Spectra Energy is the recipient of the inaugural Network of Employers
for Traffic Safety (NETS) Road Safety Achievement Award. The award was
presented at NETS’
9th annual STRENGTH IN NUMBERS® Fleet Safety Benchmark
Conference in Chicago, Ill., October 14. Kevin P. Wright, manager,
corporate environment, health and safety, accepted the award on behalf
of Spectra Energy, one of North America’s leading pipeline and midstream
companies.
Motor vehicle crashes are consistently the leading cause of death in the
workplace. The NETS Road Safety Achievement Award recognizes a member
company for advancing the road safety of its employees, their families
and the communities where employees live and work.
Spectra Energy received the award for its “Driven 2B Safe” program,
implemented over a four-year period. Starting in 2011, with leadership
support, the company provided resources and assembled a team that
spanned the organization, including members from the communications,
operations, health and safety, fleet, project management, human
resources, and labor relations groups. Spectra Energy also benchmarked
other NETS member companies, across industries, to identify areas for
improvement and subsequent implementation.
“Driven 2B Safe” has three main components: Branding and organizational
focus, training, and the use of telematics technology to provide drivers
with immediate feedback following a high-risk driving act. Since the
program’s implementation, the preventable collision rate has dropped 36
percent across the Spectra Energy organization, which manages a fleet of
approximately 2,500 vehicles, most of which are light duty.
“Our singular objective throughout the process of implementing ‘Driven
2B Safe’ was, and continues to be, safety above all else. We want our
employees to get home safely at the end of each day,” said Paul Rietdyk,
vice president, engineering, construction and storage and transmission
operations at Union Gas, a Spectra Energy company. “During the program’s
development phase, we had the invaluable opportunity to work with fleet
safety professionals from other organizations. We identified a number of
best practices used by other companies and applied them to our program.
We wrapped these proven initiatives together in a way that integrated
communications and change management with training and technology.
Applying the best of what others do today has allowed us to be
successful.”
“We were pleased to receive a field of nine very competitive submissions
from NETS member companies, all advancing road safety within their
respective organizations,” said Jack Hanley, NETS’ Executive Director.
“Spectra Energy’s program stood out because it was a long-term project
with significant leadership engagement that combined people, processes
and technology. It was also an excellent demonstration of what can be
accomplished when you look outside of your own organization to learn
from others.”
About Spectra Energy
Spectra Energy Corp (NYSE: SE), a FORTUNE 500 company, is one of North
America's leading pipeline and midstream companies. Based in Houston,
Texas, the company’s operations in the United States and Canada include
more than 22,000 miles of natural gas, natural gas liquids, and crude
oil pipelines; approximately 300 billion cubic feet (Bcf) of natural gas
storage; 4.8 million barrels of crude oil storage; as well as natural
gas gathering, processing, and local distribution operations. Spectra
Energy is the general partner of Spectra Energy Partners (NYSE: SEP),
one of the largest pipeline master limited partnerships in the United
States and owner of the natural gas, natural gas liquids, and crude oil
assets in Spectra Energy’s U.S. portfolio. Spectra Energy also has a 50
percent ownership in DCP Midstream, the largest producer of natural gas
liquids and the largest natural gas processor in the United States.
Spectra Energy has served North American customers and communities for
more than a century. For more information, visit www.spectraenergy.com
and www.spectraenergypartners.com.
About NETS
NETS is a 501(c) 3 organization, a partnership between the U.S. Federal
government and the private sector. Established in 1989, NETS is
dedicated to improving the safety of employees, their families, and
members of the communities in which they live and work by preventing
traffic crashes that occur on-and-off the job. The NETS STRENGTH IN
NUMBERS® road safety benchmarking program brings together socially
responsible companies in a collaborative spirit prepared to compare
findings and share what they’ve learned. The program is for all types of
companies and organizations— large or small, U.S. or global, public or
private. NETS board member companies include Abbott, AmeriFleet
Transportation, Chubb Group of Insurance Companies, The Coca-Cola
Company, Hess Corp., Johnson & Johnson, Liberty Mutual Insurance Group,
Monsanto Company, Nationwide Mutual Insurance Group, Shell International
Petroleum Company and UPS. In addition, the National Highway Traffic
Safety Administration and the National Institute for Occupational Safety
and Health serve as federal liaisons to the board of directors. For more
information, visit www.trafficsafety.org.
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