In 1998, Thompson Machinery Commerce Corporation, a Tennessee-based heavy equipment dealer, suffered the first and only on-the-job fatality in its then 54-year history. Thompson had formal safety programs and dedicated safety resources in place, but senior management, devastated by the accident, asked, "Can we do more to improve our safety programs and prevent another tragedy? Can we create a more systematic method of delivering, tracking and managing our safety training programs using the Internet and other emerging technologies? Is there a way to better document our training efforts for OSHA and other regulatory agencies?"

Out of tragedy, PureSafety was born. What started as an internal training management tool for Thompson and other heavy equipment dealers soon demonstrated its value in many industries. In April 1999, PureSafety became an independent company and has been expanding its presence in the industry ever since.

PureSafety's dynamic growth has earned it spots in the prestigious Inc. 500 and Deloitte Technology Fast 500, and we have also earned numerous awards for innovation and business excellence. But the achievements we're most proud of are those that directly benefit our clients. For example, PureSafety was the first online safety training company to deliver an On Demand solution, offering the convenience of purchasing training on a per-assignment basis using a credit card or promotional code. After initially using digitized videos from third-party providers, we went on to develop the industry's largest and highest quality library of interactive, engaging Flash-based courses covering all aspects of Environmental, Health and Safety, Human Resources compliance, and more. Along the way, we assembled one of the industry's most experienced Content Development Teams; in addition to developing our 500+ courses, these experts have helped our clients create thousands of new industry and organization-specific courses. PureSafety also launched a revolutionary Content Editing System, a powerful, web-based course editing and creation tool that allows PureSafety customers to efficiently customize, manage and deploy our world-class Flash-based courses in a fraction of the time required by traditional development environments.

As part of our vision to deliver a "total solution" to the organizations we serve, PureSafety has also grown by acquiring companies with complementary software and services. In October 2006, PureSafety acquired PerDatum and its Prognos™ software solutions for managing incident reporting and investigation, workers' compensation, disability and absence programs. In December 2008, Unique Software Solutions was acquired, provider of Occupational Health Manager (OHM), the original, "all-in-one" OH&S software solution. With the addition of OHM's multi-module solutions for all areas of occupational health, safety and medical management in clinical, hospital and industrial environments, PureSafety now offers the industry's most comprehensive suite of powerful, easy-to-use training, safety, occupational health and medical management solutions.

Today, PureSafety's dedicated team of service-focused employees serves the needs of thousands of organizations in over 20 major industries. We have customers in all 50 states and Washington, D.C., as well as numerous other countries. Looking ahead, you can count on PureSafety to continue to expand and improve our solutions and services to keep up with ever-changing training, safety, occupational health and medical management needs and best practices. But our purpose will remain constant. Our commitment is to do more, every day, to empower the real heroes of the organizations we serve: professionals like you.