Plant Manager

**** ***** ***** ***** 515-***-****

Boone, Iowa 50036 E-mail ******@*****.***

Richard Puski

Objective To obtain a position that will best utilize my professional and educational

skills

Education 5/98 – 5/00 Indiana Wesleyan University Indianapolis, Indiana

Masters of Business Administration

8/92 – 5/96 Indiana University Bloomington, Indiana

Bachelors of Science - Biology

Professional 1/07 –5/09 Tate & Lyle Fort Dodge, Iowa

Experience Safety & Environmental Manager

Corn Wet Milling Plant that produces ethanol and industrial starch

Since inception (January 2007) there have been zero recordable

injuries of plant employees.

Responsible for the overall development and implementation of the

plant’s safety policies, procedures, and guidelines:

- Implemented and trained plant HAZMAT/Confine Space

Rescue/First Responder Team

- Developed, trained, and implemented plant’s Process Safety

Management (PSM – Ethanol) Program.

- Developed, trained, and implemented plant’s OSHA safety

policies and programs to include: Hazard Communication,

Respiratory Protection, Emergency Action Plan, OSHA

Laboratory Standard, Hearing Conservation Program,

Bloodborne Pathogens, Personnel Protective Equipment

(PPE), Fall Protection, Lockout/Tagout/Line Break, Confine

Space Entry, Electrical Safety Related Work Practices, and

Grain Handling Standards.

- Developed, trained, and implemented plant’s Safety Permit

System to include: Hot Work, Hot Liquids, Confine Space,

Lockout/Tagout/Line Break, and Critical Safety Device

Impairment.

- Performed training and testing of the Powered Industrial

Equipment Program.

- Implemented plant-wide behavioral audit system.

Responsible for the overall development and implantation of the

plant’s environmental policies and procedures:

- Clean Air Act – Title V

Operating Permit

Emissions Report

Scrubber Records

Audit of Opacity

Stack Test

- SARA Title III/CERCLA

Tier II Report

New Chemical/Threshold

Form R

Spill Notification

- Clean Water Act

SPCC/SW PPP

- Toxic Substance Control Act

- Resource Conservation and Recovery Act

Manage Plant Security

11/05 – 12/06 KBR – Halliburton Fallujah, Iraq

Health Safety Environmental Site Supervisor

Responsible for the overall implementation of Company’s Corporate

Health, Safety and Environmental policies, procedures and guidelines,

Updates to the Site Specific Health & Safety Plan (SSHP), Health &

Safety Training, HAZCOM, Emergency Response Team (ERT),

Coordination of First Responders training and the Spill Prevention, and

Countermeasure Plan (SPCC) and monitoring and reporting on safety

compliance issues of personnel and subcontracting operations

throughout Camp Fallujah, Iraq in support of the US Military Client. This

would include:

- Construction Job Sites

- Heavy Equipment Operation (i.e. crane operations, front end

loaders, fork lift, etc.)

- Dining Facilities Structures and Operations

- Fire Department Operations

- Carpentry Personnel

- Electrical Personnel

- HVAC Personnel

- Power Generation Personnel

- Plumbing Personnel

- Logistics Operations

- Warehouse Operations

- Morale Wellness Recreation Operations

Reduced the site’s OSHA Incident Rate from a 1.11 to a 0.63 in one

year.

Conducts safety inspections and monitoring of equipment, work areas,

and overall work practices and procedures for compliance with

established environmental health and safety rules, regulations, and

policies.

Responsible for thorough investigation and reporting of all

accidents/incidents such as motor vehicle accident, traffic violations,

damages to government and Company property, work related injuries,

investigation of near misses, and any other workplace related safety

hazards as they relate to personnel safety.

Responsible for posting safety guidelines, preparation of weekly safety

bulletins, weekly tool box meetings, maintenance of the MSDS

program, validation of motor vehicle driver licenses, driver safety

training, Company wide and departmental updates and

announcements, weekly Total Safety Task Instruction training (TSTI),

conduct weekly safety training to include lock out/tag out, Bloodborne

Pathogens, machine guarding, electrical safety, emergency response,

spill prevention, behavior based safety, accident investigation, fire

protection, back safety, hand injuries, power tools, hand tools, good

housekeeping, slip trip and falls, excavation and trenching, confined

space, power industrial, heat related injuries, compressed gases,

welding, cutting and brazing, hearing conservation, fall protection,

ergonomics, hazardous communications, personal protective

equipment (PPE), respiratory protection, asbestos, first aid/CPR, train-

the trainer, and specific training in other technical areas as required, in-

processing safety briefs for new hires as well as conducting daily

environmental health and safety morning briefings.

Supervise and implement proper handling, storage, and disposal of

hazardous and non-hazardous materials, monitoring compliance of

chemical rooms, hazardous waste staging areas, and satellite collection

point areas, dumpsite, burn pits, leach fields and maintains hazardous

waste manifesting and profiles. Also responsible for emergency

response involving hazardous materials, and building emergencies in

an on-call basis. Oversight of Hazmat operations with respect to the

general maintenance of the site chemical HMIS safety labeling

programs for hazardous and non-hazardous materials.

In charge of operation and maintenance, and calibration of

Environmental, Health, and Safety monitoring and testing equipment,

recording data and assisting other department such as construction,

vector control, electrical, plumbing, power generation and heavy

equipment operators in acquiring appropriate regulatory information in

establishing safety guidelines relating to their specific programs and

contractual requirements with respect to the applicable Federal, State

and Local regulations.

3/05 – 7/05 Innovative Staff Solutions Mattoon, Illinois

Safety and Loss Prevention Manager

Traveled to Our Customers’ Plant-Sites and Performed Loss Control

Functions:

Injury Trend Analyses

Workstation Ergonomics Analyses

Job Hazard Analyses

OSHA Violation Walk-Through Inspections

Job Rotation Analyses

Implemented and Trained Plants’ Safety and Ergonomics Committees

Stretching and Exercise Training to Reduce Injuries

Behavior Based Safety Training

Reviewed Plants’ OSHA Safety Programs and Assisted in Training and

Implementation

Conducted Risk Assessment Survey of New Customers

Managed Workers Compensation Claims

Maintained OSHA 300 Log

5/03 – 3/05 Keihin Aircon North America, Inc Muncie, Indiana

Safety and Environmental Manager

Japanese Tier One Supplier for Honda Manufacturing

Member of the Lean Manufacturing Committee

Implemented a Plant-Wide Ergonomics Program:

During the first four years of the plant’s existence, the plant average 20.8

OSHA Recordable injuries per year. 16.3 of those injuries (78%) where

directly as a result of cumulative trauma or sprain/strain type injuries. In

November 2003, I implemented a plant-wide Ergonomics Program. For

the year 2004, the experienced only 9 OSHA Recordable injuries and 4 of

those injuries (44%) were directly as a result of cumulative trauma or

sprain/strain type injuries.

Conducted OSHA Inspections

Implemented and Maintained Plant’s ISO 14001 Program:

At the time of my arrival, the plant had no Environmental Management

System. Honda Automotive put out a directive that all of its suppliers must

be ISO 14001 Registered by 2005. As a result, I became the

Environmental Management Representative (EMR) of the plant. I headed

the Implementation Team, defined the environmental aspects of the plant,

determined the environmental significant impacts, and came up with our

objectives and targets to continuously improve our system. I was the head

auditor of the program. The plant became officially ISO 14001 Registered

in January 2004.

Lead Auditor of the Plant’s TS 16949 (ISO 9002) Quality Management

System.

Wrote all of Plant’s OSHA Safety Programs and Trained all of Plant’s

Personnel to Follow Them:

Bloodborne Pathogens

Personal Protective Equipment

Lockout/Tagout

Emergency Action

Hazardous Communication

Confine Spaces

Hearing Conservation

Managed and Trained Plant’s Safety Committee

Implemented a Stretching/Exercise Program to Reduce Injuries.

Managed Workers Compensation Claims.

Maintained OSHA 300 Log.

Behavior Based Safety Training.

Fork Truck Operator Training.

First Aid/CPR/AED Training.

New Associate Orientation Safety/Environmental Training.

Managed Plant Security.

Maintained Statistical Analysis of Injuries.

1/01 – 5/03 Subaru Isuzu Automotive/The Hartford Lafayette, Indiana

Safety and Workers Compensation Manager

Managed Workers Compensation Claims.

Conducted Work Station Ergonomic Reviews.

Conducted Ergonomic/Lean Manufacturing Committee

Conducted Job Hazard Analysis.

Maintained OSHA 300 Log.

Worked With Plant On-Site Health Care Facility.

Conducted Safety Meetings.

Audited ISO 14001 Environmental Management Program.

Maintained Statistical Analysis of Injuries.

9/97 – 12/00 Wausau Insurance Company Indianapolis, Indiana

Workers Compensation Supervisor

Managed Workers Compensation Claims.

Performed Loss Control for Customers.

Performed Cost/Premium Analysis of Customers’ Policy for renewal.

Managed Litigation.

8/96 – 9/97 Travelers Property & Casualty Indianapolis, Indiana

Account Executive

Managed General Liability Claims That Involved Environmental or

Cumulative Exposure.

Managed Litigation.

7/91 – 11/05 Indiana National Guard Indianapolis, Indiana

Cadre (Instructor) - Platoon Sergeant

Instructor Certified

Power Generation Mechanic – MOS 52D30

Heating and Cooling (HVAC) Mechanic – MOS 52C30

3/89 – 7/91 US Army Fort Hood, Texas

Combat Engineer

Honorably Discharged.

Expert in Demolitions and Explosives.

Served Proudly in Desert Shield/Storm.

Certificates OSHA 500 Certified

Received

OSHA 30 Hour Certified

CPR/First Aid/AED Certified

Draeger Certified (Alcohol breath analysis)

Health Safety Environmental Coordinator Certified

ServeSafe Food Safety Manager Certified

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