Overall, the safety performance at the chemical plants declined (an OSHA recordable rate of 1.11 in 2005 compared with a 0.61 in 2004). However, performance improved at three plants and two of these plants completed the year without an OSHA recordable incident.

Retail Marketing achieved a 41.6% improvement in its safety performance with an OSHA recordable incident rate of 1.70 compared with 2.91 in 2004. Improvement was seen in both Retail Heating (Home Comfort Services) and Co-Ops (convenience stores) as they had 33.7% and 41.6% improvements, respectively.

The Refining & Supply business unit lowered its OSHA recordable rate from 0.77 in 2004 to 0.60 in 2005, a 22.1% improvement. As shown below, all five refineries had OSHA recordable rates of 0.90 or below.

Sun Coke’s overall safety performance jumped to a 2.96 compared with a 1.68 in 2004. A major influence on this rate was the startup of the new cokemaking facility in Haverhill, OH. This new facility experienced an OSHA recordable incident rate of 3.54 in its first year of operation. The Jewell Coke operation completed 2005 without experiencing an OSHA recordable incident.

The facilities driving the company’s improved performance are:

• Eagle Point Refinery – An OSHA recordable incident rate of 0.59 (a 50% reduction from 2004).
• Marcus Hook Refinery – An OSHA recordable incident rate of 0.57 (virtually the same as the 0.53 in 2004) and fourth consecutive year below 1.0.
• Philadelphia Refinery – An OSHA recordable incident rate of 0.62 (virtually the same as the 0.63 in 2004) and second consecutive year below 1.0.
• Toledo Refinery – An OSHA recordable incident rate of 0.90 (a 30% reduction from 2004).
• Tulsa Refinery – An OSHA recordable incident rate of 0.44 (a 49% reduction from 2004) and third consecutive year below 1.0.
• Bayport Plant – An OSHA recordable incident rate of 0.79 (a 12% reduction from 2004) and second consecutive year below 1.0.
• La Porte Plant – An OSHA recordable incident rate of 0.00 (100% lower than 2004) and third consecutive year below 1.0.
• Neal Plant – An OSHA recordable incident rate of 0.73 (73% lower than 2004).
• Sun Coke - Jewell Coal Facility – An OSHA recordable incident rate of 0.00, representing seven consecutive years below 1.0.
• Pittsburgh Technology & Commercial Center – An OSHA recordable incident rate of 0.00, representing two consecutive years at 0.00 and five consecutive years below 1.0.

• Refinery
• Chemicals
• Coke Making
• Retail Stores

Contractor Safety Performance
Contractor safety performance improved significantly in the Chemicals business unit (60%) and was excellent in the Refining & Supply business unit as well. The 2005 contractor safety performance was as follows (OSHA Recordable Incident Rate):

	2003	2004	2005
Refining & Supply	0.72	0.58	0.49
Chemicals	0.84	1.79	0.71
Sun Coke (OSHA/MSHA)	4.74	4.19	5.05
Combined Rate	0.90	1.27	0.82

Awarding Performance at Sun Coke
Sun Coke received several safety awards during 2005 including:

• Five locations received safety awards from the Virginia Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy for their safety achievement in 2004 of zero lost time accidents.
• Two locations received Certificates of Honor from the Holmes Safety Association for their safety performance in 2004.
• Jewell received an award from the Virginia Mining Association for 2005 Best Remining for Excellence in Mine Reclamation.
• Jewell’s Mine Rescue Teams finished 1st in mine rescue competition in the West Virginia Post No. 7 mine rescue contest, and 4th in the Virginia Mining Institute mine rescue contest.

Please see the sidebar for awards received by other Sunoco facilities.

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