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A 90 percent process safety performance improvement over seven years is quite an achievement. We attribute this performance to executing a strong data driven strategic plan that commits us to process safety. This plan helps us identify and eliminate hazards with a comprehensive process safety management system. We learn from experience by identifying and eliminating incident causes. Examples include our award-winning programs, such as Walk the Line and Know Your Limits. But most of all, our people worldwide, who practice process safety in all they do, are responsible for this improvement.

In 2018 and 2019 we are focusing on a few key programs designed for continuous improvement:

• Developed an industry leading hazard identification and risk assessment methodology for severe weather and natural disasters.
• Increased procedural effectiveness by simplifying standard operating procedures at all manufacturing locations, and by a significant simplification of the corporate stewardship management system.

Celanese is committed to reducing process safety incidents through industry leadership by sharing our Walk the Line Program, chairing the American Chemistry Council’s Process Safety Committee and Enhancing Process Safety efforts, and through key roles in the Center for Chemical Process Safety and AIChE’s Safety and Health Division.