CertifiedSafety Expands Office on West Coast
League City, Texas, April 18, 2013— CertifiedSafety, Inc. is pleased to announce a change in
the official address for our California office, effectively immediately. The new address is:
CertifiedSafety, Inc.
3070 Bay Vista Ct
Suite B
Benicia, CA 94510
Our phone numbers will remain the same:
Main line: (707) 747-9400
Sales and Marketing: (800) 994-2339
The new facility is over 9,000 square feet of office space that includes a training room and over 2,000 square feet of covered hands on training facility. The facility expansion represents CertifiedSafety’s ongoing strategic commitment to providing comprehensive solutions to its customers on the West Coast and employment opportunities for our field staff.
CertifiedSafety provides owners and contractors with a more consistent and cost effective alternative to help in the development, managing, staffing and implementing project-specific safety programs. The company integrates culture, methods, client resources and industry best practices into providing its third party safety services. CertifiedSafety has a continuous improvement program that seeks to provide the highest caliber of safety personnel and methods to the petroleum, petrochemical, chemical, power and related industries. Their goal is to help make projects safer and more economic by increasing productivity and avoiding incidents.
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For more information contact:
Sean Smith
Director of Business Development for CertifiedSafety
Phone: 281-961-9743 • E-mail: ssmith@certifiedsafety.net
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CertifiedSafety New Corporate Office Location
January 1, 2013 — League City, Texas — CertifiedSafety, Inc. announced a change in the official address for the corporate office effectively immediately. The new address is:
CertifiedSafety, Inc.
1177 Butler Road
League City, Texas 77573
Our phone numbers will remain the same:
Main line: (281) 680-1200
Sales and Marketing: (800) 994-2339

CertifiedSafety provides owners and contractors with a more consistent and cost effective alternative to help in the development, managing, staffing and implementing project-specific safety programs. The company integrates culture, methods, client resources and industry best practices into providing its third party safety services. CertifiedSafety has a continuous improvement program that seeks to provide the highest caliber of safety personnel and methods to the petroleum, petrochemical, chemical, power and related industries. Their goal is to help make projects safer and more economic by increasing productivity and avoiding incidents.
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For more information contact:
Sean Smith
Director of Business Development for CertifiedSafety
Phone: 281-961-9743 • E-mail: ssmith@certifiedsafety.net
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Karla McClellan Joins CertifiedSafety
as Chief Financial Officer
October 11, 2012—Deer Park, Texas —CertifiedSafety is pleased to announce that Mrs. Karla McClellan has joined the company as its new Chief Financial Officer. Mrs. McClellan will work collaboratively with fellow members of the executive team to directly support the CEO and Board of Directors’ strategic vision
and future direction of the firm. She will be responsible for spearheading financial and treasury management initiatives to increase the company’s bottom line and ensure that company’s goals are met.
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Karla McClellan |
Mrs. McClellan has over twenty years of strategic financial and treasury leadership experience across global environments within the energy, petrochemical, and oilfield services industries. Prior to joining CertifiedSafety, Mrs. McClellan held several key Corporate Financial and Treasury Executive positions over her thirteen year stretch at one of the world’s largest tank terminal and storage companies, VOPAK NA, Inc. She also held similar positions for TOTAL and NOWSCO/BJ SERVICES.
“We are pleased to have Karla join our senior management team,” said Tony Spencer, CEO for CertifiedSafety. “Her professionalism, commitment to excellence, ethics and extensive experience is a good fit for CertifiedSafety.”
Mrs. McClellan holds a Bachelor’s of Science in Accounting, with minors in Finance and IT from the University of Houston, Clear Lake. She also holds the designation of Certified Public Accountant and is an active member and affiliated with numerous Institutes and Associations including AICPA, IMA, AMA, NTA, and TICPA.
CertifiedSafety provides owners and contractors with a more consistent and cost effective alternative to developing, managing, staffing and implementing project-specific safety programs. The company integrates culture, methods, client resources and industry best practices into providing its third party safety services. CertifiedSafety has a continuous improvement program that seeks to provide the highest caliber of professional safety personnel and methods to the petroleum, petrochemical, chemical, power and related industries. Their goal is to help make projects safer.
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For more information contact:
Sean Smith
Director of Business Development for CertifiedSafety
Phone: 281-961-9743 • E-mail: ssmith@certifiedsafety.net
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CertifiedSafety Celebrates Ground Breaking
for New Corporate Office
Deer Park, Texas, August 29, 2012 — CertifiedSafety’s management team commenced the construction for its new corporate office in League City, Texas. The new facility, expected to open its doors in December 2012, is located at 1177 Butler Avenue in League City, Texas, just a half mile from Highway 45.
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Pictured from left to right:
Joe Sgarlata, Michael Brown, Sean Smith and Tony Spencer |
Tony Spencer (CEO and President), Joe Sgarlata (Vice President of Operations), Michael Brown (Vice President) and Sean Smith (Vice President of Business Development) participated in a morning groundbreaking ceremony at the site to mark the official beginning of construction.
“Since CertifiedSafety opened its company doors in 2001 in Deer Park, Texas. The industry response to our safety support services has grown along with the value CertifiedSafety adds to its clients and their facilities," said Tony Spencer, CEO and President. "This has prompted tremendous growth for the company, and we're pleased to be moving to a larger office to accommodate even more anticipated growth."
"We strive to stay at the forefront of providing our clients with consistently well trained employees that provide our clients with valuable safety solutions," said Joe Sgarlata, Vice President of Operations. "Now with more space, we can develop and implement even more cutting-edge training to our employees and applicants so that we can continuously enhance the value we bring to our client’s projects.”
The interior of the building will have an energy efficient design with over 11,500 square feet of office space that includes an amphitheater style training room and over 2,000 square feet of covered hands on training facility. The exterior of the building will have reflective roofing for energy efficiency, abundance of outside storage capacity, trailer parking, ample parking for our human resources and training. The facility expansion represents the company’s ongoing strategic commitment to providing comprehensive solutions.
CertifiedSafety provides owners and contractors with a more consistent and cost effective alternative to help in the development, managing, staffing and implementing project-specific safety programs. The company integrates culture, methods, client resources and industry best practices into providing its third party safety services. CertifiedSafety has a continuous improvement program that seeks to provide the highest caliber of safety personnel and methods to the petroleum, petrochemical, chemical, power and related industries. Their goal is to help make projects safer and more economic by increasing productivity and avoiding incidents.
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For more information contact:
Sean Smith
Director of Business Development for CertifiedSafety
Phone: 281-961-9743 • E-mail: ssmith@certifiedsafety.net
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CertifiedSafety Received Eleven Contractor Awards
Deer Park, Texas, May 29, 2012 — CertifiedSafety received eleven contractor awards for Meritorious Safety Performance from AFPM (American Fuel and Petrochemical Manufacturers) for the following facilities:
- BP Products North America at BP Whiting Refinery
- BP Products North America at Texas City Refinery
- Chevron Corporation at Richmond Refinery
- Houston Refining, LP at Houston Refinery
- Motiva Enterprises LLC at Shell Martinez Refinery
- Motiva Enterprises LLC at Puget Sound Refinery
- Marathon Petroleum Corporation at Michigan Refining Division
- Shell Chemical Company at Convent Refinery
- Tesoro Corporation at Golden Eagle Refinery
- Valero Energy Corporation at Benicia Refinery
- Valero Energy Corporation at Valero Refining - New Orleans, LLC, Valero St. Charles Refinery
The contractor Meritorious Safety Performance award is bestowed upon contractors that have worked a minimum of 20,000 hours per calendar year at a facility and have achieved a total recordable incidence rate of 0.8 or less with no workplace related fatalities during the calendar year. Member facilities must approve each contractor's application and their OSHA 300A Summary log to receive the award.
The contractor’s application must be approved by a regular member facility after the OSHA 300A Summary log information has been submitted.
"We are very proud of our employee’s dedication and commitment to providing safe operations to our clients," said Joe Sgarlata, Vice President of Operations.
CertifiedSafety provides owners and contractors with a more consistent and cost effective alternative to help in the development, managing, staffing and implementing project-specific safety programs. The company integrates culture, methods, client resources and industry best practices into providing its third party safety services. CertifiedSafety has a continuous improvement program that seeks to provide the highest caliber of safety personnel and methods to the petroleum, petrochemical, chemical, power and related industries. Their goal is to help make projects safer and more economic by increasing productivity and avoiding incidents.
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For more information contact:
Sean Smith
Director of Business Development for CertifiedSafety
Phone: 281-961-9743 • E-mail: ssmith@certifiedsafety.net
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Shannon Posey Joins CertifiedSafety as Corporate Health and Safety Director
March 6, 2012—Deer Park, Texas —CertifiedSafety recently announced the addition of Mr. Shannon Posey as its new Corporate Health and Safety Director. Mr. Posey will be responsible for all corporate Health and Safety strategies and polices and will focus on continuing the development of our corporate Health and Safety culture. In addition, Shannon will lead the company's efforts to identify and implement best practices for executing safe projects in a manner that enhances the budget and schedule performance of the project.
Mr. Posey has over seventeen years of diverse experience directing Health and Safety Management at the corporate, project, and plant level for industrial construction, energy, environmental and industrial service companies. He has designed, developed and implemented advanced Safety and Health Management systems and programs for national and international projects. Shannon is responsible for the management and direction of Health, Safety and Environmental policies for all aspects of CertifiedSafety's business.
"Shannon's background and experience brings us a depth of knowledge that will enable us to identify opportunities to improve and enhance our company's safety performance to a level that is second to none," said Tony Spencer, CEO for CertifiedSafety. "We are excited to have Shannon on our team to ensure we set high goals for CertifiedSafety with regards to Health and Safety performance as we expand the company into new regions and projects. With Shannon's dedication to HSE Management, this new addition to our organization signifies our safety commitment to our employees, their families, our clients and the communities in which we work in."
Shannon has a BS in Environmental Science and Chemistry and has held Licenses/certifications through the Board of Environmental Auditor Certifications, and the Board of Certified Safety Professionals. Mr. Posey will reside in our corporate office located in Deer Park, Texas and report directly to Mr. Tony Spencer, CertifiedSafety's CEO.
CertifiedSafety provides owners and contractors with a more consistent and cost effective alternative to help in the development, managing, staffing and implementing project-specific safety programs. The company integrates culture, methods, client resources and industry best practices into providing its third party safety services. CertifiedSafety has a continuous improvement program that seeks to provide the highest caliber of safety personnel and methods to the petroleum, petrochemical, chemical, power and related industries. Their goal is to help make projects safer and more economic by increasing productivity and avoiding incidents.
For more information contact:
Sean Smith Director of Business Development for CertifiedSafety
Phone: 281-961-9743 • E-mail: ssmith@certifiedsafety.net
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CertifiedSafety Opens a Third Location
February 20, 2012—Deer Park, Texas—CertifiedSafety opened a new regional office in Whiting, Indiana this month. The company is headquartered in Deer Park, Texas and provides third-party safety services to major refineries, chemical, gas and power plants nationwide. The new Whiting office is their third regional facility and will serve many clients in the Mid-West including BP Whiting, the seventh largest refinery in the U.S.
"While it is not practical for us to open a branch office in every locale that we work in, we feel it is important to be as customer and community-centered as we can," said Tony Spencer, CEO of CertifiedSafety. He continued, "We like to be part of the communities we serve, and we think it is important for our employees, our clients and the surrounding communities to hire from and invest in those areas that we work in wherever it is practical."
The Whiting office is located at 1032 119th Street, Suite B. Whiting, Indiana 46394. The main phone number to the office is (219) 655-5462.
CertifiedSafety provides owners and contractors with a more consistent and cost effective alternative to help in the development, managing, staffing and implementing project-specific safety programs. The company integrates culture, methods, client resources and industry best practices into providing its third party safety services. CertifiedSafety has a continuous improvement program that seeks to provide the highest caliber of safety personnel and methods to the petroleum, petrochemical, chemical, power and related industries. Their goal is to help make projects safer and more economic by increasing productivity and avoiding incidents.
For more information contact:
Sean Smith
Director of Business Development for CertifiedSafety
Phone: 281-961-9743 • E-mail: ssmith@certifiedsafety.net
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Cliff Warrick Joins CertifiedSafety
as Training and Development Manager
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| Cliff Warrick |
January 9, 2012—Deer Park, Texas—CertifiedSafety recently announced the addition
of Mr. Cliff Warrick as its new Training and
Development Manager. Mr. Warrick will be
responsible for assessing training needs and
developing programs that align with CertifiedSafety's
policies and procedures
"Cliff is a highly experienced individual who brings a
wealth of industry knowledge and extensive skills
developing training programs. CertifiedSafety will
continue enhancing our employee's job knowledge in
order to provide our client's with the most qualified
safety personnel in the industry," said Joe Sgarlata,
Vice President of Operations for CertifiedSafety.
Mr. Warrick brings years of training experience to his
new role at CertifiedSafety. For over ten years, he has determined the necessary
training requirements, developed lesson plans and training aids, conducted classroom
and practical training, and analyzed training effectiveness for the petrochemical industry.
Mr. Warrick will reside in our Benicia California office.
CertifiedSafety provides owners and contractors with a more consistent and cost effective alternative to help in the development, managing, staffing and implementing project-specific safety programs. The company integrates culture, methods, client resources and industry best practices into providing its third party safety services. CertifiedSafety has a continuous improvement program that seeks to provide the highest caliber of safety personnel and methods to the petroleum, petrochemical, chemical, power and related industries. Their goal is to help make projects safer and more economic by increasing productivity and avoiding incidents.
For more information contact:
Sean Smith
Director of Business Development for CertifiedSafety
Phone: 281-961-9743 • E-mail: ssmith@certifiedsafety.net
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John Hehn Joins CertifiedSafety
As General Manager, Professional Services
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| John Hehn is the new General Manager of Professional Safety Services for CertifiedSafety |
September 10, 2011—Deer Park, Texas—In an ongoing effort to continually expand and improve their safety services to the Chemical/Petrochemical industry, CertifiedSafety recently announced that a seasoned industry veteran, Mr. John Hehn, joined CertifiedSafety as their General Manager of Professional Safety Services.
Mr. Hehn has worked in the industry for 28-years. During his time with Amoco Oil Company and later with BP, he traveled the globe working in Operations Management and Construction Management but during the last 12-years he specialized in Health/Safety/Environmental Management (HSE).
He will be applying his vast experience to help CertifiedSafety grow their Professional Safety Service business line. To that end, he will be responsible for developing strategies, objectives, requirements and standards for that business line. He said, “We are going to put a very rigid process in place so that we can attract and retain top quality safety professionals that will be a valuable asset to our clients.”
CertifiedSafety provides owners and contractors with a more consistent and cost effective alternative to help in the development, managing, staffing and implementing project-specific safety programs. The company integrates culture, methods, client resources and industry best practices into providing its third party safety services. CertifiedSafety has a continuous improvement program that seeks to provide the highest caliber of safety personnel and methods to the petroleum, petrochemical, chemical, power and related industries. Their goal is to help make projects safer and more economic by increasing productivity and avoiding incidents.
Mr. Hehn and his family live in the Hitchcock, Texas area. Mr. Hehn is a graduate of the University of Houston and holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering.
For more information contact:
Sean Smith
Director of Business Development for CertifiedSafety
Phone: 281-961-9743 • E-mail: ssmith@certifiedsafety.net
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