Safety Health
Resume:
Michael J. Braband
Tinley Park, IL 60487
Email: ****.*******@*****.***
Twenty years of progressive experience in Safety Management, implementing
all pro active elements of an Environmental, Health and Safety Culture.
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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Corporate Safety Director May 2011-Present
Evraz Inc
Chicago, Illinois
. Developed, implemented, and maintained all aspects of a Global
Occupational H&S Program to reduce incidents.
. Designed to ensure regulatory compliance in the US, Canada and the UK
to address safety risks inherent within the organization.
. Built effective partnerships influencing behaviors in creating a
culture of safety and safe work environments.
. Conduct risk assessments related to jobs performed (job hazard/safety
analysis), new equipment introductions, and SOP changes that could
potentially impact work environment safety.
. Lead safety/incident review committees in the A3 process investigating
accidents and eliminating hazards and unsafe conditions.
. Analyzes accident data to build/modify prevention programs to impact
accident trends.
. Provide on-going reporting concerning the status of occupational
health and safety program efforts and results to include both internal
and external key metrics related to the safety programs effectiveness.
. Deliver initial and ongoing training to enable company personnel to
comply with the requirements of the company EHS policy and to develop
the competence required to fulfill their roles and responsibilities.
. Managed a staff of 5 safety professional and 12 EMT's.
Safety Director North Region U.S. and Canada June 2004 - May
2011
Brand Energy and Infrastructure Services
East Hazel Crest, Illinois
. Responsible for all areas related to environmental health and safety,
including administering worker's compensation program, analyzing
safety statistics, develop, implement and reinforce company safety
policies and programs to enhance safety culture. Conduct site safety
audits to ensure compliance. Conduct accident investigations to
determine root cause.
. Led and provided environmental health and safety support to 18
Divisions across the United States and Canada as well as 6 area safety
managers and 22 site safety representatives.
. Reduced workers compensation cost by 10% yearly by actively managing
cases, working with Third Party Administrators and compensations
boards to get employees back to work as quickly as possible.
. Reduced and achieved an OSHA recordable rate below .5 consistently for
a 3 year period.
. Developed and implemented the Gold Link Auditing system to achieve 90%
compliance throughout Region for State and Federal OSHA and MOL
compliance standards.
. Use pro-active safety metrics to prevent incidents, and maintain
statistics on near miss, first aid, recordable incidents and high and
low risk issues.
. Ensure compliance with all regulatory requirements in the United
States and Canada. Dealing with State and Federal OSHA and Ministry of
Labor (MOL).
. Conduct safety related training in accordance with State and Federal
OSHA regulations as well as Ministry of Labor (MOL).
. Represent company in all OSHA related matters.
. Work across multiple business sectors and geographies with different
environmental health and safety requirements.
. Worked in multiple refineries and power plants across the U.S and
Canada.
. Interface with clients on all environmental, health and safety related
concerns.
. Prepare monthly operating reports on all incidents for tracking
purposes.
Midwest Safety Manager June 2000- June 2004
Kenny Industrial Services
Hammond, Indiana
. Duties consisted of developing and administering the Environmental,
Health and Safety policies for the company.
. Responsible for all OSHA and EPA related investigations and issues to
ensure compliance within the organization.
. Conducted training on all safety related matters as applied to CFR
Part 1926.
. Conducted accident investigations to determine root cause and provide
solutions to avoid similar incidents.
. Conducted site safety audits and provided corrective measures where
deficiencies were found.
Clark Oil Refinery June 1996 - June 2000
Blue Island, Illinois
Safety Representative
. Responsible for environmental health and safety throughout
plant.
EDUCATION ACHIEVEMENTS
University of Southern Columbia, Orange Beach Alabama 2008
Master of Science - Occupational Safety and Health
OSHA Certified Instructor 2008
St. Xavier University, Chicago Illinois 1981
Bachelor of Arts - Education/Psychology
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