Safety Manager

A nthony W. Cuskaden

***** ***** **., ***** ****, IN. 46637 Phone 574-***-**** E-mail

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Summary of Qualifications

Experience includes 11 years as a Safety Professional with responsibility to develop,

i mplement and maintain the Environmental Safety and Health policies and

p rograms in a manufacturing organization.

Administer and manage workers compensation claims to an average 5 yr cost

of $0.02 per man hour

Establishing a safety strategy to include creation of SMART goals and

objectives achieving a TCR of 0.7

Performing audits by t raveling to US sites to identify best practices and

i mprovement opportuni ties

Creation of audit process to identify hazards and develop corrective action

p rocess to ensure improvement

Member of cross-divisional team to address executive projects for the

company

• Through use of modified duty program maintaining current result of 6 years

w ithout a Lost Time Inju ry

Professional Experience

Safety and Risk Manager, McCormick and Co., Inc., 2003 – Present

Creatively develop tools to ensure facility receives t raining regarding

compliance and company topics

Effectively chair safety, crisis management and emergency response

commit tees

Providing support to operation by balancing t ime to ensure daily interaction

w ith all levels of operation

Ensure Environmental policies, practices and programs are operating

effectively

Administration of Industrial Hygiene programs throughout facility

A nthony W. Cuskaden

19589 Brick Rd., South Bend, IN. 46637 Phone 574-***-**** E-mail

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Development of accident investigation process and near-miss reporting

p rogram

Effectively managed the ergonomic program to reduce ergonomic claims from

6 i n 2008 to 1 in 2013

Creation of a cuts reduction cross-functional team with a reduction from 4 in

2009 to 0 in last two years

Implementation of Equipment Risk Assessment, JSA and Pre Start Review

p rocess for facility

Developer of corrective action process to proactively manage hazards

Drive safety awareness through facility visuals such as 5S, Felt Safety and

employee interaction

Identification of Leading and Lagging indicators

Regularly submit dashboards and scorecards to all levels of the organization

for review

Plant Skills Training Specialist, McCormick and Co., Inc., 1998 – 2003

• Creation of t raining programs including safety, operations, quality and

maintenance for daily tasks

• Design and implementation of safety orientation program and process

• Author of facility safety programs for both compliance and organization topics

• Trainer for Quality Systems and Strategic learning initiatives

• Development of process to document and log procedures within the facility

• In teract with employees at various levels to determine t raining strategy

Education/Certificates

Master of Business Administration (Bethel College – Mishawaka, I N)

Bachelor of Science: Organizational Management (Bethel College – M ishawaka, I N)

A nthony W. Cuskaden

19589 Brick Rd., South Bend, IN. 46637 Phone 574-***-**** E-mail

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Associates of Arts: Business Supervision (Bethel College - Mishawaka, I N)

OSHA 30 Hour Certificate

First Aid (National Safety Council)

Hearing Conservation (EAR Seminar)

Strategic Planning (McCormick and Company)

Situational Leadership (McCormick and Company)

Time Management for Leadership (McCormick and Company)

Awards

2013 President’s Safety Award (McCormick & Co., Inc.)

• Recognition for achieving above standard results in Total Case

Rate (TCR), Lost Days Case Rate, In ternal Safety Audit Score and

E mployee Wellness participation

2007 Pyramid Award (McCormick & Co., Inc.)

• Maintaining zero injuries and $0.00 per man hour worker’s

compensation, during a 10 month $18MM Consolidation Project

i nvolving employees and contractors

2007 Pyramid Award (McCormick & Co., Inc.)

• Recognition as a team member of the Division Safety Team for

i mprovements to the Division safety leading and lagging metrics.

T hese include t raining hours per employee, behavior based

observations, injury reduction and corrective actions

2006 C.P. McCormick Gold Award (McCormick & Co., Inc.)

A nthony W. Cuskaden

19589 Brick Rd., South Bend, IN. 46637 Phone 574-***-**** E-mail

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• Recognition for working outside of duties to obtain $800,000 tax

abatement

Magna Cum Laude 3.88 G.P.A. (Bethel College)

Award of Excellence (Bethel College)

• Award for demonstration of ethics, values and academic

achievement

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