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SID004
Growing Your Safety Culture with Employee Involvement
Mr. Bill Groce
About this Session:
This session will offer a new view on culture in safety. How to improve your safety culture without blaming human error. Working with front-line employees to improve your safety, production, and overall understanding of how work is performed.
About the Presenter:
Bill is a CHST and a Lead Safety and Health Consultant for the Virginia Department of Labor and Industry. Bill is a Master Plumber and Master Gas fitter with over 38 years of commercial construction and general industry piping experience, including steam fitting and boilers. Bill was a safety director for a small mechanical contractor for 10 years before coming to the Department of Labor in 2010. In his spare time, Bill volunteers with Harrisonburg Rescue Squad as a Special Operations Member, where he is an EMT-B Special Operation and a Duty Officer with the rescue squad.