Shining brightly
The National Safety Council presents the Rising Stars of Safety, Class of 2013
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"The National Safety Council is pleased to recognize the 2013 class of the NSC Rising Stars of Safety, presented by DuPont Sustainable Solutions."
Read the complete introduction by Janet Froetscher, president and CEO, National Safety Council.
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Ghulam Abbas 26 Industrial Safety Engineer Engro Fertilizer Ltd. Ghotki, Pakistan |
| “Ghulam Abbas has been coordinating sessions and quiz competitions on different HSE topics for training of employees. Through his leadership, the safety committee has developed several initiatives. Those include an Injury-Free December campaign, Spot-The-Hazard campaign and Operations Discipline week. Off the job, Abbas has been leading a team for EFERT’s National HSE Seminar for the last two years, which engages safety pros from Pakistan’s multifarious leading organizations. He also engages colony occupants (employee wives and kids) by conducting spot-the-hazard award competitions in which the community is asked to identify hazards in and around their residences.” | |
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Amanda Chambers 34 Health and Safety Specialist LG&E and KU Energy Lexington, KY |
| “Because the workers for which Amanda is responsible are widespread and exposed to different types of hazards, she realized the importance of constant communication and sharing current safety information and uniform messages about expectations, issues, practices and regulations. Consequently, Amanda launched a monthly newsletter to update employees about their safety performance, incidents, and health and wellness topics. She also initiated a biweekly teleconference with all management and contractors to inform them about safety expectations and new standards, and to promote best-practice sharing.” | |
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Matthew Arabie 30 Environmental Health and Safety Specialist Siemens Energy – HSC Houston, TX |
| “Matthew listens and ensures you have a voice. He factors your thoughts into his decisions, and it’s based on your personal safety. When Matthew stops a job or calls a meeting, he does it in a way that’s non-combative and without blame. He’s the kind of leader who points out successes and ensures the individual and the organization is aware of who’s showing leadership in safety. Matthew’s efforts make me want to work not only harder, but safer.” | |
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Brandon Dunkin 37 Regional Safety Manager DynCorp International Poway, CA |
| “Brandon is responsible for two significant initiatives that influence the success of our safety program: the 365 Day Work Plan and the Daily Situation Report. The 365 Day Work Plan is a scheduling and cross-training tool that allows a certain amount of uniformity in the daily activities of the safety professional. The Daily Situation Report has been developed so that the activities under the 365 can be recorded for posterity and reported to the management.” | |
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Dawn Breznai 37 Environment Health and Safety Lead Chrysler Group LLC Detroit, MI |
| “Dawn has an unconventional method to manage and drive proactive safety systems. She uses creative ways of teaching and coaching safety to others. One example is the ‘SEWO Board,’ a 6-by-4-foot board on wheels that allows everyone, including employees on the shop floor, to provide input on the root cause analysis of the incident and the opportunity to suggest countermeasures to address the root causes.” | |
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Amanda Finnegan 38 Regional HSE Manager CH2M Hill Alaska Anchorage, AK |
| “Amanda focused on personalizing safety within the last year. She has worked to develop a safety leadership training course for employees entitled, ‘Everyone Returning Home.’ This course teaches effective communication skills, conflict resolution and positive reinforcement. Currently, 80 leaders have attended this training, with 300 more by the end of the year.” | |
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Joshua Franklin 35 Senior Master Sergeant Eleventh Air Force Joint-Base Elmendorf-Richardson Anchorage, AK |
| “While deployed to Manas, Kyrgyzstan, Josh first noticed the high amount of sports-related injuries incurred by soldiers and airmen during basketball games, as well as non-UL-certified appliances in the base’s living quarters. He researched ways to reduce ankle injuries and found an ongoing Air Force study regarding ankle braces. Josh procured several hundred braces and designed an educational flyer to encourage the use of the braces during all organized games. Through consistent application and encouragement among the athletes, ankle injuries during games were reduced 57 percent over the next five months. … Josh invigorated the replacement of all non-UL appliances throughout the base.” | |
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Aldo Gomez 36 EHS Engineer Delphi Westfield, IN |
| “Aldo has been leading one of the most important and ambitious initiatives Delphi has ever undertaken in the EH&S arena. He and a global team of technical experts are constructing a common global EH&S operating system that will allow for certification to both ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001 international standards. … Aldo and the team have made significant progress on this special assignment while maintaining their regular responsibilities, and hope to have a pilot program initiated within the next 12 months.” | |
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Shawn Galloway 36 President and COO ProAct Safety The Woodlands, TX |
| “Shawn developed a program to address contractor safety for a major client. It not only targeted obvious safety issues, but included steps to bring the contractors into the client site’s safety culture and include them in the safety activities during their project time onsite. The process included creating project safety plans, contractor orientation materials and a video from the CEO of the firm explaining the importance of safety to the organization. The process was rolled out to the client’s 172 sites through a train-the-trainer model and was coordinated with an outside firm that qualifies contractors’ eligibility to do project work.” | |
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Keith Greer 38 Site Safety and Health Manager RMA Land Construction Inc. Kaneohe, HI |
| “Performing as the HSE Manager for the $38 million Tactical Equipment Maintenance Facility project encompassing 21.5 acres at Schofield Barracks, HI, Mr. Greer has the overall responsibility for initiating and implementing a safety program to ensure the safety of over 750 individuals who have worked onsite. At 686 days into the project, there have been over 250,000 man-hours and 70,000 equipment hours logged with no lost-time accidents. As part of the safety program, Mr. Greer requires all workers to complete a safety indoctrination course to ensure they understand the safety expectations. He also conducts daily safety briefings with field personnel and subcontractors, along with competent-person inspections to engage foremen and superintendents. His recognition program is also leveraged to promote individual accountability and motivate workers.” | |
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