Community Involvement Awards
A number of PotashCorp sites received awards for their community involvement in 2007:
Augusta was recognized at the 2007 annual meeting of the United Way of the Central Savannah River Area in three categories: Corporate Honor Roll, Top Overall Gifts under 300 Employees and Top Employee Gifts.
Geismar achieved the 2007 Outstanding United Way Campaign Award, the United Way Jambalaya Cook-Off Championship Award, the March of Dimes Outstanding Sponsorship Award and the March of Dimes Walk America Second Place Team Award.
For the second year in a row, Cory along with Allan, Patience Lake and the Saskatoon office, received the Campaign Chair's Choice Award for the best overall performance by a workplace campaign in the 2007 United Way of Saskatoon and Area Campaign.
Aurora received the Silver award in the Craven County American Cancer Relay for Life, the Gold award from the Beaufort and Pamlico County American Cancer Relay for Life, the Marine Corps Reserve Award for Outstanding Contributions for Toys for Tots, the Community Leader of the Year Award from the Washington Beaufort County Chamber of Commerce, Children's Miracle Network 2007 Partners in Hope Award, the 2007 Hero Award from the American Red Cross and the 2007 Home Run Award from Habitat for Humanity.
White Springs was selected as the Hamilton County Chamber of Commerce Business of the Year for 2007. It was recognized for its strong support of the Hamilton County Special Olympics team that won a gold medal in the Special Olympics World Games in China. The White Springs Wild Land Fire Team was widely recognized for its volunteerism in helping to contain the Bugaboo fire.
Northbrook office was recognized in 2007 as the Top Corporate Citizen for the United Way in North Suburban Chicago for the third consecutive year.
Safety Awards
A number of sites received health and safety awards:
Allan's underground emergency response team was the Overall Underground Winner at the Provincial Emergency Response competition and its surface emergency response team was the Overall Winner at the PotashCorp Fire Fighters' Rodeo.
In 2007, the New Brunswick division received the New Brunswick Mining Association Mineral Industry trophy for the mine with the lowest injury frequency rate in the province for the year 2006. The New Brunswick division also received the CIM-New Brunswick Branch trophy for the mine with the lowest accident severity in mines in the province for the year 2006.
Patience Lake received the Saskatchewan Mining Association Safety Award for achieving a zero injury rating.
Weeping Water received the Sentinels of Safety Award from the Mine Safety and Health Administration for achieving 9,981 employee hours worked underground without a lost-time injury. The site received the Platinum Award of Honor with distinction for 12 years from the National Safety Council and the Peak Performance Award from the Nebraska Safety Council, which rated the company one of the Top 10 in the state of Nebraska. Weeping Water also received the Pinnacle Award for Chemical Transportation Safety from Union Pacific.
At Aurora, 18 departments received Safety Awards from the North Carolina Department of Labor.
Lima received three safety awards: the West Central Ohio Safety Council Award for 2007 safety performance; the Ohio Chemistry Technology Council's 2007 Excellence in Environmental, Health, Safety and Security Performance award; and an award from the National Petrochemical and Refiners Association for three years without a lost-time injury.