Workplace Safety & Health Program

Safety Center Cares About Your Safety ─ our mission is to reduce injuries and save lives by providing workplace safety, health and environmental education and training.

 ü We’re here to provide solutions to the safety concerns that keep you up at night.

 

Who We Serve

 ü We provide expert training that is custom-fit to our client’s needs.

ü Our team is here to serve you.

All of our courses can be delivered at your site or facility targeting specific audiences, from top management to line employees.  Our experienced technical staff will work with you to customize a training program that best fits your organization. These courses can be scheduled by contacting:

Northern California – Vicki Bell at vickib@safetycenter.org or 916-438-3354

Southern California – Gayleen Grigoreas gayleen@safetycenter.org or 909-625-9650

Courses are also available at our training facilities to help your organization stay in compliance with regulatory standards, meet certification requirements and manage a program in professional safety. These courses are scheduled throughout the year and dates can be accessed by clicking on the course name under the class listing or for more information you can contact:  

Northern California – Quen Cach at quen@safetycenter.org or 916-438-3387

Southern California – Lisa Aceves at lisa@safetycenter.org or 909-625-9650 

Instructors

Our professional instructors provide expert content & delivery.

Jerry Bach

Jerry Bach, Safety Center Vice President of Workplace Safety since 1989, helps Safety Center update and develop new programs by being involved with Cal-OSHA and other professional organizations where providing a safe and healthy work environment is a priority. He has over 20 years experience providing training in both the private and public sectors in defensive driving, general safety training and mobile equipment training.

Bruce Anderson

Bruce Anderson Bruce Anderson, Safety Center Curriculum Development Manager and Senior Staff Instructor, uses his real world experience to develop dynamic presentations and interactive “hands on” learning for better understanding and retention of safety training knowledge and skills to improve the workplace environment for organizations and their employees. His background in law enforcement as a field training officer for the California Bureau of Narcotics Enforcement gives Bruce the unique ability to develop engaging safety and security training for companies, public agencies and professional organizations.

Bob Lapidus, CSP

Bob Lapidus, CSP Bob Lapidus has been in the safety management field since 1968, and his expertise helped the Safety Center to develop a Professional Safety Institute, which provides a foundation for organizations who are striving for excellence and professionalism in their safety management program. His practical approach is effective in helping safety professionals to reduce injuries and prevent property damage for their organization by implementing a well-managed safety program.

Raul Anguiano

Raul teaches in Spanish and uses real world experience to make the material relevant to his audience, which improves understanding and retention of class content.  With 20 years of experience in safety director and risk management positions in the construction, petrochemical, and solid waste industries. 

Jeff Beeler

Jeff Beeler uses real life situations from his career as a first responder to reinforce procedures for Confined Space Entry and Rescue.  His 32 years in emergency response have included supervising fire-ground incidents, EMS, rescue, hazardous material and coordinating confined space and rescue programs. 

Myron Brown

Myron Brown delivers complex safety concepts in an easily understandable way for students throughout his over 15 years in the health and safety field. He fully engages students to ensure they have a true understanding of the training topics.

Joe Deas

Joe Deas, Safety Center Staff Instructor, provides a fresh and engaging delivery of workplace safety training topics through his unique humor and creative style. He has worked on both sides of the safety aisle; as an employee and as an instructor and has a unique understanding of the student’s perspective and knows how to thoroughly engage participant in trainings.

Vicki Deas

Vicki Deas, Safety Center Staff Instructor, thoroughly enjoys sharing information and knowledge with her students. She strives to deliver the most accurate, interactive safety and health training possible. Vicki utilizes her nearly 20 years experience in the agriculture, insurance and safety fields to lend real life experiences to her classes. 

Michael Estep, PhD

Mike Estep, of RescueTech, provides highly technical training courses with passion and a skill that allows even novice students to fully comprehend the subject matter. He utilizes his experience as a California State Fire Marshal Instructor to give student’s practical understanding of confined space training and hazardous materials.

Robert Fernandez

Robert is an experienced instructor in environmental health and safety programs for the workplace. He has been in the field for 30 years and also teaches at the OSHA Training Institute.

Kent Freeman

Kent Freeman, applies his over 30 years experience as a firefighter to bring real life experiences to his training courses. He helped develop rescue teams and six permanent confined space rescue training centers as a Senior Confined Space Rescue technician instructor.

Joe Gurican, OHST, CFI, CECM

Joe Gurican incorporates “real world” examples from his long career in safety and risk management and includes hands-on training to develop skills to improve worker safety.  He has over 40 years experience in occupational health and safety, fire protection, construction safety, emergency response, including workers’ compensation, property, and liability insurance.

Regina Hollins, ARM, CPSI

Regina Hollins has 25 years of Occupational Safety & Health experience with school districts, municipalities, government, and the private sectors.

Jim Hughes, CSHM

Jim Hughes, Vice President/Senior Managing Consultant – Risk Control for Wells Fargo Insurance Services, has instructed Safety Center courses for 22 years. His daily experience consulting major construction firms on accident investigation, loss control and risk management make his classes current, engaging and successful. Jim has a BS in Business Administration and is certified to teach the 10 and 30 hour OSHA outreach course.

Jeff Savona

Jeff has a background in conducting loss control surveys to help clients meet regulatory requirements and manage effective safety programs. He has been involved in providing safety solutions for 20 years for construction and manufacturing companies in the petrochemical, pulp & paper, pharmaceutical industries.

Robert Wasley, CSP

Robert Wasley, CSP Robert Wasley specializes in hazardous material training for both private industry and local government agencies. He has worked with Safety Center Incorporated for nearly 10 years to provide high quality training and compliance related services.

Steve Young, CIHM

Steve Young was Battalion Chief and Safety Officer of the City of Redlands for 28 years and has extensive experience in all aspect of managing safety programs. He is certified to teach several hazardous materials programs and has a BA in Organizational Management.  

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