Safety Awards

Directors’ Award of Safety Excellence
In addition, three Australian facilities made significant progress in their safety performance.

• The Hume, ACT plant passed 2,600 days of no injuries in May 2002, marking seven years without an accident since the plant’s opening.
• The Bunbury, WA plant passed 1,160 days free of lost time accidents, surpassing its previous record of 1,069 days.
• Mayfield, NSW passed 660 days free of lost time accidents, surpassing its previous record of 344 days.
• In the U.S., Alorton, IL completed twelve months and more than 100,000 hours worked without a recordable accident and Portland, Ore., completed its eighth year without a lost time accident.

Boot Strap Awards
Boot Strap awards are based on improvement in safety performance as determined by the number of injuries and hours worked during the program year, compared to a three-year base period. In 2002, these facilities received Boot Strap awards.

• In the U.S.: Alorton, IL, Stickney, IL, Montgomery, AL, Roanoke, VA, North Little Rock, AR, Distribution Yard Services, Pittsburgh, PA, Grenada, MS, and Logansport, LA
• In Australasia: Koppers Arch locations throughout Australia
• In Europe: Scunthorpe, U.K., Port Clarence, U.K.

Milestones
In addition, three Australian facilities made significant progress in their safety performance.

• The Hume, ACT plant passed 2,600 days of no injuries in May 2002, marking seven years without an accident since the plant’s opening.
• The Bunbury, WA plant passed 1,160 days free of lost time accidents, surpassing its previous record of 1,069 days.
• Mayfield, NSW passed 660 days free of lost time accidents, surpassing its previous record of 344 days.
• In the U.S., Alorton, IL completed twelve months and more than 100,000 hours worked without a recordable accident and Portland, OR, completed its eighth year without a lost time accident.

External Safety Recognition

• Twelve Koppers U.S. plants qualified for the National Safety Council’s 2002 Excellence Achievement Award: Alorton, Ill., Clairton, Pa., Green Spring, WV, Grenada, MS, Guthrie, KY, Harmarville, PA, Portland, OR, Roanoke, VA, Superior, WI, Denver, CO, North Little Rock, AR, and Florence, SC (Criteria: Completing 12 months with a lost work case rate less than one-half the rate for its SIC Code. Each location must also demonstrate that it has systems that build a workplace culture that focuses on safety.)

• Koppers was one of 29 recipients of Norfolk Southern Railroad’s 2001 Thoroughbred Chemical Safety Awards, winning special recognition for handling at least 1,000 carloads of hazardous materials without incident. Koppers won this award in 1996 and 1997, as well.

• Koppers also won an award for safe transportation of hazardous materials on Kansas City Southern Railroad lines in 2001.

• The Stickney, IL plant received the CN Railroad’s Safe Handling Award for the third year in a row.