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Identifying and Cultivating Safety Leaders

Identifying and Cultivating Safety Leaders. Kelly Hebert Verl Penrod John Levens Russ Shinert Steve Burge. Kelly Hebert Lead Safety Specialist New Orleans, La. Savage has 2,500 employees and 145 sites 900 Safety Specialists

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Identifying and Cultivating Safety Leaders

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  1. Identifying and Cultivating Safety Leaders Kelly Hebert VerlPenrod John Levens Russ Shinert Steve Burge

  2. Kelly Hebert Lead Safety Specialist New Orleans, La.

  3. Savage has 2,500 employees and 145 sites • 900 Safety Specialists • The industry of Trade, Transportation, and Utilities has a lost time rate of 3.0. • Savage has a lost time rate of 0.27

  4. Best Practice • Safety Specialist Program was recognized by OSHA as a best practice during one of our operations VPP Star Approval Inspections • Created and maintained by safety specialists

  5. Why is it Important to Identify Leaders? • Leaders are in your workplace ~ they are anyone with willing followers. • They influence others. • Asset vs. Liability • Good leaders don’t just convince, they convert.

  6. Verl Penrod General Manager Wasco California

  7. Identify and Cultivate Safety Leaders • How do I Identify and Cultivate Safety Leaders: Safety Leaders must have a commitment to Safety and believe that we can achieve our goal of ‘0’ occurrences • What do I look for as a Manager? Safety leaders demonstrate excellence in Safety by keeping themselves, others and company property safe. They set the standard for Safety and Professionalism • Select the right people: Willingness to participate in Safety process (Safety process includes keeping work area/facility and equipment clean) Demonstrates Safety Stewardship-owns decisions and helps strengthen other team members, customer and company • Look for individuals that have leadership/management potential • Integrity- act with honesty & fairness because nothing else matters • Mentors a positive reinforcement of Safety. Understands Critical Behavior is Urgently important to safety success & (finding fault is a distraction)

  8. Major Objective of Lead Safety Specialists • Has potential to lead other Safety Specialists and front line employees in promoting Safety behavior • LSS are assigned the responsibility of heading up the Safety Specialist program with support from manager at operation • Safety success depends on the personal goals of individuals on our team including written goals(example: signed Safety Commitment card) • Number of currently serving SS’s & LSS’s varies depending on needs and could included everyone • Safety success is results – 0 occurrences • The key ingredient to Safety success is Safety behavior • LSS/SS are assigned specific areas of responsibility • Safety Inspection -Cleanliness Inspection – Observations - SHAPS • Other – PPE, Safety training, MSDS updates and review…..

  9. Attributes that I look for in selecting LSS/SS • A Passion for Safety (be creative in using positive reinforcement – spaced repetition) Critical Behavior is Urgently important • Positive attitude toward company and management • Has a professional appearance and attitude • Sets the example of what our customers expect our employees to be • Treats co-workers with dignity and respect • Is able to anticipate and solve problems • Acceptspersonal responsibility and has ownership for their actions at all times. Has good understanding that Safety behavior precedes Safety results and Positive reinforcement gets desired Safety behavior

  10. Personal Responsibility……

  11. Safety Leadership really is about personal responsibility and positive reinforcement of Safe behavior. How safe are you when no one else is looking? Ask yourself: Why am I Safe? Can I do one more thing for Safety?

  12. John Levens Crane Operator Martinez, Ca.

  13. Cultivating/Elevating Leaders John Levens • Lead Safety Specialist • Coach and empower front line employees to correct unsafe acts/conditions • Define expectations • Employee owned program • Pride from input • Employees support each other • Maintain a safe haven for creative ideas and discussion • Communicate

  14. Russ Shinert Safety Director Houston, Tx

  15. Where should “safety” be?

  16. Employees are not hired as Safety Specialist • The safety specialist team delivers on the safety efforts • Like a football team

  17. Steve Burge V.P. Safety Salt Lake City, Ut.

  18. The only influence you have as a leader comes from people knowing you love and care about them.

  19. Integrity • Teamwork • Leadership • Ownership • Empowerment

  20. It is about the people Commit To Make A Difference

  21. Email addresses • Kelly Hebert-kellyhebert@savageservices.com • Verl Penrod-verlp@savageservices.com • John Levens-johnlevens@savageservices.com • Russ Shinert-russshinert@savageservices.com • Steve Burge-steveburge@savageservices.com

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