Students from the Deep South Center (DSC) for Occupational Health and Safety, part of The University of Alabama at Birmingham's (UAB) School of Public Health, recently visited Amerex to learn more about safety in the workplace. 

Amerex Health & Safety Engineer Tim Pitts, a DSC Board of Advisors member, arranged for the students to tour the Amerex building and learn more about manufacturing safety. The tour provided a deeper understanding of ergonomics, industrial hygiene, and environmental safety. Amerex leadership, including Harrison Bishop, President and CEO, Jay Ghelani, Vice President of Operations, and Chuck Freind, Environmental Manager, joined Tim to speak with the students and did a Q&A session to help them decide which field interests them the most. 

"It is important to help give back," Tim states of his involvement with the DSC program. "That is how safety works. It is vital to provide the next generation with the tools and education that they need to be successful in the field."