**** ****** ***** **. **, Caledonia, MI *****

Phone: 616-***-****, e-mail: abi7ob@r.postjobfree.com

Jason E. Allen

EDUCATION

New York Institute of Technology Westbury, NY

Master of Business Administration

Graduation Date: October 2008

Emphasis: Human Resource Management

Murray State University Murray, KY

Bachelor of Science

Graduation Date: May 2005

Area: Occupational Safety & Health, ASAC & ABET

RELATED FIELD EXPERIENCE

Graphic Packaging International Incorporated February 2009

- Present

Safety Manager

. Manage Worker's Compensation claims and monitor employee medical

care

. Coordinate all health and safety training activities, including:

scheduling, developing training materials, developing annual

training plan, generating deficiency reports to ensure compliance

with training objectives

. Create policies and procedures to ensure compliance with Graphics

Packaging International Incorporated (GPII) and MIOSHA regulations

. Generate and implement facility specific behavior based safety

programs including Safety Observation Tours, Daily Safety Contact

Cards, Safety Recognition Awards

. Manage annual take shelter and evacuation drills

. Conduct new hire orientation

. Coordinate with Kalamazoo Public Safety and Life EMS for emergency

preparedness

. Supervise hourly Safety Champion and Safety Intern

. Develop safety goals and objectives for annual business plan

. Maintain OSHA 300 Log, 300A and all 301 forms

. Track all injury and near miss data; conduct trend analyses

. Investigate all safety incidents, conduct root cause analysis, and

assign corrective actions to prevent recurrence

. Recipient of the National Safety Council's Outstanding Excellence

Award in 2009

. Recipient of the National Safety Council's Perfect Lost Time Record

Award in 2009

. Perform regular safety walks and supervise team safety walks to

observe potential safety hazards within environment

. Achieved 422 safe days without a recordable or lost time incident

. Increased near miss reporting 533%

. Revised Lockout program and facilitated the development of

equipment specific lockout procedures

. Revised Confined Space written program, re-evaluated all confined

spaces in the Mill, and developed Hazard Analyses for each space

. Conduct weekly Trust Huddles

. Established a Contractor Safety Program

. Lead the following safety ad-hoc committees: Lockout, Pedestrian

Safety, Central Safety Committee, Safety Steering Team, and

Electrical Safety

. Facilitated ergonomic change

Corporate Safety Auditor

. Conduct safety and health compliance audits of other GPII

facilities

. Evaluate compliance to Corporate, Federal, and State regulations

. Generate written reports of audit findings

. Follow-up with facilities after audits to ensure timely closure of

audit findings

Corporate Safety Steering Team - Mill Division

. Develop new safety programs

. Create training material for special emphasis programs

. Develop guidance material for other facilities to ensure compliance

with GPII and MIOSHA regulations

. Participate in problem solving workshops

General Motors - Grand Rapids Metal Plant September 2005 -

February 2009

Health & Safety Representative

. Developed policies and procedures to comply with GM and MIOSHA

regulations

. Facilitated safety ad-hoc committees including: Plant Safety

Review Board, Local Joint Health & Safety Committee, Fall Hazard,

Confined Space, Hazard Communication Control Committee, HazWopper,

Noise, Pedestrian Safety, Strains & Sprains, Lockout, Slings and

Rigging, Joint Skilled Trades Safety Team, and the Laceration

Committee

. Supervised the Industrial Hygiene, Ergonomics, and Health & Safety

Training programs

. Developed corporate cost savings initiatives around personal

protective equipment and complete implementation at Grand Rapids

facility; also contribute saving concepts for other various

departments

. Tracked all injury and near miss incidents, analyze data for trends

. Developed numerous databases to expedite data collection and

reporting

. Completed floor investigations of all recordable, lost work day and

near miss incidents within twenty-four hours to determine root

cause and assign corrective actions to eliminate hazards

. Achieved a 74% reduction in recordable injuries, a 62% reduction

in non-recordable injuries, an 80% reduction in lost workday

cases, and a 422% increase in near miss reporting between 2005 &

2008

. Conducted trials on new styles of personal protective equipment to

determine product effectiveness and value

. Coordinated with outside resources to help eliminate occupational

injuries and health hazards

. Performed hazard analyses on all new or relocated equipment prior

to release for production

. Developed training package for all new standards and facilitate

training or train the trainers; train new employees on safety

standards

. Supervised Health and Safety interns

. Participated in the annual UAW-GM corporate safety audit

. Developed annual safety budget

Material Handling Supervisor October 2008-December

2008*

. Supervised Material Handling staff

. Managed daily timekeeping and attendance records

. Distributed payroll

. Coordinated production line-up

. Co-facilitated weekly team meetings

. Managed daily overtime

. Communicated with other departments regarding production

. Maintained professional relationships between UAW and management

*Three month special assignment

General Motors - Flint Metal Center May 2005-

August 2005

Health & Safety Intern

. Conducted weekly safety walks

. Assisted in developing a database to track employee safety concerns

. Input injury and illness data; generated daily reports

. Participated in the annual UAW-GM corporate safety audit

Six Flags - Kentucky Kingdom May 2004-August

2004

Health & Safety Intern

. Assisted in the management of Worker's Compensation and Guest

Liability Claims

. Developed and conducted training seminars on various safety topics

. Organized a seasonal safety committee

. Constructed and implemented a weekly safety talk program

. Researched solutions for various safety hazards around the park

TRAININGS, CERTIFICATIONS, PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

. Acknowledged by the Board of Certified Safety Professionals as a

Graduate Safety Professional (GSP). Currently studying for

Certified Safety Professional examination which is in December

2010.

. Recipient of General Motors Chairman's Honors for Safety Award in

2008

. OSHA 30 Hour Certified

. Extensive training in the following areas: Fall Protection and

Prevention, Confined Space Rescue, Lockout, Electrical Safe Work

Practices, NFPA 70E 2009 Update, Roof Access, Health & Safety Legal

Issues, Ergonomics, Hazard Communication, Hazard Recognition,

Asbestos Awareness, Lean Manufacturing, Franklin Covey - Speed of

Trust, Business Plan Deployment, Information Life Cycle Management,

and Managing Risk

. Member of the American Society of Safety Engineers

REFERENCES

. Roger Chalk GM (Retired Personnel Director) 616-***-****

. Craig Coulson City of Grand Rapids (Risk Manager) 616-540-

1725

. John Pratt Choc Taw Kaul (Sales) 810-***-****

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