Key Takeaways
- • Examinetics, backed by Coalesce Capital ($1.8B AUM), acquired Progressive Safety and Jurgiel & Associates, marking its fourth and fifth safety-consulting acquisitions in 18 months, signaling aggressive consolidation in the occupational-health sector.
- • Progressive Safety brings rapid-deployment capability for credentialed safety specialists across job sites, including high-growth data-center construction projects, expanding Examinetics' service breadth beyond traditional compliance and testing.
- • Jurgiel & Associates, founded in 1978, extends Examinetics' geographic footprint to more than 50 technicians nationally and enhances industrial-hygiene and safety-consulting depth across regions.
- • Examinetics serves more than 3,000 employers across compliance, health-testing, and safety-personnel placement, positioning the platform as a scaled human-capital solutions provider in workplace safety and occupational health.
Summary
Examinetics, a portfolio company of private-equity firm Coalesce Capital, has completed two safety-consulting acquisitions—Progressive Safety and Jurgiel & Associates—as part of an accelerated consolidation strategy in the occupational-health and workplace-safety sector. The two deals represent Examinetics' fourth and fifth safety-consulting acquisitions over an 18-month period, underscoring the PE-backed company's commitment to scaling through bolt-on M&A.
Progressive Safety brings specialized capability in rapid deployment of credentialed safety specialists to job sites, with particular strength in data-center construction—a sector experiencing significant growth as cloud infrastructure and AI-driven computing demand accelerates. This acquisition expands Examinetics' service offerings beyond its core competency in compliance management and health testing for its 3,000+ employer clients. TJ Slyter leads Progressive Safety as president.
Jurgiel & Associates, founded in 1978 and led by principals John and Rob Jurgiel, strengthens Examinetics' industrial-hygiene and safety-consulting division by adding geographic depth. The acquisition extends the combined company's technician network to more than 50 credentialed professionals operating across the nation, enhancing regional coverage and service capacity. This geographic and technical expansion positions Examinetics to serve larger, more geographically dispersed client bases with integrated safety solutions.
Gary Gluzberg, CEO of Examinetics, has overseen this acquisition cadence as part of a broader strategy to build a comprehensive human-capital and workplace-safety platform. Coalesce Capital, which manages more than $1.8 billion in assets and focuses on human-capital and technology-enabled business services, is backing this consolidation play, suggesting confidence in the durability and scale potential of the occupational-health market.
Progressive Safety brings specialized capability in rapid deployment of credentialed safety specialists to job sites, with particular strength in data-center construction—a sector experiencing significant growth as cloud infrastructure and AI-driven computing demand accelerates. This acquisition expands Examinetics' service offerings beyond its core competency in compliance management and health testing for its 3,000+ employer clients. TJ Slyter leads Progressive Safety as president.
Jurgiel & Associates, founded in 1978 and led by principals John and Rob Jurgiel, strengthens Examinetics' industrial-hygiene and safety-consulting division by adding geographic depth. The acquisition extends the combined company's technician network to more than 50 credentialed professionals operating across the nation, enhancing regional coverage and service capacity. This geographic and technical expansion positions Examinetics to serve larger, more geographically dispersed client bases with integrated safety solutions.
Gary Gluzberg, CEO of Examinetics, has overseen this acquisition cadence as part of a broader strategy to build a comprehensive human-capital and workplace-safety platform. Coalesce Capital, which manages more than $1.8 billion in assets and focuses on human-capital and technology-enabled business services, is backing this consolidation play, suggesting confidence in the durability and scale potential of the occupational-health market.
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