ACI Safety Day & Conference

KEYNOTE SPEAKER BILLY PARKER SHARES HIS PERSONAL STORY OF SAFETY AND SURVIVAL

From Tragedy to Purpose: Amputee Billy Parker on Workplace Safety

Billy Parker, a former welder, lost both arms in a life-changing accident. Billy shares his incredible journey of resilience as an amputee, finding a new purpose, and his mission to promote workplace safety to prevent similar tragedies.

Billy discusses his personal growth and how he empowers others to prioritize safety in all aspects of life. His inspiring story is a testament to the human spirit’s ability to overcome adversity and make a meaningful impact.

SCHEDULE

8:30 am Doors Open, Registration, Breakfast, Exhibitor Showcase
8:45 am Welcome
9:00 am Keynote Speaker: Billy Parker, “Safety, It’s In Your Hands”
9:45 am Exhibitor Showcase
10:00 am Breakout Sessions (1)
10:30 am Exhibitor Showcase
11:00 am Lunch

11:30 am ACI Safety Awards
12:30 pm Breakout Session (2)
1:00 pm Exhibitor Showcase
1:30 pm Breakout Session (3)
2:00 pm Exhibitor Showcase
2:15 pm Closing Remarks

BREAK OUT SESSIONS

10 am

Fall Arrest to Rescue: What just happened?
Speaker: Matthew Hohman, Regional Sales Manager, FallTech
When a fall occurs, knowing what just happened is only the beginning. This session guides safety managers through the full timeline of a fall, from proper equipment use and the physical impact on the worker to the critical rescue steps that follow. Attendees will gain practical insights to strengthen their fall protection programs, ensuring their teams are not only compliant but truly prepared to respond when it matters most.

Radio Frequency (RF) Antenna Awareness and the Workforce
Speaker: Kim Hoffa Richardson, Safety Director, American Scaffolding, Inc.
Many contractors and maintenance employees conduct work on rooftops or other elevated locations where RF antennas are placed. These workers can be exposed to RF Radiation when working near these antennas and not realize they are being exposed. This exposure can cause them to feel sick, can heat biological tissue, and potentially cause tissue damage. Lean RF Antennas and how to schedule a shutdown of these for worker health and safety.

Stress Management for Leaders

Speaker: Rob Goeller, LISW, Specialty Treatment Coordinator, TriHealth EAP (Corporate Health)
Leaders have multiple responsibilities and daily challenges; they often find themselves in a highly stressful environment. This program will explore suggestions regarding how leaders can manage their own stress and create a positive and less stressful workplace for employees. The goals of this training are to gain a better understanding of leader stress and its effects and to identify strategies to manage workplace stress.

UUDP: Leveraging Technology to Eliminate the Risk of Underground Utility Strikes

Speakers: John Shea, Safety Engineer, Pepper Construction, and James Winters, Virtual Construction Manager, Pepper Construction

Leveraging a layered, technology-driven approach to identify, verify, coordinate, and continuously validate underground utilities throughout the project lifecycle. By combining BIM coordination, proactive utility engagement, advanced field verification, and aerial documentation, we significantly reduce the risk of utility conflicts, damage, delays, and safety incidents.

Cardiac Emergency Response Plans on the Jobsite
Speaker: Rachel McCarthy, VP of Development, American Heart Association

This session is a review of how to provide the lifesaving act of CPR and take the steps to create an emergency response plan in the event of a cardiac emergency in your office or jobsite.

12:30 pm

From Conversations to Clarity: Using Analytics and AI to Understand Systems at Scale
Speaker: Ben Ross, FactorLab

In this session, we will explore how companies are beginning to use analytics and AI to move beyond traditional safety metrics and into true system-level understanding. Attendees will see how information captured across multiple safety and operational processes can be understood at scale to reveal patterns that influence not only safety outcomes, but also productivity, quality, and organizational alignment. Rather than advocating for a single model or solution, this session focuses on helping leaders better interpret what their own systems are already communicating, so they can make more informed business decisions.

Building a Culture of Safety—Why We still Take Shortcuts and How to Fix it
Speaker: Nichole Sims, Founder/Owner, Bold Career Consulting, LLC
Ever wonder why, no matter how many rules you post, people still take shortcuts? Or why it feels like pulling teeth just to get supervisors involved in safety? The truth is: Safety isn't about the rulebook—it's about the team. If the foundation is shaky, the rules won't stick. In this session, we're breaking down the 5 "Dysfunctions" that cause a team to tune out and stop caring. We'll ditch the boring compliance talk and look at the 5 real-world shifts that move a team from "just trying to get through the day" to actually having each other's backs. Come find out where your team is hitting a wall and how to finally get everyone on the same page.

Building Safety Leaders: Drug-Free & CPR Train-the-Trainer Pathways for Construction 
Speaker: Angie Buckalew, Founder/CEO HTH Safety Solutions 
Session Details: This session would introduce construction leaders to internal Train-the-Trainer pathways for: 

1. CPR/First Aid/AED Instructor certification through the American Red Cross 
2. Ohio's Drug-Free Workplace Train-the-Trainer pathway through the Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation 

The focus will be on how these pathways support construction companies by improving jobsite readiness, reducing risk and downtime, strengthening compliance, and allowing training to be delivered on their schedule by trusted internal leaders. 

Building Culture with C.A.R.E
Speaker: Kenyon Manley, iReportSource
Policies, SOPs, and PowerPoints don't drive behavior. Culture does. And culture is built or broken in the moments of pressure that only leaders can influence. In this high-impact session, Kenyon Manley, CSP, CHST reveals why core values, information, systems, and slogans fail when the pressure rises and how the C.A.R.E. Framework with V.I.S.I.O.N. Framework equips executives to lead cultures that thrive in chaos and under pressure, not theory. You'll leave with a model that translates your corporate core values into real-world behavior from the boardroom to the bridge deck.

Cardiac Emergency Response Plans on the Jobsite
Speaker: Rachel McCarthy, VP of Development at the American Heart Association
Review of how to provide the lifesaving act of CPR and the steps to create an emergency response plan in the event of a cardiac emergency in your office or jobsite.

1:30 pm

OSHA Updates
Ken Montgomery
Hear the latest updates from the Area Directors that may impact you and your teams, as well as discuss ways that OSHA can support your goals of maintaining safe worksites.

ABCs of Fall Protection
Andrew Dollman, U.S.- Ohio Fall Protection Sales Specialist, 3M
Demonstration covering the hierarchy of fall Protection, the ABCs (anchors, body support, connectors, descent & rescue, training, and fall protection for tools). Demonstration: three drop tests.