Manager Safety

Kathleen Winters Gonzalez CSP

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Rincon, GA 31326 912-***-****

Committed, creative, safety professional with extensive experience with risk management, OSHA, NFPA

standards, worker health and safety, and environmental compliance. Specialized focus in managing regulations

(including but not limited to OSHA, NFPA, ANSI, NIOSH, RCRA, and CAA) and worker compensation.

Imperial Sugar Company

2011-2012 – Business Unit Leader, Environmental Health and Safety Gramercy, LA.

2008-2010 - Environmental Health and Safety Manager Port Wentworth, GA.

Upon joining Imperial Sugar in 2008, the Gramercy Plant had been issued OSHA 197 citations that included 67

willful violations and the Port Wentworth plant had 324 citations that included 112 willful violations. The scopes

of these penalties were unprecedented in the industry and drew national attention. I participated in a negotiated

settlement with OSHA that kept the Gramercy plant operational and instituted an employee safety plan to protect

employees and contractors at that site. By November 2010, OSHA completed a wall-to-wall inspection of the

Gramercy facilities and confirmed complete compliance with all regulations and praised the safety program I

installed. The policies, equipment, engineering, and teams established at Imperial Sugar have been recognized by

The Chemical Safety Board as a National Leader in combustible dust management. The Port Wentworth facility

underwent a major rebuild following the 2008 explosion and these safety programs were also implemented there.

• Implemented and trained OSHA Programs - HazCom, Emergency / Evacuation, Hearing Conservation,

Personal Protective Equipment, Bloodborne Pathogens and Lockout / Tagout

• Created and implemented combustible dust standards

• Developed the refinery’s security plan with Homeland Security

• Installed combustible dust explosion protection

• Integrated NFPA 70 & 70E, 61, 654, 68, 69 and 499 into the refineries operations

• Worker’s Compensation case management

• Served as Facility Security Officer

• Developed Facility Security Plan

• Developed the emergency response team

• Instituted weekly safety audits

• Installed a cross functional safety team

• Managed accident prevention, loss prevention and fire prevention (NFPA)

• Developed Job Hazard Analyses (JSA) and Process Hazard Analysis (PHA)

• Designed safety orientation programs in compliance with all federal, state and local requirements

• Managed risk assessments, incident investigations, formulated corrective actions

• Maintained all OSHA compliance

• Managed facilities spill prevention plans (SPCC)

• Maintained all water discharge permits

• Administered all Title V Air Permits

• Storm Water implementations

• EPRCA regulation implementation

• Knowledge of SQF, AIB and food safety regulations

Remy International Inc.

2003-2008 --Manager Environmental Health and Safety Winchester, VA, Chantilly, VA, Mitchells, VA and

Hopewell VA

Managed the environmental, industrial, health and safety programs for all production sites in accordance with all

federal, state, and local regulations.

• Implemented and trained OSHA Programs

• Provided and advised on accident prevention, loss prevention and fire prevention (NFPA)

• Performed all Job Hazard Analyses (JSA) for all facilities

• Designed safety orientation programs in compliance with all federal, state and local requirements

• Designed safety training and awareness amongst the staff

• Managed risk assessments, incident investigations, formulated corrective actions

• Administer and maintained all OSHA compliance

• ISO 14001

• Integrated Lean principle with ergonomic solutions & Kaizen corrective actions

• Managed and Administer facilities spill prevention plans (SPCC)

• Maintained and administered all water discharge permits

• Formulated, maintained and administered all Air Permits

• Storm Water implementations

Cadmus Specialty Publications (Mack Printing, Inc.)

1992-2003 -- Corporate Manager Environmental Health and Safety Easton, PA, East Stroudsburg, PA,

Ephrata, PA, Pikesville, MD and Richmond VA

• Provided accident prevention, loss prevention and fire prevention (NFPA)

• Designed safety orientation programs in compliance with all federal, state and local requirements

• Reduced workers compensation costs by $1,000,000.00

• Managed risk assessments, incident investigations, formulated corrective actions

• Administered and maintained all OSHA compliance

• Managed facilities spill prevention plans (SPCC)

• Formulated, Maintained and administered all Operating Permits

• Storm Water implementations.

EDUCATION/CERTIFICATIONS

Certified Safety Professional

Caldwell College, Caldwell, NJ

B.A. Chemistry

Minor Mathematics, Biology and Computer Sciences

Harvard University, Cambridge MA

Awarded scholarship for Harvard Health Professional Program 1983

Testified before the House Committee on Education and The Workforce Subcommittee on Workforce Protection

regarding OSHA’s reinvention efforts – June 23, 1997.

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