Safety
December 15, 2023
LyondellBasell Recognizes Union Pacific for Safe, Reliable Service
Gulf Coast plastics customer LyondellBasell has honored Union Pacific and its train crew professionals for eight consecutive years – a result of safe, reliable service at nine production facilities across Texas, along with sites in Westlake, Louisiana, and Clinton, Iowa.
To earn this annual safety award, rail and truck carriers must maintain a top-notch record across several categories, including shipment accuracy, and employee and environmental safety while incurring minimal community impact.
LyondellBasell’s polyethylene polypropylene plastic pellets, along with various industrial chemicals, safely travel the Union Pacific network in covered hoppers year-round.
Shipping hazardous materials by rail is the safest mode of land transportation, and according to the Association of American Railroads, railroads deliver hazardous materials safely 99.9% of the time. Union Pacific is a leader in hazardous material transportation safety, securement and response. In the last four years alone, Union Pacific’s Hazmat team has trained over 19,000 first responders on hazmat response.