Safety Manager
Resume:
Brian Platfoot MS, CHST
ac3nfo@r.postjobfree.com
Professional Profile
Competent and energetic safety coordinator with 15+ years’ experience in the Safety field in oil and gas, manufacturing, and construction. Offering matchless skills in safety management, occupational claims analysis and precautionary employee safety protocols. E-5 US ARMY Veteran
OSHA 500,501
American Red Cross Instructor
PEC Core Instructor
TapRoot Advanced Root Cause Team Leader
Licensed Safety Professional (LSP)
AGC San Antonio Safety and Health Committee Member
Certified Safety Auditor
Certified Workplace Violence Prevention Specialist
Certified Safety & Health Official (CSHO)
Apollo RCA Super User
Certified Ergonomics Technician
CHST-9201
Professional Experience
Desert (NDT) Non Destructive Testing, Houston, TX/ Reno, NV
Regional HSET Director
February 2013 October 2017
Responsibilities:
•Working with manufacturers in paper mills, semiconductor plants in safety oversight of LOTO and other safety functions.
•Spearheaded the industrial hygiene evaluations and created protocols for reduction of exposure to lead, asbestos, hazardous chemicals, and occupational diseases. Successfully created and carried out programs that surpassed the compliance requirements outlined in federal regulations, corporate directives, and industry’s best management practices. Provided support to the business acquisition and operation activities as well as shared services.
●Conducted quarterly visits to each of the nine sites and oversaw the realization of EHS vision through commitment and employee ownership in collaboration with safety committees. Directs the resources and activities of the organization to support the Health and Safety programs by providing advice and guidance to company management.
●Continually maintain an appropriate level of awareness, knowledge and preparedness across Desert NDT to create a culture that prioritizes effective safety and balances overall associated costs.
●Provide overall leadership, professional knowledge and expertise in the administration and support of Health and Safety processes for all aspects of Desert NDT to include regulatory agency compliance, institutional policies and human capital development.
●Develop and provide technical and administrative direction on all safety and health policies and programs which bear critical importance to overall corporate objectives, operations and profitability of the various divisions.
●Oversee and enforce compliance with all OSHA, EPA and DOT Regulations pertaining to company operations while maintaining awareness of OSHA, EPA and DOT amendments and make recommendations for their implementation.
●Review internal safety policies and practices to ensure they are current and appropriate; conduct hazard and risk assessments and develop new or, where necessary, make recommendations to senior management to amend safety policies and procedures
●Conducted safety orientation and training of safety representatives and safety watches to ensure that employees were aware of company and plant safety regulations, Updated site safety program and orientation to reflect changes in plant safety requirements and regulations, represented company at required TAR & contractor safety meetings.
●Worked with clients as Kimberly-Clark, Samsung, Anadarko, Dell, and Lufkin.
●Recommends appropriate measures and methods to correct safety deficiencies noted; Investigates hazardous conditions, practices, equipment, etc., to identify and analyze the nature and severity of hazards and the possible remedial actions (elimination, correction, or protection).
●Management of worker's comp claims, and working closely with NVOSHA.
Peak Oilfield Service Company, Prudhoe Bay, AK
Alaska North Slope HSE Manager
July 2012 – February 2013
Responsibilities:
Implement and maintain company and client safety programs. Assist the Ice Road Supervisors in complying with all guidelines, policies and procedures established by Company/BBI and client while on shift.
Schedule and oversee training courses in compliance with Company, Client, and OSHA course standards. Audit Company/BBI jobsites for hazard recognition and evaluate hazard mitigation techniques as it relates to personnel and health concerns.
Audit THA’s daily to ensure they are completed in accordance with Client and Company HSE standards and protocols. Assist the Supervisor with daily toolbox topics, and preparation of weekly safety meetings and the roll-out of the project specific JSA.
Active involvement with case management of all injuries, incidents, spills and equipment damage. Compile documentation, lead incident investigation and determine root causes as needed by Company, BBI, and Client.
Communicate daily with, HSE Manager, Company employees and the Client.
Maintain 100% “Compliance Readiness” in all areas according to mandatory/regulatory requirements, which include. Reporting and addressing all potential safety concerns/incidents/issues promptly. Responsible for incident investigations including securing photographs, diagrams, employee and witness statements, Client reports and communications with key Support case management with corporate office supervision.
Perform jobsite walk-downs with the Ice Road Supervisor to provide pre-job HSE planning for the work to be completed. Ensure hazard identification, scope of work steps or phases are communicated to all crew members. Ensure proper signatures and facilitation of the HSE plan roll-out at the appropriate work locations.
Maintain and demonstrate proficient working knowledge of all response-related equipment, policies and procedures at all times. Maintain legible and accurate records such as training rosters. Facilitate client risk assessment processes for company projects. Prepare weekly leading indicator report for the client. Must be comfortable with speaking to personnel at all levels of the organization.
Alyeska Pipeline Service Company, Prudhoe Bay, AK
Pipeline Field Safety Coordinator (Contractor)
July 2010 – February 2012
Achievements:
10 Million Man hours without a lost time.
Responsibilities:
• Develop, implement and manage safety programs and compliance strategies, Analyze safety metrics, review of associate and customer incidents and monitor trends to implement solutions which reduces exposures and injury rates.
• Effect change by developing appropriate action plans to address program deficiencies, and ensure continuous improvement in a timely manner to effectively address the issues and underlying risks.
• Prepare and conduct required regulatory training programs for associates and leadership team to increase awareness of safety and health issues, Visit sites to evaluate workplace environments, equipment, work practices and safety culture to ensure compliance with safety regulations and company policies.
• Communicate safety results, performance, and opportunities to the senior leadership team through meetings, presentations, conference calls, and/or emails, Provide technical support, regulatory guidance and training to associates at all level to develop a safe culture, safe working environment, and share best practices.
• Follow-up with incident investigations to identify root causes and implement corrective actions to prevent injury re-occurrence, Update and maintain IIPP program, as well respond to all OSHA citations or request for information.
Alutiiq Oilfield Solutions, Prudhoe Bay, AK
North Slope HSE Manager
October 2008 – July 2010
Achievements:
535 Days without any lost time or recordable
Responsibilities:
• Safety oversight of the manufacturing of composite mats, oilfield rig mats, fiberglass grating, and non-slip surfacing mats. Responsible for writing the safety program for the start-up company, handling all safety issues and conducting safety training, Drafted, updated and implemented company safety programs to be consistent with SEMS requirements.
• Designed safety audit and inspection sheets per SEMS requirements, Wrote audit and accident reports to ensure that they were not repeated.
• Conducted drilling rig safety audits, risk assessments and Job Safety Analyses (JSA) to ensure conditions were safe to perform each task and each task was performed safely, Conducted and documented safety training, including first aid/CPR, H2S and OSHA 30 courses to rig crew members.
• Responded to Workers' Compensation and liability insurance queries, Identified, addressed, and resolved safety concerns, such as operation of H2S monitors, strategies to avoid heat exhaustion, updating fire extinguishers and inspecting hand tools.
Other Positions
HSET MANAGER ARB INC 6/2006 – 9/2008
74D/ BAT 555 MEB safety coordinator US ARMY 4/2001 – 5/2006
safety coordinator western geophysical 7/1999 – 1/2001
References are available upon request.
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