The Heart of Safety – Protecting People
Date: Wednesday, September 16
Time: 3:00-4:00 p.m.
Place: WEB L102
There will be light refreshments afterwards.
Please plan on attending this seminar. It could really impact your industrial and research attitudes. Larry Hjalmarson is a consultant and a retired executive with 35 years of experience in the natural gas industry.
PLEASE RSVP – THIS WILL BE INTERACTIVE AND WE WOULD LIKE A LIST OF PARTICIPANTS IN ADVANCE (RSVP – jmclennan@egi.utah.edu)
Abstract:
Larry Hjalmarson will present on how to lead and influence safety – touch hearts first, then minds and actions. I’ll start with a discussion of a fatal accident. I’ll explain the leader’s role, but also the greatest influence of safety which is the work team itself, who show the new employee "the way we do things around here." I’ll spend time on measures, leading and lagging, and how to use both. I also will show an Excel model of the safety pyramid that illustrates the concepts. It shows why you must set a goal of zero accidents, not just philosophically but very practically and how it really is achievable.
Biography:
Larry Hjalmarson is a consultant and a retired executive with 35 years of experience in the natural gas industry. He was the vice president of safety, environmental and gas pipeline integrity for Williams Gas Pipeline and previously served as their vice president of operations. The system had 15,000 miles of pipeline crossing 20 states and transported 12% of the natural gas in the United States. He also served in various operations and engineering roles in natural gas gathering, processing and transmission in the U.S. and Venezuela. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in chemical engineering from the University of Arizona. He is married with two children.