Total Safety U.S. Inc. has just one and only one mission, and it is to ensure the safe Wellbeing of Workers Worldwide. A recognized leader in workplace safety management, Total Safety provides integrated safety solutions incorporating decades of experience, knowledge and engineering to companies all over the world in the refinery, oilfield, industrial and petrochemical industries.

In addition to supplying equipment that provides personal protection to workers in potentially hazardous environments, Total Safety is a highly respected and trusted resource in safety management whose approach to safety is based on prevention, leadership and operational excellence, with a constant focus on compliance.

With a dedicated staff in excess of 1,200 highly trained and qualified employees who are passionate about protecting lives, property and the environment, it’s easy to understand why Total Safety is known as “The Best Minds in the Business.” Their dedication and vigilance is what drives the company’s relentless pursuit of exceptional safety innovation and enables its customers to optimize project workflows, accelerate project lifecycles, improve efficiency and lighten administrative burdens without diverting focus from core competencies.

Whatever the clients needs are, Total Safety has the resources — both equipment and people — to keep customer facilities in compliance with federal, state, local and customer-specific regulations and standards, plus on-site personnel equipped with the highest quality safety equipment for personal protection. Total Safety provides detailed safety equipment compliance inspections using technologically advanced handheld computers for inspection accuracy and immediate, automated Web-based reporting. Service scheduling is optimized using state-of-the-art software integrating resources across the continent.

Founded in 1995, Total Safety has grown through the acquisition of 12 specialized safety service companies. Today, the company has:
•  Twenty U.S. service centers.
• Ten international locations spanning five continents in Scotland, England, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, Egypt, South Africa, Argentina and Mexico.
• A working presence in 20-plus countries on any given day.
• Total Safety In-Plant Service Centers (IPSCs) in major refineries and chemical plants all over the world, fully stocked with breathing air equipment, gas detection and other technical safety products, and staffed and maintained by Total Safety’s qualified technicians who ensure the items customers need are in-stock, in compliance and functioning properly around the clock.
• A management team comprised of seasoned industry leaders.
• Strong relationships with key safety equipment manufacturers.
• Demonstrated leadership in safety services outsourcing.

“ … Whether it is a plantwide turnaround or routine maintenance, Total Safety is our safety service partner,” said Bruce King, safety supervisor, Valero Refining Houston.

Integrated, customized safety solutions
Some of the world’s largest industrial companies outsource their safety needs to Total Safety because of the company’s reputation for providing customized safety solutions through product offerings such as gas detection and respiratory equipment services, fire protection and engineering systems design, safety consulting and training, and safety equipment rental and sales.

Total Safety’s respiratory solutions optimize customers’ investments in respiratory equipment, deliver unsurpassed quality of service and repair, provide testing and compliance support, eliminate respiratory bottlenecks during turnarounds and more.

As an authorized global distributor of respiratory protection equipment from the world’s leading manufacturers, Total Safety provides:
• Respiratory equipment rentals and sales, inspection, repair and maintenance.
• Total turnaround safety services and consultation support.
• In-Plant Service Centers.
• Respiratory fit testing and pulmonary function testing.
• Hydrogen sulfide (H2S) safety equipment packages.
• Respiratory protection systems.

Total Safety’s gas detection solutions offer both the equipment and support to enable customers to provide a safe working environment. The company provides single-gas monitors, multigas monitors, photo-ionization detectors, flame-ionization detectors, air sampling pumps and monitors, permanent gas detection systems and wireless gas detection.

Total Safety provides:
• Gas detection equipment rental and sales, inspection, calibration and maintenance.
• Instrument management and maintenance programs.
• Design and engineering of fixed gas detection systems.

A good fit for any type of business or operating strategy, Total Safety can supply the best possible returns on equipment and instrumentation utilization for both portable instruments and fixed systems. This includes asset management of customer-owned equipment that ensures the best possible return on equipment investment; long- and short-term equipment rental that accommodates daily, weekly, monthly or custom terms for confined space packages to mobile decontamination facilities — and everything in between; gas detection equipment sales, from single-gas monitors to multigas monitors made by the leaders in gas detection technology; and calibration gas sales to keep gas detection instruments running with assured quality and traceability.

If reliable, responsible fire service solutions are a necessity, then Total Safety is the expert to turn to for full-service, one-stop fulfillment. Total Safety understands compliance and code requirements, including those from the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), and the company has an extensive array of services that cover inspection, maintenance, optimization, design and installation in all areas of fire protection requirements:
• Portable fire extinguishers and wheeled units.
• Water-based fire systems and fire pumps.
• Fire detection systems.
• Special hazard systems: carbon dioxide, foam, wet or clean agents, dry chemical and FM-200.
• Fire fighting equipment.

In addition, factory-trained Total Safety technicians are on call around the clock, seven days a week for assistance with service, inspection maintenance and record keeping, engineering and design, turnkey and custom installation, and training on all aspects of fire safety and equipment. These knowledgeable personnel, who’ve been thoroughly trained on virtually all major systems, brands and equipment types, know all of the ins and outs of compliance and code requirements, including those from the NFPA, U.S. Coast Guard, American Bureau of Shipping and other regulatory authorities.

Customers who outsource fire services and system requirements to Total Safety benefit by being able to invest internal resources on revenue producing activities, reduce the overall cost of fire inspection and documentation, lower noncompliance risk issues and improve overall safety with maintenance by trained fire services professionals. Total Safety customers further benefit from the company’s In-Plant Service Center concept that places state-of-the-art safety equipment on site for immediate response.

“We see value in having an on-site vendor that could provide such needs with the required documentation, qualifications and tracking capabilities. We know from experience that Total Safety has this capability,” said Russell Pinckard, contract manager, Mundy Co.

Hands-on training instruction and certification
No matter how specialized training needs may be, Total Safety has the tools and expertise to meet them through hands-on instruction on a comprehensive range of safety protocols that ensure proficiency and compliance. Total Safety trainers have provided instruction and certification to thousands of individuals in life-saving techniques and strategies every year.

Safety training solutions provided by Total Safety include confined space rescue, handling and transportation of hazardous materials, fire safety, forklift safety, blood borne pathogens, crane rigging safety, fall protection, fire fighting levels I and II, H2S safety, offshore water survival, PPE and more.

Instruction entails a series of comprehensive advanced training courses tailored to address mandatory safety requirements established by such regulatory bodies as the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, Department of Transportation, OSHA, International Association of Drilling Contractors (IADC), NFPA, U.S. Coast Guard and the API.

Specialty training is also available that addresses unique safety needs in the areas of new hire programs, general safety orientation, client safety policies and procedures, hot work permits, welding safety, teamwork concept classes, job safety analysis and advanced core compliance.

Total Safety training classes are available both on site for a one-time need or long-term outsourcing of the entire safety function and off site at any of its state-of-the-art training facilities. As well, company consultants can be tapped for their expert insight and guidance on contingency planning, loss prevention programs, respirator fit testing, pulmonary function testing and safety manuals.

A leader in safety service innovation
Not only does Total Safety employ all of the latest technology to safety, such as computer-based equipment tracking with bar code technology, wireless gas detection systems and handheld electronic devices, Total Safety is also driving technological advancements. For example, the company has developed a revolutionary High Pressure Loop System. This patented closed loop breathing air distribution system allows Total Safety to provide large quantities of grade D breathing air to workers in a very efficient manner.

Available exclusively through Total Safety, this system is designed and installed in collaboration with the customer, then fully supported by trained technicians to ensure proper functionality.

“The use of the High Pressure Loop System in our recent turnaround worked great,” a Texas Gulf Coast HSE/turnaround manager said. “This is an ideal system to use when there are numerous breathing air jobs to be performed.”

Quality through training and leadership
A key differentiator for Total Safety is its commitment to the rigorous training and continuing education of its own personnel. The company makes a significant annual investment in these two areas as well as in leadership development. Through the Total Safety Professional Development Center (PDC), employees undergo the most extensive education in the industry.

The PDC incorporates a comprehensive internal training matrix comprised of 75 individual training courses. Examples include repairing instruments training and education, best practices in Biosystems PosiChek and MS Access, service instrument technician course, level II respiratory self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA) course, leadership in the 21st century and certified air mask repair education.

All PDC courses are structured to train new hires to increasing skill levels, and training is accredited by third parties — Medic First Aid, National Association of Fire Equipment Distributors, and the IADC Rig Pass program.

The benefit that Total Safety’s PDC program offers to its employees is a path to a rewarding career as well as leadership development. Customers come away with the assurance of quality, value and success through services performed exclusively by factory-trained employees and extensive documentation of all work performed.

Led by seasoned industry leaders
Total Safety has assembled an experienced leadership team with decades of hands-on workplace safety knowledge and experience. Collectively, this executive team averages 25 years of industry and safety business experience:
• Dave Fanta, president and CEO, joined Total Safety four years ago and has 27 years of industry experience.
• Dennis Turnipseed, senior vice president and chief financial officer, has 12 years of industry experience. He joined Total Safety in 2006.
• Jim Rief, senior vice president and chief administrative officer, has 27 years of industry experience and joined Total Safety in 2006.
• Mike Lewis, president, international operations, has 32 years of safety experience, 22 years of which have been at Total Safety.
• Charlie Ripoll, executive vice president, marketing and business development, has been with Total Safety for 30 years and has 33 years of workplace safety experience.
• Mark Barker, vice president, global business development/international sales, has been with Total Safety for 10 years and has a total of 26 years of industry experience.
• Paul Tyree, vice president, U.S. operations, has been with Total Safety for 11 years. He has 16 years of experience in the industrial markets.

‘The Best Minds in the Business’
Total Safety’s global presence, depth of products and services, and its size make it the world’s largest safety service provider and the recognized leader in workplace safety service solutions. The company is currently working toward certification under OSHA’s Voluntary Protection Programs.

“Total Safety has shown total commitment in providing Valero with the best services possible and the most efficient and cost-saving solutions to various projects,” said Randy Patton, director of emergency preparedness, Valero Energy Corp.

By attracting and applying the best minds in the business, Total Safety is fully committed to its mission, which is to ensure the safe Wellbeing of Workers Worldwide.

For more information about Total Safety, please call (888) 32-TOTAL [328-6825], e-mail mail@totalsafety.com or visit www.TotalSafety.com.

“Every day, thousands of workers and their employers around the globe entrust their safety and wellbeing to Total Safety, and we take that responsibility seriously. When our clients see the Total Safety badge, we want them to equate it with quality and
dependability and know, without a shadow of a doubt, they can have confidence in the team behind it. Every one of Total Safety’s
employees view their job as a noble calling, and we take great pride in our mission.”
 
— Dave Fanta, president and CEO,
Total Safety