MY NAME IS PERRY SLAUGHTER AND I AM ZACHRY.

I work in the safety department at the Phillips 66 Sweeny Complex located 60 miles south of Houston. I’ve been here nine years now.

I’m in charge of the health and safety of employees under the company’s maintenance contract. Plants are only as safe as their employees, so I keep them focused on the task at hand. For example, when a pipe breaks, you have to go in there, open up the line and add to the existing pipe. It can be dangerous work. That’s why we have safety procedures.

I’ve been working for Zachry for 29 years. I started in November 1985, just a few years out of high school.  I love working for Zachry. They’ve taken care of me and my family. My dad died a couple of years ago. He had a pancreatic blockage after surviving stomach cancer years earlier. When he was sick, I was basically in and out of the hospital with him for two months. Whenever I needed time off to visit my dad, Zachry stuck with me.

I look at the employees as my brothers and sisters.  We’re very close-knit. I treat my co-workers like family, and I don’t want any one of them to get hurt. And that is why I AM ZACHRY.

“I’ve known and worked with Perry about 15 years.  He is a model for others because he will always go the extra mile for our employees. He always shows that he cares about each individual employee and how they are treated. Perry goes above the call by consistently setting an example.  He represents all of the company’s core values, but I believe the most important is safety because his greatest concern is for the safety of the employees on a site. He knows them all, and most of their families, so he has a bond with them that makes him go the extra mile to help or protect them.”

— James Lowry, Corporate Safety Support Manger, Construction Group

This blog is an excerpt from the March/April 2015 edition of the Force Report. You can read the entire article here.