MEMBERSHIP SPOTLIGHT: JANUARY 2022
Chace Adams, CSP, CHST
Safety Manager
Cardinal Civil Contracting, LLC
Chace is a bold safety professional with seven years of hands-on experience utilizing the OSH degree he received while attending Murray State University. He is a native of Mayfield, KY, and completed an internship with Balfour Beatty Construction during the summer of 2013. He was soon offered a full-time position with their organization and relocated after graduating in 2014.
Chace quickly worked his way up the ranks at Balfour learning various facets of the construction industry. He is passionate about building safety into an organization’s core culture and was excited to accept an opportunity with Cardinal Civil Contracting leading the safety department as the head Safety Manager.
During his time as a safety professional, Chace has become a Certified Safety Professional (CSP) and Construction Health & Safety Technician (CHST). He has been fortunate to work with a multitude of mentors, who have provided unique insights into what it means to be an effective safety professional in the construction industry.
Chace’s wife, Amy, has relentlessly supported Chace in his pursuit to help others stay safe on the job throughout his career. They now have two beautiful daughters, Addy (4) and Annabell (2), and a spirited Chihuahua named Lux. They enjoy being active, spending time hiking, sightseeing, and sampling the variety of activities offered in the area. And of course, trying to keep up with all the girls’ extracurricular activities.
Chace believes that staying up to date with current safety philosophies and industry knowledge is key to being successful in this field. He attests that leveraging the skills of others helps to keep his team members safe. He enjoys helping others and believes that is critical to maintaining a circle of support and creating a network of expertise.
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE – DECEMBER 2021
Greetings Safety Professionals,
As valued members of our Society, we would like to extend our gratitude for everyone’s outstanding service for our profession this year. Fruitful growth within our Chapter has been abundant and this is a testament to your commitment to safety achievements within our great State.
We have a new State Budget for the next couple of years. This is monumental to the success of various programs that will directly or indirectly affect many employers over the next budget cycle. This is also the largest budget document in the history of our State. We are happy to share a CliffsNotes version if any clarifications are needed.
Would you like to volunteer for a role within our Chapter? We are looking for a few members to fill several roles for the 2022-2023 program year. It’s not hard and we have a wonderful supportive network within our Executive Committee. Contact us for more information.
We will be continuing to share more next month about the proposal for the house of delegates that is up for vote in early 2022.
Please join us for our next presentation on December 9th, 2021, at 12 p.m. EST. Labor Commissioner Josh Dobson will address our Chapter members and discuss North Carolina worker safety. Please save the date.
In closing, we hope that everyone has a very Merry Christmas and enjoys some well-deserved time away from work to enjoy fellowship with family and friends. Have a Happy New Year and we look forward to 2022.
Sincerely,
Robin
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE – NOVEMBER 2021
Greetings Safety Professionals,
Welcome to a month of Thanks on several fronts: Thank you to all the men and women who have sacrificed time, comfort, strength, ambition, health, and prosperity for the peace and safety of family and friends or any others that they’ve never known. Please take a moment this month and reward them a hundredfold for all of all their sacrifice and service for our great country. We appreciate our veterans!
Have you thought about serving in a role with our NC ASSP Chapter? Do you have a desire to promote safety? Would you like to volunteer for a role within our Chapter? We are looking for a few members to fill several roles for the 2022-2023 program year. It’s not hard and we have a wonderful, supportive network within our Executive Committee. Contact us for more information.
It’s time for Thanksgiving of 2021 and we hope that everyone enjoys the warmth of family this season and the harvest of a great feast! Happy Thanksgiving to all.
We will be continuing to share more next month about the proposal for the house of delegates that is up for a vote in early 2022. To review our ASSP governance page, click here.
Please join us for our next presentation pertaining to Robotics on November 10th, 2021 (12:00 PM – 1:00PM). Caleb Sylvester will be with us from Boston Dynamics for a safety use case of the SPOT robot.
Thank you for being a dedicated safety professional and helping to make sure that our employees return home safely to their families each day.
Robin
MEMBERSHIP SPOTLIGHT: OCTOBER 2021
Anthony Dohmann, CSP, CHST
Director of Safety
Paragon Safety Group
Anthony is a dynamic safety professional with over 12 years of experience in the residential, commercial, heavy civil, and pharmaceutical industries. He has designed and implemented safety programs that have changed the culture of several companies that recognize safety as a core value. Anthony is a Certified Safety Professional (CSP), Associate Safety Professional (ASP), and Certified Health and Safety Technician (CHST).
While attending graduate school at Virginia Tech, Anthony got his start in safety completing a co-op for Mass Electric Construction Company in 2010. He was first exposed to the world of safety management on the WMATA Redline project, in Washington, DC. Anthony enjoyed his experience alongside the hard-working men and women in the field and was offered a full-time job in Dallas, TX with Mass Electric shortly after. It was his mentor, William Johnson, who challenged and inspired Anthony instilling the motto to “never change and always be yourself” noting that this is how you excel in safety. It was just meant to be, safety just clicked for Anthony, and has been a great fit for his personality.
After a few years of traveling and working for Mass Electric / Kiewit in DC, Texas, and Virginia, Anthony got an opportunity to come back to North Carolina and become the Safety Director for Earnhardt Grading, Inc. in Stanley. At this family-owned and operated company, Anthony was able to create a safety environment rooted in caring, collaborating, and coaching. This helped the company demonstrate its culture of commitment.
Anthony has recently moved to the Raleigh area and has started a new role with Paragon Safety Group as the Director of Safety. He is thrilled to play a part in supporting and improving organizations that have a desire to enhance their safety performance (no matter how big or small). Outside of safety, Anthony enjoys spending time with his wife of 2 years, Hollie, and dog Schmidt. He recently became a father to a healthy boy, Graham, and is navigating the new world of parenthood. In the past year, he and his family moved from Charlotte to a home in Holly Springs and plan on calling the small town “home” for a long time.
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE – AUGUST 2021
Greetings Safety Professionals!
Welcome to a new Chapter year. My name is Robin Barfield, and we have an exciting year of activities planned that will be beneficial for all. Most of our schedule will be virtual and we hope you can join us during our monthly EC meetings and technical presentations.
One major announcement that our Chapter has for you, for the 5th consecutive year, we achieved the Platinum Level recognition for our annual COMT report. Special Thanks to our 2020-2021 EC Team for their guidance and Pat Reagan for leading us to the Platinum goal. Thanks Pat! It was indeed a year with so many new twists from routine normalcy.
While we have tried to provide face to face options, we have been challenged with the new Delta variant’s increase in cases both here in NC as well as all the US. Unfortunately, more variants will most likely emerge as new strains continue to develop. For now, the direction we are headed is to remain virtual for at least the first part of the year and continue to make assessments as trends develop. We have an excellent plan for our Virtual Technical Meetings via Teams live. Our social media chair Bryce Lawlor and our Communications Team will be coordinating all the logistics to pull this together. We plan to archive our presenters and have them available for future use. Details are available on the NC Chapter Webpage under the News and Events, Events tab. https://nc.assp.org/event/. Here is our next quarter’s schedule:
September 9th, 2021 (12:00 pm – 1:00 pm) Sam Fabolo, from FDR Safety, will be with us to discuss interview and hiring practices during a pandemic. What has changed is the question?
September 13-15, 2021. Safety 2021 ASSP Annual Conference in Austin Texas. In person and virtual is available.
On October 14th, 2021, (12:00 PM – 1:00PM) Caleb Syvester will be with us from Boston Dynamics for a safety use case of the SPOT robot.
On November 10th, 2021 (12:00 PM – 1:00PM) Eric Hendman will be presenting the SuitX, innovations in Exoskeleton technology with an emphasis on MSDs.
On December 9th, 2021 (12:00 PM – 1:00PM) Commissioner Josh Dobson will address the NC ASSP Chapter and share with us his vision for worker safety during the next several years.
We are excited about this new Chapter year and some new faces to assist us to continue to excel for our membership. Thank you for being a member and please reach out to anyone on our Team if we can support you in any way.
Information from ASSP
NC just completed the Safe and Sound Week, August 9-15. We hope you were able to take advantage of this annual initiative to move your efforts forward.
Chapter Leadership Notices:
New face and new roles this year,
President Elect- Ogaga Jonathan Tebehaevu
Membership-Doug Gaylord
Program Chair-Monte Simpson
Communications-Eric Waagner
Academic Recruiting-Mike Conner
Communications Mentor-Anthony Dohmann
Member at Large- Jeff Medlin
Chapter Member Spotlight: If you know of a NC ASSP Member Safety Professional with a career path that might be an inspiration or validation to other safety professionals, please let us know. We are looking for our October Member Spotlight and would love for current members input on a safety professional that deserves this recognition.
Thanks all,
Robin