Manager Safety

Kim Richard Eggers

*** ******* *****, ********, ** 53559 608-***-****

E-mail: ******.*@********.***

QUALIFICATIONS PROFILE

Industrial Safety Manager with substantial broad based, progressive development in industrial safety and environmental management obtained by 25 years of career opportunities with work place emphasis in the following safety related disciplines:

• Machine Safeguarding

• Proactive Safety Management

• Conflict Resolution

• Workers Compensation Management

• Accident Investigation and Resolution

• STOP/Behavior Based Safety

• OSHA, NFPA, DOT, DNR, ANSI, EPA Standards and Regulations

• ISO 14001 / TS Quality Internal Auditor

Designed and or conducted training for the following regulatory programs:

• Lock out Tag Out

• Emergency Plant Egress

• STOP/Behavior Based Safety

• Accident Investigation

• Electrical Safety

• First Responder

• Hazard Communication

• Forklift Training

• Blood Borne Pathogen

• Hazardous Response Spill Team

• Hearing Conservation

• DOT Pre-Trip Inspections/Log Book

• Employee Safety Awareness

• Hot-work and confined space which includes permit required confined space.

INDUSTRIAL SAFETY / ENVIRONMENTAL EXPERIENCE

01/08 – March 2013 Madison Kipp-Corporation

Madison, WI

Occupational Safety and Environmental Manager

• Responsible for day to day safety activities for three manufacturing facilities and one Distribution Center accounting for approximately 485 hourly and salaried employees.

• Coordinate all aspects of Madison Kipp’s Environmental ISO 14001 certification.

• Oversees final resolution of all employee injuries, accidents, and near misses.

• Conducts weekly safety audit tours with supervisors and managers to identify unsafe conditions, opportunities for improvement, and employee involvement.

• Coordinated and rolled out Madison Kipp’s first Behavioral Based Safety Program called Safety Smart as part of the Company’s Smart Way management concept.

• Developed and rolled out new building evacuation procedure to better account for employees in a timely manner.

• Responsible for completion and accuracy of all DNR / EPA annual permits which include Annual Emissions Inventory, TIER II, TRI, Hazardous Waste Generator, Wastewater Discharge, Process Safety Management for Chlorine(through 2011) and all other local regulatory reports.

• Perform internal audits for TS Quality / BMS and ISO 14001 compliance standards.

1/03-11/07 Sub Zero Freezer Company Inc. / Wolf Appliance Inc.

Madison/Fitchburg, WI

Corporate Safety Engineer

• Responsible for the day to day safety activities for five manufacturing facilities, two distribution warehouses, and multiple off-site warehouses accounting for approximately 1,800 hourly and salaried employees.

• Oversaw monthly hour safety training for all employees utilizing management personnel or guest speakers to deliver training material.

• Participated in new equipment design to assure proper machine guarding and assuring all other regulatory compliance issues were met prior to installation including ergonomic assessments.

• Established new injury/accident investigation process that determined causal factors and identified short-term and long-term action items to prevent further injuries/accidents.

• Participated in new production building layouts including production line layout and employee egress per local codes.

• Initiated a new robot systems safety procedure to comply with ANSI R15.06-1999 robot safety standard.

• Conducted job hazard analysis to determine that proper personal protection equipment is assigned for each job task.

• Coordinated and trained Lock Out Tag Out (LOTO) procedures including audits and new equipment LOTO.

• Worked daily with General Contractors to assure that all company safety standards were being followed at all times when on company property.

• Organized the First Responder program that included over 60 first responders.

• Developed power hand tool safety and training procedure

8/95 – 4/03 Perry Judd's Incorporated

Waterloo, WI

Industrial Safety Manager / Workers Compensation Manager

• Initiated and coordinated Company safety program for compliance with OSHA, NFPA, DOT, and DNR regulations for approximately 800 employees.

• Developed Personal Protective Equipment Policy (PPE) by performing over 250 Job Safety Analysis (JSA).

• Coordinated and assisted with new employee orientation.

• Developed and maintained DOT driver files for 14 company employee drivers of commercial motor vehicles.

• Worked to eliminate unsafe behaviors and conditions within the industrial environment utilizing DuPont’s STOP program.

• Established, chaired and served as resource for all levels of company safety committees / meetings.

• Created and served as resource for monthly “Supervisor Safety Toolbox Chats”.

• Workers Compensation Manager: responsible for all facets of the program including accident investigation and record keeping.

Education:

University of Wisconsin – Platteville

Bachelor of Science Degree (BS)

Occupational / Industrial Safety Engineering

Certifications:

• Certified Trainer for Forklift (WCS)

• OSHA 30 hour (WCS)

• OSHA 10 hour construction course(WCS)

• Environmental ISO 14001 Manager Certificate

• Certified Train the Trainer for overhead crane operation

Memberships:

• American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE)

• Badgerland Chapter (ASSE)

Professional Member (20 year member)

Transportation Practice Specialty

Consultants Practice Specialty

Management Practice Specialty

Environmental Practice Specialty

Engineering Practice Specialty

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