Environmental Health and Safety presents two Presidential Safety awards

Each year, Environmental Health and Safety presents the Presidential Safety Award to individuals or groups who have made outstanding contributions to enhancing safety at Purdue. This year’s award was presented to Casey Peters and Terri Griffin.

Casey Peters

Since joining the School of Materials Engineering, Casey has implemented an outstanding safety program, resulting in substantial improvements to workplace safety. His proactive approach to identifying and mitigating hazards has fostered a culture of safety, inspiring others to prioritize it in their daily work. Casey consistently enforces PPE requirements, enhances safety in complex shared labs, promptly addresses fume hood alarms and repairs, takes ownership of the Integrated Safety Plan program and encourages new research safety reviews. His commitment and leadership make him a true safety role model in Materials Engineering and beyond.

Terri Griffin

Terri has been a tremendous support to Operations and Maintenance (O&M) safety, exemplifying the phrase “excellence in action, safety in mind.” She has led impactful safety improvements, including establishing a streamlined process for winter slip-resistant boots, facilitating a boot truck on campus and supporting the O&M Safety Toolbox Calendar with new educational content. Terri also coordinates “good catch” submissions, an internal dashboard where O&M staff can report potentially unsafe conditions. Through this she helps to address potential hazards quickly, organizes safety teams for improved efficiency and helps develop O&M’s safety training curriculum. Her dedication, positivity and wealth of ideas make her an invaluable resource across her department and EHS.

EHS is part of the Administrative Operations organization. The organization supports the university through safe, reliable and transformative services. Recognizing and advancing safety efforts is just one of the many ways the organization helps power Purdue. To learn more about the daily operations of the organization, follow it on Instagram at @purdueoperations and Facebook at Purdue Administrative Operations.

More information about the Presidential Safety Award, including the nomination process and photos of the winners, is available on the EHS website.