Amerex hosts McWane Plumbing Group Safety Managers Conference
Amerex hosts McWane Plumbing Group Safety Managers Conference
April 4, 2019
The annual Group Safety Manager’s Conference for the Plumbing Group plus Amerex was held April 2-3, 2019 with Amerex serving as the host facility. Over the 2 days the Safety Managers from each of the 7 facilities in the Group were able to share programs and best practices to learn from each other. In addition to several round tables & working sessions on subjects such as near-miss reporting, safety scorecards, and assessing the state of a facility/company safety culture the agenda included several guest speakers. Betty Grogan, Director – Learning & Development coached the team on talent assessment & development, Tony Orlowski & Josh Gunning (GM & Safety Manager from M&H Valve) shared their program of evaluating a worker’s/supervisor’s state of safety compliance & awareness, Mickey Hannum, VP Health & Safety discussed the path forward for the corporate safety program, and Jon Pollard & Harrison Bishop (Plant Manager & President – Amerex) covered the state of the business & challenges currently facing Amerex. After a full 2-day agenda, the Team was able to unwind and enjoy dinner and some fun at TopGolf in downtown Birmingham.
Left to Right:
• Nathan Gentges – Safety Manager, Tyler Coupling
• Paul Quezada – Compliance Director, AB&I
• Francis Dorval – Safety Manager, Bibby Ste Croix
• Ross Boeker – McWane Group Director – Health & Safety
• Jason Smith – Asst Safety Manager, Tyler Pipe
• Jonathan Desbiens – Safety Manager, Bibby LaPerle
• Larry Fuscher – Safety Manager, Anaco
• Jon Pollard – Operations Manager, Amerex
• Robert Fisher – Safety Manager, Amerex