Safety Officer

MICHAEL G. HANNA, III CURRICULUM VITAE M. 734-***-****

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Richmond, VA 23229

PROFILE Proven track record of successful Safety, Health, and Environmental Management Systems design

and implementation for corporate compliance and risk reduction

• Laboratory Safety and Biological Safety program design and management

• Industrial Hygiene program design and management

• Emergency Management Planning and Exercises

• Business Continuity Planning

• Safety and Health Compliance training for Diagnostic Laboratory and Research Sectors

• Containment Laboratory design, commissioning, and oversight

• Indoor Air Quality assessment and remediation program

• Occupational Medical Program management and oversight

• Risk Management and Loss Control

• Automated management systems use and safety-related information access

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

HEALTH DIAGNOSTIC LABORATORY, INC. Richmond, VA (July 2012 to Sept. 2014)

Safety Department

• Manager – Safety Department, Laboratory Safety Officer

• Manage all aspects of corporate safety, health, and environmental regulatory affairs for corporate

headquarters and three spin-off companies (800 employees), including major diagnostic testing

operations running 5000 samples per day – 125,000 individual tests using state-of-the-art

instrumentation. 300,000 GSF of mixed laboratory/office space.

• Maintain Safety Management System (SMS) oversight and quality improvements including

policy/procedure upgrades and updates, audit preparedness, t raining, inspections, recordkeeping,

harmonization between business units, and overall compliance with Virginia OSHA, DEQ

• Continuously develop and improve safety, health, and environmental t raining programs for all staff,

including tabletop and practical exercises for emergency response and recovery

• Maintain emergency preparedness planning and response capabilities corporate-wide for Business

Continuity

• Assure Good Lab Practice, Laboratory Safety Standard, and Bloodborne Pathogens Standard

compliance in the laboratories and all corporate divisions

• Develop and maintain conventional safety programs including fall protection, f leet vehicle safety,

warehouse safety, and t rip/slip fall prevention program

• Oversee diagnostic laboratory safety, health, and environmental performance metrics, recordkeeping,

and audit preparedness for the College of American Pathologists (CAP) and New York State licensing

UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN, Ann Arbor, MI (Feb. 1992 to Apr. 2012)

Department of Occupational Safety and Environmental Health (OSEH)

• Manager - Biological and Laboratory Safety; Institutional Biosafety Officer; Responsible Official (RO)

• Ex officio member of the Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBC), HazMat Emergency Response Team

• Supervise programs providing required safety t raining and recordkeeping for all research sectors of the

University of Michigan – Medical School, College of Engineering, Natural Sciences

• Manage activities of seven safety professional, 3 safety technical, and one administrative positions

• Manage salary, benefits, and operational budgets totaling $1.2 million

• Continuously create new safety and compliance programs and upgrade old programs to maintain pace

with emerging regulatory and r isk management needs for the research enterprise - $1.3 Billion annual

research expenditures

• Assure Good Lab Practice, Laboratory Safety Standard and Bloodborne Pathogens Standard compliance

in the laboratories of University of Michigan research departments

• Provide materials/methods safety technical assistance and laboratory safety audits to colleges and

departments for state program M IOSHA and OSHA standards compliance

• Provide design expertise in the planning, construction, and move-in phases of new research buildings

and laboratory renovation projects

COULTER CORPORATION (now Beckman-Coulter), Hialeah, FL (1986 to 1992)

Dept. of Occupational Safety and Environmental Protection

• Corporate Industrial Hygienist

• Corporate Biosafety Officer, Chemical Hygiene Officer, Radiation Safety Officer, Laser Safety Officer

• Managed corporate safety and industrial hygiene programs covering 3000 employees in six divisions

• Managed budget planning and purchases for all industrial hygiene, safety, and personal protective

equipment

• Managed activities of a full-time staff safety and industrial hygiene position

• Drafted, implemented, and enforced policies addressing biological, chemical and radiological hazards

• Prepared and conducted safety training programs on all aspects of employee safety orientation

• Investigated, controlled, and remediated chemical spill emergencies occurring on-site and at remote

locations

OCCUPATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER, Washington, DC (1985 to 1986)

Indoor Air Quality Section

• Head of Indoor Air Quality Section and staff industrial hygienist

• Managed activities of an environmental mycologist position and field staff on indoor air quality

assessments in Federal Government (General Services Administration) owned and leased buildings in

the Washington, D.C. area

• Represented the company at meetings with federal officials, federal employee unions, consumer groups,

and Dept. of Defense building managers (Pentagon Contract)

• Conducted indoor air quality and asbestos surveys in GSA owned and leased office buildings throughout

Washington, D.C. and surrounding areas of Maryland and Virginia

• Inspected and monitored asbestos abatements at Dept. of Defense project sites and Pentagon

NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH, Bethesda, MD (1984 to 1985)

Division of Safety; Occupational. Safety & Health Branch

• Occupational Safety Specialist

• Conducted site inspections for safety and industrial hygiene surveys addressing Plant and Trades

employees occupational health concerns

• Conducted laboratory safety inspections and vacated lab clearances for visiting researchers

• Conducted research addressing occupational safety and environmental hazards particular to the N IH

and other federal government campuses: Bioaerosols in autopsy suites, Indoor air quality in office areas

of Walter Reed Medical Center, Performance of a Hammer-Mill Grinder in chemical disinfection of

biomedical waste, Performance of biological safety cabinets in attenuating antineoplastic drug aerosols

SELECTED

ACCOMPLISHMENTS:

Health Diagnostic Laboratory

• Fostered a corporate culture of safety and reduced the corporate case rate for occupational injuries by half - down to 0.8.

• Developed and implemented a corporate-wide “Playbook” standard for onboarding spin-off and acquired companies to unify all safety, health, and environmental policies and procedures.

• Developed and implemented a comprehensive Business Continuity Plan involving all levels of

management; developed and implemented a training program including table-top and practical

exercises for response to adverse events.

• Developed an emergency alert network integrated with the Virginia Biotechnology Research Park

community in downtown Richmond.

• Implemented a waste minimization program that significantly reduced overall costs for regulated

medical waste and hazardous chemical waste disposal through more efficient management systems and

targeting segregation at the point of generation.

University of Michigan

• Designed and implemented university-wide compliance programs for Laboratory Safety, Biological

Safety, Bloodborne Pathogens (standard), Laboratory Safety (standard), HazWoper Response, Laser

Safety, and Select Agents BSL3 laboratory compliance. These programs affect dozens of academic units

and thousands of researchers campus-wide.

• Upgraded programs for laboratory safety inspections, BSL-2 recombinant inspections, t raining records,

chemical inventory databases, powered industrial t ruck licensure, OSHA-required physical

examinations, OSHA-standards compliance kits

• Reduced yearly cost of medical surveillance program by $30,000.00 through audits of employee physical

exam tests vs. actual occupational r isk factors

• Developed a comprehensive review program involving Plant Dept. Facilities Planning and Design for

new laboratory space/facility construction and renovations

• Developed a Safety Coordinator Program, involving upper-level departmental administrators and

faculty from over 100 research departments and schools, to facilitate the process of regulatory

compliance and institutionalized safety procedures and outreach

• Developed comprehensive training programs, including train-the-t rainer, for M I-OSHA regulations

impacting research and service departments

• Acting Hospital Safety Officer for 2 years at the University of Michigan Hospitals and Health Centers -

during a search for permanent HSO; maintained readiness for JCAHO inspection of Environment of

Care (EOC) requirements.

Coulter Corporation

• Lowered corporate lost-work-day incident rate from 2.5 to 0.47 over five years

• Drafted corporate biosafety policy, distributed personal protective equipment and instituted biosafety

t raining and HBV vaccinations and medical monitoring program for all at-r isk employees two years

before it was called for by federal law. This contributed to lowering our insurance premiums by

$100,000.00

• Compiled and published a comprehensive corporate safety equipment purchasing catalog

• Organized and chaired Corporate Chemical Safety Commit tee with representatives from all divisions to

identify and correct institutional safety problems

• Created a corporate safety manual addressing all aspects of corporate activity including chemical

ordering, receiving, storage, use, and disposal; laboratory biosafety practices; biohazardous waste

disposal systems; housekeeping an egress; laboratory and production area clearances; machinery

installation and alterations

• Represented the Corporation on the Dade County Environmental Advisory Task Force and the Dade

County Community College Electronics Technology Department Advisory Board

Occupational Medical Center

• Designed and implemented a viable consulting specialty within the company focused on the recognition,

assessment and mitigation of poor indoor air quality for GSA owned and operated facilities in the DC

area

• Designed a standard indoor air quality assessment protocol, purchased the necessary equipment to

perform reliable assessments, and t rained other industrial hygienists in IAQ survey methods

• Established a microbiological analysis laboratory and hired and t rained a microbiologist to perform

qualitative and quantitative analysis of samples from indoor air quality surveys

EDUCATION: University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (August 1984)

Master of Public Health – Laboratory Practice/Biohazard Science

University of Maryland, College Park (December 1982)

Bachelor of Science – Microbiology

National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD (August 1981)

Bureau of Biological - Pertussis Branch (now FDA Center for Biologics Research and Testing)

Research Internship, Pertussis Vaccine Team

FBI-Security Risk Assessment (SRA) approved since program inception. Specific competency

training for NBC Countermeasures, Biosecurity, and BT Preparedness, provided by DOD (US

Army Chemical School), DOJ (provided through TEEX), Wayne County Emergency

Management Division, and Washtenaw County LEPC Bioterrorism Committee.

PROFESSIONAL

AFFILIATIONS: American Biological Safety Association

College Safety Health & Environmental Management Association (CSHEMA)

- Member - Laboratory Safety Committee (LSC)

OUTREACH

ACTIVITY: Panelist FBI/MSMR – sponsored symposium

- The Three I's and Bioethics & Biosecurity - May 1-2, 2012 (see page 5 of linked f lier)

Participant - AAAS/AAU/APLU/FBI sponsored symposium

- Bridging Science and Security for Biological Research: A Dialogue Between

Universities and the Federal Bureau of Investigation – Feb 21-22, 2012

- Also served as panelist in inaugural symposium in 2010

Steering Commit tee & Panelist – NIH-OBA Conference

- IBCs in an Evolving Research Landscape – J uly 12-14, 2011 (see page 4 of linked

program)

Workgroup Member – National Science Foundation Nano Workshop

- Safety Aspects of Nanosystems and Infrastructure for Sustainability – Dec 8-9, 2011

- “Nano Storage Safety and Handling and Disposal, Risk Assessment” (see linked

project page and attached report)

Invited Keynote Speaker – Front Range ABSA Conference

- “IBC-IACUC Interactions” – Nov. 11, 2011 (see linked agenda)

RECENT

PUBLICATION: “Biosafety Considerations of Mammalian-Transmissible H5N1 In fluenza”

- http://mbio.asm.org/content/3/2/e00043-12.full.html doi: 10.1128/mBio.00043-12

PROFESSIONAL PROFILE http://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelghanna

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