Management Safety

Milford Cockfield

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Lake Worth, Florida 33467

305-***-**** (Off.) 786-***-**** (Cell) *******@**.***

SAFETY ENGINEERING~RISK ~SECURITY & EMERGENCY

MANAGEMENT

SUMMARY

Highly respected and multi-faceted, Safety and Risk Management professional with 20+ years of

safety and risk management experience supporting: executive management, construction

management, project management, safety and risk management and insurance professionals in

continuously improving the project safety culture.

Proficient in all of the operational standards of: Accident Investigation, Auditing, Claims

Management, Emergency Management,[Catastrophic Events, Hurricane Readiness, Damage

Assessment, and Recovery], Environmental Protection, Insurance Rate Reduction, Insurance

Administration (Builder’s Risk, Captives, General Liability, Property & Casualty, Wrap-Up

Programs [OCIP/CCIP],Workers’ Compensation), Risk, Safety and Third-Party Insurance

Administration and Training.

Diversified skill sets covering administrative support, budgeting and administration processes,

client relations, policy operation, writing contract language for risk and safety processes. Skilled

negotiator for comprehensive insurance requirements and specifications within construction

contract mandates.

CORE COMPETANCIES

Achievement/Results Oriented Relationship Builder

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Chapter 119 FL. Statute Records Risk Management

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Crisis Management Strategic Planner

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Cross-Functional Team Builder Safety Operating Policies Procedures

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Leadership Sound Judgment

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Presentation & Communication Skills Staff Development

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Problem Solving and Analysis Training

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SAFETY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS

o CHESS (Corporate Health o Culture/Leading Indicator Models

Environmental & Safety System ) o Management Oversight and Risk Tree

o Construction Occupational Health & (MORT) Analysis

Safety Management System o OSHA VPP

o ISO 14001 o OSHAS 1800

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

• Functional Leadership:

As the Miami International Airport’s $9.5 Billion Dollar (CIP) Capital Improvement Program

(North and South Terminals) expanded, so did the need for an effective inter and intra-

organizational safety and risk management strategy that was coherent and fully integrated across

the complex construction management organization(s). Working closely with the executive

management team, contractors, third-party insurance administrators, underwriters, adjusters, and

operational safety professionals, a world-class environmental, health, risk and safety strategy was

implemented inter-organizationally. Accountability for measuring the implementation of the

strategies and the impact on environmental health, risk management and safety performance

were provided to organizational leadership.

• Culture Change Leadership:

Safety culture at the multi-tiered Capital Improvement Program at Miami International Airport

underwent many changes; especially as the organization grew and became more complex.

Leading the change management strategies across this large and complex organization had to be

understood by senior management in order for it to be appropriately implemented to ensure that

all of the organizational stakeholders were able to embrace and implement the safety strategies

and associated tactics.

• Safety and Risk Performance and Continuous Improvement:

Implemented program-wide safety and risk management standards along with what was expected

at all levels of the organization (inter and intra-organizationally) while facilitating site-specific:

Environmental Health, Safety and Risk Management Systems designed to significantly reduce

worker injury and illnesses, environmental catastrophe, property damage and liability claims.

Worked with Project Managers, Construction Managers, Third-Party Insurance Administrators,

Safety and Risk Coordinators to implement and institutionalize changes to continuously raise

safety performance and to integrate superior practices and high expectations into the construction

culture. Monitored, analyzed, evaluated, and reported program-wide safety and risk metric

which included: leading and lagging indicator metrics results to ensure continuous

improvement.

• Functional Excellence:

Provided functional leadership to management at all construction site locations, which included:

ongoing direction, support, and consultation to management personnel at locations regarding

safety, risk management and environmental issues. Evaluated and upgraded Environmental

Health & Safety capabilities through the implementation of standard selection practices and

through recommended professional development and training programs.

• Environment Health & Safety Training & Education:

Responsible for determining common training needs and requirements for multiple locations

with a particular focus on maximizing the use of standardized training. With the coordination of

resources at all of the construction sites, lead the identification, development, communication

and implementation of targeted training and education efforts on a variety of issues relative to:

Emergency Management, Environmental Protection, Health, Risk and Safety Management.

Provided senior management with safety consultation, education and training for clarity of

management’s role in reducing risks for the protection of employees, property, and the

environment.

• Assessment and Incident Investigation:

Responsible for conducting onsite-safety audits, root cause analysis, inspections to include

providing guidance on driving closure of resulting Corrective Action Plans. Ensured that all

locations have a best-in-class process for immediate reporting and investigation of occupational

illnesses and injuries, including prompt identification and resolution of recommendations for

improvement, consistent with CFR-30, DERM, DOT, EPA, FEMA, FMCSA, HAZWOPER,

MSHA NATE, NFPA, OSHA, RCRA, SARA III, SWPPP, TIA, and USACE, etc., and contract

document safety standards. Acted as the primary point of contact when a serious incident

occurred at the construction sites. Coordinated with construction contractors at multiple sites to

ensure incident investigations are completed, follow-up action taken and learning shared.

Responsible for the Workers’ Compensation program.

• Regulatory Compliance Management & Consulting:

Provided knowledgeable risk, safety and loss prevention consultation to multiple construction

sites within the Capital Improvement Program on subject matter such as: environmental, health,

risk and safety regulations, as well as other local related regulations. Interpreted and provided

information on laws, regulations, and organizational policies and procedures. Developed

strategies to insure compliance with applicable Federal and State regulations to include best

practices within the environmental health and safety policy realm; assisting all locations with its

implementation to address requirements.

• Third-Party Insurance Administrator and Risk Management Consultation:

Provided risk management and loss prevention consultation while monitoring the third-party

administrator’s performance in: program claims management and resolution (e.g. property

damage, liability, workers’ compensation, builders’ risk and business auto, etc.), and loss

prevention. Types of insurance programs being monitored: Wrap-Up Insurance Programs (e.g.,

OCIP and CCIP), Aviation, Builder’s Risk, Business Auto, Business General Liability, Property

and Casualty, and Workers’ Compensation.

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

• 1995 and 2007 developed, and implemented successful-long-standing signature Safety

and Emergency Management Programs for Miami International Airport’s Capital

Improvement Programs for South and North Terminal Development Programs. These

programs include: Damage Assessment and Recovery, Hurricane Readiness, MDAD Loss

Prevention, and Safety Administration. As a result of the implementation of these

proactive programs, injuries to workers, damage to property on on-going construction

projects have been dramatically reduced by some 80% (verifiable) and performance has

been sustained through year 2013. Additionally, FEMA and Liability Claims submittals

for storm related damage have been negligible.

• In 1996, the Miami Airport’s Employee Safety Management Systems and Loss

Prevention Programs were developed and implemented for their work force. In that same

year (1996) the airport, through primary consultation with Dade Aviation Consultants

rolled out its ISO 14001 certification and Passenger Loading Bridge Fall Protection

System. Since the implementations (ISO 14001 and Passenger Loading Bridge Fall

Systems) countless accolades have been received from airport senior management along

with full recognition of the long-term sustained reduction of workplace injuries and

property damage. In 1997, JFK Airport fully adopted Miami’s fall protection system for

its passenger loading bridges.

• Developed the initial risk, safety and health contact language for the Capital

Improvement Program which was rolled out in 1995. The language affected:

Construction Management Contractors, Contractors, Architect-Engineers, Consultants,

Insurance Administration, Wrap-Up Insurance, Risk Management, Sub-Contractors,

Project Managers, and Safety Managers at all tiers.

• In July 2007, the North Terminal Development Program experienced a devastating

project fire loss at one of its multi-million dollar air traffic control towers under

construction. The fire damage was extensive, and the effects were wide spread (e.g.,

Insurance, Fire Department Inspections, Litigation, Injury to workers, and costly

construction delay) Hired in (October 2007) to change the safety culture and eliminate

the potential for future fire events. Expertise and guidance were brought to bear on this

program to change the safety culture and eliminate fire risks. Fire load reduction and fire

prevention technologies were instituted successfully, the potential for fire, resulting into

ZERO FIRE INCIDENTS.

• In October 2007, the Zero Accident and Productivity Plus Programs were rolled out,

which successfully addressed safety compliance and training and have greatly contributed

to dramatic decline in worker injury. As a result of these programs: injuries have been

reduced by 36.3%. The recordable incident rate (TRIR) for 2012, was 2.03, the lowest on

record for this program, and was 77% below program’s 2009 rate, and a 45% reduction

since beginning the program.

• From 1994-2013, provided project safety oversight for power systems which include:

communication towers, power generation, transmission and distribution lines,

substations, power transformers and tower (13.2/34.5/115/230Kv) construction.

Constructed well over some 4800 electrical panels; 13 Megawatts of Megavolts Amperes;

400 Hz power generator plants and auxiliaries 3 Megawatts; and 750 DC Power Rails

for elevated light-rail train without electrical mishap.

• From 1994 to 2013 there have been tens of millions of cubic yards of soil removed from

excavations involving millions of man-hours without one single cave-in or mishap

resulting into work stoppage or injury to a worker. Boring and jacking operations; to

include tunneling and diverting of tunnels have been accident and cave-in free. Zero

Fatalities.

• Over 91.7 million man-hours worked (1994-2012) without a single fatality, zero crippling

injuries zero-structural-fire damage, zero electrocutions, or structural damage; with a

signature 100% workers returned to work. This was accomplished by equipping

employees with the knowledge and tools that enabled them to work more efficiently and

safety; task pre-planning and senior management involvement.

• Successfully established and utilized the safety culture and leading indicator models that

were responsible for the sharp reduction of accidents and the enhanced safety

performance at Miami Airport’s Capital Improvement Programs. Lost-Time Accident

Rate of 0.44 over 20 year period.

• Developed, implemented and monitored training for project safety professionals prior to

assignment.

• Led and facilitated a successful OSHA VPP Program for the North Terminal Program that

lead to zero issuance of OSHA citations.

• Reduced Workers’ Compensation and Liability Claim rates by 15% based on safety

performance trends.

• Implemented Safety Performance Matrices that continues to measure the effectiveness of

overall safety programs.

• Established an on-site workers’ compensation medical clinic that reduced potentially

serious injury by 90%, credited to early treatment. Clinic cut emergency transport time

from 15 minutes to a hospital emergency room to 4 minutes on site.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

HEERY INTERNATIONA, INC., Atlanta, Georgia 2007-

Present

Heery International, Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of the London-based Balfour Beatty plc, a

world-class engineering, construction, service and investment business. Heery, based in Atlanta,

Georgia, and Miami, Florida, is a nationally recognized full-service architecture, interior design,

engineering, construction management and program management firm.

DIRECTOR OF SAFETY AND RISK MANAGEMENT (2007-Present), General

Consultant to MDAD Capital Improvement Program and Risk Management Division,

Miami International Airport.

Directed all Emergency, Risk, and Construction Safety Management functions to include safety

training for the $4.5 Billion Dollar North Terminal Development Program Capital Improvement

Program’s (CIP), (4 million square feet Terminal space) American Airlines Latin American

Terminal Hub, which includes a 1.5 miles single-lane elevated light-rail system and 10 miles of

baggage handling conveyor systems comprising of TSA security components. Reporting to the

Chief Executive Officer of the North Terminal Development Program, duties included:

o Senior safety advocate responsible for awareness and safety issue(s) resolution.

o Implementing and evaluating a comprehensive OCIP Construction Safety and Risk

Management program at the Miami International Airport.

o Collaborated with senior management, construction management contractors and

insurance administrators to develop the direction and implementation of safety specific

strategies, action plans, policies and procedures to improve overall safety performance

and drive the safety culture.

o Established multi-site claims auditing, site inspections, and loss prevention protocols to

accurately measure outstanding liabilities.

o Directed program-wide risk management functions for construction management (at-

risk), evaluated the performances of, third-party administrators, claims adjusters,

consultants, safety managers, contractors and subcontractors at all tiers.

o Supervised staff of safety and risk professionals, third-party administrators, claims

adjusters, consultants and the on-site Workers’ Compensation Medical Clinic.

o Served as an expert policy and program resource in the areas of aviation security,

environmental protection, hurricane readiness, disaster recovery, and safety.

o Established organizational goals with accompanying key performances; leading and

lagging safety performance indicators and various metrics measurement tools.

o Monitored all aspects of business related to safety, health, and environmental programs,

capital and overhead budgets, OSHA Recordkeeping, Pre-Task Planning and disaster

preparedness.

o Provided safety training for senior management, project managers, safety and insurance

professionals and contactors.

o Oversaw the investigation of accidents, incidents and injuries and cooperated in the

preparation of material and evidence for organization use in hearings, litigation, and

insurance investigations.

o Provided guidance to both direct and indirect safety reports assigned to Program.

DADE AVIATION CONSULTANTS, Miami, Florida 1994-

2007

Poinciana Development Group (697 N. Miami Ave., Miami, Fl)

DIRECTOR OF CONSTUCTION SAFETY, RISK & EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT

$5.0 Billion Capital Improvement Program (South Terminal)

Dade Aviation Consultants is a joint-venture construction management firm comprising of seven

partners, with the Bechtel Corporation being the principal management firm. Dade Aviation

Consultants, a general consultant to the Miami International Airport, and its partners, are

nationally recognized for its highly acclaimed full-service architectural, consulting, design,

engineering, construction and program management services.

South Terminal Development Program (CIP) at Miami International Airport (MIA) is a $5.0

Billion Dollar Capital Improvement Program designed to expand 4-million square feet of

terminal space; improve the efficiency of existing and new runways and taxiways; divert

underground tunnel; increase international passenger gate capacity; enhance traffic connections

to the surrounding expressways, and the MIA Intermodal System (Automated People Mover

Train), expand parking and create new facilities while the airport continued operating at full

capacity.

Reporting directly to the Chief Executive Officer, the Director of Construction Safety &

Emergency Management directed all of the safety, emergency and risk management functions

and safety training of this multi-billion dollar capital program. Duties include:

o Defined, coordinated and directed all elements of program construction safety as it

related to: contractor safety, construction management, damage assessment and recovery,

environmental protection, insurance administration (e.g. auto, builder’s risk, general

liability, loss control and prevention, risk management, safety, safety training, third-party

administrators[claims adjusters, consultants, risk analyst, underwriters, workers’

compensation, etc

o Lead the entire safety team and working collaboratively with the construction

management team(s) to ensure that construction activities were being conducted in

accordance with sound safety practices and regulatory requirements.

o Oversaw the investigation of accidents, incidents and injuries and cooperated in the

preparation of material and evidence for organizational use in hearings, litigation, and

insurance investigations.

o Provided guidance and interpretation for the proper implementation of established

environmental health and safety policies along with applicable local, federal and state

regulatory requirements.

o Developed annual organizational safety and health goals which provided for inclusion of

leading and lagging indicators that would aid in the reduction of accident exposure to

construction workers.

o Provided guidance in hurricane readiness, damage assessment, public records retention

and access, recovery and FEMA reporting.

o Served as key senior management resource and subject matter expert within construction

safety, claims management

MITIG8 USA, LLC, Miami, Florida

2005-2007

MANAGING SAFETY CONSULTANT (General Consultant for Renewable Energy

Initiatives in the Caribbean)

The Managing Safety Consultant exercised broad, but yet, highly specialized expertise in all

phases of the construction and subsequent commissioning of the land-based wind turbines’ safety

life-cycle. Operating within the highly complex and regulatory environment, these complexities

required close integration of advanced safety systems technology; notwithstanding, several other

sub safety systems and their individual components. Duties included:

o Provided expert safety consultation in the erection and commission of land-based Wind

Turbine Towers (Siemens SWT-2.3-108 Turbine); Nacelle, Step-Up Transformer (700

Volts Step-Up to between 11Kv and 132 Kv); Collection System, Substation and

Transmission. (NATE and TIA Regulatory Consultant to erector contractor)

o Developed guidelines for safety system management; with emphasis on accountability

and sustainability.

o Provided on-site safety training for project managers, site-safety offices, commissioning

agents, contactors and trades at all tiers having workers working at elevated heights

during the tower erection phase of the project. Other safely training included:

excavation, foundation, tower, transformer, hub, nacelle, rotor tip, rotor blades,

underground transmission cables and connection to power grid.

o Provided safety plan and program for a 75 Megawatt (MW) wind project for the

installation of the Siemens SWT 2.3-108 Turbine. (E.g. excavations and placement of

concrete; operating cranes for unloading and installation of equipment; and commission

of new equipment.

o Developed provisions for successfully auditing compliance of safety systems.

Duties included:

o Developed guidelines for safety system management; with emphasis on accountability,

loss prevention, and sustainability.

o Ensured organizational compliance with regulatory and trade association safety standards

for electrical, and tower erection with: DOT, EPA, GEMS, NATE, NEC, NFPA, NWA,

OSHA, and TIA.

o Developed and provided consultation for the projects Emergency Action Plans, Hurricane

Preparedness, Damage Assessment, Recovery and remobilization.

PROFESSIONAL SAFETY EXPERTISE

Aviation Construction Petroleum Piping Systems

Baggage Handling Systems Passenger Terminals

Boilers Power Generation and

Transmission

Bridges

Renewable Energy (e.g.,

Canals

electrical, solar and wind)

Chiller Plants

Roofing Systems

Conveyor Systems

Runways

Core of Engineer USACE 3851-1

Safety Systems Management

Elevator/Escalator Installation

Security

Environmental Protection

Taxiways

Garages

Telecommunication Towers

Gas Turbines Generators

Terminals

HVAC/MEP/Cooling Towers

Tunnels and Shafts

Highways and Secondary Roads

Underground Utilities

High Voltage (NFPA/NEC)

Wrap-up Insurance Programs

Light Rail Construction

REFERENCES:

Juan Carlos Arteaga, North Terminal Development Program Director 786-***-**** (office) or

305-***-**** (Mobile). Email:*********@*********.***

Michael Mequet, Director of Construction, Seattle, Washington 206-***-****

Steve Anderson, AON Insurance Administration, Miami, Florida 305-***-****

Sonia Bridges, Director of Risk Management, Miami Airport, Miami, Florida 305-***-****

Ext#6515 Email: ************@************.***

Linda Forrest, President of Poinciana Development, Miami, Florida 305-***-****

Carl Zimmerman, Director of Construction, LAX Intl. Airport (***.**@*******.***)

EDUCATION:

Bachelor’s Degree in Public & Insurance Admin. Florida International Univ. Miami, Florida

AS Degree in Hospitality Mgmt and Insurance Studies, Miami-Dade College, Miami, Florida

AA Degree in Environmental Science Technology, Miami-Dade College, Miami, Florida

General Lines Insurance (2-20), Miami-Dade College, Miami, Florida

OSHA 500: Construction Train-the-Trainer Instructor, Georgia Tech, Atlanta, Georgia

STUDIES/ANALYSIS DEVELOPED:

Bow-Tie Diagramming (Prevention/Recovery Analysis)

Behavioral-Based Safety Analysis (BBS)

Hazard Identification (HAZID)

Hazard and Operability Studies (HAZOP)

Integrated Hazard Analysis (IHA)

Layer of Protection Analysis (LOPA)

Process Hazard Analysis (PHA)

Safety Case Development

Safety Integrity Level (SIL) Studies

Zero Harm (ZH)

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT:

Air Quality Sampling~Alternative Fuels Safety~Asbestos and Lead Abatement Program

Plans~Automated People Mover (APM) Systems Safety ~API 650~Behavioral Based Safety~

Commercial ~Driver License Trainer ~Community-Right-to-Know~CERCLA~CFR

40~(Environmental)~CFR49(Transportation)~Counter Terrorism for Managers~DOT~DB02

Safety Audit System ~DuPont Supervisory & Management Leadership Program~Electrical

Safety (NFPA 70/70E)~EPA~FAA~FEMA~Disaster Recovery~FIFRA~ FMCSA~Federal

Railroad Administration (FRA)~Fire Prevention & Life Safety~HAZCOM~

HAZWOPER~Hurricane Readiness and Damage Assessment ~ISO 18001 (Safety &

Health)~ISO 14001 (Environmental)~JCAHO (Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare

Organization)~LP& Natural Gas~Laboratory Safety ~MSHA (CFR 30) & Tunneling~ Process

Hazard Assessment~Property & Casualty Insurance~ NFPA 101(Life Safety)~NFPA 30, 30A,

and 31~NATE (Tower Erectors)~National Incident Management System (NIMS)~NPGA

(National Propane Gas Association)~OSHA 500 (Train-the-Trainer)~OSHA 1010 &

1026~OSHA (VPP)~Radiation Safety ~Rail Accident Investigation Program~Rail System Safety

Program~ Refrigerant Safety (Chilled Water, R-134a, R-22, R414a, and R-502)~SPCC (UL 142,

2085)~SARA III (Tiers II and III)~Safety Case Development~Risk Management ~Storm Water

Pollution Prevention Plan (SWPPP)~TASC~TIA(Telecommunication Industry Associates)~

Transit Emergency Response & Management~USACE-385-1-1 (Army Corps of Engineers)

Regulatory Compliance~ Underwriters Laboratory Regulatory Compliance ( 142, 2085, API650,

F921, F941 and F001-03)~Vehicle Fire Investigation ~Work Zone Safety~Workers’

Compensation Claims Management

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