Safety Health

Occupational & Environmental Safety, Health and Hygiene

Mitchell L. Payes, B.S., CHSP, RPIH

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Germantown, TN 83139

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www.mitchellpayes.com

EXPERTISE

Safety Program Development and Integration

Behavioral Safety and Industrial Hygiene Management

Error and Injury Reduction

Process Hazard Analysis

Just Culture Change

High Reliability Organizing

Healthcare Multi-Site Management

General Industry Multi-Site Management

Project Management

Chemical Safety

Biological Safety

Radiation Safety

Training

Indoor Air Quality

Indoor Environmental Quality

Public Speaking

Strategic Planning

Auditing

Regulatory Compliance

Expert Testimony

Ancillary Service Ergonomics

Office Ergonomics

“No Lift” Safe Patient Handling

Patient Falls Reduction

SELECTED HIGHLIGHTS

• Faculty for the National Institute of Occupational and Health, Centers for Disease

Control, Pima Community College and private sector training companies

• Structured an effective proactive safety, health and environmental system-wide

healthcare network committee overseeing 14 hospitals with 13,000 employees in a three

state region with existing resources.

• Provided occupational hygiene and safety related expert testimony 25 times since 2002

for State and Federal cases. Accepted in Federal Trial Court as a safety and

occupational hygiene expert witness.

• Effectively planned, coordinated, and managed major EHS projects exceeding $7M

involving EHS professionals and trades personnel while at the Occupational and

Environmental Hygiene Associates; consistently finished under budget and achieved

“0” regulatory violations.

• Achieved national reputation in healthcare chemical, biological, physical and

ergonomic hazard identification and resolution; conducted original research and

presented results at national health, safety and medical conferences; quoted in written

and television media.

• Developed, implemented, and managed a comprehensive behavioral based safety and

industrial hygiene program to limit and mitigate regulatory and occupational health and

safety liabilities for 4,500 employees in the 2nd largest underground copper mine, mill,

smelter, refinery, and rod plant in the world; reversed negative personal exposure trends

by 90% while achieving a cost savings of 60% in mandatory regulatory programming

and fines.

• Fast tracked, developed, implemented, and directed a lean cost-effective behavioral

based multidisciplinary clinical, environmental, industrial hygiene, safety, loss control,

wellness, security, fire and rescue program involving 75 people into a seamless

departmental entity and optimized its integration into a gold mine and mill operations in

a remote area of Alaska.

• Facilitated the implementation of behavioral based just culture change throughout the

occupational SHE programming with the focus on accountability, reducing injuries and

non-punitive reporting of errors with the goal of laying a foundation for the introduction

of high reliability organizing in a 14 hospital system in three states.

• Realized a 300% increase in revenue and client base over a four-year period.

• Facilitated transparency in system-wide SHE vertical and horizontal communication

process among 14 hospitals entities in a three state region with 13,000 employees.

• Facilitated the reduction of nursing back injuries by an annualized rate of 80% and

100% at two hospitals through the implementation of safe patient handling programs.

• Facilitated updating and standardization of SHE and emergency preparedness

programming and cross resource utilization across local entity lines system-wide for 14

hospitals in a three state region with 13,000 employees.

• Conducted original research in Occupational Exposures of Respiratory Therapists to

Ribavirin and Pentamidine Aerosols During Patient Administration. Mitigated exposure

with engineering controls.

• Conducted original research in Occupational Exposure of Operating Room Personnel to

HPV Contaminated CO2 Laser and Electrocautery Plumes During Surgery. Designed

engineering controls to eliminate exposure.

• Presented more than 65 diverse professional scientific, medical, industrial hygiene,

safety and occupational toxicology technical presentations to professional societies and

conferences. Developed and presented over 32 diverse regulatory health and safety

related short courses. Published in ergonomics.

• Participated in original research on The Relationship Between ICU Nursing Staff

Reporting Unanticipated Lift Equipment Hazards and Adhering to an Active Staffer

Attendance Schedule.

• Facilitated psycho-social changes in an environment of transparency manifested by

collegial pride, sense of empowerment, ownership and self-worth in SHE programming

making a significant difference impacting workplace quality of life and patient safety.

• Developed and implemented SHE metric reporting system for analyzing and

determining occupational injury and adverse health events benchmarking. Trended and

reported monthly.

• Facilitated development of the first EPA ISO 14000 complaint Environmental

Management System for healthcare in the mid-south United States.

• Developed and initiated implementation of telemedicine system on the interior of

Alaska, benefiting employees lacking healthcare access in remote regions and reducing

general, emergency, labor, and treatment costs by 48%.

• Facilitated seamless integration of high reliability organizing method programming in

continuous

improvement cultures to connect environmental health, safety and occupational hygiene

in expanding the scope and enhancing traditionally lean operations effectively reducing

occupational injuries, illnesses and environmental waste by 78% while improving

processes across client industry sectors.

CAREER TRACK

Center for Occupational & Environmental Safety and Health, LLC

Germantown, TN

Principal 10/2012 to Present

Directs and champions a comprehensive environmental health, safety, and industrial

hygiene corporate practice serving manufacturing, pharmaceutical manufacturing,

healthcare, aerospace, chemical industry, laboratories, military, government, law

enforcement, legal community, mining and construction. Oversees training, budgeting,

marketing and proposal development initiatives. Develops high impact presentations for the

public, media, and legal community. Provides expert testimony.

Baptist Memorial Health Care Corporation

Memphis, TN

Corporate Director Safety, Hygiene and Environment 01/2011 to 10/2012

Responsible for the operational oversight, development, implementation and continuous

improvement of the corporate occupational hygiene, ergonomic, safety, environmental and

emergency preparedness program for more than 13,000 employees and 14 affiliated

hospitals in a three state region.

• Developed safety, health and environment mission statement, values, beliefs, vision

and charter.

• Structured effective proactive SHE system-wide healthcare network committee with

existing resources.

• Performed indoor environmental/air quality studies in at-risk patient department.

• Conducted clearance studies in clinical areas subsequent to contractor remodeling

and construction.

• Performed hospital safety and environmental audits.

• Provided safety, health, hygiene and environmental training throughout the system.

Developed the Corporate Emergency Management, Operations and Business

Continuity Plan.

Indoor Environmental Quality, Inc. (dba) Occupational and Environmental Hygiene

Associates

Tucson, AZ and Nashville, TN

Principal – Safety and Occupational Hygiene 07/1993 to 12/2010

Directed and championed a domestic and international multidisciplinary comprehensive

health, safety, and industrial hygiene corporate practice serving clients in general

manufacturing, pharmaceutical manufacturing, healthcare, aerospace, chemical industry,

laboratories, medical waste industry, military, government, law enforcement, legal

community, mining and construction. Oversight strategic planning, training, budgeting,

marketing and proposal development initiatives. Developed high impact presentations to

the public, media, and legal community.

• Mentored and directed 47 health and safety professionals and technicians in corporate

practice Integrated lean EHS and industrial hygiene policies, tools, and best practices

into union and non-union operations to facilitate continuous improvement, sustainability,

metric development, and OSHA, JCAHO, MSHA, and EPA regulatory compliance;

client base benefited by an average reduction of injury and illness rates of 78%.

• Mitigated environmental, occupational, and public health and safety liabilities and losses

across all industry sectors, resulting in cost savings from insurance, treatment, lost time,

productivity, and improved efficiencies.

• Developed and delivered effective behavioral safety and industrial hygiene program

models, conducted audits and facilitated implementation of safety, occupational hygiene,

radiation, and environmental health, programs in all industry sectors; recommended and

facilitated corrective actions; facilitated implementation into business units resulting in

the mitigation of environmental health and safety liabilities for 90% of clients.

Teck Pogo, Inc. (though Indoor Environmental Quality, Inc.)

Delta Junction, AK

Superintendent of Environmental Health and Safety 8 month period between 2008-2009

Developed, structured, implemented, and directed a cost-effective multidisciplinary

behavioral based clinical, environmental, industrial hygiene, safety, loss control, wellness,

and security program into a seamless departmental entity at the remote underground gold

mine mill, and refinery. Managed a $3M department budget.

• Integrated EHS program seamlessly into operations using lean EPA model.

• Improved efficiency and effectiveness using lean methods and continuous improvement

benefiting company with value added servicing while negating need for personnel

increases; instituted proactive process and information flows to all departments by

implementation of transparency.

• Executed continuous improvement through state-of-art training and equipment

acquisition for 26-member fire department and 25-member mine rescue department.

• Instituted ergonomic audits and training reducing cumulative trauma disorders by 83%.

• Administered aspects of the Workers’ Compensation program, achieving early return to

work for 99% of injured employees.

• Negotiated successful EPA regulatory permit discharge limits in Region X; vacated

existing violations; mitigated potential for reportable violations and fines.

Tucson Medical Center

Tucson, AZ

Environmental Health and Safety Coordinator 03/1988 to July 1993

Developed and administered SHE program for the largest medical facility in southern

Arizona. Achieved a “0” violation record through implementation of a pro-active OSHA

regulatory chemical exposure monitoring program in all hospital departments. Implemented

ergonomic programming. Conducted original research. Published in ergonomics.

CREDENTIALS

Bachelor of Science in biology, chemistry physics split minor

Registrations and Accreditations

Certified Healthcare Safety Professional - #3260

Registered Professional Industrial Hygienist, #05421198

Bloodborne Pathogen Trainer the Trainer – Industrial Commission Arizona

State Approved Instructor No. I05-0219 – Environmental Issues

40 Hr. HAZWOPER

CPR, AED and First Aid Certified

FEMA Emergency Operations and Management

Additional background available upon request or visit www.mitchellpayes.com

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