BASF’s Sparta Site Receives Workplace Safety Award from Tennessee Chamber of Commerce

SPARTA, TN, October 24, 2019 – The Tennessee Chamber of Commerce and Industry awarded BASF’s Sparta, Tennessee site with the Workplace Safety Improvement award for their implementation of the Exposure Reduction Process (ERP). The program utilizes peer-to-peer observations to highlight risks and addresses them before they can become a safety incident.

“There has been a dramatic change in the safety culture of the plant since we implemented ERP two years ago,” said Andy Schmitt, BASF Site Director at Sparta. “Employees have embraced the ownership of the program and are taking responsibility for their safety and the safety of their coworkers.”

While utilizing ERP, the facility has operated more than 600 days without a recordable incident, the equivalent of roughly 450,000 work hours.

The Sparta site is part of BASF’s Performance Materials division and employs more than 100 people who produce Nylon 6, Nylon 6/6 and Polyester colored specialty resins for automotive, consumer and industrial, power distribution and telecommunications and advanced color technology uses. For more information, visit www.basf.us/tennessee.

About BASF

BASF Corporation, headquartered in Florham Park, New Jersey, is the North American affiliate of BASF SE, Ludwigshafen, Germany. BASF has more than 20,000 employees in North America and had sales of $19.7 billion in 2018. For more information about BASF’s North American operations, visit www.basf.com.

At BASF, we create chemistry for a sustainable future. We combine economic success with environmental protection and social responsibility. The approximately 122,000 employees in the BASF Group work on contributing to the success of our customers in nearly all sectors and almost every country in the world. Our portfolio is organized into six segments: Chemicals, Materials, Industrial Solutions, Surface Technologies, Nutrition & Care and Agricultural Solutions. BASF generated sales of around €63 billion in 2018. BASF shares are traded on the stock exchange in Frankfurt (BAS) and as American Depositary Receipts (BASFY) in the U.S. Further information at www.basf.com.