The Chemical Engineering & ChemInnovations’ Safety Investment Award credits Dow for proactively creating a safety resource that benefits the chemical industry.
Midland, MI - September 26, 2013 - In recognition of its leadership in the chemical process industry, The Dow Chemical Company (NYSE:DOW) on Wednesday was honored with a 2013 Chemical Engineering & ChemInnovations Award for the Dow Lab Safety Academy, an online learning environment that leverages Dow’s best-in-class safety practices to benefit the chemical community as a whole.
Dow received the biennial Safety Investment Award during a ceremony at the ChemInnovations 2013 Conference & Expo in Galveston, Texas.
The Dow Lab Safety Academy, with dozens of video tutorials and downloads that address today's most relevant lab safety issues, was initially developed to help university chemistry and materials science labs heighten safety awareness and prepare students for the rigorous safety practices that would await them after graduation, should they go to work for the chemical industry.
But Dow’s R&D team quickly decided to open the free resource to the public, where it has been of particular use to smaller companies that don’t have abundant safety training resources for employees. Visit the site at: http://safety.dow.com.
“At Dow, our safety culture is part of everything we do and every decision we make,” said A.N. Sreeram, corporate vice president of Research & Development at Dow. “We are honored to win the 2013 ChemInnovations Safety Investment Award, which brings further industry validation to our commitment to promote a safety mindset in the chemical workforce of today and tomorrow.”
The annual ChemInnovations Conference & Expo focuses on the latest engineering best practices from around the world, providing insights into emerging technologies and developing industry trends. Chemical Engineering, the leading global publication for the chemical process industries, produces the event.
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