Event Summary
Marguerite Porsch, the manager of safety culture from CenterPoint Energy, will discuss the journey her organization has embarked upon to eliminate fatalities and serious injuries (SIFs). Human and Organizational Performance (HOP) is the foundation to our safety approach, and we will explore how that is helping us to become a learning organization. This change will be presented in a way to leave you will practical takeaways that you can implement at your organization.
Attendees will earn 1.5 Professional Development Hours (PDH) upon completion.
In this engaging class, you will:
- Uncover the critical element absent from traditional safety approaches, preventing us from achieving our fatality prevention goals.
- Explore new methods and practices that are shaping the safety landscape, paving the way for progress.
- Learn what is an energy-based safety approach and how it is being applied.
- Consider methods that can be applied at your organization.
Meet Your Instructor
Marguerite Porsch
Manager, Safety Culture, CenterPoint Energy
Marguerite Porsch serves as the Manager, Safety Culture at CenterPoint Energy, an electric and natural gas utility. She is responsible for their Serious Injury and Fatality prevention program, READY. She is focused on driving a safety culture that is focused on high-energy hazards, human and organizational performance, and learning teams. She has over 15 years of experience in safety, with the last 7 years at CenterPoint Energy. Prior to CenterPoint Energy, she worked in the oil and gas industry. She was a team member on Edison Electric Institute’s (EEI) research teams, which included Serious Injury and Fatality (SIF) Precursor Customization Project and the development of the Safety Classification and Learning (SCL) Model. She also participated in research projects with the Construction Safety Research Alliance (CSRA), which included Predictive Analytics of SIF events and Unique Precursors of SIF. In 2022, she was awarded the CSRA Safety Leadership Award.
Marguerite earned a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with a major in Marketing from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. She holds a certification as a Certified Safety Professional (CSP).
