VOLUME 24, ISSUE 2 — SUMMER 2019
For Employees of Petroleum Service Corporation
GETTING THE JOB DONE!
Pictured above are some of the hardworking women in our Dow LAO work group in Plaquemine, Louisiana: (l. to r.) Equipment Operator Dana Tomsik, Warehouse Tech Kimberly Williams, Training Coordinators Jamie Tate and Melissa Charlet, Warehouse Techs Amaya White and Shannon Watts, Training Coordinator Michelle Rivet, and Warehouse Techs Gloria Johnson and Teranisha Brown.
Women have always played a key role in PSC’s success, dating back to the start of the company in 1952. Our founder’s wife, Helen Haymon, typed and mailed invoices, hosted dinner parties for employees and customers, and took emergency calls during the middle of the night. When Gaston Patin joined PSC to help D.H. Haymon start the country’s first tankerman service, his wife Catherine also supported the fledgling operation by taking calls from customers. She served as a full-time dispatcher for the Louisiana Tankerman Group from 1974 to 1981, and her photo is among those on the “Wall of Honor” in our HR and Training Center in Baton Rouge. Mrs. Haymon and Mrs. Patin would likely be very proud of the women featured in this RAILROAD LEADER cover story—and all of the women who are part of the PSC family today. We have women working in a variety of field jobs: dispatchers, dock operators, equipment operators, lab Tonya Kennedy is the Site Leader of our techs, loaders, scale operators, shipping clerks, tank farm operators, and warehouse techs. ExxonMobil Lube rail switching operation in We even have a female tankerman. (Or should we say tankerwoman?) Beaumont, Texas. She joined the PSC family We also have a growing number of women serving in field leadership roles, from Leadmen in December 2017, when we took over the and Team Leaders to Safety & Training Coordinators and Supervisors. In this first of a two- switching operations at the site from another part series, we’re pleased to salute these dedicated employees who demonstrate day in contractor. and day out that they can get the job done! We’re #PSCProud of them all! Tonya has 13 years of rail switching experience, and she has worked at the IN THIS ISSUE ExxonMobil Beaumont site since 2012. “I love working with people, and I love working with railcars,” said Tonya. “I was open to the challenges that came with a job like this.” Awards Working Anniversaries Safety Stars 2019 p. 3 Women p. 10-11 p. 14 Graduates CONTINUED ON PAGE 4 p. 4-5 p. 21-23 Summer 2019 • Page 2 PSC TAILGATE
By Joel Dickerson, CEO over the past 67 years. In keeping with our MISSION STATEMENT, this healthy PSC Family, growth “will in turn create opportunities It’s an exciting time to be a part of for employees to advance and achieve the Petroleum Service Corporation! recognition and personal fulfillment they As you’ve probably heard by now, we seek.” have executed our plans to carve PSC Rest assured, PSC will continue to out of the SGS Group and into our own be a company focused on SERVANT private, standalone company. Under this LEADERSHIP and OPERATIONAL new structure, we have teamed up with EXCELLENCE. Our FAMILY CULTURE Aurora Capital Partners to support our goal has served us well for nearly seven to continue to grow PSC and expand our decades, and we will continue to strive services to meet changing industry needs. to be a company that our employees can more consistent positive feedback from We selected Aurora after several months be PROUD of and that our customers customers. Aurora recognizes that PSC of intensive interviews and investigation. value. Our top priorities will not change: is a remarkable company full of SPECIAL Aurora’s culture is an excellent fit with WORK SAFE, GROW, and CREATE PEOPLE. I can’t wait to see what the PSC’s, and the investment they are OPPORTUNITIES for our employees as future holds for our PSC FAMILY! making in our company is just what we we work together to fulfill our mission to need to accelerate our growth potential, BE THE BEST AT WHAT WE DO. Thanks for all you do to make PSC a special place to work. enhance our position as an industry leader, As we worked with Aurora to finalize and better serve our customers. our partnership, they conducted several All the best, Working together, we will be able to customer interviews to better understand reach new heights and continue to build our performance and value. They told upon the foundation we’ve established us that they had never experienced
ABOUT AURORA CAPITAL PARTNERS
Founded in 1991, Aurora is a leading middle-market private equity firm with a long and successful track record of supporting companies like PSC. Aurora’s experienced operating advisors work together with successful management teams to build market-leading companies through investments in growth initiatives, strategic positioning, and add-on acquisitions. Aurora’s investors include leading public and corporate pension funds, endowments, and foundations active in private equity investing. “PSC’s excellence in personnel and environmental safety as well as overall service quality is unmatched in the industry,” said Aurora Partner Andrew Wilson. “We are thrilled to be working SUITED UP AND READY TO GO! with Joel and his team to continue The snapshot above shows (l. to r.) Aurora Partners Matt Laycock and Andrew Wilson with PSC building out the PSC platform.” Sr. VP Adam Gilmore as they headed out to go visit some of our site operations recently. Matt and To learn more about Aurora, visit their Andrew will be leading the Aurora team working with PSC. We’re pleased to welcome them to the website at www.auroracap.com. PSC family! Summer 2019 • Page 3 AWARDS AND RECOGNITION
“40 UNDER 40” AWARD WINNER
Director of Marine Operations Josh Dixon was recently selected as a “40 Under 40 Award” winner by the Waterways Journal. The award is presented annually to young leaders who have made significant contributions to the inland marine transportation industry and collectively promise to play a big role in shaping its future. Josh was presented with his award at the 2019 Inland Marine Expo awards banquet held on May 22nd in St. Louis, Missouri. Since joining PSC in 2011, Josh has been a passionate advocate for our tankermen and other marine operations personnel. He has worked to raise the level of professionalism for our tankermen and pushed through new policies, scheduling processes, and training initiatives aimed at improving their quality of life, working conditions, and safety and Waterways Journal President Nelson environmental performance. It is for these and other reasons that PSC nominated Josh Spencer Jr. presented Josh Dixon with his for this prestigious industry award. Congratulations, Josh! “40 Under 40” award certificate.
SAFETY LEADERSHIP AWARD
GULF COAST SAFETY COUNCIL AWARDS PSC recently received a Safety Leadership Award for 2017-2018 from Signal Mutual Representing PSC at the recent Gulf Coast Safety Council Awards banquet are: (l. to r.) Director Indemnity Association Ltd., the largest self- of LA Plant Operations Michael Bordelon, Supervisor Jacob Falgoust, Supervisor Toby McDowell, insured group provider of longshore benefits in Supervisor Rhett Ratcliff, Operations Manager Phil Payton, Supervisor Roman Firmin, HSE Manager the United States. Shown accepting the award Jimmy Stockton, Site Admin Kelly Granier, and Sr. Operations Manager Jesse Fillingame. from Signal Safety Services Vice President PSC took home three first-place Safety Excellence Awards for outstanding performance Gunther Hoock are (l. to r.) Marine Operations at the following sites: Dow St. Charles in Hahnville, LA; Occidental in Taft, LA; and Director Josh Dixon, Marine Training and Compliance Manager Joann Fridge, Operations Valero St. Charles in Norco, LA. We were also nominated by our customers for Safety Manager Josh Juneau, and Marine Admin Excellence Awards for working injury-free in 2018 at the following sites: Chevron Assistant Kandis Furrate. in Pascagoula, MS; Marathon in Garyville, LA; NuStar in St. James, LA; and PBF in Chalmette, LA. We salute all the leaders and employees in these work groups for their outstanding performance and commitment to working safely. Congratulations! 20 YEARS INJURY-FREE!
Our employees in the Liquids Loading group at ExxonMobil Chemical in Baton Rouge, LA, were honored recently for achieving 20 years of safe operations with zero recordable injuries. Congratulations on this impressive milestone and for your commitment to our mission to be the best! Summer 2019 • Page 4 GETTING THE JOB DONE!
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 with PSC, Melissa decided not to go to For other women who may be considering college, opting instead to look for a good a career in industry, Tonya says the career opportunity in this industry. She opportunities are plentiful. “With the tools now has more than 11 years of service and training PSC provides, you can find with PSC and has been at the Dow site success here,” she said. since September 2017. “The best thing about this job is just being “I enjoy working in the warehouse. It’s a part of the PSC family. Anyone who has very different from the office roles that I the opportunity to come on board with this previously held. I like working so closely great family should pursue it,” she added. with the field employees,” said Melissa. “Don’t doubt yourself, don’t be scared of “Times are different, and women need the challenges, and don’t be afraid to go to make a dollar just like men. Nothing A STANDOUT EMPLOYEE for it!” separates us in this day and age. Women are capable of doing anything that men Rhonda Eschelman (pictured above, TRAINING TRIO AT DOW can do,” she added. right) works as an Environmental Technician at Dow in Beaumont, TX. She Michelle Rivet, Melissa Charlet, and “Around the company you often hear the is responsible for managing the hazardous Jamie Tate (pictured on the front cover) phrase ‘be your brother’s keeper.’ Out and non-hazardous waste generated at the serve as Training Coordinators for our here, we say to be your brother’s and site, from fluorescent bulbs and batteries team at Dow in Plaquemine, LA. sister’s keeper,” said Jamie Tate. to contaminated equipment. Michelle has been with PSC for 21 years. Jamie has a funny story about how she “Rhonda’s job is not for the faint of heart, “I started as a receptionist, then moved came to work for PSC. She had been nor is it glamorous, but regardless of the into the accounting department where working in a sales job but felt like it really task or how favorable or unfavorable it I did accounts payable,” said Michelle. wasn’t a good fit for her, and she was may be, Rhonda always puts her heart “Several years later, Joel Dickerson asked looking for something different. and soul into each task and completes it if I’d be willing to move onsite at Dow. “Joel Dickerson’s brother is my physician; with perfection in a timely manner,” said They were looking for someone to handle he delivered all my babies. I went in Supervisor Brian Bailey. all the timekeeping, payroll, and other for a checkup and mentioned that I “She’s been at this site for 14 years and administrative responsibilities.” was interested in a plant job. With the has gone through many changes. Her Working in the field environment was a experience I had in management, I felt like adaptability to change, unrivaled work very different experience for Michelle. I could make a difference,” she said. ethic and dependability, coupled with her “Coming from the office where we had Jamie sent her resume to her doctor, and wonderful and loving personality, makes mostly women to working in the field with he sent it on to Joel. In June 2016, she Rhonda such an awesome employee. PSC all men, it was quite interesting,” she said. was hired for a position as a Safety and is lucky to have her, and I’m extremely “Joe Jarreau was the supervisor here at Training Clerk for our CF Industries group grateful she’s on our team,” added Brian. that time, and I shared an office with him. in Donaldsonville, LA. In December 2017, Lisa Anderson, Dow Beaumont Site We just clicked and became very close.” she left PSC to accept a job with CF. Environmental Delivery Specialist (pictured About a year later, when Jimmy Stockton “I remember someone saying to me that above), echoed those sentiments. “I’ve moved into an HSE role in the Baton I’d bleed orange and gray if I left, and they worked with Rhonda very closely the last Rouge Office, Michelle stepped up were right.” five years. She takes her job seriously and and took over the Training Coordinator is willingly to do anything you ask of her,” position. “The job is different every single A few months later, Jamie got the chance she said. “I’m amazed at her strength and day, and I love what I’m doing,” she said. to return to PSC. “To this day, I still bleed orange and gray,” she said. stamina. She is a very compassionate and “Working in the field with mostly men thoughtful person. I’m fortunate to have and a handful of women may not be for her as a friend and a co-worker.” everyone, but I feel at home here. It’s truly like a family,” she added. “I’d encourage anyone interested in this kind of work to Pictured on the left are Alegra Lee, Victoria Hill, and Bridget Davis from our Dow work group in give it a try.” Freeport, TX. Alegra and Victoria are Warehouse For Melissa Charlet, PSC “is all I’ve ever Techs. Allegra joined the PSC family in October known.” Her father, David Webre, has 2017, and Victoria came aboard in January worked for PSC for more than 40 years. 2016. Bridget serves as a Leadman. She has Because of the successful career he’s had worked for PSC since January 2017. Summer 2019 • Page 5 GETTING THE JOB DONE!
TRAILBLAZERS IN HEBRON Ranee Williams and Sarah O’Flaherty were working for another contractor at Covestro in Hebron, Ohio when PSC took over the warehouse and packaging operations there in April 2018. Fortunately for us, they accepted our offers to join the PSC family, and they’ve been blazing the leadership trail in Hebron ever since. Ranee had been working at the site for Pictured above from our Covestro Hebron work two years and was serving as a Shift Picture above are two leaders from our group are (l. to r.) Customer Service Rep/Admin Supervisor. She continued to serve in Covestro Hebron work group: Safety & Assistant Rhonda Scheidegger, Outbound that role until earlier this summer when Training Coordinator Ranee Williams and Shift Shipping Coordinator Amanda Allen, Shift Supervisor Crissy Long, and Inbound Shipping she began transitioning into a new role as Supervisor Sarah O’Flaherty. Coordinator Kim Jacob. Safety & Training Coordinator. Sarah had one year of experience at the All three women admit that it can be site working for the previous contractor. challenging working in a male-dominated Prior to that, she had worked for three industry, but they agree that the rewards years as a Team Leader for Tractor Supply. and opportunities are there, if you’re She started out with PSC as a Warehouse willing to put in the effort. Coordinator. Last October, Sarah was “I’m new to the packaging operations, and promoted to a Shift Supervisor position for I have people on my team that have been the packaging operations. here 18-20 years,” said Sarah. “So, it’s Sarah’s promotion created an opening for challenging at times trying to supervise another woman with valuable operations them when they know more than I do, but experience to rejoin the Covestro team. they’re very open to training me on things Crissy Long had worked at the site for I don’t know.” eight years with other contractors. She Being open to help from others, having a started out as clerk in the office and commitment to learning, and confidence “JUST ME AND THE FORKLIFT” worked in a variety of jobs, including six in yourself are all important traits to have Sheila Exnicious is a Day Shipper in our years in a warehouse supervisor role. when pursuing an industrial career. Total group in Carville, LA. She’s worked “I was out on medical leave when PSC “Anyone can do any job out here. It for PSC for more than 13 years but has took over,” said Crissy. “There wasn’t a doesn’t matter if you’re a woman or a been at the site for a total of 18 years. spot open when I was cleared to return to man,” said Crissy. “I’m proof of that. “I just love driving a forklift! It gives me work until Sarah moved to packaging.” I started at the bottom and moved my peace of mind when it’s just me and the way up. I’ve never felt like I didn’t belong forklift. I think women can do a better or that I was being held back because job on the forklift than men,” said Sheila I’m a woman. Everyone has been very with a laugh. “Around here the guys will welcoming to me.” say ‘Sheila, come help us’ when they In her new training role, Ranee has had need something done. It gives me a good opportunities recently to travel to other feeling to know they depend on me. I PSC sites. “I’ve been able to learn more love all my co-workers, and they always about the work we do and network with respect me.” some of our other employees,” she said. Sheila’s advice for women considering a “This company has some of the nicest field job: “Don’t be afraid, and give it your people. Everyone wants to help you all,” she said. “And the most important succeed. It doesn’t matter who you are, thing is to do the right thing all the time, what your gender is, what site you’re at, even when no one is looking.” or the job you’re doing.” Annette Miland is one of several women in our Indorama work group in Decatur, AL. She is a Shuttle Wagon Driver. She recently celebrated Watch for more stories about PSC’s working women in our next newsletter and on our her fifth anniversary with PSC. PSC Facebook page @ facebook.com/petroleumservicecorp Summer 2019 • Page 6 SAFE SWITCHING AWARDS
At a rail operations meeting held in May, award trophies (PSC model rail cars) were distributed to the site leaders/managers of the work groups that won “Safe Switching” awards for achieving the following operating performance milestones during 2018: zero switching procedure violations that resulted in an injury; less than one behavior-based derailment per 10,000 cars shipped; zero sideswipes; and less than one property damage incident over $1,400 per 10,000 cars shipped. Congrats to the employees in these work groups for a job well done!
5TH YEAR WINNERS
Accepting a box car trophy for their sites are: TH YEAR WINNERS 6 (l. to r.) Phillip Rice (Dow – Louisville, KY); Cliff Accepting a PSCX1952 locomotive trophy for their sites are: (l. to r.) Ramsey Bascle (NuStar – St. Branin (LyondellBasell – Channelview, TX); and James, LA); Herb Ricks (CP Chem – Orange, TX); Henry Lopez (Oxy Battleground – La Porte, TX); Randy Garmon (Dow – Freeport, TX). Other Mark Hopp (Dow – La Porte, TX); David Rodriguez and Johnny Downs (CP Chem Cedar Bayou SIT – award winners not pictured are Chris Shinault Baytown, TX). (Dow West Virginia Operations) and Allen Brown (Kordsa – Chattanooga, TN).
2ND YEAR WINNERS
4TH YEAR WINNERS Accepting a tank car trophy for their sites are: (l. to r.) Daniel Moralez (Phillips 66 – Sweeny, Accepting a container car trophy for their sites are: (l. to r.) Chris Garon (Shintech – Plaquemine, TX); Virgil Parker (Olin – Freeport, TX); Michael LA); Marshall Rollins (Shintech – Freeport, TX); Jack Harris (PBF – Chalmette, LA); Phil Payton Kovarek and Chris Garis (Dow – Seadrift, TX). (Marathon – Garyville, LA and Rubicon – Geismar, LA); Mark Lake (Westlake – Plaquemine, LA); Roy Cortez (CP Chem SIT – Pasadena, TX); Stephen Williams (Shell – Geismar, LA); Billy Gaskey (Targa Resources – Mont Belvieu, TX) ; and Cliff Branin (Total – La Porte, TX). Not pictured is Glenn Colby (Covestro – New Martinsville, WV).
1ST YEAR WINNERS 3RD YEAR WINNERS Accepting a locomotive trophy for their site are: (l. to r.) Jorge Reynaga and Henry Lopez Accepting a hopper car trophy for their sites are: (l. to r.) Daniel Moralez (CP Chem Old Ocean – (OxyVinyls – Pasadena, TX). Not pictured is Sweeny, TX); Virgil Parker (Braskem Oyster Creek – Freeport, TX); Scott Plazio (Oxy – Pedricktown, Younes Kiaa (Maverick Terminals – Corpus NJ); John Jackson (Westlake – Aberdeen, MS); George Oliver (INEOS – Green Lake, TX); Patrick Christi, TX). Sons (CF Industries – Donaldsonville, LA); Robert Hebert (Olin – Plaquemine, LA). Other award winners not pictured are Sean Youngquist (LyondellBasell – Morris, IL); Jacob Falgout (Oxy – Taft, LA); and Bill Dazet (Veolia – Burnside, LA). Summer 2019 • Page 7 CONTRACTOR AWARDS & RECOGNITION
AFPM CONTRACTOR SAFETY AWARDS
At the recent American Fuel and Petrochemical Manufacturers (AFPM) national conference, PSC was awarded the Contractor Meritorious Safety Performance Award for 35 member sites. The awards are given annually to recognize contractors that have worked a minimum of 20,000 hours per calendar year at an AFPM member facility with a total recordable incidence rate of 0.6 or less, and with no workplace-related fatalities during the calendar year. We extend our congratulations to all the PSC employees at the sites listed below for their award- winning safety performance in 2018. Great job! CP CHEM SAFETY AWARD •• Braskem Oyster Creek – Freeport, TX •• INEOS – Green Lake, TX •• Chevron – Pascagoula, MS •• INVISTA – Victoria, TX At ChevronPhillips Chemical’s annual •• CITGO – Corpus Christi, TX •• LyondellBasell – Channelview, TX Contractor Safety Forum held on June 20th •• CITGO – Lake Charles, LA •• LyondellBasell – Morris, IL in Houston, TX, PSC received a Contractor •• CP Chem – Orange, TX •• Marathon – Garyville, LA Safety Excellence Award for our outstanding •• CP Chem – Pasadena, TX •• OxyChem – Deer Park, TX performance in 2018 at these Texas-based •• CP Chem Cedar Bayou – Baytown, TX •• OxyChem – Pasadena, TX sites: Orange Plant and SIT Yard, Pasadena SIT, Cedar Bayou Plant and SIT, and Old Ocean •• CP Chem Old Ocean – Sweeny, TX •• PBF – Chalmette, LA Plant and SIT. •• Dow – Deer Park, TX •• PBF – Paulsboro, NJ •• Dow – Kankakee, IL •• Shell – Geismar, LA Pictured above at the awards presentation •• Dow – La Porte, TX •• Shell– Convent, LA are (l. to r.) CP Chem Rail Services Managers •• Dow – Louisville, KY •• Total – Carville, LA Samantha Norris and Jill Lumsden with Sr. •• Dow – Seadrift, TX •• Total – La Porte, TX Operations Manager Cliff Branin, Operations •• Dow St. Charles – Hahnville, LA •• Valero – Texas City, TX Manager Billy Gaskey, and VP Marsha Ramsey. •• ExxonMobil BRPO – Baton Rouge, LA •• Valero St. Charles – Norco, LA Congratulations to all of our employees at •• ExxonMobil Refinery – Baytown, TX •• Westlake – Aberdeen, MS these sites for operating injury-free in 2018! •• ExxonMobil Refinery – Beaumont, TX •• Westlake – Plaquemine, LA •• Flint Hills Resources – Corpus Christi, TX GLOBAL OPERATIONS EXCELLENCE
GBRIA CONTRACTOR SAFETY AWARD
Supervisor Jonathon Sparacino from our Representing PSC at the recent Greater Baton Rouge Industry Alliance (GBRIA) awards banquet ExxonMobil BRCP work group in Baton were: (l. to r.) Supervisor Robert Hebert, Supervisor Neil Hoover, Site Manager Nathan Jarreau, Rouge, LA was invited to represent PSC Supervisor Mark Lake, Sr. Operations Manager Jesse Fillingame, Operations Manager Phil Payton, at a Global Operations Exellence awards HSE Manager Jimmy Stockton, and Operations Manager Bill Dazet. banquet held on March 16th. He is pictured above with ExxonMobil BRCP Plant Manager PSC received a second-place Contractor Safety Award in the Specialty Craft Division. Dave Lueke, who recognized PSC for our We were nominated for this award for outstanding safety performance during 2018 with work in the Vistalon Finishing Unit (VFU) zero recordable injuries at the GBRIA member facilities listed below: during a restructuring of the unit in 2018. The restructuring required PSC to rewrite 64 new •• Delek – Krotz Springs, LA •• Olin – Plaquemine, LA procedures for the packaging and warehouse •• Dow – Plaquemine, LA •• Rubicon – Geismar, LA operations. In spite of all the changes, PSC’s •• ExxonMobil BRPO - Baton Rouge, LA •• Shell – Convent, LA VFU team had record-breaking production runs •• Honeywell – Geismar, LA •• Shell – Geismar, LA during the year, while also reducing scrap/ •• INEOS – Plaquemine, LA •• Westlake – Plaquemine, LA recyclable rubber. Great job! Summer 2019 • Page 8 IT’S BEEN A GREAT RIDE!
Cordell Haymon asked to write one last column for The Connection before moving ahead with his plans to retire from PSC. A retirement celebration will be held at a later date with our senior leadership team. Cordell, we thank you for your leadership and dedication through the years and wish you much happiness and fulfillment in retirement!
This is a time of than to see the outstanding leadership of this company and supported me in my transition for PSC, an that has grown up within PSC. The career. There are far too many for me to exciting time of bright longevity and constancy of our leadership name individually in this space, but I hope promise for the future. is one of our greatest assets. Indeed, you all know how appreciative I am for the This feels like the right my faith in the ability of this leadership many ways you have helped me and PSC. time for my personal to propel the company into the future I am grateful for the love and support I transition as well, gives me great confidence as I go into received from my parents, Derryl and and I have recently retirement. Helen Haymon, the founders of PSC who announced my retirement from PSC after Over the years we have faced many established the base upon which this 54 years of service. challenges, and you will continue to face outstanding company has grown. I was We had three employees when I started challenges in the future. We have learned blessed to have had the opportunity to in 1965, and we have more than 3,500 that in adversity are often the seeds of work with my Dad, my brothers, and my today. To say the least, it has been a opportunity, and we have responded to son. I am also deeply grateful to my wife remarkable journey. As I look back, I take these challenges by upping our game and Ava for her support of me and our children great pride in the company we have been ultimately accelerating our growth. through many often difficult years of and the company we have become. Our In the early days of the company, I knew building the company. core values came from our family: to apply our employees personally, and there was I am also pleased to have worked with hard work, intelligence, determination and a strong sense of caring for each other Joel Dickerson and the amazing group of optimism to be the best we could be. I am within the PSC family. As we have grown leaders now at the helm of PSC. Under extremely gratified to say that these core much larger in recent years, I am happy their leadership, PSC is well positioned for values are still at the heart of PSC. to say that we have not lost this essential the future. The mission statement that our employees quality, and I still see PSC as a company As for me, I will continue to have an office created nearly 25 years ago has guided that cares for each other as well as for our at PSC and serve as a consultant. I will be us well through the years. While what we customers. happy to be of help anytime my ideas and do has changed some over time as we Speaking of customers, I want to experience would be useful. It has been have grown and the industry has evolved, acknowledge the many ways in which a great ride, and I will always appreciate the commitment to “be the best at what our customers have enabled our success, the past and present employees of PSC, we do” remains strong in every aspect of not only by giving us opportunities, whose excellent work has made our PSC (operations, business development, but by challenging and assisting us to success possible and will be the key to human resources, finance, safety and continuously improve. They have trusted the company’s success in the future. administration), and the industry has our ability to learn and improve and to recognized this excellence by making us work with integrity. the preferred provider of our services. At this time of transition, I have been Our company’s growth has created reflecting on the many PSC employees, many opportunities for our employees to family members, and friends who have develop and advance in their own careers, contributed to the growth and success and nothing gives me more satisfaction
This snapshot is from the Spanish Town Mardi This photo, taken at the 2006 PSC Leadership Social and Awards Banquet, shows Cordell with his Gras party at our Baton Rouge office in 2015. wife Ava and his parents, Helen and Derryl Haymon. Here’s a toast to much more fun in retirement! Summer 2019 • Page 9 A HOT & SPICY SEND-OFF FOR PHIL
PSC employees, customers, friends and Academy (TCA). The strong reputation family of Phil Johnson gathered together PSC has earned for excellent service, on June 11th at our Pasadena Office for a safety, and environmental protection is crawfish boil celebrating Phil’s retirement due in large part to the foundation Phil from PSC after more than 40 years of helped to build and the leadership he service. Shown here are some photos provided through the years. taken during the festivities. Thank you, Phil, for your service and Phil was instrumental in helping us expand contributions to PSC. Maybe now you can PSC’s tankerman services to Texas enjoy pursuing some other fun activities and beyond, and he played a key role in on the water! helping us establish our Tankerman Career
Phil was presented with a variety of “toys” to keep him busy in retirement, along with a few vintage PSC “hardhat man” keepsakes! Phil’s wife Shirley and their two sons and grandson joined in the celebration.
ANOTHER FOND FAREWELL
Here are a few photos taken during a send-off party for Director of Louisiana Plant Operations Joel Prejean, held at our Baton Rouge Office on April 5th. Joel left PSC to accept a position with one of our customers, as the Site Services Manager at Shintech in Plaquemine and Addis, LA. We thank Joel for more than 11 years of service to PSC and wish him much success in his new role! Summer 2019 • Page 10
ANNIVERSARIES (2ND QUARTER 2019)
40 YEARS •• Thomas Casto – Dow West Virginia •• Nelson Johnson – Dow, Plaquemine, LA Operations •• Roy Davis – Westlake, Plaquemine, LA •• Troy Jones – Indorama, Decatur, AL •• Steve Cephus – Total, Carville, LA 30 YEARS •• Joseph Keefer – Dow, Seadrift, TX Quincy Crittendon – Indorama, Decatur, •• John Lopez – Dow, Plaquemine, LA •• •• Kim Kornfeld – Gulf Gateway Terminal, AL New Orleans, LA 20 YEARS Donald Davidson – Dow, Freeport, TX •• •• Jordan Landry – INEOS, Plaquemine, LA •• Jamie Chabaud – Total, Carville, LA Glenn Davis – Indorama, Decatur, AL •• •• Daniel Manry – CF Industries, •• Debra Dennis – Marathon, Garyville, LA •• Michelle Davis – Pasadena Office Donaldsonville, LA •• Eric Garon – Dow, Plaquemine, LA •• Andre Davis – ExxonMobil BRPO, Baton •• Paul Mason – Indorama, Decatur, AL Rouge, LA •• Herman Lewis – Marathon, Garyville, LA •• Annette Miland – Indorama, Decatur, AL Khalon Dennie – Memphis Tankerman •• Darrell Reulet – Dow St. Charles, •• •• Dwight Mitchell – Indorama, Decatur, AL Hahnville, LA Group •• Alfred Montgomery – Houston Dock •• Frederick Dubose – Indorama, Decatur, AL 15 YEARS Group Bictor Ezeff – ExxonMobil BRPO, Baton •• Wilson Bower – Baton Rouge Office •• •• Johntel Moore – ExxonMobil Chemical, Rouge, LA •• Robert Desoto – Port Arthur Tankerman Baton Rouge, LA Jimmy Farmer – LA Tankerman Group Group •• •• Peter Nessa – INEOS, Green Lake, TX Lawrence Francis – Houston Tankerman •• Garland Johnson – MS/AL Tankerman •• •• Tandy Nicholas – Indorama, Decatur, AL Group Group •• Claude Nixon – LA Tankerman Group •• Roosevelt McKenzie – Oxy, Pasadena, TX •• Gregory Gamble – Indorama, Decatur, AL •• George Oliver – INEOS, Green Lake, TX •• David Parker – ExxonMobil BRPO, Baton •• Charles Gentry – Dow, Louisville, KY •• Samuel Persinger – Dow West Virginia Rouge, LA Freddie Gilchrist – Indorama, Decatur, AL •• Operations •• Brian Roy – CITGO, Lake Charles, LA Adam Gilmore – Pasadena Office •• •• Jeremy Potter – Dow West Virginia 10 YEARS •• Jeffrey Gonzales – ExxonMobil, Baytown, Operations TX •• Daniel Edwards – LA Tankerman Group •• Travelco Powell – LA Dock Group Patrick Grace – ExxonMobil Chemical, •• James Hoppe – CF Industries, •• •• Arron Pritchard – Dow St. Charles, Baton Rouge, LA Donaldsonville, LA Hahnville, LA Patrick Green – Indorama, Decatur, AL •• Samuel Spivey – Dow, Plaquemine, LA •• •• Julian Puryear – Indorama, Decatur, AL •• Ernesto Taylor – Houston Tankerman •• Gary Hampton – Indorama, Decatur, AL Decatur Group •• Thomas Harleaux – Dow, Plaquemine, LA •• Rodney Puryear – Indorama, Decatur, AL •• Kellan Templet – CF Industries, •• Gregory Hawkins – Shell, Geismar, LA •• Dominic Pye – CF Industries, Donaldsonville, LA Donaldsonville, LA •• Brandon Head – Dow Houston Hub •• Michael Wilson – ExxonMobil Chemical, Jacob Quitugua – Total, La Porte, TX •• Justin Hebert – Dow St. Charles, •• Baytown, TX Hahnville, LA •• Brian Reyes – Dow, Seadrift, TX 5 YEARS •• James Herman – INEOS, Green Lake, TX •• Jacob Reynolds – Dow, Seadrift, TX •• Friderick Abernathy – Indorama, Decatur, •• Larry Hodges – Indorama, Decatur, AL •• Mario Rivera – Total, La Porte, TX AL •• Troy Hollins – Dow, Plaquemine, LA •• John Robertson – LyondellBasell, •• Kwame Afrane – Valero, Texas City, TX Channelview, TX •• William Hurst – Indorama, Decatur, AL •• Andre Arcement – CF Industries, Christopher Robinson – Indorama, •• Bradley Jarmon – Indorama, Decatur, AL •• Donaldsonville, LA Decatur, AL •• William Atkins – Dow, Freeport, TX •• Jesse Belcher – Dow West Virginia Operations •• Matthew Bourg – LA Dock Group •• Justin Brooks – Houston Tankerman Group •• Jeremy Buckner – Houston Tankerman Group •• Hancel Buras – LA Tankerman Group •• Christopher Campbell – Olin, Freeport, TX •• Francisco Cantu – Corpus Christi Tankerman Group We have a long list of employees from our Indorama work group in Decatur, AL who were honored recently for five years of service. They joined PSC for the startup of our operations at the •• Gerardo Cardoza – Dow, Freeport, TX site. They are pictured above with other members of our Indorama team. What a great group of dedicated employees! Summer 2019 • Page 11 ANNIVERSARIES
5 YEARS (continued)
•• Jaime Salazar – INEOS, Green Lake, TX •• Louis Salvatore – PBF, Paulsboro, NJ •• Oliver Savage – Indorama, Decatur, AL •• Kristy Schexnayder – Baton Rouge Office •• Henry Sigue – Shintech, Plaquemine, LA •• Larry Simpson – Total, La Porte, TX •• Phillip Smith – Indorama, Decatur, AL •• Joshua Smith – LA Tankerman Group Darrell “T-Doc” Reulet from our Dow St. Charles work group in Hahnville, LA was honored recently for 20 years of service. He is pictured above (3rd from right) with Director of Louisiana •• Jennifer Spears – Valero, Corpus Christi, Plant Operations Michael Bordelon, Safety and Training Supervisor Roman Firmin, Operations TX Manager David Webre, Supervisor Kenny Morvant, Operations Manager Jason Blanchard, and Sr. •• Brandon Speegle – Indorama, Decatur, AL Operations Manager Jesse Fillingame. •• Victor Stueve – Dow, Louisville, KY •• Joshua Vergara – Dow, Freeport, TX •• Michael Whitney – Chevron, Pascagoula, MS •• Lajohn Wilson – TPC, Houston, TX •• Christopher Woodhouse – CP Chem Old Ocean, Sweeny, TX •• Preston Wray – ExxonMobil Chemical, Baytown, TX Herman Lewis from our Marathon work group in Garyville, LA was honored recently for 20 years of service. He is pictured above (center) with Sr. Operations Manager Jesse Fillingame, Safety Coordinator George Maurin, Supervisor Toby McDowell, Operations Manager Phil Payton, Training Coordinator T.J. Giancontieri, Site Admin Kelly Granier, and Operations Specialist Mike Ellis.
Sr. Operations Manager Eric Garon was honored recently on his 20th anniversary with PSC. He is pictured above (2nd from left) with Sr. Operations Manager Jesse Fillingame, Marine Dispatch Manager Clint Brown was honored recently on his 20th anniversary with PSC. CEO Joel Dickerson, and Director of LA Plant He’s pictured above (third from left) with Dispatch Admin Taylar Landry, Director of Marine Operations Michael Bordelon. Operations Josh Dixon, Operations Manager Jimmy Horn, Meredith Brown (Clint’s wife), and Operations Manager Josh Juneau.
Jamie Chabaud from our Total work group in Carville, LA was honored recently on her 20th anniversary with PSC. She is pictured (center) with Sr. Operations Manager Jesse Fillingame, Debra Dennis from our Marathon work group in Garyville, LA was honored recently for 20 years Scott Charlet (Jamie’s boyfriend), Jessica of service. She is pictured above (4th from right) with Director of LA Plant Operations Michael Becht, Supervisor Trent Becht, Elsie Webre, Bordelon, Operations Specialist Mike Ellis, Lisa Poche Calhoun (Debra’s sister), Sr. Operations Supervisor Allen Wingert, and Operations Manager Jesse Fillingame, Safety Coordinator George Maurin, Training Coordinator T.J. Manager David Webre. Giancontieri, and Operations Manager Phil Payton. Summer 2019 • Page 12 LEADERSHIP PROMOTIONS & CHANGES
The information listed below was compiled from interoffice emails and personnel action reports (PARs) processed by our HR team between March 12, 2019 and June 27, 2019.
Diego Silva has been promoted to Senior position as Plant Supervisor. He has nearly Connie Breaud has been promoted to Operations Manager for Texas Plant three years of service with PSC and had Administrative Services Supervisor for our Operations. Since returning to PSC in 2018, been working as a floating supervisor. ExxonMobil BRPO group in Baton Rouge, LA. Connie has more than 18 years with PSC Diego had been serving as an Operations Jeremy Sherman has been promoted to a and was previously serving as the Shipping Manager for our Houston-area Dow and Oxy Plant Supervisor role in our new Indorama Clerk at the site. work groups and Shintech in Freeport. Diego group in Westlake, LA. He had been serving had previously worked for PSC from 2010 to as a Loader. He joined PSC in April 2017. Jay Gibson has been promoted from 2012, leading a variety of plant start-ups. Leadman to Safety and Training Supervisor Paul Cooper and Resinald Davis have been at the CP Chem Old Ocean site in Sweeny, Tracy Casebonne has been promoted promoted to Plant Supervisor roles in our TX. He joined PSC in August 2017. to Senior Manager of Contracts, Risk, Dow group in Plaquemine, LA. Resinald had and Insurance. She had been serving as been a Day Staff Trainer. He has 11 years Scott Medine has been promoted from Contracts Manager. She has been with PSC of service. Paul had been serving as Safety Leadman to Operations Coordinator in our for more than 27 years. and Training Coordinator. He joined PSC Occidental group in Convent, LA. Scott has Sean Youngquist has been promoted to in December 2018 after working at Union been with PSC for more than 40 years. an Operations Manager role for our non- Pacific for seven years. Desmond Lagway has been promoted from Gulf region. Sean began his PSC career in Dustin Tingle has been promoted from Leadman to Safety and Training Coordinator 2015 as the Site Supervisor for a terminal Team Leader to Safety and Training at StoltHaven in Channelview, TX. He has operation in Joliet, IL. Prior to this promotion, Specialist in our Dow Plaquemine group. He more than a year of service. he was serving as the Site Supervisor of our joined PSC in December 2018. LyondellBasell work group in Morris, IL. Alyssa Chambers has been promoted to Also at Dow Plaquemine, Brandon Brown a Contracts Lead position in our Pasadena With Sean’s promotion, Deirk Feiner has has been promoted from Leadman to Office. She joined PSC in 2014 and had been been hired to fill the Site Supervisor role at Operations Coordinator. He joined PSC in serving as a Procurement Specialist. LyondellBasell in Morris. Deirk had been December 2010. working as a Production Supervisor for Michael Aulich, Brandon Chews, and Sonoco in Illinois. Brandon Head has been promoted to a Adam Rowan have been promoted to Plant Supervisor role in our Dow group in Team Leader roles in our Dow Plaquemine Sean Hanus has been hired as an La Porte, TX. He had been serving in a Team group. They were all serving as Equipment Operations Supervisor for our Jefferson Leader position at Dow in Deer Park. He Operators at the site. Michael has been with Energy group in Beaumont, TX. Sean comes joined PSC in April 2014. PSC since November 2017. Brandon has to PSC from Savage, where he had been more than a year of service, and Adam joined Sean Lowe has been named Safety and working as an Operations Manager. PSC in February 2019. Training Supervisor for our LyondellBasell Frank Richard has transferred to our Gulf group in Channelview, TX. He had been David Wakley has been promoted from Gateway Terminal group in New Orleans, LA serving as a floating supervisor. He joined Leadman to Team Leader in our Covestro to serve as Site Supervisor. Frank has been PSC in October 2018. group in Hebron, OH. He joined the PSC with PSC since April 2013. He had been family in April 2018. serving as the Supervisor for our Diamond Brandon Segura has transferred to our Green operation in Norco, LA. new ExxonMobil work group in Joliet, IL to Craig King has been promoted from accept a promotion to Plant Supervisor. He Leadman to Team Leader in our Dow Deer With Frank’s move, Terry Adams has been had been working as a Team Leader in our Park work group. He has almost six years of promoted from Leadman to Plant Supervisor Chevron group in Pascagoula, MS. He joined service with PSC. at Diamond Green. He has six years of PSC in March 2014. service with PSC. Gerardo Guel has been promoted from Ryan Moore has been promoted from Washrack Operator to Team Leader at Dow Derrick Garcia has moved into a Plant Leadman to Plant Supervisor for our in Freeport, TX. He has been with PSC since Supervisor role for our LyondellBasell group Westlake group in Aberdeen, MS. He joined November 2015. in La Porte, TX. He had been serving as a the PSC family in October 2016. floating supervisor. Derrick has been with Bryan Chenevert and Cedrick Holmes have PSC for more than six years. Rashund Harrison was recently hired as the been promoted from Warehouse Technician Site Supervisor for our Shintech work group to Team Leader roles in our ExxonMobil Jose Rodriguez has been promoted to a in Addis, LA. He comes to PSC from the Chemical group in Baton Rouge, LA. They Plant Supervisor position in our Phillips 66 Canadian National Railway where he worked both have one year of service. group in Sweeny, TX. He had been serving as a Terminal Trainmaster. as Safety and Training Supervisor for our CP Jessie Johnson has been promoted from Chem Old Ocean group. He joined PSC in Lon Vicknair has joined PSC as the Safety Leadman to Team Leader in our ExxonMobil October 2012. and Training Supervisor for our ExxonMobil Chemical group in Baytown, TX. Jessie Chemical group in Baton Rouge, LA. He joined PSC in December 2017. Eric Thomas has transferred to our Covestro comes to PSC following 19 years of military work group in Baytown, TX to accept a service in the Navy. Summer 2019 • Page 13 LEADMAN PROMOTIONS
Congratulations to the following employees who were recently promoted to Leadman roles in their respective work groups. We wish them much success in their new leadership positions!
•• Evan Achord – Occidental, Convent, LA •• Christian Hernandez – ExxonMobil •• Jairus Raymond – Dow, Plaquemine, LA •• Trussell Beatrous – Gulf Gateway Chemical, Baytown, TX •• Karlesio Richardson – Shintech, Terminal, New Orleans, LA •• Clayton Hilton – Jefferson Energy, Plaquemine, LA •• Leighton Canal – Diamond Green, Beaumont, TX •• Jerome Robison – Olin, Plaquemine, LA Norco, LA •• Noe Hinojosa – Dow, Deer Park, TX •• Jock Robison – Total, La Porte, TX •• Jeremy Canterbury – Dow West Virginia •• Melissa Huvar – Braskem, Seadrifft, TX •• Rosario Rodriguez – OxyVinyls, Operations •• Avery Jackson – CP Chem Cedar Bayou, Pasadena, TX •• Zachary Chauvin – Shell, Geismar, LA Baytown, TX •• Andrew Sanchez – Dow, Plaquemine, •• Shane Duncan – CP Chem Old Ocean, •• Kyle Kimble – Dow, Plaquemine, LA LA Sweeny, TX •• Ryan Kocke – CF Industries, •• Allen Saucedo – CP Chem, Old Ocean, •• Benjamin Ducote – Rubicon, Geismar, Donaldsonville, LA TX LA •• Luis Luna – Flint Hills Resources, Corpus •• Zechariah Shores – CP Chem, Orange, •• Melissa Duhe – Marathon, Garyville, LA Christi, TX TX •• Lorenzo Fernandez – Dow, Plaquemine, •• Jesse Mason – Dow, Seadrift, TX •• Lavel Smith – CP Chem, Pasadena, TX LA •• Carlos Northern – Shintech, Plaquemine, •• Michael Stafford – Occidental, Convent, •• Joshua Garza – Valero, Corpus Christi, LA LA TX •• Nathan Oliver – Maverick, Corpus •• Joseph Starns – Dow, Plaquemine, LA •• Allen Gaulden – Dow, Plaquemine, LA Christi, TX •• Jarrett Taylor – Shintech, Addis, LA •• Kelvin Graves – LyondellBasell, La Porte, •• Marteece Pennington – Dow, •• Aaron Toliver – Valero, Corpus Christi, TX Plaquemine, LA TX •• Adrian Gutierrez – Olin, Freeport, TX •• Melvin Randall – Gulf Gateway Terminal, •• Kendall Twillie – Gulf Gateway Terminal, •• Roosevelt Harris – Shintech, Addis, LA New Orleans, LA New Orleans, LA •• Asa Walker – CP Chem Cedar Bayou, Baytown, TX •• James Whitworth – Westlake, WELCOME TO THE PSC FAMILY! Aberdeen, MS •• Jason Wilkinson – CITGO, Lake Charles, LA Bill joined PSC in April after wrapping up a distinguished career spanning more than 30 years with Dow Chemical. After starting out as a chemist, Bill served in leadership roles IN MEMORIAM at Dow sites in Freeport and Houston, Texas before transferring to Dow in Plaquemine, Our PSC family is mourning the recent Louisiana in 2004 to accept the role of deaths of three employees: Chemicals Site Logistics Leader. He later served as the Site Logistics Operations D’Angelo Godfrey passed away on June Leader until 2015, when he was promoted to 23rd. He was a Loader in our GT Logistics Site Logistics Operations Regional Director group in Port Arthur, TX. He joined PSC in (Americas). October 2018. Bill is a graduate of the University of Florida, Devantè Turner passed away on June 23rd. where he earned a Bachelor’s degree in He was as a Loader in our Total work group Chemistry. He also holds a Master’s degree in Carville, LA. He joined the PSC family in We are pleased to welcome Bill Myers to in Environmental Engineering from the November 2018. the PSC family as Vice President of Special University of Houston. Tony Randle passed away on July 7th. He Projects. In this role, Bill is responsible for had recently returned to PSC to accept a helping to evaluate and execute potential A native of California, Bill spent his childhood Switchman position in our LyondellBasell service expansion projects, and leading in St. Augustine, Florida, before moving to group in La Porte, TX. He had previously the effort to expand PSC’s use of business Texas to begin his career with Dow. He and worked for PSC from 2005 to 2008. intelligence and data systems as part of our his wife Linda currently live in Baton Rouge ongoing commitment to continuous quality with their teenage daughter. They also have We express our condolences to the family, improvement. two adult children and three grandchildren. friends, and co-workers of these employees. Summer 2019 • Page 14 SAFETY STARS
This column is dedicated to recognizing Shane Cates is a Process Operator in our Raven work group employees who have made a difference in Baytown, Texas. He was walking around an area in the plant on the safety front and sharing that is under construction and noticed an unguarded motor was other safety-related news items and disconnected and running at full speed. He immediately reported achievements in the PSC family. In the issue, and it was later discovered that there was no lock-out/ this issue, two of our recent Hazard tag-out order, and no one knew the motor was running. Shane’s Recognition Program winners share their actions easily prevented a serious injury. approach to working safely and why “There’s always something everywhere we go. If you get complacent, you’re not paying safety is important to them. If you have a attention. If you’re not aware of your surroundings or mindful of it, something is going to “Safety Star” in your work group who you reach out and get you,” said Shane. think is deserving of the spotlight, please contact Senior OE Manager Robert Franks “My goal is to go home every night to my kids and my wife. If you pay attention and via email to [email protected]. slow down and think about what you’re doing and your different steps, you’re going to catch most of things that are going to harm you,” he added.
Leadman Christian Hernandez from our ExxonMobil work group in Baytown, Texas noted that the switching list had orders to set aside a damaged railcar by itself, so that the repair crew could work on it the following day. He noticed the issue was a bad hand brake. If the car had been left alone, it could have rolled over and caused an injury or property damage. Recognizing this hazard, he came up with a plan to set the car out with another AN IMPRESSIVE MILESTONE! one to ensure it was secure. “Everybody who trained me at PSC was always Safety Supervisor Juan Mejorado Congratulations to the employees in our Shell telling me you have to stop, look at this. Make sure presents Christian Hernandez work group in Geismar, Louisiana who recently (above right) with his recent Hazard that it’s safe, and it’s not going to hurt us—even if marked 23 years of safe operation with zero Recognition award. recordable injuries. Each employee received an it takes a little bit more time,” said Christian. “Now Arctic cooler in recognition of this achievement. whenever I get a new person to train, I try to do Great job! #GoalZero #PSCMilestones the same thing. I sometimes show them things they’ll see once in a year or every few years. But at least it’s in their minds to keep an eye out for it.” For Christian, the most important thing is to make sure that no one gets hurt. “The main reason to work safe is to ensure that everybody goes home the same way they came in. They might go home tired, but at least we’re able to go home the same way we arrived,” he added. #HazardRecognition
SILVER EAGLE & GOOD CATCH AWARDS AT DOW SEADRIFT
Three PSC employees were recently honored by our customer as part of a new safety excellence program at Dow in Seadrift, Texas. In the first photo above, Dow Logistics Operations Leader Heather Bland is shown with Kevin Whitworth, who was presented with the “Silver Eagle” traveling trophy for “extreme ownership, safe behaviors, and a caring attitude.” In the center photo, Dow Site Logistics leader Joe Smith presents Zac Balfanz with a silver dollar “good catch” award. In the photo on the right, Joe Smith presents David Rodriguez with a silver dollar “good catch” award. Congratulations to these employees, and thanks for all you do to make our workplaces safer! #SafetyFirst #EagleEye Summer 2019 • Page 15 RECENT SAFETY MILESTONES
NO RECORDABLES YRS NO RECORDABLES (CONT’D) YRS NO DOCK SPILLS YRS Shell – Convent, LA 23 Valero – Three Rivers, TX 4 NuStar – St. James, LA 9 Marathon – Garyville, LA 20 Westlake – Plaquemine, LA 4 Valero – Corpus Christi, TX 9 LA Dock Group 16 CP Chem Old Ocean – Sweeny, TX 3 Delek – Krotz Springs, LA 6 Oil Tanking – Texas City, TX 16 Oxy – Pedricktown, NJ 3 Gulf Gateway Terminal – New 6 Orleans, LA LBC – Houston, TX 12 Braskem Oyster Creek – Freeport, 2 Motiva – Port Arthur, TX 12 TX PBF – Chalmette, LA 6 CP Chem – Orange, TX 11 Dow – Kankakee, IL 2 INEOS – Green Lake, TX 5 NuStar – St. James, LA 9 DRP – Gibbstown, NJ 2 ExxonMobil – Beaumont, TX 3 CF Industries – Donaldsonville, LA 1 CP Chem Cedar Bayou SIT – 8 NorthStar – East Fairview, ND Baytown, TX Raven – Baytown, TX 2 Kordsa – Chattanooga, TN 7 Covestro – Hebron, OH 1 Covestro – Baytown, TX 6 NO TANKERMAN SPILLS YRS Indorama – Westlake, LA 1 Delek – Krotz Springs, LA 6 MS/AL Tankerman Group 9 INEOS – Channahon, IL 1 CITGO – Lake Charles, LA 5 Houston Tankerman Group 5 Indorama – Decatur, AL 5 Maverick Terminals – Corpus Christi, 1 LA Tankerman Group 4 TX INEOS – Green Lake, LA 5 Upper Ohio Tankerman Group 3 Dow – Deer Park, TX 4 Memphis Tankerman Group 1 Kentucky Tankerman Group 4 TPC – Houston, TX 1 * For the reporting period 3/1/19 to 6/30/19.
HAZARD RECOGNITION PROGRAM WINNERS We’re pleased to shine the spotlight on the award winners for our Hazard Recognition Program during the 1st quarter of 2019. Each employee listed below received a $150 “Silver”award for their winning submissions. Employees highlighted in orange were selected as “Gold” level winners for the quarter, and they each received an additional $500 award. Congratulations to all and thanks for your efforts to make our workplaces safer for everyone!
•• Ryant Anderson – Marathon, Garyville, •• Sean Gilder – ExxonMobil, Beaumont, •• Jerome Robison – Olin, Plaquemine, LA LA TX •• Barrette Sardinea – CP Chem Old •• Zac Balfanz – Dow, Seadrift, TX •• Darren Grigsby – TPC, Houston, TX Ocean, Sweeny, TX •• Mason Boggess – Dow West Virginia •• Brandon Head – Dow, Deer Park, TX •• Kyle Saunders – Covestro, Hebron, OH Operations •• Christian Hernandez – ExxonMobil, •• Zack Stacey – Valero, St. Charles, LA •• Milton Brewer – CP Chem Old Ocean, Baytown, TX •• Brian Taylor – CP Chem, Pasadena, TX Sweeny, TX •• Jonathan Jacobs – CP Chem, Pasadena, •• Tyler Vickers – ExxonMobil Chemical, •• Shane Cates – Raven, Baytown, TX TX Baton Rouge, LA •• Will Caudill – Dow West Virginia •• Leon Mason – LA Sugar Refining, •• Thomas Villarreal – Dow, Seadrift, TX Operations Gramercy, LA •• Anthony Villatoro – Shintech, Freeport, •• Chris Cook – Westlake, Plaquemine, LA •• Joshua Middleton – Formosa, Point TX •• Terrence Cornett – Dow, Louisville, KY Comfort, TX •• Tristan Ward – Dow St. Charles, •• Kenneth Dean – LyondellBasell, •• Ryan Moore – Westlake, Aberdeen, MS Hahnville, LA Channelview, TX •• Brett Moree – ExxonMobil Chemical, •• Corey Wiggins – LyondellBasell, •• Brandon Dodson – Chevron, Baton Rouge, LA Channelview, TX Pascagoula, MS •• Jonathan Muller – CP Chem Cedar •• Sean Ewing – LA Tankerman Group Bayou, Baytown, TX •• Alfredo Garcia – Covestro, Baytown, •• Gary Pearson – Covestro, Hebron, OH TX •• Scott Plazio – Oxy, Pedricktown, NJ Summer 2019 • Page 16 EMPLOYEE CLOSE-UP
With our headcount now topping 3,500, we’ve decided to expand this column and feature not one but two of our hardworking employees. In conjunction with this issue’s salute to women in the field, we’re kicking off this new double feature by shining the spotlight on two more outstanding women in the PSC family! If you work with someone who may be deserving of the “Close-Up” spotlight, please contact us via email to [email protected].
The Connection: What were you doing also verify all trailer, shipment, and seal before you started working for PSC? numbers, along with CDLs and TWICs. DJ: I was working in shipping and delivery. The Connection: What would you say The Connection: What do you like best to women who are interested in a plant about your job? job but aren’t sure of the opportunities available to them? DJ: I absolutely love the girls I work with. There are four of us here. We are all very DJ: It’s definitely possible! I actually close, and we all step up and help each started out working in the warehouse other out. I also enjoy interacting with new for PSC. I was one of two women in people every day, like the truck drivers and the warehouse before I moved to scale our loaders. Our loaders are great! operations. The Connection: Tell us a bit about your The Connection: What do you enjoy day-to-day job duties and responsibilities. doing in your free time? DJ: As a Weigh Master and Scale DJ: Well, I’m a new empty nester. My son just graduated, so I’m learning how to DAWN JOHNSON Operator, I am responsible for checking the drivers’ paperwork against all inbound adjust to that. I’ve also got a five-month- Dawn Johnson joined the PSC family in and outbound vessels. I scale all the old Curr/Pit mix named Axel. I’m usually March 2011. She is a Weigh Master in our trucks filled with various materials, keep taking him to obedience school and ExxonMobil Chemical Plant work group in records of all scale operations, and training him when I’m not working. Baton Rouge, LA.
The Connection: What were you doing and checks on me when I’m working before accepting this position? nights. They make me so comfortable, DM: I was doing hole watch/fire watch in and it’s the same for our guys that work in the chemical plant industry. different areas of the plant. The Connection: Why were you attracted The Connection: What’s the hardest part to this particular job? of the work? DM: It was local. I didn’t have to travel. At DM: If I can’t get those brine pumps that time, my kids were teenagers, and I running each day, that will run into my could be close to home and be there every lunch! If I’m shipping butane to Port night or every day. Arthur, and I can’t get the brine pumps started, it’s going to dip in. The Connection: What do you like best about your job? The Connection: When you’re not working, what do you enjoy doing? DM: Interacting with people. I’ve built some good relationships here. Now I DM: I like to spend time with my family. know most everyone out here and if I I have two daughters, and I also raised DELORIS MITCHELL don’t know them, they know me. I’m my niece since she was a child. I have six grandkids, and I LOVE to spoil them Deloris Mitchell joined the PSC family in the only woman here in Sour Lake and and then send them back home to their October 2007. She is a Butane Tank Farm those guys take care of me. The Sour Operator in our Motiva work group in Sour Lake Police Department also comes out parents! Lake, TX. Summer 2019 • Page 17 PSC HELPING HANDS
SUPPORTING A HUGE FIREFIGHTING EFFORT
When a huge tank fire erupted at the ITC terminal in La Porte, TX on March 17th, PSC employees working in our Total La Porte operation had a front-row seat for the inferno that took four days to extinguish. They stepped up to lend some much needed support to the huge crew of firefighters and emergency responders. The Total La Porte warehouse facility receiving area, which is operated by PSC, Pictured above are some of the individuals who helped stage firefighting supplies at Total La Porte: is located directly across the street from (back row, l. to r.) Total LPS Superintendent Teryl Houghton, PSC Safety & Training Specialist Cody the ITC facility. It was utilized as a staging Dupuis, PSC Loader Robert Locke, PSC Leadman Jim Balli, and PSC Team Leader Donald Cothey; hub for the firefighting teams. (front row, l. to r.) PSC Safety & Training Supervisor Ivan Gusman, PSC Warehouse Tech Daniel Hill, PSC Team Leader Sam Rodriguez, and Total LPS Supervisor Mike Schmitt. “In true PSC commitment to safety, people, and the environment, our employees did not hesitate to help when PARK BUILDERS the need arose,” said Calvin Carrington, This crew from our Dow West Virginia work Site Supervisor at Total. group showed up on May 14th to help with the “When trucks and supplies arrived, construction of a new biking skills community our PSC team quickly responded with park for all ages at Ridenour Lake. Our PSC available forklifts and manpower,” he volunteers helped with groundbreaking and excavation, installed drainage, and started said. “They unloaded 35-45 trucks and building the single-track trail. Our hardworking staged totes of firefighting foam for quick team included Cody Washington, Catie access. All these activities were done McCormick, Aaron Dickens, Keenan Baldridge, while maintaining a safe, normal workload, Kyle Smith, Jeremy Canterbury, Rusty Coalter, as the Total La Porte plant ran throughout and Chris Shinault. Let’s have a the event.” round of applause for them! We tip our hardhats to our Total La Porte team for their hard work and dedication to helping their neighbors and the La Porte community!
LUCKY DUCKY CLEAN-UP CREW This little duckling was discovered near the Admin Assistants Amanda Pinder, Rachel loading racks at Jefferson in Beaumont, Texas. Burke and Kandis Furrate recently spent a hot He had some crude oil on him, and Loader summer day cleaning out the garage storage Adam Shields and Leadman Jeffery Smith room at the Baton Rouge Office. This is just cleaned and warmed him up. Supervisor one of a number of clean-up projects being Dwayne Higginbotham made arrangements for done in preparation for our move to the new a game warden to take the little guy to a wildlife office in 2020. Tankerman Supervisor Gary Ray rehabilitator. Good job, guys! also helped with this effort. Thanks! Summer 2019 • Page 18 LEARNING & DEVELOPMENT
SUPERVISOR MANUAL TRAINING SERIES GRADUATES
Pictured above are the June 25th Supervisor Manual Training grads with program leaders: (l. to r.) Robert Franks, Allen Brown, Chris Hutchinson, Thaddeus Victorian, Josh Vergara, Henry Josey, Wade Friedrich, Evan Pollock, Jay Gibson, Chris Frederick, Cliff Branin, Dwayne Higginbotham, Joel Dickerson, and Roger Felton. Supervisor Manual Training grad Gerardo Cardoza is pictured here with Sr. Operations Manager Diego Silva. He completed the training on April 30th in Pasadena, TX.
HIGH PERFORMING LEADERS
On June 19th in Chicago, IL, PSC held a High Performing Leader Lunch and Learn. Pictured above are (l to r) Zach Huvila, David Rhodes, Tim Swiatek, Kyle Kuehni, Sean Youngquist, Cody Fisher, Pierre Butler, Deirk Feiner, and Tyler Wilson.
Pictured above are recent Supervisor EFFECTIVE OBSERVATIONS Manual Training grads Brian Stewart, Terry Ashworth, Sean Lowe, and Meagan Bryan. They completed their training on May 21st in Pasadena, TX.
Pictured above are participants of the “Effective Observations” leadership training program held on June 2nd in Pasadena, TX.
Pictured above are recent Supervisor Manual Training grads Collin Cunningham, Ryan Hebert, and Sean Hanus. They completed their training on June 27th in Baton Rouge, LA.
Pictured above are participants of the “Effective Observations” leadership training program held on June 4th in Baton Rouge, LA. Summer 2019 • Page 19 LEARNING & DEVELOPMENT
BEHAVIORAL STYLES TRAINING This group of PSC leaders (pictured on the left) from Dow in Plaquemine, LA completed Behavioral Styles Training on June 4th in Baton Rouge: (l. to r.) Justin Badeaux, Don Kelley, Giddion Baker, Vaccaro Collins, Jairus Raymond, Mike Aulich, Marteece Pennington, Adam Rowan, Trey Jack, Luke Carpenter, Jamie Tate, Lorenzo Fernandez, Jeff Gibbons, Jason Samson, and Derrick Youngblood.
TRAIN THE TRAINER CLASSES
NEW TCA GRADS
Our March 26th Train the Trainer class in Pasadena, TX.
Congratulations to these recent graduates of our Tankerman Career Academy! They were honored at a graduation celebration held on June 3rd in Pasadena, TX.
Timothy Frederick is pictured above (2nd from left) with Manager of Tankerman Development Mason Dela Cruz, TCA Instructor Josh Our March 28th Train the Trainer class in Baton Rouge, LA. Rodrigue, and Director of Marine Operations Josh Dixon. Timothy is now working in our Port Arthur Tankerman Group. We wish him much success in his new career as a PSC tankerman.
Our June 11th Train the Trainer class in Pasadena, TX.
June Shepard is pictured above (2nd from left) with his TCA Instructor Jeremy Buckner. June is now working in our Houston Tankerman Group. We wish him much success in his new career as a PSC tankerman.
Our June 13th Train the Trainer class in Baton Rouge, LA. Summer 2019 • Page 20 SPORTS SECTION
STATE CHAMPION PITCHER
Shelley Delapasse from our Baton Rouge Office Finance group had an exciting time this spring cheering on her niece, Mary-Cathryn Comeaux, a softball standout from Brusly High School (pictured on the left with her father/coach). During Mary-Cathryn’s senior season, she posted a 25-1 record with a 0.56 ERA while batting .558 with 10 home runs and 36 RBIs. A three-time all- district, all-Metro and all-state player, she was named the Class 3A MVP after leading her team to victory in the state championship game. A Southeastern Louisiana University softball signee, Mary- Cathryn was recently selected as the 2018-19 Gatorade Softball Player of the Year in Louisiana and honored as a “Star of Stars” high school sports award winner by The Advocate newspaper in Baton Rouge. At the awards banquet, she got the chance to meet and take photos with New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees. What a way to cap off a great year!
A RISING STAR
Paige Gomez, the nine-year old granddaughter of Roy Davis from our Westlake work group in Plaquemine, LA is a member of the Bengal Gymnastics Competition Team at LSU. Paige is only in her second year of competitive gymnastics, but she is already ranked 36th in the nation in the Xcel Bronze Division with an all- around score of 38.95. She has also FISHING BUDDIES received an America’s Top 100 Gymnast Award and is the 2019 Louisiana Xcel This crew of anglers from our Dow West Bronze Balance Beam State Champion. Virginia work group got together recently for Congratulations, Paige! some smallmouth bass fishing in Fayette County, WV. Participating in this leadership teambuilding event were (l. to r.) Operations Specialist Evan Powell, Leadman Jay Lipford, Safety & Training Coordinator Johnathon PRECIOUS CARGO ARRIVALS Smith, Leadman Will Caudill, Loader Jesse Belcher, Leadman Jeremy Canterbury, and Safety & Training Specialist Cody Washington. It’s a Boy! Vannie Russell (ExxonMobil BRCP – Baton Rouge, LA) and Amber Dunn are Not pictured is Site Leader Chris Shinault who pleased to announce the birth of their son, Sevi Ray, on March 26th. snapped the photo. It’s a Girl! Ethan Delatte (Helen G/166 Fleet) and his wife Lauren are pleased to announce the birth of their daughter, Ellie Michelle, on April 22nd. BABY SHOWER It’s a Girl! Siobhain Jorgenson (Pasadena Office) and her husband Matt are pleased to announce the birth of their daughter, Riley Rose, on April 22nd. It’s a Girl! David Naranjo (Flint Hills – Corpus Christi, TX) and Dorothy Bietendorf are pleased to announce the birth of their daughter, Aliyah Erin, on May 2nd. It’s a Boy! Meredith Johnson (Jefferson Energy – Beaumont, TX) and his wife Jasmine are pleased to announce the birth of their son, Dallas Doc, on May 8th. It’s a Girl! Tyrone Smith (Jefferson Energy – Beaumont, TX) and Viviane Legrand are pleased to announce the birth of their daughter, Tiana Marie, on May 15th. It’s a Girl! Jeremy Daily (Phillips 66 – Sweeny, TX) and Geniva Magee are pleased to announce the birth of their daughter, Emalee Emery, on May 29th.
Dispatcher Marina Richard was honored at a It’s a Boy! Amanda Sorenson (Pasadena Office) and her husband Craig are pleased to baby shower hosted by her co-workers on May announce the birth of their son, John Patrick, on June 9th. 10th at our Baton Rouge Office. Her son Jesse It’s a Boy! Marina Richard (Baton Rouge Dispatch) and her husband Jerome are made his arrival a few weeks later. Congrats! pleased to announce the birth of their son, Jesse Wayne, on June 11th. Summer 2019 • Page 21 CONGRATS TO OUR 2019 GRADUATES!
We are pleased to honor these recent graduates who are immediate family members of Devon Dixon PSC employees. Each will receive a $100 gift card from PSC in recognition of their hard Gautier High School work and achievements. Employee: Richard Adams Chevron – Pascagoula, MS
Louis Adler Jr. Chase Carrington Brusly High School Goose Creek Memorial High Employee: Louis Adler Sr. School ExxonMobil BRPO – Employee: Calvin Carrington Daniel Freeman Baton Rouge, LA Total – La Porte, TX Bellaire High School Employee: Donald Freeman ExxonMobil BRPO – Baton Rouge, LA Nicholas Barr Sherman Carter Jr. St. Amant High School Plaquemine High School Employee: Wayne Barr Employee: Sherman Rubicon – Geismar, LA Carter Sr. Caden Garon ExxonMobil BRPO – Walker High School Baton Rouge, LA Employee: Christopher Garon Shintech – Plaquemine, LA
Jarious Barry Erika Cavazos Barbe High School Harold T. Branch Academy Employee: Joseph Barry Employee: Rick Cavazos CITGO – Lake Charles, LA Corpus Christi Tankerman Jackson Garon Group Walker High School Employee: Eric Garon Baton Rouge Office
Jovious Barry Katie Chemin Barbe High School Denham Springs High Employee: Joseph Barry School CITGO – Lake Charles, LA Employee: Angela Chemin Morgan Gordon Baton Rouge Office Port Allen High School Employee: Wayne Gordon Total – Carville, LA
Brylan Blair Jeremiah Clark Barbe High School Spring High School Employee: Bryan Blair Employee: Mike Sanders CITGO – Lake Charles, LA Covestro – Baytown, TX Kaitlyn Guillory Northwest High School Employee: Gregory Guillory ExxonMobil BRCP – Baton Rouge, LA
Rodney Blanchard Nicholas Devillier Ascension Catholic High MSA West School Employee: Ty Devillier Employee: Jason Blanchard Westlake – Plaquemine, LA Hunter Hall Dow St, Charles – Montgomery High School Hahnville, LA Employee: Brent Hall ExxonMobil – Baytown, TX Summer 2019 • Page 22 CONGRATS TO OUR 2019 GRADUATES!
Zachary Harbison Ruby Landin Tori Richard Vidor High School North Houston Early College Central Private School Employee: Kevin Hensley High School Employee: Harold Richard CP Chem – Orange, TX Employee: Leonardo Landin Dow – Plaquemine, LA Covesto – Baytown, TX
Celeste Keegan Matte Graham Rivet Henderson Barbe High School MSA West Dickinson High School Employee: Dave Gaspard Employee: Michelle Rivet Employee: Ivan Gusman CITGO – Lake Charles, LA Dow – Plaquemine, LA Total – La Porte, TX
Cuttler Hill Katy McDonald Alex Simoneaux Goose Creek Memorial Zachary High School Saint Amant High School High School Employee: Sosha McDonald Employee: Nicole Landry Employee: Daniel Hill Baton Rouge Office Baton Rouge Office Total – La Porte, TX
Ben Humphreys Tamia Mitchell Hailey Smith Sissonville High School East Lawrence High School Ardmore High School Employee: Bill Humphreys Employee: Dwight Mitchell Employee: Phillip Smith Dow West Virginia Indorama – Decatur, AL Indorama – Decatur, AL Operations
Elana Jacobs Brandon Nicholas Joshlyn Vergara Friendswood High School Jemison High School Brazoswood High School Employee: Ken Jacobs Employee: Tandy Nicholas Employee: Josh Vergara TPC – Houston, TX Indorama – Decatur, AL Dow – Freeport, TX
Richard Kent III David Perez D’Mia Walker Calallen High School Abeka Academy Zachary High School Employee: Richard Kent Employee: José Perez Employee: Virginia Carey Corpus Christi Tankerman Dow – Seadrift, TX Baton Rouge Office Group
Kayleigh Kingston Shelby Prest Chassity Sabine Pass High School Denham Springs High Washington Employee: Chad Kingston School MSA West NorthStar – Port Arthur, TX Employee: Jamie Prest Employee: Gregory Baton Rouge Office Washington Total – Carville, LA Summer 2019 • Page 23 CONGRATS TO OUR 2019 GRADUATES!
Blaine Johnson COLLEGE GRADS Louisiana Tech B.S. in Mechanical Engineering Crystal Beckwith Cassie Galland Employee: Dawn Johnson ExxonMobil BRCP – Xavier University Nicholls State University Baton Rouge, LA Doctor of Pharmacy B.S. in Birth to Five/Early Employee: Larry Beckwith Education Dow – Plaquemine, LA Employee: Chris Galland Daniel Mullens Baton Rouge Office New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary B.A. in Christian Ministry Employee: Darryl Mullens C. Jeanne Butler Kyle Glynn Baton Rouge Office Louisiana State University Mississippi State University Master of Human B.A. in Political Science Resources Employee: Larry Glynn Employee: Eric Butler Dow – Plaquemine, LA Darkena Peebles (Spouse) Master of Education Jefferson Energy – Alabama A&M University Beaumont, TX Employee: Quincy Crittendon Lexi David Becca Gonzales Indorama – Decatur, AL Louisiana State University Baton Rouge Community B.S. in Management College Employee: Harold Richard Licensed Cosmetologist Dow – Plaquemine, LA Employee: Ty Devillier Miranda Pollock Westlake – Murray State University Plaquemine, LA B.S. in Communication Disorders Employee: Evan Pollock Riley Franks Monica Gordon (Spouse) The Citadel Spelman College Dow – Louisville, KY B.A. in Criminal Justice B.A. in Environmental Employee: Robert Franks Studies Baton Rouge Office Employee: Wayne Gordon Jonathan Rocha Total – Carville, LA University of Texas at San Antonio B.S. in Public Health Employee: Juan Rocha Dow – La Porte, TX
HIGH SCHOOL GRADS (CONTINUED)
Seleste Watson Haylie Wibberg Anthony Wright Memorial High School Nitro High School Hardin Jefferson High Employee: Kevin Watson Employee: Travis Warner School Dow – Beaumont, TX Dow West Virginia Employee: Blaine Wright Operations Port Arthur Tankeman Group PRSRT STD PETROLEUM U.S. POSTAGE SERVICE PAID PERMIT NO. 154 CORPORATION BATON ROUGE, LA 725 Main Street Baton Rouge, LA 70802
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