2025 Valero Report on Guiding Principles - Flipbook - Page 24
Employee Safety Training
Safety training ensures that our employees are provided the
knowledge, skills and abilities required to execute their jobs to the
highest standard. As stated in our CTEMS expectations, all employees
receive appropriate training throughout their employment. This
includes training in emergency preparedness, process safety, the
seven Life-Saving Rules, cybersecurity risks, and on all processes and
equipment changes affecting their job assignments. Training programs
include computer-based sessions, instructor-led courses, frequent
safety meetings and daily safety talks. We also have internal processes
in place through which we continue to review and update our training
programs.
In 2024, Valero
employees completed
more than 616,000
hours in safety training
programs.
Personnel Safety Performance
Total Recordable Incident Rate
(TRIR)
1.10
Valero employees
and contractors
(Recordable injuries per 200,000
working hours)
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0.62
0.50
0.21
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Contractor Safety Training
As safety is a top priority, the contractors we hire are required to uphold the strong safety culture of Valero in their
everyday work. In 2024, our contractors completed more than 821,000 safety training hours.
All contractors are prescreened by a third party to
ensure they meet or exceed Valero’s health and
safety expectations. Contractors are also trained
initially and annually through a reciprocal contractor
safety council focused on site-speci昀椀c health
and safety requirements. As a part of our CTEMS
expectations, we have a program in place to ensure
contractor alignment with Valero's safety, health,
environmental and reliability expectations. This
includes:
• Clear accountabilities and requirements for
safety and contract performance
• Requirements for contractors to have in place
controls ensuring procured materials and
services are veri昀椀ed and quali昀椀ed as contracted
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Contractor safety training at the Valero Three Rivers Re昀椀nery.
