Refining & Supply
The Refining & Supply business unit improved its OSHA recordable rate by 30.9% (0.56 vs. 0.81 in 2007) and the refineries' combined rate was 0.58 vs. 0.84 in 2007.

Benchmarking - Refinery

OSHA Recordable Rates
Facility	2007	2008	Performance Change
Eagle Point Refinery	1.07	0.88	↑Improved 17.8%
Marcus Hook Refinery	0.23	0.45	↓Declined 95.7%, but 3rd consecutive year below 0.50
Philadelphia Refinery	0.82	0.41	↑Improved 50.0%
Toledo Refinery	1.29	1.09	↑Improved 15.5%
Tulsa Refinery	1.19	0.23	↑Improved 80.7%

Chemicals
The Chemicals business unit OSHA recordable rate improved 12.9% (1.28 vs. 1.47 in 2007). The facilities’ performances were:

Benchmarking - Chemicals

OSHA Recordable Rates
	2007	2008	Performance Change
Bayport	0.99	2.98	↓Declined 201.0%
Frankford	2.54	2.02	↑Improved 20.5%
Haverhill	1.59	1.09	↑Improved 31.5%
La Porte	1.00	0.00	↑Improved 100.0%
Marcus Hook Polymers	4.43	1.76	↓Declined 60.3%
Neal	0.77	2.32	↓Declined 201.3%
TCC	0.00	0.00	↑5 years at 0.00

Retail Marketing
Retail Marketing's performance declined 35.0% (2.16 vs. 1.60 in 2007) with all groups experiencing more incidents in 2008 than in 2007.
Benchmarking - Retail Stores


SunCoke Energy
SunCoke Energy’s overall OSHA recordable incident rate declined to 1.85 from 1.94 in 2007, with the following strong performances:

• The Jewell Coal facility achieved an OSHA recordable incident rate of 0.00, its fourth consecutive year at 0.00 and ninth consecutive below 1.0.
• Jewell Coal MSHA recordable incident rate improved (1.04 vs. 3.98).
• Jewell Coke operation’s OSHA recordable incident rate improved 51% (1.24 vs. 2.55).

Benchmarking - Coke Making

Lost Time Performance
The OSHA DART Rate combines the number of cases involving restricted duty with the number of cases where the individual could not work – lost workday cases. Sunoco’s overall DART Rate for 2008 increased 12.3% compared with 2007 (0.82 vs. 0.73). This equates to ten more cases in 2008 than in 2007.

The increase occurred in the Retail Marketing sector (44.9%) as the other business units experienced the following improvements:

• Refining & Supply – 36.4%
• Chemicals – 1.1%
• SunCoke Energy – 63.7%
  

Contractor Safety Performance 
The overall contractor safety performance rate (OSHA Recordable Incident Rate) improved 3.8% compared with 2007. Best-ever performance was experienced by Refining & Supply and SunCoke Energy, with 24.0% and 58.6% improvement respectively.

Contractor OSHA Recordable Rates
Business Unit	2007	2008	Performance Change
Refining & Supply	0.50	0.38	↑Improved 24.0%
Chemicals	0.57	2.03	↓Declined 256.1%
SunCoke Energy (OSHA & MSHA)	1.28	0.53	↑Improved 58.6%
Company Total	0.53	0.51	↑Improved 3.8%

Safety Awards for SunCoke
During 2008, four SunCoke Energy facilities were recognized for their outstanding 2007 safety performance. The Dominion Central Shop, Dominion No. 22 & Dominion No. 30 underground mines, and the Jewell Smokeless Coal No. 2 Preparation Plant received Virginia Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy (DMME) Safety Awards. The awards are based on a zero lost time incident rate and the number of hours worked. 

The awards were:

• DMME Award – 1st Place Small Surface Category – Dominion Central Shop
• DMME Award – 1st Place Small Underground Mine Category – Dominion No. 22
• DMME Award – 2nd Place Small Underground Mine Category - Dominion No. 30
• DMME Award – 4th Place Large Surface Mine Category – No. 2 Preparation Plant

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