Empowering the Front Line to Take Safety Personally Attendees heard a dynamic and interac- tive keynote address from Patrick Nel- son, Loyalty Point Leadership, entitled “Lessons from the Battlefield: How to Empower the Front Line to Take Safety Personally.” Nelson shared his personal journey serving as a paratrooper in the U.S. Army, where he led soldiers during three combat deployments in Iraq and Afghanistan and earned a Bronze Star Medal and Purple Heart. He later be- came the inaugural NFL-Pat Tillman Military Scholar, earned two masters degrees, and now facilitates leadership development programs for clients in a variety of industries. A life-changing experience during
his deployment, when one of the sol- diers under his command was killed in combat, propelled his own journey to help others. Nelson related how safety incidents, whether on the battlefield or on construction jobsites, can often be averted by greater accountability and attention to details from leaders. “We all know why safety incidents
happen, and every single one of us has taken that shortcut or not worn the proper PPE at least once in our careers. But we’ve been lucky,” he commented. “But those people who expect you home at the end of the night do not want you to rely on luck as a strategy to keep us safe. Eventually, that luck will run out. “Accountability is the gateway to cred- ible safety leadership,” Nelson added. “It’s a lot easier to be accountable when things are going right, but the true test of a leader is being accountable when things are going wrong - and not by pointing the finger at someone else but by pointing the thumb back at us. We need to look inside and see what our role was in the situation. We need own it, and we need to take action.”
“Accountability is the gateway to credible safety leadership. It’s a lot easier to be accountable when things are going right, but the true test of a leader is being accountable when things are
going wrong.” – Patrick Nelson, Loyalty Point Leadership
AGC of California Congratulates the 2023 CSEA Award winners: Main Category/Worker Hours
Building Division Under 500,000 Worker Hours: 1st place – Stronghold Engineering Finalist – Blach Construction
700,000 and Over Worker Hours: 1st place – BNBuilders Finalist – Clark Construction, Hensel Phelps
Heavy, Civil and Highway Division Under 700,000 Worker Hours: 1st place – Blois Construction Finalists – Guy F. Atkinson Construction, Nova Group
Over 1 Million Worker Hours: 1st place – Walsh Construction Company Finalists – Griffith Company, Granite Construction
Specialty Contractor Division Under 1 Million Worker Hours: 1st place – ISEC Finalists – L.K. Comstock, Oltmans
Over 2 Million Worker Hours: 1st place – Mortenson Finalists – ACCO Engineered Systems, Brightview Landscape
Specialized Awards Individual Safety Effort of a Project Superintendent Keon West, Clark Construction
Safety on a High Hazard Project Walsh Construction Company II, “Digester & Thickener Facilities Upgrade”
For the second year, the presentation of the Safety Professional of the Year will be presented at the AGC of California Installation & Awards Gala on Feb. 2, 2024, at the Fairmont Hotel in San Francisco.
AGC of California thanks the judges for the 2023 AGC of California CSEA Awards, who include:
• Kate Crawford Stack Infrastructure
• Kevin Tompson Cal/OSHA Reporter
• Cary Williams Alliant Insurance
CALIFORNIA CONSTRUCTOR JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2024
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