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INDUSTRY UPDATE
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ADVISORY BOARD
Leo J. DeBobes, MA (OH&S), CSP, CHCM, CPEA, CSC, EMT
Stony Brook University Medical Center Stony Brook, NY
Scott Lawson
The Scott Lawson Companies Concord, N.H.
Angelo Pinheiro, CSP, CRSP, CPEA
Senior HES Professional Marathon Oil Company Houston, Texas
William H. Weems, DrPH, CIH
Director, Environmental & Industrial Programs University of Alabama College of Continuing Studies Tuscaloosa, Ala.
Henry Wright, MBA, CFPS, CECD
Senior Vice President & Senior Director — Risk Solutions McGriff Insurance Services, Inc.
Charlotte, N.C.
EMERITUS
Barry R. Weissman, MBA
Green Valley, Ariz.
On the Move
West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice announced Nov. 2, 2018, that he had appointed Ernest Eugene White as director of West Virginia Miners’ Health, Safety, and Training. White, who was MHST deputy director since 2017, took over for Greg Norman, who retired. Norman had joined MHST in 2006. “Eugene White was born and raised in the coal fields of West Virginia,” said Justice. “He has hands-on experience and knows what it takes to do this work. He has dedicated his career to improving mine safety and training.” White joined MHST in 2007 as inspector at large for Region 3. He served in several leadership posts in the agency before being appointed deputy director. He is a third-generation miner and a West Virginia native with 45 years of coal mining experience, including work in underground coal mines after graduation from high school, and has been a member of the State Mine Emergency team for 15 years. Also announced Nov. 2 were the ap- pointments of two deputy directors, Frank Foster and Johnny Kinder. Foster started his mining career in 1976 as a general la- borer and most recently had been assistant to the vice president for Jennmar USA. Kinder has worked for MHST since 2002 and previously was an inspector at large; he also served as acting deputy director for two years. Prior to joining MHST, Kinder worked as an underground miner in vari- ous capacities for 11 years. . . . The Safety and Health Historical Society (Tolono, Ohio; https://www.safetyandhealthhis- tory.org/) has been formed, with Roger L. Brauer, Ph.D., PE, formerly executive director of the Board of Certified Safety Professionals, serving as the society’s pres- ident. The October 2018 announcement of the new organization indicated it will cel- ebrate the accomplishments, individuals, companies, agencies, and other organiza- tions that have advanced safety and health practice to its current levels. The society is a non-profit 501c3 charitable and educa- tional organization that publishes a quar- terly journal and operates a Living His- tory Program to collect written, oral, and video records of distinguished members of the safety and health professions. Visit its website for more information. . . . Paul Allen recently joined Richfield, Wis.-based Custom Equipment, LLC as its Northeast U.S. territory manager. He will focus on
continuing the expan-
sion and channel devel-
opment of Hy-Brid Lifts,
Custom Equipment’s line
of lightweight low-level
scissor lifts. “Paul is a
great asset for our team,”
said Dan Schneider,
Custom Equipment’s vice
president of sales. “With a growing con- struction industry, we needed someone who can continue to give our customers in that region the attention and support they need to be successful.” Allen has more than 10 years of sales experience selling and renting into the construction industry, in- cluding positions at Altec Industries, NES Rentals, and most recently Admar Sup- ply Co. “I am very excited to join Custom Equipment,” he said. “It’s great to be part of a team that builds high-quality American- made equipment that provides solutions to contractors’ construction challenges.”
Awards & Recognition
■ Arbill CEO Julie Copeland, a graduate of the Temple University
Fox Business School, was
inducted into Temple
University’s League for
Entrepreneurial Women
Hall of Fame on Oct. 16,
2018. The league is an
advocacy initiative that
addresses the challenges
and interests of entrepreneurial women in the Temple community, the greater Phila- delphia region, and beyond. “I am a proud Temple alumnus and am grateful for the recognition of The League,” Copeland said. “I have benefited greatly from exceptional business women who have served as my mentors, and I look forward to continu- ing that process of helping other women business owners, students, and aspiring entrepreneurs.”
Arbill is a women-owned business and a member of the 13,000-member Women’s Business Enterprise National Council, which Copeland formerly chaired.
■ The International Safety Equip- ment Association announced Chris Tra- han Cain, CIH, as the recipient of the 2018 Robert B. Hurley Distinguished Service Award that was to be presented at ISEA’s
Award Dinner on Nov. 28 in Alexandria, Va. Cain is CPWR’s executive director and leads its construction research, train- ing, and service programs funded by fed- eral agreements, grants, and contracts. She also is the director of safety and health for North America’s Building Trades Unions, the umbrella organization also known as the Building and Construction Trades Department, AFL-CIO. NABTU is com- prised of 14 national and international unions collectively representing more than 3 million construction workers.
“The Distinguished Service Award is reserved for an outstanding individual who has made significant contributions to the advancement and promotion of workplace safety and health,” said Charles Johnson, ISEA’s president. “Over her distinguished career, she has shown an unwavering com- mitment and deep passion for worker safety and works closely with construction indus- try employers, workers, and government partners to ensure training materials are developed and integrated into the industry.”
ISEA established the Robert B. Hurley Distinguished Award in 2005 and presents it to an individual whose efforts have ad- vanced and promoted workplace safety and health. Hurley was a lifelong advocate for worker safety and health. He was the CEO of Fendall, Inc., an emergency eyewash
PAUL ALLEN
JULIE COPELAND
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