North American industrial specialty services contractor The Brock Group earned more Contractor Safety Achievement Awards than any other contractor this year, receiving recognition for exemplary performance at 35 sites from American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers (AFPM). The awards were presented during AFPM’s National Occupational & Process Safety Conference held May 7th in San Antonio and recognise contractors demonstrating above-average safety performance in the domestic refining and petrochemical sectors.
The awards highlight Brock Group’s commitment to maintaining a strong safety culture across its operations in the United States and Canada. According to company leadership, the recognition reflects the collective efforts of field personnel, site teams, and management in prioritising safe work practices, operational excellence, and collaboration with clients.
Tristan Arthur, vice president of Health, Safety, Environment and Quality (HSEQ) at Brock Group, said the achievement demonstrates the organisation’s focus on safety leadership and accountability at every level of operations. He noted that the recognition also reinforces the importance of innovation and collaboration in maintaining high safety standards across industrial projects.
Nathan Prilop, director of HSEQ at Brock Group, stated that the AFPM recognition reflects the company’s “Bsafe” culture, where safety is embedded as a core organisational value rather than simply a workplace priority. He added that the award underscores Brock’s emphasis on protecting employees, customers, and surrounding communities.
The AFPM Contractor Safety Achievement Award is presented to contractors that log at least 20,000 work hours annually at an AFPM member facility while maintaining exceptional safety performance. To qualify, companies must avoid serious incidents such as fatalities, hospitalisations, amputations, major process safety failures, hazardous material exposures, or crane and rigging failures during the evaluation period. Contractors are also evaluated on documented safety initiatives, near-miss reporting systems, mentoring programmes, leadership development, and participation in programmes such as OSHA’s Voluntary Protection Program (VPP).
The Brock Group operates through several business units across North America, including AllSafe Services, Brinderson, Brock Industrial Services, Brock Services, and Schultz Industrial Services, all of which contributed to the company’s award-winning performance this year.
Sean G. McKinnon, director of HSEQ for Brock West, said the recognition reflects thousands of daily decisions made by field personnel to properly plan work, identify hazards, and maintain a culture where employees actively look out for one another to ensure safe operations.
Award-winning project locations included refinery, petrochemical, and chemical manufacturing facilities operated by companies such as Marathon Petroleum, Chevron, ExxonMobil, Phillips 66, Valero, LyondellBasell, CITGO, Chevron Phillips Chemical, and Cenovus across multiple US states.
With more than 13,000 employees and nearly 80 years of industry experience, The Brock Group provides industrial services including scaffolding, insulation, coatings, asbestos abatement, and mechanical services to customers in the petrochemical, refining, power generation, manufacturing, and infrastructure sectors throughout the United States and Canada. The company was recently ranked No. 24 among the top 600 specialty contractors by Engineering News-Record.
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