A message from Lucas Boyd, CEO. As 2019 hits its midpoint B42L is happy to report some exciting updates. B42L has teamed up with companies in the Plastics Manufacturing, Oil and Gas, Entertainment and metals industries. We have also been selected for an incredible award and are eager to share our news. Here is what we have been up to.
Pioneer Energy Services Round 2
For the last four years, Before It’s Too Late has teamed up with one of the larger drilling companies in North America. Pioneer, based out of Texas, has more than 5 drilling rigs in the Utica/Marcellus Shale regions. These hard working individuals work round the clock for some of the world’s most prestigious operators. One of Pioneer’s biggest initiatives is the “Live Safe” initiative. This program involves practicing basic safety principles to keep workers safe on and off the job. Pioneer also incorporates training into this initiative.
Before It’s Too Late LLC was called for the second time to train every single employee in the region in life saving skills. HSE manager TJ Potts helped coordinate a two day training to prepare over 140 individuals the skill set of response to Cardiac and First Aid emergencies. We tip our hat to such a wonderful bunch and look forward to continuing such a sound relationship.
Steel Plants are Rolling
Ellwood Quality Steels is North America’s most reliable producer of high-quality low cost steel ingots. The group has a passion for steel making and a passion for keeping their employees safe. Every two years, the group trains a larger group of personnel to be prepared in case of an emergency. It has been a blessing being able to team up with Slippery Rock Alumni in the organization’s safety department to get these classes executed.
Over the last quarter, B42L has worked to train of 60 employees in CPR/AED/First Aid. Check out the incredible video highlight of the first class back in February!
Entertainment and Private Businesses
If you like to jump around or spend your time in the gym you will appreciate this update. Before It’s Too Late worked to provide multiple classes to one of Cranberry Townships most popular weekend activities for kids and families. Urban Air Adventure Park located in cranberry township provides indoor trampolines, indoor skydiving, a sky rider coaster and even dodgeball tournaments! This adventure land is full of fun for families and kids of any age and having a staff prepared for injuries is a priority for the group.
Urban Air Trampoline Park
Urbain Air spent diligent time preparing for an influx of visitors during it’s summer season by training team members in life saving skills. All together more than 20 individuals learned CPR/AED/First Aid and you can rest assure that your child will not only have fun, but be protected with skilled individuals on site!
Case Specific Wellness leaders were all certified in CPR/AED/First Aid
Now if you are more inclined to get your exercise through fitness training and diet you will want to keep reading. B42L was invited to come train employees at Case Specific Wellness. This was coordinated by Head Strength Coach and Slippery Rock Alumni Jeremiah Rowe. Case Specific Wellness offer small group training classes, bootcamps, personal rehab programs and lifestyle coaching. One of the biggest reasons to choose them is because their coaches are educated to create changes to your physicality, mental toughness and are furthermore prepared for any emergency circumstance that could arise during your session.
Give them a look and you can feel confident that these coaches have your back!
Pittsburgh Business Times 30 under 30 Award Recipients
The Pittsburgh Business Times honors the 30 Under 30 award to businesses and nonprofits that successfully grow business, and make an impact on their community. Before It’s Too Late LLC is proud to be recognized for our efforts in making an impact on over 2000 individuals in business, the community and in the tri state area.
Award Ceremony to take place August 15th 2019
The official award ceremony is to take place August 15th and a full page article highlighting each recipient will be published in The Pittsburgh Business Times. Make sure to keep connected via linkedin and our other social media accounts for updates and please read and share this article!
Without our supporters, none of our success would be possible.
Other Training Updates
As we approach the 6 month mark of 2019, we look back at some other incredible groups we have trained.
Precision Drilling – Oil and Gas Drilling Company
Impact Guard – Plastics Manufacturer
Fairfield Landscaping – Landscaping/excavating
ROC – Oil and Gas service company
Heavy Iron Oil field Services – Oil and Gas Equipment Rental/Service Company
North American Forge – Forge
Continuum Pediatrics – Homecare Nursing Agency
Fairfield Landscaping
Impact Guard
North American Forge
We are also full steam ahead planning for our return sessions to Slippery Rock University for the 2019-2020 school year. Take a look at our last year video highlights and if you are a student at the university, make sure to bookmark our page and register for classes as the school year approaches.
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Heavy Iron Oilfield Services has been providing the great Marcellus and Utica Basin assistance since 2011. The group has their hands and Iron in a few different segments of the oil and gas industry and has operations throughout the Western PA, Eastern OH, and WV areas.
Heavy Iron provides superior value to the energy industry and has a quality workforce lead by an incredible management team. HSE Manager, Cody Montgomery is leading the charge by providing safety training to all of his employees and leveraging B42L’s services to get the job done.
Currently Heavy Iron provides the following services:
Flowback/ Well Testing
Valve Greasing and Hydraulic Torque Wrenches
Hot Shot hauling Services
Roustabout Services
Equipment Rentals
Check their website out to inquire how Heavy Iron can do some incredible work for you!
Heavy Iron Oilfield Services is dedicated to providing reliable manpower and equipment to maximize the safety and potential of every production site. All of their pressure vessels are built to ASME standards and ALL employees are Safe Land certified.
If you are new to the oil and gas industry, safety has been an increasing topic of discussion. Mitigating risk and increasing efficiency is every companies dream. This can only be met by ensuring all staff members are not only competent but leaders in safe industry practices.
Safety has a benefit to employees, job sites, and a bottom line. Lack of safety can not only jeopardize workers and equipment, but also production goals and operations as a whole.
Bottom line, Working SAFELY is the best way to get the job done!
Training First Aid/CPR/AED
Over the last decade, operators have experienced far too many occurrences of accidents and incidents on job sites related to First Aid. With new techniques of fracking developing and an influx of working demands, being trained in First Aid and how to administer CPR and use an AED is imperative.
Operators are slowly making “prerequisites” of training standards prior to stepping on pad. That means the men and women who work in this industry are being championed how to recognize and respond to emergency situations.
In the Western PA, OH, WV regions, job sites are often located in remote and hard to reach areas. That means in the event of an emergency, response time is often long and there is a demand to have a staff that knows how to respond.
Certified and Ready to Work
Heavy Iron Oilfield Services has utilized Before It’s Too Late LLC for its CPR/AED/First Aid needs for 3 years. HSE Cody Montgomery has leveraged B42L’s capabilities to train his staff so he can focus on being in the field, and deal with day to day safety requirements.
Having a staff that is routinely trained in these skills not only hits requirements, but helps employees grow. B42L’s staff has years of experience in oil and gas and relates the skills being taught to every day operations in the field. This makes learning more sensible and relatable. The most recent class B42L had the pleasure conducting was for new hire staff members.
The class focused on delivering certifications from The American Red Cross in the following skills and topics:
Recognizing and Responding Cues
Cardiac Emergencies (Heart Attacks and Cardiac Arrest) SKILL
All members were placed through a lecture style course that had open communication about these topics as well as a fully integrated skills portion allowing participants to practice simulated Real Life Scenarios.
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Before It’s Too Late takes pride that all of its staff members are graduates of the highly respected Slippery Rock University. Slippery Rock has a Safety program that is second to none and individuals who matriculate from the program have contributed and lead various industries.
HSE Cody Montgomery is also a graduate of SRU’s Safety Management program and has other certifications including: OSHA 30 – Hour General Industry, OSHA 30 – Hour Construction Safety, Confined Space Trainer. Cody has experience consulting in the industry and has utilized his background in safety and in the oil and gas industry to improve working conditions, increase efficiencies, and have an overall impact on the customers and individuals he serves.
B42L is proud to work with Heavy Iron and Cody and welcomes all other graduates to inquire about what Before It’s Too Late LLC can do for you!
Mark 16:15 “Go everywhere and tell the Good News to everyone”. Whether you are an avid follower of the scripture or receive your daily updates via the Bible app, this passage not only describes the Pittsburgh Christian Fellowship, but it is part of their mission! The vision of the church is to teach people to reach their world with the Good News of Jesus Christ while connecting with a community of believers. The church is nicely nested on top of Mount Oliver located on Brownsville road. Their team is also lead by Senior Pastor Chris DeMark who is supported by his wife, Belinda DeMark, and two daughters, Joyus and Faith DeMark. This bunch spends every day reaching out to others, providing them a safe and welcoming place to worship.
Fellowship reaching the masses
The Pittsburgh Christian Fellowship provides many opportunities to become involved including Sunday Services, events throughout the year and a Podcast featuring none other than Senior Pastor Chris DeMark. Chris became Senior Pastor of the church in 1994 and since has provided ample opportunity for others to join in his mission.
Along with providing masses and summer programs and picnics, the church coordinates and connects individuals who may be struggling by accepting the following fundraising offerings:
Tithes
Missions
Emergency
Youth
Children
Mens
Womens
Like we said, if you cannot find time for a Sunday mass, simply listen to one of the recorded podcasts and get YA JESUS ON!
Paths crossing at the right time
Belinda is a current employee of Highmark Inc. in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania. She noticed an online article that was posted about another employee who frequently provided churches the opportunity to become CPR/First Aid certified. Without hesitation she reached out to Lucas Boyd, at the time also a Highmark Employee. Together, they planned a weekend where leaders in the church and volunteers could receive life saving training in CPR/AED/First Aid.
One of the biggest reasons why The Pittsburgh Christian Fellowship wanted to get certified was due to the high volume of youngsters who attend on weekends and in the summer. Having all members trained in case of an emergency was a must! B42L (Before It’s Too Late LLC) came in and trained 9 individuals how to properly perform life saving skills. Right place and right time? It is odd to think about it but what would have happened if Belinda did not have the courage or thought to give that article a read?! Now we won’t say that higher intervention had anything to do with the class taking place, but it is very incredible that Belinda decided one day to click an article and found an answer to her problem.
Skills that SAVE LIVES
As every chapter preceded, the group asked questions on how best to attack a multitude of situations. Wanting to ensure each participant was able to respond to just about anything, we can tell you many “what if” scenarios were quickly answered. The group was able to have open discussion and practice their skills with real life walkthroughs. We covered some of the following topics:
Recognizing and Responding to Emergencies
Cardiac Emergencies including Cardiac Arrest – CPR
AED basics and skills
Choking recognition and skills
Sudden Illnesses
First Aid and wrapping a wound skills
Environmental Emergencies – heat/cold related
In addition to certifying the group in these skills, each member walked away with B42L’s “assurance plan” (life saving tool that refreshes skills used in CPR on the spot). The members of this parish didn’t decide to request a class for compliance reasons or to check a box for safety training. Rather, each member had a deep interest on how they could each be better equipped to serve their community. This type of GOOD FAITH makes it certain that the church and its message is most definitely spreading the word and is doing the right thing, no matter what.
Giving back
The Pittsburgh Christian fellowship gives so much and asks for very little in return. Recently, the church had a roof problem where the damage done has caused leaking and ceiling tiles to deteriorate. The church plans on having designated offerings to raise money to replace the tiles and fix the leaky roof! If you are interested in donating please reach out to Pastor DeMark!
For nearly a century, the Ellwood Group has grown through innovation and strategic acquisitions. It should also be noted that the group is the leading supplier of quality metals and custom-engineered components for worldwide applications. The Ellwood group has a tremendous footprint that now covers more than 25 locations across North America. From the looks of it over time, it is easy to say they live up to their mission statement, “Our mission is to use our metallurgy know-how to provide critical engineered solutions”.
The group has functions including:
Steelmaking
Forging
Machining
Distribution
Cladding & Fabrication
Casting
R&D
With such a vast line of offerings, The Ellwood Group makes it a point to not only serve their customers, but treat everyone as FAMILY. The group has committed to its employees by celebrating other’s successes and supporting in times of needs. Moreover, each of the 25 locations are treated like HOME and is properly stewarded. To give you an idea of how big this group is, we decided to breakdown the markets you can see their work in:
Like we said, The Ellwood Group has sizable capabilities and footprint. Each plant and location has an integral function and role for the group’s unique customer base.The Ellwood Quality Steels branch was founded in 1985 and the melt shop was to be the premier producer of the highest quality clean steel ingots around. This location holds a 45 ton electric arc furnace that is a sight to see.
Their electroslag and vacuum allows the location to re-melt ingots to serve the most demanding applications thought of. This location is unlike any other as it also provides cutting-edge metallurgical lab equipment that is used in R&D techniques. While we love highlighting the capabilities of the plant, we should also talk about how their team gets the job done.
Safety is Success
ELLWOOD has a commitment to getting the job done right and protects its employees in the process. Like we said, things could get a little heated if you’re operating with a 45 ton arc furnace. Quite often, companies especially as large as ELLWOOD, may take safety as a last minute check box. That isn’t how Ellwood Quality Steel runs the show though. In fact, their goal is not only to comply with industry standards, but exceed them. There are multiple ways the group gets this done.
Management Leadership and Employee Involvement
Worksite Analysis
Hazard Prevention and Control
Training
Each facility goes above and beyond with their safety culture, regulation, and processes. Ellwood Quality Steels recently just had 15 of their staff members become trained in the life saving skills of CPR/AED/First Aid. Now we did mention that the group’s goal is to exceed compliance regulations, and a group this size with all differing job functions hit incredible standards.
Bobbie Myers is Ellwood Quality Steel’s first line of defense when it comes to safety. She is the Safety and Environmental Manager for this location and made it a point to set up a class for her staff. Bobbie provides value by supporting on EHS projects, conducting EHS Audits, Safety Training and BBS development. With all of this on her plate, she reached out to Before It’s Too Late LLC and made sure she was covering Emergency Preparedness. You never know what could go wrong, especially when you’re working with Steel!
The class covered multiple topics for both Adult and Pediatric Situations of Cardiac Arrest and First Aid emergencies. This class was taught to a group who works for a Steel company but can always feel prepared using their skills in their own homes and communities. Here are a few topics we were able to cover:
Ellwood Quality Steel employees and management takes CPR/AED/First Aid class with B42L (Before It’s Too Late LLC)
Recognizing and Responding to Emergencies
Cardiac Emergencies including Cardiac Arrest – CPR
AED basics and skills
Choking recognition and skills
Sudden Illnesses
First Aid and wrapping a wound skills
Environmental Emergencies – heat/cold related
Each member of the class was able to sit through a lecture portion that was aided with videos and interactive critical thinking scenarios. In addition to the more “classroom style” learning, we also had each member get down to business and practice their skills as if an emergency was actually taking place. The Ellwood staff practiced doing chest compressions and rescue breaths and also were able to use a simulated AED (Automatic External Defibrillator). In addition to those skills, we covered First Aid for choking and wrapping a wound!
Each member immediately treated the day as a learning opportunity and took charge of the scenario at play! Ellwood Quality Steel also was able to take advantage of B42l’s assurance plan. A life saving piece of PPE that serves as a real time refresher.
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As we recognize Bobbie’s group we also want to highlight some similar safety roots between The Ellwood Group and B42L.
Bobbie Myers was a graduate from the highly recognized safety program at Slippery Rock University! With all of B42L’s staff also walking through those same safety doors of at the Strain Behavioral Safety building it was a great time seeing Slippery Rock Alumni doing great work well after their time as students. The SRU Safety Program has ROCK SOLID graduates providing ROCK SOLID work and SAFETY to some of the world’s most important industries!
B42L enjoys connecting with Slippery Rock University graduates and aiding in any way possible. Whether you run a church group, own a fitness studio or are in a more traditional Safety Position like Bobbie, please connect! It is important to understand that cultivating a safety culture is not one person’s responsibility.
B42L Campus Ambassador 2019-2020 School year
Check out how we continue to provide Slippery Rock value with our campus ambassador role! B42L provides discounted classes for Slippery Rock University students on a monthly basis and has provided scholarship opportunities for individuals who work with us!
If you know plastics, then you should know the name Saint Gobain. This plastics group is the world’s leading producer of some pretty high performance polymer products and has made a positive difference in just about every major industry you could think of. The group has embedded their product in bearings of race cars and even radar devices used in military aircrafts. Like I said, if you know plastics, you know Saint Gobain.
The French founded company was established in 1665 which means not only are they delivering high grade products and services but they have been doing so for over 300 years! Through business acquisitions and the innovation, Saint Gobain now serves customers in 67 different countries and employs over 170,000 workers. One of the reasons why this giant plastics group performs so well is their focus on safety. Saint Gobain invests in their workforce by providing the highest quality of training programs! They were recognized as one of the world’s top 100 industrial corporations and as a leader in an array of engineered materials.
Safe Working Environments
Being the best at engineering solutions starts by providing safe working conditions for employees. If you think you could become an industry leader while not practicing your processes safely, you are out in left field alone.
Safety has to take top priority when working with machinery, or in environments with high risk. Engineering plastics is complicated to say the least. The steps that simple materials undergo before becoming the finished product illustrates how ingrained safety needs to be. That means workers at Saint Gobain are prepared and provided with proper PPE (personal protective equipment) and training.
Safety is not just about wearing your ear plugs and steel toed boots though. Safety is coming in to work every day and doing your job the RIGHT way! With that in mind, accidents and incidents occur and human error can never be avoided 100% of the time. Saint Gobain employees have adopted a safety culture that is unlike any other.
Emergency Preparedness and CPR/First Aid
Now we just pointed out that Saint Gobain is a world leader in their solutions and also takes safety as serious as the average Steeler fan takes Super Bowl Sunday. One factor that is hard to quantify is safety moral and safety culture.
Safety culture is the collection of the beliefs, perceptions and values that employees share in relation to risks within an organization, such as a workplace or community.[
The safety culture in any major plant starts from the ground up. Engaging the workforce to practice safely and voluntarily practice with purpose is a Safety Directors dream. Saint Gobain’s Cleveland plastics plant should furthermore be the go to example of what it means to adopt safety culture.
EHS leader Andrew Proya, oversees the safety of his plant and employees. He recently reached out to get his staff trained in First Aid/CPR/AED. Now let’s make sure we mention that there are OSHA standards set in place forcing plants to have staff members trained. SEE OSHA standard 1910 for details BUT…..
23 Saint Gobain employees volunteer to join plant emergency response team!
The interesting thing about Andrew’s group is that over 20 participants volunteered to join the emergency response team. Each member sat through a 4 hour training session that covered topics of CPR/AED/First Aid. The class certified individuals in life saving skills (American Red Cross Certified Instructors and material). Not only did Andrew achieve a compliance standard, but his workforce went out of their own way personally to become involved. This CPR/AED/First Aid class was provided by Before It’s Too Late LLC better known as B42L.
Here are some of the topics we covered:
Recognizing and Responding to Emergencies
Cardiac Emergencies including Cardiac Arrest – CPR
AED basics and skills
Choking recognition and skills
Sudden Illnesses
First Aid and wrapping a wound skills
Environmental Emergencies – heat/cold related
These group members had a plethora of subtopics in their course and all had the opportunity to test skills out. This class again allowed participants to learn a skill and then test their knowledge in real world application simulations. Because these skills are renewed on a two year basis, B42L also provided their new Assurance Policy for the plant cost free. If you are interested in seeing this assurance policy, check it out below:
NOTE: Our “Assurance Policy” should only be viewed by individuals who want to ensure their program continues to be the leader in their respective industry***
As we recognize Andrew’s group, we want to also highlight
some similar safety roots between Saint Gobain and B42L.
Andrew Proya was a graduate of the highly creditable
Slippery Rock University Safety Management program. B42L’s entire staff is also
proud alumni of the university and most of that program as well. Slippery Rock
University has one of the most respected and credible safety programs in the
United States. The program has some ROCK SOLID graduates providing ROCK SOLID
work and SAFETY to some of the world’s biggest players.
SRU Grads connect! Saint Gobain EHS professional leans into safety training with Before It’s Too late LLC (B42L) Lucas A. Boyd
B42L enjoys connecting with Slippery Rock University
graduates and aiding in any way possible. Whether you run a church group, own a
fitness studio or are in a more traditional Safety Position like Andrew, please
connect! It is important to understand
that cultivating a safety culture is not one person’s responsibility.
Check out how we continue to provide Slippery Rock value with our campus ambassador role! B42L provides discounted classes for Slippery Rock University students on a monthly basis and has provided scholarship opportunities for individuals who work with us!
