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All it took was a single industrial safety class for Barton McMillin to realize a career in safety was right for him — particularly because it didn’t require sitting behind a desk 24 hours a day. “Things that I was learning in the safety class,
Whenever Tony Wallace’s wife chops vegetables, he can’t help but put his safety professional hat on. “I’ll gasp, and she'll say, You don't trust me,” he says. “I’ll say, No, I trust you: I don't trust the knife.” Tony has tried to explain that
When Robert Schindler started his career in construction 18 years ago, he remembers the safety and operation teams working on opposite sides of the construction site. The safety team didn’t talk to superintendents, or project managers. Everyone
While some safety leaders measure success or failure by the number of injury reports, Bianca Castagna, leader of the Environmental, Health, and Safety (EHS) program at the GE Aviation plant in Auburn, Alabama, prefers to think further ahead.“If
Alex Guariento is Trimac Transportation’s Vice President of Safety. The Calgary-based freight carrier’s 3,400 employees make sure that every shipment they’re charged with delivering all over North America reaches its destinations on time withou
Joseph Tommasi started his career clearing trees around utility lines and trained as an arborist in the early 1970s. He worked his way up as a crew leader, then a supervisor, and has been with The Davey Tree Expert Company since 1994.Based in K
Travis Post never intended to go into the safety field. But after a Skilsaw injury at one of his first construction jobs left him a partial-leg amputee, his career trajectory completely changed.“In the early eighties, I received my safety bapti
To Torrey Garrison, safety isn’t just the right thing to do — it’s a selling point for a business.Torrey is the Vice President of Environmental, Health and Safety (EHS) and of Leadership Development at Performance Contractors, an industrial con
Carrol Dugan took interest in the environment around her at a young age after realizing that “we only have this one environment that we live in.” This interest eventually led her to a successful career in environmental health and safety (EHS).“
Katherine Syverson has spent 40 years in manufacturing with a variety of businesses. To say she knows and understands the risks and needs of the field would be an understatement.Now, as the Environment, Health and Safety Director at Life Fitnes
As a child growing up in Nigeria, climbing a mango tree was just the kind of risk Acho Ulu was willing to take. But his dad taught him about the importance of safety and preparation, which is why he put safeguards in place in case he fell. Acho
As a volunteer firefighter for 13 years, Tyler Keys witnessed two ends of the safety spectrum. He saw people’s worst moments — when safety precautions were not taken — resulting in horrible, sometimes dire, consequences. But he also witnessed t
Safety isn’t just a job to Jack Frost; it’s a commitment. In 1998, just a short time after Jack had become a safety officer at a shipyard in Pascagoula, Mississippi, he witnessed the horrific death of a fellow employee. It is a moment in time t
Grantt Bedford always has some sort of plan. After serving in the first Gulf War, he made a five-year plan: get a job, get a bachelor’s degree, work for a major oil company and become a manager. He accomplished each point and did so while break
Few 18-year-olds know what an industrial hygienist is. So it makes sense why Jeremy Sawyer didn’t consider that major during his first year of college. After realizing physical therapy wasn't for him, he spoke to a counselor who opened his eyes
Matt Hare originally studied to become a firefighter before taking a job at Hit Promotional Products — a training he believes has greatly aided him in his role as Vice President of Environmental Health and Safety.On this episode of the No Accid
When Lauren Mayfield graduated college with an urban planning degree, she had the intention of helping people through science, technology and ingenuity. A few decades later and Lauren is doing just that as Senior Vice President of Safety & Heal
Shawn Mandel’s passion for safety began as a hospital corpsman — aka an enlisted medical specialist — in the U.S. Navy, when the health and safety of the Marines he worked alongside was his responsibility.“It parlayed well into the environmenta
Damian Alvarez got into construction as a 14-year-old who just needed to make some cash. He took an under-the-table job to pay for summer school, but after several months of putting new shingles on roofs, he’d found a lifelong love for working
Keith Robinson’s 30-year career in safety started with a direct command from his captain in the Navy.“When I was a young officer in the Navy, the captain I served under came to me and said, ‘We need you to be the assistant safety officer on thi
Cole Wadsworth is a cowboy and rodeo competitor who never thought he’d work outside the agriculture field. With degrees in agricultural science and animal science, his plan was always to teach agriculture — until his wife applied for a complian
The first thing John Goodpaster does every morning is make his bed (sometimes even when his wife is still in it). As a former commander in the U.S. Navy, he thrives off of routine and structure, and those character traits have served him well i
John Horne’s four-year-old daughter doesn’t understand his job, but his seven-year-old son has a better grasp on it.“He knows that his [dad’s] responsible for safety and health,” John says in this episode of the No Accident podcast, presented b
Working in the oil and gas industry runs in the family for Justin Overstreet. About 20 years ago, he started working for his dad’s company, where he was in charge of documentation and other rudimentary tasks like testing employees after they wa
Nearly the entirety of Mike Letters’ career in safety has centered around vehicle safety. One of the biggest differences he’s made is also the simplest: slapping a sticker on company cars.“We have a decal on the side of our vehicles as well as
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