Fox Cities Chamber: J. J. Keller Announces Safety Professional Of The Year (SPOTY) Award Winners

Press release from the Fox Cities Chamber:

September 28, 2021

The SPOTY Awards honor the critical role of safety professionals in building a safety culture and ensuring employees return home to their families at the end of each day. The judging panel for this year’s awards included six J. J. Keller consultants and editors, who are experts in environmental health and safety, and guest judge Benita Mehta, chief editor of Industrial Safety & Hygiene News (ISHN).

“Our purpose at J. J. Keller is to protect people and the businesses they run,” said Rustin Keller, president and CEO of J. J. Keller, who presented the awards during a September 16 webcast. “The SPOTY Awards recognize those safety professionals who excel at sharing our purpose. As providers of safety solutions to companies large and small, our panelists have a unique view into what sets safety leaders apart in their profession.”

SPOTY Award winners receive free subscriptions to J. J. Keller® SAFETY MANAGEMENT SUITE™, delivering round-the-clock access to J. J. Keller’s most popular safety management tools, as well as cash prizes.

First-Place SPOTY Winner: Trevor Pellegrini, Safety Coordinator, Airstream, Inc.

After a six-week shutdown at the start of the pandemic, Airstream returned to record sales – and record hiring. Airstream Safety Coordinator Trevor Pellegrini has been instrumental in training these new hires, implementing COVID-19 protocols, and ensuring Airstream associates are equipped with the best safety practices as they build the world’s most iconic travel trailers.

First-Place SPOTY Winner: Trevor Pellegrini, Safety Coordinator, Airstream, Inc.

“We persevered during the pandemic and were also able to increase our total new hires by over 500, training them on COVID-19 protocols and how to safely share community tools,” said Pellegrini. “Furthermore, we have continually reduced our recordable injuries while hiring these new employees.”

Pellegrini has been with Airstream for four years. During this time, he earned associate’s and bachelor’s degrees in Science (Occupational Health, Safety and Environment) through the company’s tuition reimbursement program while working as an assembly associate and router operator. Now, as part of the company’s safety team, his efforts to adopt COVID-19 safety protocols have helped ensure the safety and security of the over 1,000 associates who work at Airstream production facilities in Jackson Center, Ohio.

This press release was produced by the Fox Cities Chamber. The views expressed here are the author’s own.