CSX Announces 54 Chemical Safety Excellence Award Winners for 2022

July 27, 2023 (press release) –

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – July 27, 2023 – CSX Corporation (NASDAQ: CSX) today announced the winners of the company’s 29th annual Chemical Safety Excellence Awards, recognizing customers for their outstanding contribution to the safe transportation of hazardous materials. 

The Chemical Safety Excellence Awards were presented to customers who shipped at least 600 carloads of hazardous materials with CSX during 2022 without a release due to controllable factors. The winners, representing a wide range of industry segments, shipped a combined total of more than 175,000 carloads of hazard materials on the CSX network during the previous calendar year.

CSX presented special recognition awards to seven companies that achieved milestones of 5, 10 and 15 years without an accidental release of hazardous materials shipped on CSX. Multi-year recognition award winners included:

• 15 Years: Occidental Chemical
• 10 Years: Green Plains, Plains All American, and SABIC.
• 5 Years: Crestwood Services, Synagro Rail (EPIC), and Suncor Energy.

“The unrelenting safety efforts of the CSX Chemical Safety Excellence Award winners, combined with proven safety advantages of rail transportation, contribute to a sustainable supply chain that protects communities and employees,” said Kevin Boone, executive vice president of Sales and Marketing. “CSX railroaders understand that safety is an every-day, around-the-clock commitment, and we applaud our customers who stand with us through their rigorous safety programs.”
 

CSX, based in Jacksonville, Florida, is a premier transportation company. It provides rail, intermodal and rail-to-truck transload services and solutions to customers across a broad array of markets, including energy, industrial, construction, agricultural, and consumer products. For nearly 200 years, CSX has played a critical role in the nation's economic expansion and industrial development. Its network connects every major metropolitan area in the eastern United States, where nearly two-thirds of the nation's population resides. It also links more than 240 short-line railroads and more than 70 ocean, river and lake ports with major population centers and farming towns alike.

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Matthew Korn, CFA, Investor Relations
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Bryan Tucker, Corporate Communications
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