Ricky Rollins

Safety Is About More Than Protecting Yourself. It Is About Protecting Your Coworkers, Your Friends, And Your Family From A Life Without You.

Category: Workplace Safety Tag: South Carolina

Ricky graduated from Clemson University with a BS in Administrative Management.

From there, he got his start in the steel business as a Melting Department clerk in 1980, holding various positions with Refractory and Steel companies both hourly and in management.

Fifteen years later and with a growing family, Ricky went to work on construction and start-up of Steel Dynamics, Inc. There he held multiple supervisory positions until he became the Melting Department Manager until retiring in January 2017. He then started Ricky Rollins Safety Speeches shortly after.

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The Day We Will Remember

On December 30, 1995 Ricky was working in the Electric Arc Furnace combustion chamber when a piece of slag fell out and struck Ricky in the head. It caused a complete skull fracture, with a section of his skull depressed against his brain.

Ricky tells the story of the accident and how he came to realize the impact on his family the accident had. What changed Ricky’s life was realizing the potential impact it would have had if he hadn’t survived.

But not being killed was not the luckiest thing that happened that day.

In the manlift basket beside him was another man that trusted Ricky to ensure his safety. That man walking away unhurt was the luckiest thing that ever happened to Ricky.

The Circle

Everyone has a circle of family, friends and coworkers that care about them.

What happens to you affects the people in your circle, and what happens to them comes right back around and affects you. We’re connected to each other, and one unlucky day is all it takes to alter the circles of others for generations to come.

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“I just want to say thanks for your presentation this morning. I really felt like I got a lot out of it. It caused me to think seriously about changing some of my behaviors. I have used smokeless tobacco off and on since I was a teenager. I will turn 45 this month and it has been heavy on my mind to kick the habit. I have a wife and 8 children. After hearing you speak, and contemplating all I have to lose, I walked out of the meeting with full intentions of not dipping again. What you said and how you said it was the perfect motivation that I needed. In my mind I have been battling when and how to quit, but your talk helped me decide. It won’t be easy but I’m going to try.”
Jody

“Ricky, your presentation of “The Day We Will Remember” was excellent. It was hard to find a dry eye in the audience at times, and the message was potent. Thank you for sharing such a powerful story.”
Mark

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