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Pasadena, Texas 77505
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Pasadena, Texas 77505
Phone: 713-645-0923
The Houston Business Roundtable is excited to announce that the Houston Safety Excellence Awards are back!
The Houston Business Roundtable and the Health and Safety Council partner together annually to recognize the contract companies and their partners in the Greater Houston Area for outstanding safety performance through HBR’s audit process and the banquet co-hosted with HASC.
2022 is the 35th anniversary of the awards that brings together chemical, refining, and energy companies on the Gulf Coast in a cooperative and collaborative effort with contract companies to improve on-site safety, reduce accidents, and, most importantly, reduce injuries to personnel.
HBR and HASC believe that the contract companies involved in this award process continue to develop and improve their safety processes year over year, creating world-class safety programs better than any other group of contractors in the world.
After canceling the audit season and Houston Safety Excellence Awards banquet for the past two years in order to be cautious of COVID-19 and its impact, we are glad to once again have you all participate in this elite process. Throughout this year’s Houston Safety Excellence Awards process, we will continue to keep health and safety at the forefront of our priorities. HBR is committed to continuing to revise the process in order to ensure the safety of all individuals involved while maintaining the quality and integrity of the safety audits.
We are now issuing the CALL FOR NOMINATIONS for the 35th annual Houston Safety Excellence Awards.
The deadline to nominate is January 5th.
The Houston Safety Excellence Awards process has brought colleagues in the Greater Houston and Gulf Coast Area together in a cooperative and collaborative way to evaluate and celebrate successes. The nearly 250 association volunteers, made up of Team Leaders, auditors, and the companies being audited, come together to share best practices that improve workers' health and safety within our industry. The process is all about innovation through collaboration, working together to improve our industry, and keeping people safe.
If your company is an HBR Member or Partner and you would like to volunteer to be an auditor, please use the following link to register.
The deadline to register as a Volunteer Auditor is February 19th.
Audit Teams will be finalized by February 20th and auditors will be notified with an email.
Volunteer Auditor RegistrationThe Houston Safety Excellence Awards is annually presented to a contractor or subcontractor in the Texas Gulf Coast Area who has achieved an outstanding record of on-the-job safety promotion and performance at a site or as a business during the year completed. The true purpose of the award process is for the participants to learn through observing and sharing of best practices.
The HBR Safety Evaluation teams annually goes through the process of selecting the best safety performers among contractors and subcontractors nominated by Owner or Contractor companies. The nominees, finalists and winners of each category are recognized during the annual Safety Excellence Awards Banquet.
A leader is selected from the owner representatives in the Health & Safety committee to lead a team for evaluating nominees in each category. Each team normally has six to ten members who evaluates the finalists to select the best performing contractor in safety activities. Each team leader has the task of selecting the finalists from all the nominated companies in his/her category.
You do not have to be a Member of HBR to nominate or to be nominated. Contractors and Subcontractors* must be nominated by a user of their services. It can be an asset owner company nominating their contractors or a contractor nominating their subcontractors. Self-nominations are not accepted.
*An administrative fee shall apply for application submissions by any company that is not a current HBR partner-subscriber. This will only apply to the award submission.
All industrial, commercial, highway heavy and utility contractors and subcontractors in the Texas Gulf Coast Area are eligible. Affiliation with Houston Business Roundtable (HBR) is not a requirement. Nominees will compete in the category they are nominated for.
This is a two step process where the initial evaluation will determine contractors eligible for final field evaluation. Safety data for the initial evaluation process will include the following:
Step 1 – Initial Submission
Contactor submit the requested information and submissions of each nominee will be measured using a score times a weighted percentage system. The top 3 or 4 scores in each category is selected for field evaluations. These will be announced at the Tailgate event on Friday, February 11th at Pasadena Fairgrounds.
Step 2 – Category Winner Selection
A field evaluation will be conducted on the finalists in each category as determined in Step 1. The field evaluation will be conducted by evaluation teams led by an owner. The field evaluation uses and objective scoring system to verify the extent and effectiveness of the contractor's safety program.
All companies that receive an evaluation will be recognized. Additionally, more than one Contractor may be recognized at the various levels. The team leader will decide on the level based on team input.
Bronze contractors are nominated by their clients.
Silver is the minimum level of recognition that will be given to a company selected as finalist. This recognition is based on the evaluation scoring and improvement opportunities. If major issues are identified during field evaluation, Bronze may be awarded.
Gold level recognition signifies that many elements of their program, both field and documentation, exceed the minimum requirements including those best practices that have been identified.
Best in Category recognition will be identified for ONE finalist company in each category.
General Contractors
Construction and Maintenance
Specialty Contractor - Hard Crafts
Mechanical, I&E, HVAC
Specialty Contractor - Soft Crafts
Insulation, Painting, Scaffolding
Specialty Contractor Environmental
Hydro Blasting, Vacuum Trucks, Chemical Cleaning
Specialty Contractors - Technical Support
Engineering, Safety, Inspection
Crane & Rigging Support
*Categories may be modified slightly depending on number and size of nominees.
| 2018 | |
| Participating Contractors | 64 |
| Total Work Hours in USA | 230 Mil |
| Total Recordable Rate | 0.32 |
| Nominated Sites | 109 |
| Site Hours | 18.7 Mil |
| Ave Site Recordable Rate | 0.03 |
A unique feature of this award process is the requirement that the "Best in Category" Contractors come to a "Best Practices" seminar and present the best practices identified by the evaluation teams as the reason for their excellent achievement. All other companies are encouraged to take these ideas back to their own companies to improve their own performance. Through the sharing of best practices the entire industry improves its safety performance. There is an attitude that is prevalent among the owners and contractors that outstanding safety is not proprietary and must be shared with others.
This award process was developed and is maintained by the HBR Safety, Health & Environmental Resource Committee that meets monthly. HBR believes that the Greater Houston Area Contractors involved in this award process have developed world class safety programs and have produced significantly better safety records than any other group of contractors in the world.
Safety, Health & Environmental Resource Committee
Third Thursday, Each Month at 8:00 a.m.
5213 Center Street, Pasadena – Upstairs Room 9
| 2022 Initial Audit Form | 2022 Safety Information Form | HSEA Nominations as of 1-14-2022 |
| 35th Annual HSEA 2021-2022 Timeline |
| 2022 Safety Award Orientation |