2012 NSC Rising Stars of Safety

“The three traits benefitting Scott throughout his career are his ability to listen, provide feedback and learn. Scott makes a commitment to be a part of everything going on in the plant. While being involved with our staff, he listens to their concerns, what tools they need to be successful, and assists them with developing solutions to complete the job safely.” 

“Rob has formalized a global field safety organization with a leadership steering committee and regional business safety champions. He clarified and communicated the roles and expectations of the team. Rob also established a multi-tiered communication network, which includes annual Global Safety Management, quarterly Regional Business leaders and monthly field engineer safety meetings.”

“Maria led development and global deployment of a two-day on-boarding safety training program for new hires. This included development of an improved one-day, 12-module classroom safety awareness course and a second day of hands-on training in a real industrial environment. In the five years since development, the program has been translated into 10 languages and has expanded to 16 sites globally.”

“In 2010, Joe motivated and led a cross-functional team to develop and implement an Emergency Response Action Plan for the company. He then recruited and trained volunteers for the team and went on to implement and perform annual building evacuation drills for all three of our facilities. Joe executed safety evaluations to ensure proper placement of emergency showers/eyewashes, fire extinguishers and spill response carts, and made necessary modifications to meet OSHA requirements.”

“Each year, Jessica coordinates the state’s Highway Safety and Incident Management Conference, bringing together her peers to share best practices and ideas. She also re-established the Traffic Records Coordinating Committee, which has since executed several initiatives to make sure law enforcement officers and engineers have the proper access to crash records and other pertinent safety-related data in order to identify locations for safety improvements. She also has a passion for traffic safety as it relates to children and families, working with TDOT to establish the Safe Routes to School program in the state.”

“During the first four months on the job, Tricia led the implementation of computer-based training, shift toolbox talks, daily safety conversations, stretching and job rotation, revised incident investigation practices, a re-structured safety team, and active-aggressive incident case management practices.”

“After Army units in Europe reported hazards and accidents during training Soldiers in detecting and handling improvised and homemade explosive devices, Graham conducted research on improvised and homemade explosive device hazards and accidents at Army training locations in Europe and the United States. Having identified the risks associated with current Army improvised and homemade explosive device training practices, Graham formed a working group with explosives, combat training and safety experts across the Army to develop safe training standards for improvised/homemade explosives training and handling.”

“He established a formalized safety process that included his review and applications of more than 185 EHS local and state regulations, comprehensive safety training, incident reporting investigation, weekly behavior-based safety audits, monthly/daily safety meeting routines, JSAs, and all the other special skills programs like emergency response, lockout, contractor safety, etc.”