Safway Group has named Paul Amedee vice president of safety. Amedee will lead the continued improvement and advancement of Safway’s safety systems and reporting tool and coordinate all safety-related administrative procedures. Indirectly, Amedee will be responsible for overseeing regional and branch safety personnel, as well as employee and customer safety-related training.
Amedee brings relevant safety experience to the Safway Group, with more than 20 years in the field. He held leadership positions supervising field safety professionals, as well as corporate management roles developing safety plans and leading strategic initiatives. During his five years with the Shaw Group, from 2006 to 2011, Amedee served as corporate environmental health and safety compliance manager. Most recently, Amedee served as quality health safety security environmental leader for Champion Technologies.
“Safway is committed to providing a safe work environment for all of our employees and customers,” said Bill Hayes, president and CEO of Safway Group Holding. “We’ve made a significant advancement in our safety record over the past year. In the first quarter of this year, our Total Recordable Incident Rate in the refinery market was 0.0. For North America overall, we had a 47-percent reduction in recordable incidents over first quarter last year and our TRIR dropped to 0.83. We expect Paul to continue to build on this momentum.”
Safway, Waukesha, Wis., is No. 15 on the RER 100.
