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Bryan McWhorter is a safety professional with eight years of experience in driving and teaching safety. Bryan gained his knowledge and experience as the safety officer and Senior Trainer for Philips Lighting. Philips is a strong health and well-being company that promotes a safety first culture.
Bryan was involved in creating a successful safety culture in a Philips Lighting factory of approximately 500 employees, the results being a 50% reduction on OSHA recordable accidents in the first year. This continued to improve each following year Bryan was in charge of safety. Bryan's responsibilities included providing and tracking needed safety training, performing hazard assessments and all accident investigations.
Bryan helped initiate a system allowing employees to submit safety projects and work on them with support as needed. Since that time in 2009, over 2500 safety projects have been completed.
He conducted extremely effective weekly safety team meetings that engaged employees throughout the organization, both hourly and salary. Bryan's training programs covered such topics as
Bryan has spoken on safety in such locations as:
Bryan’s practical experience gives him a unique perspective on what works and what does not. For more information, please refer to Bryan’s LinkedIn profile.
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Hi, Bryan McWhorter here from Safeopedia.The question we have is if you're a roofer or working on a roof and you think the structural integrity of a section of the roof has been compromised, how do you deal with it?Very...
What a great question, and something very important to understand. Hi, I'm Bryan McWhorter for Safeopedia. When OSHA was created in 1970, it set its mission as; to ensure safe work environments for working women and men. It...
Hi, Bryan McWhorter here with Safeopedia.We want to recognize these individuals and help highlight them as the role models they are. We want to encourage others to step up and lead the charge when it comes to safety. Often...
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