JOE KEENAN, MBA, CSP, SGE

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Pearl, MS 39208

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Email: aca0g7@r.postjobfree.com

HIGHLIGHTS:

. 18 Years Experience in Environmental Health and Safety and ISO

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. Masters In Business Administration with Human Resources Concentration

. Certified Safety Professional (CSP #22466) through Board of Certified

Safety Professionals

. Voluntary Protection Program Participants Association (VPPPA) Region

IV Board of Directors

. Officer American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE #010018276)

. OSHA VPP Special Government Employee (SGE)

. Lead multiple plants through OSHA Voluntary Protection Program (VPP)

Star

. OSHA General Industry and Construction 10/ 30-Hour Authorized Outreach

Trainer (Both renewed 2012)

. Green Belt - Six Sigma/Lean Manufacturing

CINTAS CORPORATION - Jackson, Mississippi

Cintas VPP Manager 2012- present

. Responsible for directly supporting over 250 Cintas locations across a

multi-state region in pursuit of OSHA Voluntary Protection Program

(VPP).

. Implementing process to qualify and approve Cintas locations

interested in pursuing VPP Star recognition relative to company

standards.

. Developing process for approved Cintas locations to successfully

pursue VPP Star recognition.

. Creating training and communication programs for management teams and

front-line employee-partners pursuing VPP Star recognition.

. Developing an overall Cintas Safety and Health Management System that

meets VPP Star requirements.

Cintas Senior Regional Health Safety Environmental Coordinator - 2010 -

2012

. Responsible for maintaining compliance with all Health and Safety laws

for Cintas Rental South Central Group consisting of 19+ plants over a

4 state region (LA, MS, AL, TX).

. 50% Reduction in South Central Group (SCG) Total OSHA Incident Rate

2009-2011.

. Facilitating 4 locations (Baton Rouge, LA, Lake Charles, LA,

Lafayette, LA and Jackson, MS) pursuing OSHA Voluntary Protection

Program (VPP) Star Award.

. Presented at Voluntary Protection Program Participants Association

(VPPPA) Region VI on Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Successful Wash Alley

Contractor Safety Project.

KEENAN SAFETY ENTERPRISE - Collierville, Tennessee

Multi-Plant Environmental Health Safety Consultant - 2006 -2009.

. Private Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) Management Consultant

with multi-plant experience.

. Specialize in developing customized safety management programs that

generate rapid injury reduction rates and significant workers

compensation cost savings to clients.

. Facilitated multiple plants through the OSHA Voluntary Protection

Program (VPP) Star program.

. Conducted OSHA 10 and 30 Hour General Industry and Construction

Training.

GENERAL ELECTRIC CONSUMER AND INDUSTRIAL, Morristown, Tennessee

Environmental Health and Safety Manager 2005-2006

. Responsible for maintaining compliance with all environmental health

and safety workplace laws for this non-union 230 employee facility

that produces electrical safety switches and load centers.

. Supervised Plant Nurse, 2 Waste Water Treat Technicians and Temporary

Employees.

. Reduced OSHA recordable/incident rate by over 1/3.

. Facility went through air inspection and waste water treat inspection

resulting in 0 non-compliances for first time.

. Filled out monthly Waste Water Discharge Monitoring Reports (DMRs),

completed Tier II forms, Toxic Release Inventory Form "R" Reports

. Conducted Forklift Train-the-trainer sessions.

NIBCO INC. Environmental Health and Safety/ ISO 9001 Quality Manager 2000-

to 2004

. Responsible for maintaining compliance with all environmental health

and safety workplace laws for a 230 employee non-union thermoplastics

injection molding plant.

. Achieved the OSHA Voluntary Protection Program (VPP) Star Award in

2002 - the highest award in health and safety excellence that OSHA

presents to a plant.

. Plant worked well over 2 million hours without a lost-time accident.

. Mentored and facilitated an active Environmental Health and Safety

(EHS) Team that fostered a high level of transformational employee

engagement at the site.

. Conducted VPP Star mentoring activities for both NIBCO and outside

companies.

. Implemented a comprehensive Ergonomics and Behavior Based Safety

System that achieved a significant reduction in work place accidents.

GENCORP VEHICLE SEALING DIVISION, Marion, Indiana

Environmental Health Safety and Security Manager 1999-2000

Multi-Plant Supervision/Responsibility - Facility Closed.

. Responsible for maintaining compliance with all environmental health

and safety workplace laws and security for this large Teamsters Union

facility with 700+ employees/1.5 million square feet and a Large

Quantity Generator of Hazardous Waste.

. Managed an entire EHS Department by supervising a plant nurse and 7

EMTs.

. Successfully coordinated 4 separate Indiana Department of

Environmental Management (IDEM) audits, 3 separate City of Marion

Wastewater Audits, and 1 Grant County Health Department audit that

resulted in no monetary penalties or citations being issued.

. Completed work on Title V Air Permit Application and oversaw

monitoring compliance.

. Successfully supervised plant-wide drinking water contamination issue

where paint had leaked into the plant-wide drinking water supply.

. Implemented a full ergonomics program at the site that reduced lost-

time accidents and number of lost days by 1/3 at the site.

TENNECO AUTOMOTIVE, Grass Lake, Michigan

Environmental Health and Safety Coordinator 1997-1999 Multi-Plant

Supervision.

. Maintained compliance with all environmental health and safety (EH&S)

workplace laws for 2 United Auto Workers (UAW) Union Tier 1 automotive

supplier with 250+ employees that produced prototype vehicle exhaust

systems.

. Developed Safety Culture among highly educated workforce.

. Implemented a Behavior Science Technology (BST) behavior based safety

process in a union environment that resulted in a record setting

working 1 million hours without a lost time accident and 12 months

accident free.

. Awarded the Gold Award by MIOSHA in June 1999, a health and safety

excellence award given by the State of Michigan as a result of the

site health and safety performance.

. Awarded MIOSHA Voluntary Protection Program (VPP) Star Award - the

highest award in health and safety excellence that MIOSHA presents to

a plant.

. Entered into negotiations with the Michigan Department of

Environmental Quality Surface Water Quality Division (MDEQ SWQD) on a

4 year old delinquent Storm Water Permit. This resulted in successful

completion of the project with no citations or fines and saved the

facility a potential $25,000/day fine.

MIDWEST METALLURGICAL LAB, Marshall, Michigan - Facility Closed.

Safety Director/Environmental Coordinator/Workers Compensation Manager 1995-

1997

. Maintained compliance with all environmental health and safety (EHS)

workplace laws in a unionized ductile iron foundry for 150+ employees.

. Implemented a monthly safety-training program that targeted spiraling

workers compensation costs and brought them down from $18,000/month to

less than $4,000/month in 4 months.

. Completed work on Title V Air Permit Application Discharge Monitoring

Reports (DMRs).

. Established a return to work program for ill and injured employees

that decreased the number of lost days from 1,800 in 1995, 800 in

1996, to 100 in 1997.

. Oversaw 2 Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) and 1

MIOSHA inspection that resulted in no citations issued for the first

time in the history of the plant.

EDUCATION

. Masters in Business Administration (MBA) Degree with Human Resource

Management Concentration from Baker College in Michigan, 2007.

. Double Major, Bachelor of Arts in Political Science with a Public Law

Concentration and French with a minor in Philosophy from Western

Michigan University in Kalamazoo, Michigan, 1992.

. Advanced Safety Certification awarded from the National Safety

Council, 1998.

. OSHA General Industry and Construction 10 and 30-Hour Course

Authorized Trainer, 2004 (both updated 2008 and 2012).

. Green Belt Six Sigma/Lean Manufacturing, 2005.

. Certified Safety Professional (CSP #22466) through Board of Certified

Safety Professionals, 2011.

REFERENCES

. Excellent references upon request.

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