Olympic Steel – Mount Sterling, KY: Bobby (Bo) King

Strengthening our safety culture of learning takes time and requires employees to consciously keep their safety and the safety of others at the forefront of their decisions and actions, every day. Bobby (Bo) King, Senior Production Supervisor, is a leader at the Mount Sterling division for doing just that.

Following Rick Marabito’s CEO Safety Road Show visit to the Mount Sterling division, Tony Dominic, Director – Safety, Health, Environment, noted, “Bo demonstrated exceptional safety leadership. He leads the weekly safety/5S walk and owns the follow-up process. In addition to his operational knowledge, it’s obvious that Bo genuinely cares about the safety of his coworkers. His rapport with his colleagues has resulted in impressive participation from the shop employees. We truly need more leaders like Bo in our operations!”

Lesson Learned: Recognizing exceptional safety leadership is an important part of developing our safety culture. This one action encourages ownership of safety by the people performing the work and identifies role models for co-workers to emulate.