To: SCET Safety Award Participants

The Safety Council of East Texas will again sponsor a program to recognize the safety achievements of member companies working in the East Texas area for the year 2025.

There are several awards for which a member company may qualify. We encourage all members to participate in the awards process. The deadline for submission is February 28th, 2026.

The presentation of the SCET safety awards is part of a comprehensive safety awards program that the Council's Awards Program Committee developed to promote member safety and accident prevention in the petroleum, refining and petrochemical manufacturing industry and other service companies of our four state area. The award publicly recognizes the excellent safety record attained by member companies working in these industries. The Safety Award recipients will be honored at a Safety Awards Banquet to be held on Thursday, April 16^th, 2026.

The following pages contain complete information on the program. Please note that the deadline for submitting awards applications is February 28th, 2026.

A program agenda will be sent prior to the event date. If you have any questions regarding any phase of the safety awards program, please contact me.

Sincerely,
Chris James
President/CEO

SCET has established five divisions:

General Contractors: Companies using multiple crafts and specialty subcontractors. Example: Company hiring electricians, pipefitters, welders, carpenters, subcontractors, etc. Usually has total project responsibility.

Specialty Contractor: Companies primarily using a single craft. Example: roofing, scaffolding, electrical, abatement, HVAC, crane rental, etc. Rarely hires subcontractors. Usually does not have total project responsibility.

SCET recognizes Safety Excellence through Training by awarding participating companies for accomplishments in the following areas by division.

• The "Safety Excellence through Training" Award – the most prestigious SCET award. Recipients must exhibit superior levels of consistent safety performance. The recipient must also exhibit superior levels of safety training efforts for their employees. There will be only one of these awards issued in each division.

• The Safety Achievement Award - Incident Rate - recipients must achieve a 0% incident rate without an OSHA recordable during the evaluation period. SCET Safety Awards are based on records kept for employees in accordance with OSHA recordkeeping requirements as defined by law and entered on your OSHA 300 log for work performed within 150 miles of the Council.

• The Safety Achievement Award - Incident Rate Improvement- recipients must achieve a 25% or greater reduction in the total recordable incidence rate with no fatalities as compared to the average of the total recordable incidence rates for the previous three calendar year.

• The Safety Achievement Award - Years Worked recipients must have worked one or more years (365 consecutive days) without a lost workday case involving days away from work or fatality.

A member company may apply for awards in as many categories as it qualifies.

A member company must be current with membership fees prior to the February 28th, 2026, application deadline. Member companies must not have invoices delinquent more than 90 days  prior to February 28th, 2026.

All applications MUST be accompanied by supporting documents as requested on the application.

Please note that if you qualify for an award(s), you must complete the appropriate application form(s) and return it to SCET as soon as possible, but no later than February 28th, 2026.

Compliance with this requirement will ensure accurate processing of award applications in time for presentation at the Awards Banquet held April 16th, 2026.

If you have any questions concerning your application(s), please contact Chris
James at (903) 758-1303.

All award categories of SCET Safety Awards will be presented at the 2026 SCET Annual Safety Awards Banquet on Thursday, April 16th, 2026, from 11:00 am to 1:00 pm, at The Reserve in Longview, Texas. 

Basically, each member company receiving an award will be announced along with its accomplishments. Representative(s) from each respective company will proceed to the stage where they will receive the award from the SCET Chairman of the Board and pose for a quick photograph to be used in the press coverage as described below.

As an additional service, SCET will prepare a press release and photograph of the award presentation and send them to the award recipients for distribution.

SCET hardhat decals recognizing the Safety Awards presented to companies will be available to companies receiving awards, free of charge. Requests made after the award application deadline cannot be accommodated.

The SCET Safety Achievement Award is presented to those member companies that achieve a 25% or greater reduction in the total recordable incident rate with no fatalities during the 2025 calendar year as compared to the average total recordable incident rate for the three previous calendar years. SCET Safety Awards are based on records kept for employees in accordance with OSHA recordkeeping requirements as defined by law and entered on your OSHA 300 log for work within 150 miles of the Council.

EXAMPLE CALCULATION: SAFETY ACHIEVEMENT AWARD - INCIDENCE RATE

2024 Total Recordable Incident Rate (OSHA Statistics)   1.4
2023 Total Recordable Incident Rate (OSHA Statistics) +1.9
2022 Total Recordable Incident Rate (OSHA Statistics) +2.7
                                                                                                6

Previous 3 Year Average Total Recordable Incident Rate (2022,2023,2024) 6 = 2                                                                                                                                       3

2025 Total Recordable Incident Rate (OSHA Statistics) = 1.2

% Reduction = 3 Year Average Rate - 2025 Rate X 100 = (2.0-1.2) X 100 = 40%
                                   3 Year Average Rate                               2

This Company is eligible for the SCET Safety Achievement Award - Incident Rate Improvement

Requirements: Achieve a 25% or greater reduction in the total recordable incident rate with no fatalities during the 2025 calendar year as compared to the average total recordable incident rate for the three previous calendar years.

The SAFETY ACHIEVEMENT AWARD-INCIDENT RATE is awarded to those member companies that worked a 2025 calendar year with a 0% incident rate without an OSHA recordable during the evaluation period. SCET Safety Awards are based on records kept for employees in accordance with OSHA recordkeeping requirements as defined by law and entered on your OSHA 300 log for work performed within 150 miles of the Council.

The SAFETY ACHIVEMENT AWARD - YEARS WORKED is awarded to those member companies that worked one or more consecutive years without a lost workday case involving days away from work or a fatality during the evaluation period. The time period for this award does not have to encompass an exact calendar year. For example, an award may be presented for 1 year without a lost workday case from October 2, 2023, to October 2, 2024, etc. SCET Safety Awards are based on records kept for employees in accordance with OSHA recordkeeping requirements as defined by law and entered on your OSHA 200/300 log for work performed in within 150 miles of the Council or Evers' Training Center.

SCET's most prestigious award is The Safety Excellence Through Training Award. This award is presented to one Member Company each year that demonstrates consistent safety performance and a commitment to safety training of their employees.

To qualify for this award, a member company must demonstrate consistent safety performance by having and providing the following information for review:

A recordable incidence rate of 1.0 or less.
A copy of your company safety-training program for all employees.
A sample of training documentation for each training program.
A copy of your company OSHA 300 logs for work done within 150 miles of the Council during the past five years.

Please attach any related documents such as OSHA 300 logs, or a copy of your company safety-training program.  Copies can also me mailed to:

 

Safety Council of East Texas

Attn: Gary Cheshier

161 Garland St.

Longview, TX 75602