Environment & Safety
MSDS Forms
Safety
There is nothing more important to Delta Western than the safety
of our customers and employees. Delta Western is committed to providing a safe
workplace for all employees and has developed a program for injury prevention.
Our safety program involves both management and employees in identifying and
eliminating hazards that may develop during our workday. Ongoing training for
employees and managers is an integral part of this program. Managers are
responsible for the safety of their employees in maintaining safe operations to
eliminate any hazards. Employees are required to comply with all company safety
rules and are encouraged to actively participate in identifying ways to make our
company a safer place to work.
Equally important is conducting our fueling activities in a way that we
respect and ensure the safety of our customers. The safety of our customers is
the primary goal of Delta Western in its fueling activities.
Environment
Delta Western’s environmental policy is to operate in the
safest and most environmentally responsible manner possible. We comply with all
regulatory requirements and operate in a manner that provides the highest
environmental protection possible. All of our facilities have Oil Spill
Contingency Plans approved by the United States Coast Guard, Alaska Department
of Environmental Conservation, and the Environmental Protection Agency.
Delta Western has developed an Oil Spill Prevention and Response Training Program
which has been approved by the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation.
Delta Western is an active member in the
SEAPRO oil spill response organization in Southeast Alaska as well as
the Chadux Oil spill response organization in Western Alaska.
Our training program provides hazardous waste operations, incident command,
oil spill response, hazard communications, security, fire response, and wildlife
response training. It is designed to standardize the training which all Delta
Western employees with oil spill prevention and response responsibilities
receive. Along with a standardization of the response equipment used at the
facilities and a company wide oil transfer and response communications system,
this process results in a greater ability of Delta Western personnel to respond
to spills.
Read tips about spill prevention for residential heating oil systems in the ADEC
pamphlet on Home Heating Oil Spill Prevention
(PDF).
Awards and Commendations
Delta Western personnel are leaders in our
industry and received a “Certificate of Merit for Outstanding Efforts” by the
USCG in 2003.
This award was the result of a USCG initiated Southeast Alaska Area Exercise, in
which Delta Western took on the role of industry lead. This multi-day event
exercised multiple contingency plans by simulating a large scale catastrophic
fuel spill. The event brought together top regulatory personnel from the USCG,
Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation, Environmental Protection
Agency, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association, Sea Coast Towing, and
SEAPRO.
MSDS Forms
Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) forms for all fuels and lubricants can be
found at these locations:
If you have any special requests for MSDS forms, please contact
Bev Niemann at our Anchorage
office.
Alaska photo used by permission of photographer
Ivan Simonek.