GARY – Superior Construction Co. Inc. is marking its 13th year of safe operations at the BP Whiting Refinery. Employees of the Gary-based construction company have put in more than 15 million work hours at the refinery without a single lost-time accident.
“We have built an excellent safety culture there over the years by getting our employees involved,” said Safety Director Tom Owens. “The credit goes to everyone out there. We have great supervisors and employees who make safety a part of their job.”
Superior has 26 full-time safety professionals make a significant improvement to its safety regime at the refinery three years ago with the Good Catch program, which was featured as a best practice by the Indiana Department of Labor.
