Shining brightly
The National Safety Council presents the Rising Stars of Safety, Class of 2013
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Lori Schroth 29 Safety and Occupational Health Professional Concurrent Technologies Corp. Johnstown, PA |
| “I have personally witnessed Ms. Schroth building an entire safety program from the ground up at an organization that did not place a high value on safety. This effort included written safety programs, industrial hygiene monitoring, safety and health training, safety inspections of work areas, and the formation of a safety committee. Through her work at this particular organization, Ms. Schroth was successful in reducing injury and illness rates, introducing new hazard controls, creating a waste management and recycling program, and enhancing the overall safety culture.” |
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Casey Stewart 34 Risk Control Technical Consultant Liberty Mutual Nolensville, TN |
| “Casey has been instrumental in the integration of observation techniques to guide the customer’s auto crash and injury prevention efforts at his locations. His efforts have resulted in a behavior-based safety program that observed and documented over 15 million behaviors in 2012. This upstream data has assisted his target operations in reducing risk and reinforcing safe working and driving methods. In addition, Casey has developed multiple validation assessments that identify training and knowledge gaps that are influencing behavioral risk. The processes he has implemented allow for predictive measures to be implemented making improvements in the injury and crash frequencies.” |
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Chris Seider 31 Corporate Safety Specialist Foth Production Solutions LLC Green Bay, WI |
| “Chris creates clear goals within the organization containing both lagging and leading indicators and makes sure everyone knows how they impact those goals both positively and negatively. Chris actively promotes safety through ongoing communications, training, safety committees, audits, investigations, etc. He promotes overall safety, not just those areas that affect the jobs performed working to build an educated workforce that takes similar pride in safety the way he does. He also drives ‘Prevention through Design’ into our engineering practices to help us positively impact safety for our clients.” |
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Peter Sullivan 38 Regional Safety Manager, Northeast and SH&E Training Director AECOM Chelmsford, MA |
| “Mr. Sullivan led a team that successfully developed and implemented a new electronic Task Hazard Analysis (THA) tool. Through coordination with technical staff, an electronic THA tool was developed that streamlines the creative process and allows all project team members to collaborate. Once deployed, employees and managers provided immediate comment that the new tool was much easier to use and it has resulted in THA being created in a more efficient manner. The time it takes to write a THA has been reduced by approximately 66 percent, resulting in more time to focus on completing job assignments.” |
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Barry Spurlock 38 Adjunct Professor Indiana University Bloomington, IN |
| “From his early experience with safety measurement, Barry took a leadership role and designed, developed and delivered one of the first Safety Performance Measurement courses in the nation for Indiana University. He also collaborated with a colleague and developed the Leading Measures for Safety Performance as a two-day national course in 2006. He has taught this course at least twice a year since 2006, reaching hundreds of safety professionals.” |
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Taylor Vogel 37 Superintendent/Site Safety Officer AHTNA Engineering Services Newington, VA |
| “Though Taylor is technically a superintendent by job title, he is a safety professional at heart. Whenever there is a call for presenters for safety, Taylor is the first to volunteer no matter what the subject or the audience. Taylor goes above and beyond to help the ‘little guy’ and his open-door policy and the fact that he believes in leading by example makes him a valuable asset to his company. Taylor is one of those people that even the more experienced superintendents and project managers call on when they have a safety question.” |
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Branden Wilson 32 Safety Program Manager URS Tooele Chemical Agent Disposal Facility Stockton, UT |
| “Branden’s approach to leadership and collaborative concepts for safety involvement have facilitated more than 100 managers, supervisors and employee leaders achieving the BSCP’s STS Certification. Branden personally coached each of these candidates through the process. Branden’s efforts have created a visible culture shift where supervisors now feel empowered and knowledgeable to be safety leaders for their employees.” |
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Jennifer Williams 37 Industrial Hygiene and Environment Supervisor Jefferson Science Associates Newport News, VA |
| “During a facility upgrade, Jefferson Lab relocated its electro-chemical surface treatment research capability to a new building. Jennifer was a valued team member during the facility design and equipment relocation and/or procurement. She positively influenced the design of the new system by factoring in lessons learned from the previous two decades of operational history. ?Jennifer’s influence resulted in improved process efficiency (reduced waste stream), improved safety and reduced emergency management needs. Jennifer conducted a failure analysis of the new system, assisted in operational readiness reviews, developed the emergency response plan and provided staff training. This training resulted in the ability of the staff to respond quickly and efficiently to off-normal events. As a result, staff morale during startup was superior.” |
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Bryan Wozny 33 ESH Coordinator Argonne National Laboratory – Energy Systems Division Lemont, IL |
| “ES Division’s experimental safety review process is recognized widely as one of Argonne’s best due to Bryan’s leadership. In 2006, Argonne started to formalize the institution’s work planning and control process (WPC) to ensure project/task hazards are identified and controlled. Bryan is a valuable resource to that ongoing effort and active contributor to the institution’s initiative. Within the ES Division, Bryan has led the integration of new Argonne WPC requirements into the ES Division’s process. Integrating Argonne WPC requirements involved Bryan testing the online system and providing feedback, authoring the ES Division’s WPC procedure, and working closely with researchers to implement the process.” |
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Sean Zortman 33 Safety and Occupational Health Specialist 60th Medical Group Travis Air Force Base, CA |
| “Sean volunteered his off-duty time to educate 200-plus military members and families on fire prevention measures during Fire Prevention Week. He conducted 25 hands-on extinguisher and fire prevention training sessions for 450-plus staff. His efforts enhanced the hospital’s fire prevention program and instilled safety awareness amongst his peers.” |
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