The Columbia Willamette Chapter of the American Society of Safety Engineers takes great pleasure in presenting its 2008-2009 Chapter Safety Professional of the Year Award to Gene Patrick.
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| Gene Patrick (right) recieves the 2008-2009 Columbia-Willamette Chapter Safety Professional of the Year Award from Chapter President Clark Vermillion. |
Gene is the current Construction/Facilities Safety Manager for Oregon Health and Science University. His current duties have him in close contact with the public that seek medical services, contractors and building inspectors that work on OHSU’s campuses.
In his current position, Gene reviews work plans for upcoming and current construction work. He is constantly monitoring public interaction with the many construction projects. He does asbestos surveys and sampling for all construction work; all with weekly documentation for the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations.
Much of his time is spent updating and or creating training safety programs for the OHSU employees, and facilitating these classes, for the many OHSU facility workers on the finer points of safety.
Gene has given much to students aspiring to become safety professionals. He job shadowed several students from OSU and Mt Hood, teaches classes at Mt Hood Community College and coaches students and interns with an eye on safety.
His previous employer the Port of Portland as Safety Director assigned him duties geared to protecting its employees, the public and the environment. Gene protected workers in several divisions including marine, airports and large shipping and receiving docks.
Gene has served as a House delegate for 3 terms, as the student chapter liaison to OSU. In 2007, he was on the nominations committee. He has a long history of working with the GOSH committee as speaker room monitor, speaker introductions and sent out invitations to speakers and sponsors.
He has supported and presented at several Construction Safety Summit meetings and numerous other regional safety and health conferences as well as participated in a Mt. St. Helens PDC. Gene attends local ASSE meetings when his schedule allows.
Gene’s commitment, dedication, professionalism and contribution bring great credit to the safety profession, the ASSE, the Columbia Willamette Chapter and the Greater Portland community. It is the distinct honor and pleasure of the members of this Chapter to recognize Gene as the well deserved 2008-2009 Chapter Safety Professional of the Year. Our heartfelt congratulations are extended to Gene and his family.
The Chapter has recognized Eric Fullan, Safety Manager for the City of Portland Bureau of Water Works for his outstanding commitment to the safety of people, property and the environment as well as his work to promote safety professionalism in the community.
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| Eric Fullan receives award from President Jamal AbuSneineh. |
Portland’s Bureau of Water Works was the first bureau to achieve SHARP status under Eric’s leadership and the bureau’s safety committees were recognized at the 2007 GOSH conference with the Large Employer Safety Committee Award. Eric was also deployed to New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina and he was responsible for safety during the damage assessment phase and during restoration of the water system.
Eric is Past President of the chapter (1998-1999) and he has been actively involved with training, mentoring and developing new officers. He has also served in various roles on GOSH including chairing the conference, presenting conference topics and participating in several committees.
His dedication and professionalism bring great credit to this chapter and the community.
For his contributions to occupational safety, health and the environment, the American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) Region I (Alaska, California, Hawaii, Oregon and Washington) recently named Dave R. Parsons as Region Safety Professional of the Year (SPY).
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| Region I Vice President Terrie Norris, Dave Parsons, and President Jamal AbuSneineh. |
Parsons is a safety and loss control consultant for the Associated General Contractors (AGC), Oregon Columbia Chapter. He presented and co-presented with other AGC safety team members to train the Wilsonville-West Linn and Salem-Keizer School Districts on safety and also participates with the Salem and Keizer Chambers of Commerce to assist with the training needs of the faculty and students. Parsons is also on the Construction Advisory Committee (CAC), which is a partnership of employer representatives and OROSHA, to review safety issues in the construction workforce and to develop best practices. He also chairs the Fleet Safety Committee whose goal is to develop a best practices pamphlet for non-CDL drivers in the construction industry.
“Dave has continuously contributed his time and energy to Region I, the Society and the SH&E profession,” said ASSE Region I Vice President Terrie Norris, CSP, ARM, CPSI. “Presenting Dave with his well deserved recognition is one of the best memories of my service as regional vice president.”
The purpose of the Oregon Safety Professional Worksite Award is to support a project that improves safety and/or health in an Oregon workforce, and increase the visibility of Oregon Safety Professionals. These are projects that have made or will make a difference in the workplace.
The activity or program:
The award must be used to implement the activity or program.
The applicant must be an active or student member of an Oregon chapter of the American Society of Safety Engineers. The recipient safety, health and environmental professional will present the results of the innovation or project that received the award at a professional meeting, such as the Governor's Safety Conference, the national ASSE meeting, or a local or chapter ASSE meeting.
The Award will be made at the September Meeting of the ASSE Chapter the recipient belongs to. For information, contact ASSE Chapter President Lee Briney at lbriney@lhs.org.
The Oregon Safety Professional Worksite Award is offered through the sponsorship of CROET (Center for Research on Occupational and Environmental Toxicology) at OHSU in Portland, Oregon. The award maximum is $1500.
The Columbia-Willamette Chapter ASSE will develop a rank ordered listing of applicants based on a combined cumulative score from each of the committee members in each of the following area:
Scoring in each of the four areas will be based on the following scale: 5 = Exceptional, 4 = Excellent, 3 = Good, 2 = Minimal, 1 = Not Applicable, with each applicant having the highest potential score of 20 from each of the committee members.
The committee will then total the points for each candidate from each committee member, to result in a combined cumulative score. The combined cumulative score will vary based on the number of committee members and will form the rank ordered listing of applicants.
Completed applications with the necessary supporting documents will be accepted from January 1 to June 30 each year by the ASSE President. The applications will be reviewed in mid-July.
At least three members of the Association and a representative of the sponsor should be involved in this review process.
The Selection Committee will meet in late July or early August to evaluate the applications and compile a recommended rank order list of recipient(s).
The Selection Committee provides the ASSE President and CROET with the final ranking, including the organization(s) to receive the award(s).
An appropriate letter and Certificate of Award are prepared for inclusion with the check for presentation at the September meeting of the appropriate ASSE Chapter or other selected event.
The recipient(s) are contacted to ensure they are present at the awards ceremony and notifiies applicants who were not accepted.
All reviewed applications are files with the ASSE Chapter Executive Board for recordkeeping.
