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Our Mission

AFPM members serve you and America by manufacturing vital products for your life every day, while strengthening America’s economic and national security.

About Our Members

  • About the Safety Awards

    The AFPM Safety Statistics and Awards Program is part of a comprehensive safety program developed by AFPM’s Safety & Health Committee to promote accident prevention in the petroleum refining and petrochemical manufacturing industries as well as the contractors supporting them.
    There are three elements of the AFPM Safety Statistics and Awards Program:

    • Collection of domestic site’s Occupational Injury & Illness statistics (OSHA 300A log) by site for both company employees and contractors (Contractor Aggregate numbers)
    • Collection of domestic and international site’s API Recommended Practices (RP) 754 Process Safety Performance Indicators for the Refining and Petrochemical Industries by site.
    • Annual AFPM Awards Program

    Safety Statistics & Awards Collection Guidance Document

    Occupational Injury and Illness Collection

    On an annual basis AFPM collects Occupational Injury & Illness data from all Regular Member Refining and Petrochemical sites.  The information collected is from a site’s OSHA 300A Summary log for both company employees and contractors (contractor aggregate).  This data is used to compile the AFPM Survey of Occupational Injuries & Illnesses (I&I Survey). 

    To participate, each company must designate a Database Administrator who is responsible for managing company access to submit and is responsible for reviewing all submissions.  Please refer to the above Guidance Document for more information or contact Anna Scherer.

    Process Safety Statistics Collection

    In 2011, AFPM began collecting Process Safety Event data from all Regular Member Refining and Petrochemical sites for inclusion in an Annual Process Safety Event Report that is given to participating companies.  Data collected is based on ANSI/API RP 754, Process Safety Performance Indicators for the Refining and Petrochemical Industries.  AFPM will begin collecting data January 2012 for calendar year 2011.  New this year, AFPM will accept a company’s international sites in addition to their domestic sites.

    To participate, each company must designate a Database Administrator who is responsible for managing company access to submit and is responsible for reviewing all submissions.  Please refer to the above Guidance Document for more information or contact Anna Scherer.

    References for Reporting Process Safety Events

    Information on Tier 1 and Tier 2 Process Safety Indicator Definitions and examples of PSEs:

    ANSI/API Recommended Practice 754, Process Safety Indicators for the Refining and Petrochemical Industries, 2010. (You may access RP 754 in a read-only platform at: http://publications.api.org/; for hard copy ordering information online: http://www.api.org/Publications/)

    API webinars on RP 754 and Frequently Asked Questions (FAQS): http://www.api.org/ehs/health/webinars.cfm  

    AFPM Guide to Reporting Process Safety Events reference section

    Safety Awards Program

    The AFPM safety awards program is open to AFPM Regular Member companies, which operate a U.S. refinery or petrochemical manufacturing plant as well as AFPM Associate Member contractors. Associate members must submit their application, which must be approved by Regular Member operating facility to be eligible for an award.