b'FOR KEVIN MOORHEAD, SAFETY IS AN ACT OF SERVICEWhen Safety Director Kevin Moorhead doesNot bad for someone whose constructionLo and behold, I got an interview with Tom his job right, it might not look like hes doingcareer didnt even start until he was Korte, and he sat me down and asked me anything at all.almost 30. basically what I knew about asphalt. And I In the safety field, we dont always seeA self-described military brat, Kevin joinedsaid, Well, Mr. Korte, I know its black and the fruits of our labors, he said. If anthe Air Force straight out of high school.its hot. But if you take a chance on me, I employee follows our training and doesntAfter eight years of service, he wasnt surewont disappoint you. And he hired me.get hurt, theres nothing to remember. what came next. That was in 1989, when Kevin was 28 years Kevin takes that nothing very seriously.So he bounced around doing odd jobs:old. After a year as quality control specialist Hes held almost every top post in the Councilbuilding pheasant pens for state conservationfor asphalt and concrete, he stepped intoof Certification of Health, Environmentalauthorities and selling high-dollar siding fora project at the General Tire plant inand Safety Technologists (CCHEST), whichseveral months. But then a friend who ownedMount Vernon, Illinois, where he would was a branch of the Board of Certified Safetyan asphalt company in Lebanon, Illinoisinventory all the new German machineryProfessionals that established standards andlearned about an open position as an asphaltand manage safety. certified competencies in the professionalsuperintendent for The Korte Company, andOn that projectand those that followedsafety field.he recommended Kevin. Kevin honed his approach to site safety.KORTE|YEAR IN REVIEWP_55'