Camille Forte

I graduated from Troy University in May 2015 with my Bachelor's of Science in Athletic Training and have been working in this field for almost 11 years now. I started out the traditional route as a high school athletic trainer in Gulf Shores, Alabama, working with about 200 athletes. After a while, I was looking for a different place to live and a bit of a change, so I made the transition to the industrial setting and moved to New York, where I worked with a gas utility company for 2 years. I wanted to eventually land in Colorado anyway, so I was able to find my way here and continue working in the industrial field. Since 2020, I've been with HEI Civil as a certified athletic trainer serving construction workers across Colorado. My typical day involves driving site to site, conducting toolbox talks on safety, ergonomics, and health and wellness topics, providing on-site evaluations and treatments, doing follow-ups with injured workers, coordinating with doctors about return-to-work plans, and working with our safety and HR teams to create education programs for both field and office staff. I meet employees where they're at, literally setting up my exam table on job sites or the side of the road so they can get care without missing work or pay. One of my biggest accomplishments has been helping our company drop our experience modification rating from around .96 to .7 over the past 5 years, which has significantly improved our workers' comp insurance premiums and shows how well we take care of our people. But what I'm most proud of is the human side of it - helping workers who might be in the field from their 20s until they're 60 or 70 years old stay healthy, avoid injury, and know they don't have to be afraid to report injuries because there's someone here who can help. I'm passionate about serving this population that really needs athletic trainers, helping them address aches and pains before they become major injury claims.