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Women in Safety Excellence 3 0 A R D WA L K
omen make up nearly so pereent of the global
Wworlctorce and often experience occupaliimal
risks differently than men l-lowever, safety
interventions trequently take a one-size—i'-itsa PIPELIN E PARTNERS’

all approaeh women in Safety Excellence (wlsE) believes

we must advocate for gender-specific solutions. with

approximately 2,000 members, WISE is the leading member Committed to operating Pipeline Assets
cummumly within ASSP’s global memliership of3B,0lJl) in a safe, reliable and compliant manner
satety and health prutessionals The group is committed to and providing the highest |eve| of
influencing industry and identitying solutions to satety and customer Sewicep

health challenges that impact women worldwide. saiety is a

team effun It takes all of us

How does WISE tie into Damage l’!l:venllon7 ln more ways

than one might think! l<etha Molina, Damage Prevenllon .
Manager — West Texas for Texas 811, ls a member ui WISE.

Safety is prolecllng someone fxnm hai-in. For l<etha, protecting

underground utilities means you are saving lives by protecting .,_.~,, My,‘

the company and employee from seriously devastating mu mmmdh
consequences. she etioruessly weaves the Damage Prevenllon

message and WISE message together, realizing her role is to

protect the publlc mini serious injuries and possible death,

which includes educating tamily, fuends, neighbors, and the

general publlc on digging sately.

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Safety duesn'l see one stakeholder as more important than Nalural Gas lransmtssmn

another some view iiber and electnc lines as ”k‘s~' ui a risk," H25 gamgfmg ling;

however, when fiber lines are hll, 911 access can be impacted,

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