Joplin
Box 225, 301 State Line Avenue, Joplin, Missouri 64802 | (417) 624-5225
Paul Shoup, Operations Manager | E-mail Paul
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Operations
This animal feed ingredients plant produces dicalcium phosphate (DCP) and monocalcium phosphate (MCP) feed supplements, with annual capacity of 180,000 tons.
Significant Events
The plant and community were without electricity for a week because of ice storms in both December and January of 2007. There were railroad closings on several occasions due to flooding in surrounding areas and power lines on tracks. Joplin employees responded to the challenge and continued truck shipments to customers by utilizing temporary power generators and lighting.
The Joplin plant maintained its certification by the American Feed Industry Association by meeting the requirements of the AFIA Safe Feed/Safe Food Program.
Joplin employees completed six years without a lost-time accident and 35 months without a recordable injury in 2007.
Community Support
The value of cash donations to local community organizations in 2007 was $10,153. This money went mainly to the McKinley Elementary School, United Way of SW Missouri, Newspapers in Education, Jasper County Sheriff's Drug Awareness Program and the Joplin Firefighters.
McKinley Elementary School was the beneficiary of the site's in-kind donations, valued at $425.
Awards
The site received a Silver Award from the United Way of Southwest Missouri for employee contributions.
Local Procurement
In 2007, the value of all goods, materials and services purchased locally (excluding raw materials, transportation and energy) totaled $1.0 million. This represented 48 percent of all procurement by the site.
| Performance Trends – Joplin |
| |
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
2007 |
| Annual Production (tons) |
| Dicalcium/monocalcium phosphate |
96,000 |
88,000 |
90,000 |
78,000 |
| Employment |
| # of employees |
33 |
26 |
25 |
25 |
| # of female employees |
3 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
| Gender ratio (% female/total employees) |
9.1 |
7.7 |
8.0 |
8.0 |
| Average tenure (years) |
16.6 |
15.1 |
14.4 |
11.8 |
| Absenteeism rate (% hours absent) |
3.4 |
1.7 |
2.0 |
2.1 |
| Employee training provided (hrs per employee) |
18 |
26 |
54 |
50 |
| Safety Performance |
| Lost-time frequency (per 200,000 hrs) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Recordable frequency (per 200,000 hrs) |
8.5 |
3.8 |
0 |
0 |
| Greenhouse Gas Emissions |
| GHG emissions (000 tons) |
24.8 |
21.6 |
21.9 |
19.8 |
| Criteria/Significant Air Pollutants (tons) |
| Nitrogen oxides |
6.6 |
1.5 |
1.3 |
5.0 |
| Carbon monoxide |
5.3 |
1.2 |
1.6 |
2.0 |
| Particulates (dust) |
18.4 |
17.1 |
17.6 |
15.5 |
| Sulfur dioxide |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Water Use (million gallons) |
| Water withdrawn |
39.2 |
23.9 |
25.4 |
12 |
| Environmental Expenditures ($) |
| Operating expenditures |
94,400 |
63,200 |
31,200 |
94,500 |
| Capital expenditures |
942,000 |
0 |
356,000 |
31,400 |
| Energy |
| Energy costs ($ million) |
1.3 |
1.4 |
1.3 |
1.2 |
| Energy use (BBtu) |
167 |
138 |
138 |
128 |
| Procurement |
| Local purchasing ($ million) |
1.6 |
0.5 |
1.2 |
1.0 |
