"While we've always had a very serious commitment to worker safety, we've really redoubled our efforts to make our facilities as safe as possible," says Williams International CEO Gregg Williams. "For the past year and a half, we've been working with O/E Learning, which designs and develops new training and performance improvement programs, to implement SafetyIMPACT!; and, this unexpected recognition is really an acknowledgement of all the hard work by a lot of very dedicated individuals."

On April 18, 2007 Williams International and O/E co-presented at the Michigan Safety Conference in Grand Rapids. The group (Williams' Vice Presidents, Cal Schalk and Dave Carr; Williams' Safety Manager, Ron Gebhardt; and O/E's Director of Performance Improvement, Phil La Duke) talked about their success in implementing SafetyIMPACT! at Williams International. SafetyIMPACT! is a culture-based safety improvement system developed by O/E.

"SafetyIMPACT! really is the forefront of worker safety management systems," said Rick Vlasic, O/E CEO. "We're delighted that MIOSHA recognizes this, but we're especially pleased that they recognized Williams for this accomplishment."

According to a letter from program director Douglas Kalinowski, this recognition is part of a MIOSHA program aimed at determining whether or not health and safety measures put in place are maintained.

Williams International manufactures small gas turbine engines. The privately owned company is headquartered in Walled Lake, Michigan. A second facility, located in Ogden, Utah, is the most modern and efficient gas turbine design-to-production facility in the world.

Established in 1984, O/E Learning designs and develops new training and performance improvement programs, as well as converts existing programs to different forms of delivery including Web-based, instructor-led, virtual classroom, CD/DVD, and mobile devices.