Palm Beach Gardens, FL – April 29, 2025 – The Safe Facility Performance Awards, a hallmark of safety excellence within the compressed gas industry, were bestowed upon distinguished recipients during the prestigious 2025 Safety Awards Banquet held in Palm Beach Gardens, FL. Hosted by the Compressed Gas Association (CGA), the event celebrated the outstanding commitment to safety demonstrated by U.S. and Canadian facilities of CGA member companies.

The awards ceremony, a highlight of the evening, showcased the remarkable achievements of facilities that have maintained an exemplary safety record, underscoring their dedication to creating and sustaining safe work environments. This year’s ceremony recognized 630 facilities, nearly double last year’s, for reaching new safety milestones, a testament to the industry’s collective pursuit of safety excellence.

Rich Gottwald, CGA President and CEO, commended the recipients, stating, “Safety is at the core of every company that makes up this association, so it is incredible to see the number of facilities recognized in every tier of this program. Thank you all for your ongoing commitment to safety!”

The recipients were acknowledged across various levels, symbolizing their remarkable safety milestones:

Bronze Level – Recognizing facilities with 250,000 hours or 5 years without any lost-time injury.

Silver Level – Honoring facilities with 500,000 hours or 10 years with no lost time injury.

Gold Level – Commending facilities with 750,000 hours or 15 years of incident-free operations.

Gold 1-Star to Gold 4-Star Levels – Celebrating facilities achieving milestones ranging from 1 million to 1.75 million hours without any lost-time injury.

The ceremony culminated in the presentation of the most prestigious awards, the Platinum, Platinum 1-Star, and Palladium Level Safe Facility Performance awards. Notable recipients included:

• Air Liquide/Airgas: Recognized for seven facilities at the Platinum and Palladium levels, marking decades of impeccable safety performance.

  • Platinum: Air Liquide Advanced Materials, Fremont, California (2 million hours with no lost time injury)
  • Platinum: Airgas Merchant Gases, Tucson, Arizona (40 years with no lost time injury)
  • Platinum 1-Star: Air Liquide Large Industries North America, Hamilton, Ontario ASU and SMR (2.25 million hours with no lost time injury)
  • Platinum 1-Star: Airgas Gulf Coast, LaPorte, Texas (2.25 million hours with no lost time injury)
  • Platinum 1-Star: Airgas Merchant Gases, Coatesville, Pennsylvania (45 years with no lost time injury)
  • Platinum 1-Star: Airgas Merchant Gases, Oglethorpe, Georgia (45 years with no lost time injury)
  • Palladium: Airgas Merchant Gases, Wilmington, California (50 years with no lost time injury)

• Air Products and Chemicals: Acknowledged for their exemplary safety record at three Platinum Level facilities.

  • Platinum: Air Products and Chemicals, Chandler, Arizona (2 million hours with no lost time injury)
  • Platinum: Air Products and Chemicals, Brampton, Ontario (40 years with no lost time injury)
  • Platinum 1-Star: Air Products and Chemicals, Largo, Florida (45 years with no lost time injury)

• Roberts Oxygen Company, Inc.: Celebrated for their outstanding safety achievements at two Platinum Level facilities.

  • Platinum: Branch 10, Sterling, Virginia
  • Platinum: Branch 11, Laurel, Maryland

Each recipient was invited to the stage to receive their award, accompanied by applause and expressions of admiration from peers and industry leaders. The event concluded with heartfelt gratitude extended to all participants for their tireless pursuit of safety excellence.

To see all the 2025 Safe Facility Performance Award recipients, please see the PDF in the downloads section to the right >>.

Photos from the banquet can be found on our Flickr page.