Stephen William Kane 563-***-****

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Muscatine Iowa 52761

OBJECTIVE: To work for a safety minded company that operates year round

and has a genuine concern for their employees safety.

EDUCATION: Iowa State University - Ames, Iowa

Major: English/Journalism

Minor: Safety Education

OSHA 501 status from the National Safety Council; Job Site

Analysis certificate from the National Safety Council; Incident Investigation and

Administration certificate from the City of Davenport; Fork Truck Safety Trainer

certificate from Crown; Safety Program Development training from the University

of Iowa.

STRENGTHS: Excellent communicator...Effective problem solver...Extremely

dependable...Ability to administer company policy...Believer in continuing

education.

WORK HISTORY: Formerly the Safety Director for Lewis Industrial Services.

Handle the machine shop and the on-site safety for our employees at GPC.

Also, heavily involved in the registration of ISO 14001. Since 1-2010, I have

introduced Job Hazard Analysis, revamped the housekeeping of the shop,

introduced recycling, and have organized the 14001 effort. I, also, served as

Safety Director for Ruyle Mechanical of Peoria, and ESCI of Springfield.

1999 to 1-2010 Was the Owner/Operator os Safety First Services. Offered a

full line of safety services such as on site safety, safety training, handling OSHA

problems, behavioral safety, site specific/job specific training, and auditing of 300

log. Served as site safety for Eagle One Safety at Eddyville Cargill, and was

Safety Compliance Manager for Whitters Industrial Services whose major client

was ADM Clinton, Cedar Rapids, and Peoria.

1997 to 1999 501 Safety Trainer for American Safety Training. Conducted

OSHA 10 and 30 hour classes around the country and did job site training and

managment at customer request. Consulted on OSHA and USDA problems and

assisted with safety program development by organizing safety committees and

supplying job specific training.

1994 to 1997 Operations Manager for the River Center/Adler Theater.

Responsible for day to day operation of the physical plant for a three building

convention and entertainment complex. Managed all CIP's and service crews,

assisted City Risk Manager with job site safety, accident investigation, and comp

claims. Was named to the city wide safety committee and was put in charge of

vendor program rating.

1985 to 1994 Construction/Safety Manager for Servpro of Cedar Rapids. Was

responsible for insurance claim construction of fire damaged properties and job

site safety for a general contractor. Conducted daily constuction and safety

meetings with all subs and employees and made sure the project stayed on

schedule. Designed an employee profile program which aided in job site security

and helped minimize job site accidents.

1975 to 1985 Wilson Foods of Cedar Rapids. Began as sanitation laborer and

became department supervisor. Was certified by Chemidyne as a Haz Com

specialist and later took the OSHA 30 hour class. Transferred to the Safety

Office as a claims investigator and later became Safety Project Manager in

charge of reconstruction and new construction. This lead to promotion to Safety

Mgr of the Cedar Rapids plant with additional responsibility of Regional OSHA

Affairs Officer for plant compliance, and all OSHA contact.

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