January 16 2023
By: Shawn M. Galloway
After responding to an explosion at a transient camp, Oklahoma City Police Officers were led to a warehouse where they observed a suspicious person avoiding contact with police. K9 units were called, and police made entry. Inside they found 52-year-old Troy Lee (later identified as an employee of this warehouse) with an additional bomb. They also found a stolen handgun out of Idaho, additional completed bombs, as well as components to make several more. Police described Lee's workstation as an IED (Improvised Explosive Device) Manufacturing Lab. The investigation further found Lee had multiple violent felony convictions as well as an outstanding arrest warrant from Minnesota. Fox News reached out to me for comment. You can find the interview here: Fox News Interviews Shawn Galloway on Police Footage of Man Accused of Making Bombs at Work
People make mistakes. Some criminal offenders learn from them and deserve a second chance, depending on the nature of the crime. Employees of the company offering these second chances also deserve to be protected from potentially dangerous employees. 
How well are you vetting the people you invite to your company's front door? How well do the leaders know their employees, and how well are they monitoring their activities and mental state? Being excellent in safety is not just about the incident rate or the safety systems we put in place to prevent and recover from unwanted events. Excellence occurs when the workplace and culture create a psychologically safe environment and experience for employees. How psychologically safe is yours?
"Every System is Perfectly Designed to get the results it gets." — Paul Batalden, MD
"Hiring is the most important people function you have, and most of us aren't as good at it as we think. Refocusing your resources on hiring better will have a higher return than almost any training program you can develop." — Laszlo Bock
"Hiring the wrong people is the fastest way to undermine a sustainable business." — Kevin J. Donaldson
Shawn M. Galloway is the CEO of ProAct Safety and an advisor to leading organizations across all major industries. With over twenty years of experience in safety systems, strategy, culture, leadership, and employee engagement, he is a trusted advisor, keynote speaker, and expert witness.
He is the author of several bestselling books and has multiple regular columns in leading magazines, with over 400 articles and 100 videos to his credit. He also created the first safety podcast, Safety Culture Excellence, with over 800 episodes. Shawn has received numerous prestigious accolades and has been featured in Power 101 Leaders of the EHS World, Top 50 People Who Most Influenced EHS, Top 40 Rising Stars, Top 11 Health and Safety Influencers, and Top 10 Speakers.
He serves on the Harvard Business Review Advisory Council and the Fast Company Executive Board. He has appeared as a guest on Bloomberg, Fox News, The Daily Mail, Dubai One, U.S. News & World Report, Sirius Business Radio, Wharton Business Daily, and leading safety magazines and podcasts, reinforcing his status as an authority in the field of safety excellence.
For more information, call +1.936.273.8700 or email info@ProActSafety.com.
