NDSC 2021-22 Annual Report

ANNUAL REPORT FISCAL YEAR

A year of GROWTH

The best part of creating the Annual Report…looking back on the amazing year that was. FY 21-22 truly saw some incredible things from our communities, our members and our staff.

Like any business, we often have a lengthy ‘To-Do’ list. Our parking lot of projects to come can sometimes feel daunting. But in the past year, the number of long-term projects coming to fruition was numerous.

Our Slip SimulatorTM was installed after years of working to fund and create a curriculum for this piece of equipment that we know can change lives. Falls remain one of the deadliest incidents not just in the workplace, but in our homes and communities. We have long felt it was a growing edge for our company, and now we are set and ready to teach before winter hits.

Our Ag Trailer, which has been a passion project for many on our NDSC team, is getting closer to completion. Countless hours have been put into the design and development of the trailer itself. Our work to make this a hands-on experience continues to excite us here at the Safety Council. A special thanks to Board Member Jason Uhlir and Minnkota for donating the truck that will put this trailer on the road. In 2023 we hope to be making North Dakota farms and ranches safer places to live and work.

This spring we launched Fit Testing. As we see demand from our members and our businesses, we know it is our job to think ahead and react. Fit Testing helps create a safer workplace for North Dakotans.

While we have accomplished so much more than this in the past fiscal year, we know it is our faithful team here at the NDSC that pushes us forward with a growth mindset. We have established an internal team and developed Strategic Planning for the next 5-years. Our plans are many, and we know there is nowhere to go but up!

The North Dakota Safety Council is a private non-profit organization supported through grants, donations, memberships and training. We are dedicated to preventing injuries and saving lives by providing high quality safety training and reaching as many people as possible because we know it makes a difference. The stats prove it and the stories illustrate the lasting impact of a life lost or a life saved. With 900 member companies representing all sizes of all industries, the NDSC is an active participant

Chuck Clairmont NDSC Executive

In the past year, the number of long-term projects coming to fruition was numerous.

WHAT’S NEW?

In 2021-2022 the NDSC has continued to expand and find new ways to put enhanced safety training into our communities.

SLIP SIMULATOR

The Slip SimulatorTM is a piece of equipment that expands on our slips, trips and falls training here in the Bismarck building. The training can reduce falls by up to 70%. It’s fun, it’s engaging and it’s a memorable experience that we’re proud to use.

CDL TRAINING

With our eyes always on the horizon, we knew we needed to expand our CDL Entry Level driver trainer courses. Roads are deadly, and we want to be a part of the solution. With Federal requirements changing we wanted to be at the forefront of helping put skilled and safe drivers on our roads.

AG SAFETY

Preventing injuries and saving lives is our mission, and that extends to the 26,000 farms and ranches across North Dakota. Our Ag Safety Training program and Ag Training Trailer are the latest way we here at the NDSC can expand our reach traveling from trade shows to school visits to co-ops and beyond. Farm safety is family safety.

NDSC EVENTS

GIVING HEARTS DAY

In 2022, the NDSC team participated in Giving Hearts Day. The goal was to purchase feedback manikins to further support our CPR courses statewide. The NDSC raised $6,455 February 10th during the 24-hour online fundraising event and purchased 8 feedback manikins. It’s the largest one day giving event in North Dakota.

AWARDS BANQUET

The NDSC handed out 56 awards at our Annual Awards Banquet in 2022. Industries from transportation to law enforcement, manufacturing and oil and gas were all represented. During the 49th Annual Conference, Erika Erb of Dakota Fence Company received the Duane Kuehn Outstanding Safety Professional Award.

COMMUNITY SAFETY

Community Safety at the North Dakota Safety Council means a whole approach to improving safety. By offering comprehensive training with emergency operation plans for businesses, school violence prevention planning and personal safety training. Our mission is to keep people safe, and courses like drug, alcohol & fatigue awareness, opioid awareness, and responsible beverage server training help confront some of the deepest problems our state faces. We’re working to be the safest state in the nation.

It’s our job here at the NDSC as a safety education non-profit to lead the way on school safety. School safety is about the future of our communities. It’s about our teachers, our support staff and our students. Our experienced safety consultants know that school violence is preventable. Its our job to step up, plan and train for any situation.

- Kathy Zander, Community Safety Manager

DRIVER SAFETY

After years of improving road fatalities, we have seen a heartbreaking increase in the past two years. We need to do better. Traveling on our roads is the deadliest part of our day. It’s time we step up and put safety first. Our Driver Safety program is designed to save lives, reduce points, lower insurance and make our roads safer places to travel.

In 2022 we implemented new CDL training. As we continue to enhance driver safety, it takes an every-level approach. From teen drivers taking Alive at 25, to our communities committing to defensive driving, to our new truck and bus drivers entering the workforce with highly developed training. Our belief in an America without traffic fatalities can happen, but we must keep ahead of the curve.

- Terry Weaver, Driver Safety Manager

FIRST AID

CPR can double or even triple a person’s chance of survival, and with 7 of 10 cardiac arrests happening at home, learning CPR and first aid can make all the difference for your loved ones. NDSC First Aid & CPR training goes above and beyond. Whether it’s training your employees or training your family, the NDSC helps you learn memorable hands-on ways to react when an emergency happens.

Having someone in your workplace and in your community who can deliver first aid and CPR can be the difference between life and death. Don’t assume you’ll know how to react in an emergency. Let us teach you how to take initiative and be effective. Confidence can make all the difference.

- Sarah McKenna, First Aid Manager

WORKPLACE SAFETY

One death in the workplace is too many. Our continued work to create real-world safety solutions isn’t done. The NDSC is consistently working to strengthen our ability to consult with businesses. This will help reduce hazards while finding new ways to meet businesses where it matters most...right on their job sites.

Industrial hygiene is something NDSC is committed to improving. Through noise sampling, fit testing, and FREE Industrial Hygiene Critical Issues courses, we know industrial hygiene cannot be overlooked. We are always working for safer workplaces. Whether it’s on the farm, in a warehouse, or in a plant, our Workplace Safety Program values every employee’s life.

- Alex Redmann, Workplace Safety Manager

OUTREACH PROGRAMS & CONTRACTOR TRAINING

In addition to safety training and consulting, the NDSC partners with other agencies to offer accident prevention and educational outreach efforts in the region. We pursue grants to meet the safety needs of North Dakotans.

Responsible Beverage Server

Working with the North Dakota Departments of Human Services and Transportation, the NDSC launched a multifaceted digital marketing campaign to drive servers, owners and managers, and large event holders to our Responsible Beverage Server (RBS) webpage. RBS classes educate servers about serving responsibly and identifying fake IDs. This effort ensures establishments avoid liability issues, prevent bar patrons from being overserved, and contribute to the overall safety of North Dakotans on the road.

Energy Coalition for Contractor Safety (ECCS)

Ensures contractors apply consistent safety practices at every location they work within the energy industry.

One Basin-One Way! (OBOW)

Standardized contractor safety orientation for North Dakota’s oil and gas industry keeps workers safe across the state.

Operation Lifesaver of the Dakotas is led by the North Dakota Safety Council and supported by a variety of partners, including federal, state and local government agencies, highway safety organizations, law enforcement and the state’s railroads. Operation Lifesaver of the Dakotas was established to end collisions, deaths and injuries at highway-rail grade crossings and on railroad rights-of-way.

SAFETY & HEALTH CONFERENCE

This year was heartwarming, as so many attendees were grateful and excited to be back in-person attending a conference with their peers. The opportunity to network and share best safety practices is something that is invaluable. As always, we couldn’t make the conference what it is without the support from our sponsors and their belief in safety education.

SAFETY

HEALTH CONFERENCE

Thank you to our 2022 sponsors!

Event Champion

$15,000

ND Workforce Safety & Insurance

Premier ($10,000+)

Dakota Medical Foundation

HB Sound Hess Corporation

Roco Rescue, Inc.

Platinum ($5,000+)

American Crystal Sugar Company

Basin Electric Power Cooperative/DGC

CHI St. Alexius Health

CP Police Service

Doosan Bobcat

Enbridge Enerplus

Knife River Corporation

Marathon Petroleum MDU Construction Services Group

Montana-Dakota Utilities/ Great Plains Natural Gas

North American CoalCoteau Freedom Mine

North American CoalFalkirk Mine

Oneok

Raven Rising Safestart

Safety Mentor

Sanford Health OccMed

Whiting

WBI Energy

Diamond ($3,000 to $4,999)

Alliance Safety Council

Aux Sable

Badger Daylighting

Bismarck Mandan

Convention & Visitors

Border States Electric

Brock Services

Cavendish Farms

CBIZ Insurance Services, Inc.

ConocoPhillips

Devon Energy

Great River Energy Industrial Contractors, Inc.

KLJ Miller Insulation Co., Inc.

Minnkota Power Cooperative

ND One Call

Red Trail Energy, LLC

SLS West, Inc.

Spooltech

Strata Corporation

Wanzek

WCCO Belting, Inc.

Wescom

Workwear Outfitters

Gold ($1,000 to $2,999)

AGC of North Dakota

Altru Health Systems

Associated Builders and Contractors of MN and ND

Basin Safety Bell Bank

Bismarck Tribune

BNI Coal, Ltd.

BNSF

Bob’s Oilfield Services, Inc.

Brace

Brink Constructors, Inc.

Cloverdale

Consolidated Construction Co., Inc.

Crestwood Crusoe

Dean’s Bulk Service

Denbury Fisher Industries Forum Communications Company

IRISNDT

Ives Training Group

Job Erection & Engineering

McQuade Distributing Company, Inc.

Midco

North River IT

North Dakota Petroleum Council

Oasis Petroleum

Ottertail Power Company

PSV Enterprises, LLC

Secure Energy Services

United Printing Wellpro

Silver ($500 to $999)

5 Star Testing, Inc.

Acme Tools

Addison Construction Co.

Baymont Inn & Suites

Baranko Brothers, Inc.

Barr Engineering Co.

Blue Cross Blue Shield of ND

Bowline Energy

Braun Intertec

CHS Pipelines and Terminals

ComDel Innovation, Inc.

Creedence Energy Services

Dakota Carrier Network

Dakota Growers Pasta Company, Inc.

Dale Carnegie DMVW Railroad, Inc.

Edling Electric, Inc.

Electrical Services

First International Bank & Trust

Hebron Brick and Block Supply

Horizon Resources HUB International HydroChem PSC

Lunseth Plumbing and Heating Co.

Magnum Companies

Marco Technologies Marvin

Minn-Dak Farmers Cooperative

MMR Constructors, Inc.

N.B. Harty General Contractors, Inc.

Neset Consulting

Northern Plains Railroad Prairie Knights Casino

Precision Underground Ramkota Hotel & Conference Center

Ranger Energy Services S2Verify, LLC

Sands Wall Systems, Inc. Shermco Skeels Electric Co. Tecta America Dakotas Terracon

Bronze

($250 to $499)

Advanced Business Methods

Agri-Cover, Inc.

American Hoist & Manlift, Inc.

Amped Electrical Solutions LLC

Anderson Steel Erection & Crane Services, Inc.

BEK Communications

Berwick Electric Co.

BNC National Bank

Brady, Martz & Associates, P. C.

Capital Electric Cooperative

Dacotah Paper

Dakota Underground Co. Fargo Freightliner

Farstad Oil

FirstNet built with AT&T Flash Printing

General Electric Steam Power, Inc.

Graycor Industrial Constructors, Inc. Grotberg Electric, Inc. Heitkamp Construction Company, Inc. Impact Dakota

Industrial Builders, Inc.

Industrial Contract Services, Inc.

Johnson Controls, Inc.

KS Industries LLC

Maviro, Inc.

Minnkota Recycling and Secured Document Destruction

NDPHP

NDTC

ND Association of Counties

Niles Industrial Coatings LLC

Norb Olind Construction

Northern Improvement Co.

Northern Testing, Inc.

Northrop Grumman Corporation

Rachel Contracting, Inc.

Red River Valley & Western Railroad

Robert Gibb & Sons TorcSill Foundations

United Quality Coop Vadakin, Inc.

Verendrye Electric Co-op Wilbur-Ellis

SAFETY CAMPUS DONORS

We continue to be grateful to the building and equipment donors who make our safety campus the go-to safety training facility in the region.

ORIGINAL BUILDING DONORS

PARTNER

Andeavor

AMOUNT

$750,000

Gate City Bank $725,000

Basin Electric Power Cooperative .........................$250,000

Tom & Frances Leach Foundation $250,000

Great River Energy $167,152

Sanford OccMed .........................................................$107,500

MDU Resources Foundation $100,000

Consolidated Construction Co. Inc. $64,691

Enbridge $50,000

Oneok ............................................................................... $50,000

Bosch/Convergint Technologies $37,460

Dakota Medical Foundation $32,500

BNC National Bank $31,000

Border States .................................................................. $30,000

CHS $25,000

Industrial Contractors Inc. $25,000

MSA $20,468

Industrial Scientific ...................................................... $15,530

Strata Corporation $15,500

EMC Insurance $15,000

Minnkota Power Cooperative .................................. $15,000

North American Coal $15,000

Northern Improvement Company $15,000

Otter Tail Power Company $15,000

PEC Safety ....................................................................... $15,000

Roco Rescue $15,000

TrueNorth Steel $15,000

Xtirpa

$12,000

Conoco Phillips $10,000

HA Thompson & Sons $10,000

HUB Insurance ................................................................. $7,500

Weisz & Sons Inc. $7,500 CW Structural $5,800 Andy Noah ........................................................................ $5,500 Brady Martz $5,000

Braun Intertec $5,000

Dakota Supply Group $5,000

Fisher Industries .............................................................. $5,000 Grainger Foundation $5,000 KLJ $5,000 NDACo $5,000

Rocky Mountain Education Center .......................... $5,000 Duane & Kara Richter $3,100

Jeffrey Rust $3,000

National Safety Council $2,810 AgriBank, Farm Credit Services ................................. $2,500 Blue Cross Blue Shield of ND $2,500 Square D $2,400

Anonymous ...................................................................... $2,000 Dr. Gary and Carole Johnson $2,000 TransTrash $2,000 RRC Specialties, Inc. $1,500

Sam’s Club of Bismarck ................................................. $1,500 Terry & Kristy Fleck $1,500 Grace Engineered Products, Inc. $1,350

Amanda Haseleu $1,230

Michael W. Wolf (in memory of Connie Wolf) $1,100

Banner Stakes ................................................................... $1,092

Carrie Zubke $1,050

Brian & JoMarie Knutson $1,000

CHI St. Alexius Health .................................................... $1,000

Chuck & Lisa Clairmont $1,000

DirectMed $1,000

Don Moseman (in memory of Julie Bernot)

........................................ $1,000

Electrical Services $1,000

Farmers Union Oil of Southern Valley $1,000

Hedahls $1,000

In memory of Elsie Clairmont .................................... $1,000

Indigo Signworks, Inc. $1,000

Kanyon Specialty Contractors $1,000

Keller Hearth ’n Home $1,000

Knutson Farm Service ................................................... $1,000

Kristin & Ron Wilson $1,000

Lynae & Mark Hanson $1,000

Monsanto .......................................................................... $1,000

Northern Region Association of Safety Professionals (NRASP) $1,000

Northrop Grumman $1,000

Scheels ............................................................................... $1,000

Wells Concrete - Grand Forks Plant $1,000

SAFETY CAMPUS DONORS

2021-22

CONTRIBUTIONS

DONORS

State Farm (State Farm annual donation - Alive @ 25)

T & T Transport (Safety Campus donation)

State Farm (Watford City HS State Farm Neighborhood Grant - Alive @ 25)

Western Steel & Plumbing, Inc. (Donation)

Rock Solid Express (Scholarship contribution)

Flash Printing (Safety Campus donation)

Wilbur-Ellis (Safety Campus donation)

JK Lube, Inc. DBA Jiffy Lube (Scholarship contribution)

H A Thompson & Sons, Inc. (Safety Campus donation)

Lunseth Plumbing & Heating Co. (Donation)

Connie Tschider (Safety Campus donation)...........................................................................................................

Northstar Safety (Safety Campus donation)

Park Construction (Donation)

United Quality Coop (Donation)

United Rentals (Donation)

USA DeBusk, LLC (Donation)

Heitkamp Construction Co Inc. (Scholarship contribution)

OPERATION LIFESAVER CONTRIBUTORS

BNSF - Fort Worth (Annual Contribution Request - ND Operation Lifesaver) ...................................$18,808

BNSF - Fort Worth (Annual Contribution Request - SD Operation Lifesaver) ...................................... $8,150

Canadian Pacific Police Service (Annual Contribution Request - ND Operation Lifesaver) ............ $5,755

Northern Plains Railroad, Inc (Annual Contribution Request - ND Operation Lifesaver) $4,775

DMVWRR (Annual Contribution Request - ND Operation Lifesaver) $4,720

Red River Valley & Western RR (Annual Contribution Request - ND Operation Lifesaver) $4,720

SD DOT (Annual Contribution Request - SD Operation Lifesaver) $3,000

WATCO (Annual Contribution Request - SD Operation Lifesaver) $2,000

RUN4CHANGE DONORS

Dakota Community Bank & Trust $1,000

Forum Communications Co. $1,000

Mulloy Law, PLLC $1,000

Scott Mitzel Family $1,000 Studios Absolute

AAA North Dakota

OFFICIAL VEHICLE SPONSOR

Puklich Chevrolet, Inc.

EQUIPMENT DONORS

MDU Resources Foundation (Slip Simulator) $15,000 Minnkota Power Cooperative Inc. (Chevrolet Silverado) $13,000

CRITICAL ISSUES SPONSOR

LM Wind Power

NDSC MEMBERSHIP

FY21-22 was a year of rebuilding membership after the pandemic, and we did just that.

from new members and members rejoining after letting their membership lapse due to budget cuts. We ended the fiscal year with 900 members. We spent much of the year visiting members, reviewing the benefits and attending events...all efforts to keep engagement and retention strong.

We are incredibly grateful to all our members for working with us to make North Dakota the safest state in the nation. We’ll keep offering the tools, courses, consultations and benefits that make membership relevant, and together we will achieve our goal of preventing injuries and saving lives.

NDSC PODCAST

In the past fiscal year, the NDSC has launched a podcast! Broadcast on Radio Access 102.5 FM and online at ndsc.org, the ‘Talk Safety to Me’ podcast features CEO Chuck Clairmont and unique guests talking safety, NDSC training and more.