The employees of Lima division and its contractors achieved 5 million hours without a lost time accident on May 8, 2011. Our pursuit of excellent safety performance stems from our respect for people. Nothing we accomplish as a company is more important than returning our people home safely. We strive to create a culture that cares — one in which safety is taken seriously and personally. So we celebrate our safety milestones while continuing to strive for even greater safety performance.

The employees of Lima division achieved 3 million hours without a lost time accident on June 24, 2010.

The employees of Lima division achieved 10 years without a lost time accident on November 13, 2009.

Improving the socio-economic well-being of a community sometimes requires extreme measures.PotashCorp employees in Lima, OH illustrated this point in October 2008 when they helped improve the working conditions of some people on the front lines of philanthropy by answering the call of the United Way of Greater Lima.The challenge was for 10 businesses to outdo one another in an Extreme Community Makeover Contest. Each company was paired with a United Way partner agency with the goal of making the agency's office a nicer place to work.The volunteers weren't allowed to spend more than $500, and they had six weeks to finish the work. But there was no limit on how many hours they could volunteer – or how much passion they could put into the job.The PotashCorp volunteers were assigned to an old building in downtown Lima, where they found a dark, somewhat dingy workspace with water-stained ceiling tiles. Clearly, the office of the Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Allen County had seen better days.Like many charitable organizations, Big Brothers/Big Sisters puts most of its budget into the community. The organization helps children reach their potential through mentoring programs with adults. That doesn't leave much money for office decor."Many children can be served in Allen County, OH for the price of a coat of paint," says Kendra Bermosk, school-based specialist for Big Brothers/Big Sisters."Working in those conditions has to wear you down, though," says Danielle Good, PotashCorp Human Resources Manager. "When we walked in there, we couldn't help thinking, 'Could you imagine working here day in, day out?' We knew we could improve the space.""It felt nice to help out people who spend their days helping out the community," she adds. "It's an issue of caring for the caregivers – the people who often work so hard that they don't care for themselves as much as they should."More than a dozen volunteers pitched in to pull off wallpaper, paint and replace ceiling tiles at the Big Brothers/Big Sisters office. They even did some demolition."We had a room where a wall was blocking one of the few windows in the entire office," Bermosk said. "They knocked down the wall to open up space and let the light in. They didn't have to go to those extremes, but they did."PotashCorp gave its employees paid time off to work on the United Way project, but many also came in on a Saturday to get the job done."A lot of people brought their family members in to help, too," Good says. "It was so rewarding to get in and help. We had fun getting to know each other, both PotashCorp employees learning more about each other and all of us getting to know the Big Brothers and Big Sisters employees.""It was actually kind of sad when they had to leave," says Bermosk, who joined the PotashCorp volunteers in the Saturday afternoon work. "For those few weeks we'd made a nice connection. We got to talk to them about how we help children in the community, and we got to know a little of what PotashCorp does."The makeover was a real morale booster. It's a much nicer place to come to work."PotashCorp was awarded a "Golden Hammer" award in the United Way's Extreme Community Makeover Contest as a testament to the hard work put into remodeling the Big Brothers/Big Sisters office.Employees of PCS Nitrogen Lima received two awards for their 2008 contributions to the United Way of Greater Lima.For a combined corporate and employee gift of more than $400 per employee, the facility received the Award of Excellence, Platinum Level – one of only three companies in the region to receive this honor.Lima employees also received the Frontrunner Award, for improving their contribution rate by more than 25 per cent (or more than $100 per employee) over the prior year.

The employees of Lima division achieved 2 million hours without a lost time accident on May 30, 2009.

PCS Nitrogen Lima's $20,000 donation to the local Allen County 4-H program invigorated the organization while earning praise from media and the community. The front-page headline in the March 13th edition of The Lima News was "PCS Nitrogen money revives 4-H". The story that followed quoted Allen County 4-H youth educator Mark Light as saying: "This definitely secures 2009 for our program." The "good news" story was carried widely in local media, said Danielle Good, HR Manager, PCS Nitrogen Lima. "The donation was covered on the local TV news in the evening and the next morning, and mentioned on three of the local radio stations," said Good, adding the gift generated a lot of goodwill in the community and a great deal of pride for company employees. The donation came following funding cuts to Allen County Ohio State University Extension, which provided a substantial portion of the 4-H program's operating costs. In response to the cutbacks, the approximately 1,500 members of the Allen County 4-H group collected $24,000 through fundraising. Light told the paper the additional $20,000 from PCS Nitrogen means the organization might be able to provide camp scholarships and other programming cuts forced by "bare bones" budgeting. PCS Nitrogen Lima General Manager Todd Sutton says the charitable donation was a good way to help improve the community where the company does business, a goal of all PotashCorp operations. "This is a great program that aids in the development of Allen County kids," said Sutton, pointing out PCS Nitrogen has long supported this 4-H group through its involvement in fair auctions. "The donation is a good fit for us, as well, because about half the nitrogen we produce is used in agricultural applications."

INEOS Nitriles announced today that it has served notice of termination of its operating agreement effective December 31, 2007 with PCS Nitrogen Ohio, LP ("PCS Nitrogen"). As of January 1, 2008, PCS Nitrogen will assume operating responsibility for its nitrogen facility at Lima, OH.