Here are three (3) things you will never hear from a typical consultant:

1. No business will ever be 100% OSHA compliant.
2. I can help you build a safety management system you can run without me.
3. I can show you where the free resources are.

You are sensible enough to understand why you will never hear that from a consultant, so no need to elaborate.

Well, you might hear the first one, but that is usually because they want to prepare you for the intended, never-ending besiege of billable hours.

I dedicated myself to a career in workplace safety because during my 30 years in the workforce, I have witnessed how traumatic workplace injuries and fatalities destroy the lives of people and their families. I have witnessed accidents resulting in life-changing injuries, and questioned what I could have done differently to prevent it.

I have also seen thriving businesses lose everything because of one traumatic accident, or an unfortunate encounter with an OSHA compliance officer out to prove their worth, or even an opportunistic employee looking to cash in on the “blue-collar lottery”.

Business owners contend with countless laws and regulations when operating a business, and the laws are ever-expanding. Accidents and injuries eat away at profit and growth through lost workdays, worker’s compensation claims and insurance costs, ruined equipment, materials and resources, and most damaging of all, loyalty – loyalty from your customers and your employees.

Risks are everywhere, but they CAN be managed.

If you need a partner and sustainable solutions, let’s talk about how we can help.

Of course, you are wondering at this point, what makes this person an expert?

I’ll tell you first about my formal qualifications. I have a bachelor’s degree in psychology and a master’s degree in organizational development from Kent State University (1993 and 2002, respectively). I also have a second master’s degree from Columbia Southern University (2010) in Occupational Safety and Health.

The Board of Certified Safety Professionals awarded me the certifications of Associate Safety Professional (#ASP-28442) and Certified Safety Professional (CSP-35018) in 2018, and I have maintained these qualifications in good standing.

Here is a link to the BCSP directory to verify: BCSP Credential Directory

My path to safety began as an IUE worker for General Electric at the age of 26. I served as a chief shop steward at a lighting plant in Youngstown, Ohio that had an injury rate over 16 (that means for every 100 workers, 16 of them were injured at work so badly every year that they couldn’t work).

I was given the opportunity to serve as a Union-elected safety coordinator in 2003, and this is where I found my calling. I wanted to help and I knew I would need that piece of paper to move forward, so I returned to college as a married mother of two toddler sons, living in Youngstown and working in Cleveland for 3 years. That commute sucked.0-

Working my ass off has been a major contribution to my success as a safety professional. Hers’s what I learned:


• College degrees do NOT make you smart, competent, or respected. Get over yourself.
• The people who work the job ARE the experts on how to fix problems.
• Give respect, get respect.