Safety First - Out to Lunch - It's Baton Rouge

Workplace accidents cost American companies some 60 billion every
year. But, unlike the trajectory of most workplace costs, accident
expenses are actually going down. The reason is better training and
more proactive safety measures that come from the public and
private sectors. Kathy Trahan is president and CEO of the Alliance
Safety Council, a 60 year old agency that trains workers to meet
federal OSHA regulations. Under Kathy s leadership over the past 15
years, this nonprofit organization has grown from an agency of 11
employees and a 5,000 deficit in its bank account to an 18 million
organization with 110 employees and four sites. It s done this by
monetizing its online training programs and selling them to
companies and other safety councils around the country using a pay
per view model. The council s technology department has grown so
big, in fact, it recently bought a new building here on Siegen Lane
to house its progammers and their growing operation. Jaime Glas is
helping make the industrial workplace safer through her company
Haute Work. They make designer, flame resistance clothing for
women. Jaime is an engineer by training and didn t set out to be a
fashion designer. But as a college intern on her first job site a
Chevron refinery in Bakersfield, California Jaime put on a fire
resistent jump suit and thought to herself, "We can do better than
this." Jaime launched the company in late 2016. Today, instead of
bulky coveralls designed by and for men, Haute Work offers
streamlined, standalone jumpsuits in four styles that highlight
women s body types with an assortment of lengths and cuts. Photos
at Mansurs on the Boulevard by Karry Hosford.

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