CROWN POINT – Leading regional companies bp, Cargill, Indiana OSHA, and many others will present key details about their innovations in safety during the upcoming 2024 Safety Seminar hosted by the Northwest Indiana Business Round Table (NWIBRT).
Each of the presenting companies is a former winner of NWIBRT’s Innovation Award, presented during the annual Construction Awards Banquet. This award is only given to companies that have developed new safety initiatives, processes, or procedures that creatively solve industry safety challenges and problems.
“One of the unique things about NWIBRT is how it brings employers together to share these developments to promote continual regionwide improvements in construction and industrial safety. Even though some companies may be competitors, they still come together to learn from one another and make their job sites safer,” said Rick Foor, NWIBRT Safety Committee Co-Chair and H&S Manager at Cargill.
The 2024 Safety Seminar will occur on Tuesday, February 6th, at the Ironworkers Local 395 Hall in Portage, IN. Those wishing to attend can register on NWIBRT’s website (NWIBRT.org).
The lineup of presenting companies and their topics includes:
- Gary Hulbert, OSHA/INSafe – OSHA/INSafe Introduction
- Aaron Janovitz, bp – Short-Term Worker Initiative
- Jake Wheeler, Tonn & Blank Construction – Off-Site Construction
- Shawn DeFee, Total Safety US – Centralized Confined Space Monitoring
- Scott Withan, K2 Industrial – Hydroblast Recovery System
- Mike Bronson, Thatcher Foundations – Rapid Impact Compaction System
- Michael Olvera, Cargill – Remote Operated Drone Teams
- Shane Navratil, EMCOR Hyre Electric – Safety App
- Jason Lammertin, Solid Platforms – Technical Advancement Program
- Jeff Vaiolo, FLUOR – Hydraulic Breaking System
- Dylan Gessinger & Brian Bub, Orbital Engineering – Site-Monitoring Trailers
