Patrick Wolocko is the corporate safety director for mechanical contractor W. Soule & Co. in Portage, Michigan. He has been with W. Soule since 2015, performing various tasks for the safety department. These tasks include visiting work sites and conducting audits, training, and incident investigations. Other responsibilities have included developing procedures and policies for the corporate safety manual, creating and implementing job safety analyses and site-specific safety plans, leading shop safety committees, and managing workers’ compensation claims and prequalification risk management.
Patrick earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in construction management in 2012 from Central Michigan University and a Bachelor of Science degree in occupational safety and health in 2015 from Oakland University, earning a Graduate Safety Practitioner (GSP) designation at the same time. In 2018, Patrick earned the CHST certification from BCSP and then earned the CSP certification in 2021. He currently serves on SMACNA’s National Safety and Health Committee. In 2019, he received the ASSP Emerging Professionals CIG’s SPY award and was named a National Safety Council Rising Star of Safety.
Patrick lives in Mattawan, Michigan, with his wife, Kayla, two daughters, and two dogs.