Health, Safety and Quality, “A lot of thought went into the process, but now that it’s done, this system will keep people safe for many years to come.”

It’s really simple to operate, maintenance-free, and totally eliminates the possibility of human error.

Leigh Williams, Site Electrical Engineer