Ben Browne

Professional Experience

Cupertino Electric Inc

Corporate EHS Manager

Jul 2014 - Present

. Directly supervise all Site Safety Managers and Field Safety

Coordinators for all utility, or utility scale projects,

. Development for all site-specific safety plans for high voltage

substations, transmission and distribution projects,

. Develop safety plans for all job bids,

. Development of the Cal-OSHA Incident and Illness Prevention Program,

. Assist in all incident investigation ensuring thoroughness,

. Assist in all causes(s) analysis to ensure root causes are completely

vetted,

. Design and implement counter measures that prevent reoccurrence of the

incident,

. Facilitate all injury claims with Workers Comp Insurance carrier,

. Federal and State Plan OSHA 1926 Construction and 1910 Maintenance

standards,

. NFPA 70 E and NESC Arc Flash program development and implementation,

. NECA Adherence,

. ANSI Standard Compliance,

. ASTM Standard Compliance.

NextEra Energy Resources

Senior Safety Specialist

Jan 2012 - Jul 2014

. Responsibilities included managing safety for 126 wind farms, in 26

states, with 900 employees, generating 10,000 MW of renewable energy,

. Work directly with the VP, Regional Directors and the individual site

leaders to ensure regulatory compliance and the safety of each

employee.

Strategic initiatives include:

. Development of Human Factored procedures,

. Presented statistical analysis of leading and lagging indicators to

senior leadership monthly

. Creation and implementation of a Safety Dashboard that tracked both

leading and lagging indicators in real time for all sites

individually, regionally and fleet wide,

. Development and implementation of a highly effective Incident

Communication tools,

. Development and implementation Incident investigation Program,

. Responsible for Cause(s) Analysis,

. Responsible for the development of the Mitigation Strategy targeting

root causes,

. Development and implementation of an industry best Ergonomic training

program for Wind Technicians. This project included:

o Video script writing,

o Shot list creation,

o Directing,

o Filming, and,

o Assistant editing,

. The impact of my goal oriented leadership and concentration on leading

indicators resulted in a 50% reduction in OSHA Recordable Injuries.

Vectren Corporation

Corporate Safety Consultant, Gas and Electric Operations Jun

2008 - Jan 2012

. Responsibilities included regulatory compliance and the safe operation

of the Electric Grid and Gas Transmission and Distribution including:

o 5 Operating centers,

o 3 Corporate Offices,

o Fleet Garage,

o Central Warehousing,

o Incident investigation,

o Cause(s) Analysis,

o Workers Comp Claim Management,

o DOT Gas Operations compliance,

o OSHA General Industry, 1926 Subpart V and 1910.269 standards,

o All subsequent applicable consensus standard such as, NFPA, NESC, AGA,

ANSI and ASTM.

. Strategic initiatives include:

o Creation and implementation of a 100% fall protection program,

o Creation of an incident investigation program,

o Creation of a Cause Analysis program,

o Creation of an electrical contractor safety program,

o Creation of an OSHA 1926-1400 compliant Crane program,

o Implementation professional driving safety program,

o Creation and implementation of an NESC compliant Arc Flash mitigation

program for Electric Delivery,

o Creation of an NFPA 70 Arc Flash program for Facilities and

Maintenance,

. Reduced DART cases from an average of 5 cases per year to 1,

. Reduced preventable MVA's also from an average of 5 to only 1 per year

equating to best in class 0.46 preventable rate.

Indianapolis Power and Light

1991 - 2008

Apprentice Lineman

Build and maintain power lines,

. Safety Council member,

. Procedure development.

Journeyman Lineman

. Safety Council Leader,

. Incident investigation,

. Creation and implementation of an Equipotential Grounding Program,

. Creation and implementation of the SAFETY 101 High Voltage Safety

Demonstration for public, police and fire department education and

training.

Power Delivery and AES Corporate Safety

. Corporate rewrite of the Energy Delivery Safety Manual (Domestic),

. Serious Incident/Fatality Investigation Team Lead (Globally),

. High Voltage Lineman Training Program Development (Domestic and

Globally),

. Substation, Transmission and Distribution Safety Audit Team Lead

Domestic and Globally,

. Power Plant Safety Auditing team member (Domestic and Globally),

. Safety Standard Development (Globally),

. Safety Audit Protocol Development (Globally).

Education

. Indiana State University Safety Management Certificate, 2009,

. General Studies, IUPUI, 1997- 1999.

Professional Training

. OSHA 10

. Certified Utility Safety Professional, (CUSP) 2011,

. Journeyman High Voltage Lineman,

. Excavation Competent Person Certificate,

. Bob Pike Certified Train the Trainer,

. Certified 100% Fall Protection Trainer.

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