RONALD ERIC HOWARD, SR

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Certified Occupational Safety Specialist

Cincinnati, Ohio 45231

Home: ***-***-

9192

Cell: 513-***-****

acn6si@r.postjobfree.com

INDUSTRIAL HEALTH &

SAFETY MANAGER/CONSTRUCTION HEALTH & SAFETY MANAGER

QUALIFICATIONS:

Over 30 plus years experience in Environmental Health and Safety Manager

(Chemical and Nuclear)/ Construction Health & Safety (Fossil Fuel and Coal)

/ Industrial Hygiene Technician and Radiation Protection Technician (DOE

Nuclear). Extensive experience in implementing and evaluating safety

programs and procedures within the Department of the Army (Engineers

Heavy/Civil), Department of Energy, Nuclear Power Operations, Maritime

Construction and the Fossil/Coke Power Generation Industry. Implemented

EPA, OSHA, DOE, NRC, NIOSH, DOD, NFPA, EM 385-1-1, 46 CFR/USCG and DOT

regulations to develop and ensure safety compliance. Ensured operational

permits were reviewed and renewed as needed. Developed expertise in the

following areas: 5S > Six Sigma training > Union contracts >Loss Prevention

& Control >Security Management>Job Hazard Analysis > Integrated Safety

Management Systems > Crane Operations and Inspection > 10 and 30 Hr

Compliance Training > SPC Training > Emergency Spill Response > Certified

Occupational Safety Specialist> Health Hazard Inventory Management > Root

Cause Analysis > Accident Investigation > Safety Audit Inspection >

Equipment Safety Training > Radiation Protection > NFPA 70E > Air

Permitting > Lock out/Tag out > Hot Works Permits > Machine Guarding >

Trenching and Excavation> Confined Space Entry> First Responder & First

Aid/CPR

EXPERIENCE:

Project Safety Consultant, Princeton HS/MS Project, Turner Construction

(Environmental & Safety Solutions( Cincinnati, Ohio June 2014 - Present

> charged with conducting site visits and various sites.

with the goal of assessing and mitigating hazardous work conditions >d

ensures site workers are trained and equipped to mitigate safety issues

Create and/or evaluate current or write new programs to enhance safety as

well as investigate any accidents and near misses to determine root cause.

The Site Safety Manager will provide construction site and personnel

inspections, audits and investigations to ensure compliance with federal,

state and local safety, health and environmental regulations, industrial

standards, and company policies. Some examples include, but not limited to,

fall protection equipment and programs, rigging and lifting, scaffold

assembly and use, PPE and use, equipment operator's certifications, high

altitude health effects, confined space evaluation, lockout tagout use,

welding safety, fire prevention and take action when necessary in

accordance with job site procedures.

Project Safety Advisor, Linde Process Plants, 200 MMSCFD Cryo Liquid

Recovery Unit, Calumet, Oklahoma, August 2013 - April 2014

> Coordinated with Non-Union Business Agents to ensure craft maintained the

highest level of safety performance

> Responsible for Plant Safety, Plant Loss Control and Prevention and

Plant/Operations Security

> Implemented Housekeeping Directive, Security and patrol, Safety Audit

Program, PPE Inspection Program, Accident Review Team Meetings, Daily Site

Safety Meetings

> Oversaw and Implemented the Structured Safety and Environmental Process

for the plant

> Conducted and Monitored the OSHA Industrial Hygiene Sampling program

> Established the plant job hazard analysis review program

> Compiled and reviewed all contractor Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS),

ensured they were documented

and stored on the construction site

> Provided competency verification for all construction and remodeling

projects(Aerial lift, LOTO, Scaffold, Fall Protection, Excavations in

accordance with OSHA 1910 and 1926 standards.

>Achieved a .50 TRIR for the first year of the project.

Plant Safety Manager (Direct Hire) and Construction Safety Manager (Code

Red Safety), Middletown Coke Plant, Middletown, Ohio, 2010 - 2013

> Project safety manager for 413 Million dollar construction project and

1,200 employees

> Directed safety operations for 12 site contractors and 15 site safety

representatives

> Coordinated with Union Business Agents to ensure union trades maintained

the highest level of safety performance

> Responsible for Plant Safety, Plant Loss Control and Prevention and

Plant/Operations Security

> Implemented Housekeeping Directive, Security and patrol, Safety Audit

Program, PPE Inspection Program, Accident Review Team Meetings, Daily Site

Safety Meetings

> Achieved a Project Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) 0.68 throughout

the 36 month project

> Oversaw and Implemented the Structured Safety and Environmental Process

for the plant

> Implemented and Monitored the OSHA Industrial Hygiene Sampling program

> Established the plant job hazard analysis review program

> Compiled and reviewed all contractor Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS),

ensured they were documented

and stored on the construction site

> Provided competency verification for all construction and remodeling

projects(Aerial lift, LOTO, Scaffold, Fall Protection, Excavations in

accordance with OSHA 1910 and 1926 standards.

Sr. Project Safety & Health Manager, Burns & McDonnell Engineering, Indian

River AQCS Unit 3 & 4 Project,

Indian River Generation Station, Dagsboro Delaware, 2009 - 2010

> Project Safety Manager for 14 union contractors and 15 union sub-

contractors managing the daily safety operations and procedures.

> Compiled all contractor Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) and documented

all Hazardous Air Pollutants (HAPS)

and Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC) stored on the construction site

> Chemical, Additives and mixing quality control

> Provide daily safety statistics and monthly Safety reports as a direct

report to senior site and corporate management.

> Monitor and approve all hot work, electrical, confined space, LOTO and

excavation permits for each contractor.

> Submitted contractor incident notifications, conducted contractor and

Industrial accident investigations and root

cause analysis investigations with results to Management

> Reviewed and approved all Safety Task Analysis and Pre-Task Analysis

prior to all contractor job start.

> Conducted contractor site orientations and reviewed all Site Specific

Safety Plans (SSSP) for all contractors prior

to field operations

Industrial Safety Manager, Shaw Group Maintenance Division, Exelon Nuclear

Corporation, Wilmington,

Illinois, 2008 - 2009

> Manager for 10 Exelon Nuclear Sites to include, Three Mile Island,

Oyster Creek, Peach Bottom, Limerick,

Quad City, LaSalle, Clinton, Byron, Braidwood and Dresden stations.

> Manage, schedule and provide oversight for 15 safety engineers assigned

for various union outages

> Provide daily safety statistics and monthly Safety reports as a direct

report to senior management

> Conduct field nuclear observations, field safety audits and paired

observations with Exelon Staff Operations

> Conduct contractor accident investigations and root cause analysis

investigations with results to Project Management

> Assisted radiation protection with daily dose readings of potential

radioactive sources in accordance with Exelon

policy

> Performed safety audits for wind turbine construction and maintenance

personnel on the plant wind farms.

> Monitored plant turbine power generation to the wind turbines to ensure

all safety policies and procedures we followed during operational

maintenance

Project Safety Coordinator, BET Project, Public Service Energy & Gas (PSEG), Jersey City, New Jersey, 2006 - 2008

> Assisted the BET start up and commissioning team in evaluation of safety

hazards prior to equipment operation

> Provided all on site OSHA training classes to awarded union contractors

> Established a Safety Task Analysis and Pre-Task Analysis review program

> Evaluated trenching and excavation operations prior to electrical tower

piles being placed

> Performed field safety audits, monitored confined space and hot works

operations during the plant unit 1 & 2 outages

> Project Safety Coordinator for 600 Million dollar, Three-year project and

522 contractors

Project Safety Associate, BET Project, Public Service Energy & Gas (PSEG),

Bridgeport, Connecticut,

2006 - 2008

> Project Safety Manager for 300 Million dollar Back End Technology Project

(BET) and 600 contractors

> Conducted system walk downs of functional electrical/mechanical systems

prior to Lock out/Tag out (LOTO)

> Performed daily field audits and reported all violations to the

Contractor and Project Management

> Monitored all confined space and hot works operations in accordance with

29 CFR 1926 and 29 CFR 1910

> Maintained a Total Recordable Incident Rate of 1.21 and achieved

1,000,000 hours no lost time injuries

> Conducted contractor site orientations to all contractors prior to field

operations

> Implemented contractor safety team meetings and site safety management

walks

> Performed accident investigations and root cause analysis

Construction Safety Manager, DUF6 Diffused Uranium Conversion Project

(DOE), Chillicothe, Ohio,

2005 - 2006

> Project Safety Manager in charge of six safety specialists and 324

contractors with a TRIR of 0.86

> Conducted daily site audits of all electrical and mechanical contractors

> Assisted the Health Physics Techs with daily readings of potential

radioactive sources in accordance with DOE

policy

> Monitored transportation of depleted uranium cylinders from the storage

yard to the centrifuge building

> Implemented the Hexavalent Chromium sampling program

>Achieved 1,000,000 hours no lost time or recordable injuries

Sr. Environmental/Construction Safety Specialist, Miami Fort Generation

Station, North Bend, Ohio, FGD

Project

2004 - 2005

> Project safety manager for 400 Million dollar construction project and

584 employees

> Directed safety operations for 16 site contractors and 11 site safety

representatives

> Implemented Housekeeping Directive, Safety Audit Program, PPE Inspection

Program, Accident Review Team Meetings, Daily Site Safety Meetings

> Decreased the Project Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) from 7.28 to

1.68 within a 6 month period

> Implemented the Hexavalent Chromium sampling program

> Established a job hazard analysis review program

> Compiled all contractor Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) and documented

all Hazardous Air Pollutants (HAPS)

and Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC) stored on the construction site

> Conducted safety training (Aerial lift, LOTO, Hazcom, Scaffold, Fall

Protection, OSHA 10 Hour Training) in

accordance with OSHA 1910 and 1926 standards.

Frederick Steel Company, Cincinnati, Ohio, Safety Coordination Team Leader,

1999 - 2004

> Performed daily inspections of steel warehouse safety

> Evaluated employee workplace safety for potential hazards

> Conducted daily machine guarding inspections and reported all violations

to the safety officer

> Evaluated fork lift training to all new hire personnel

> Performed daily overhead crane inspections and safety training

> Monitored employee PPE requirements and machine operations

> Monitored and documented all aspects of the Lock out/Tag out Program

Service Steel Company, Cincinnati, Ohio, Lead Safety Coordinator, 1994 -

1999

> Performed daily inspections of steel warehouse safety

> Evaluated employee workplace safety for potential hazards

> Conducted daily machine guarding inspections and reported all violations

to the safety officer

> Evaluated fork lift training to all new hire personnel

> Performed daily overhead crane inspections and safety training

> Monitored employee PPE requirements and machine operations

> Monitored and documented all aspects of the Lock out/Tag out Program

Senior Environmental Health & Safety Supervisor, US Army, Medical Corp. (US

and Overseas),1980 - 1994

> Conducted daily safety audits for military hospital operations, housing

area power generation sub-stations, evaluating electrical and mechanical

hospital safety

> Implemented Industrial Hygiene monitoring and air sampling program for

the testing of vapors, fumes, mists and pesticides used within the hospital

complex.

> Evaluated IH and HAZCOM requirements for tank vehicles and maintenance

facilities

> Established a Health Hazard Inventory Management System (HHIMS) to

record/verify existing and potential health

and safety hazards

> Conducted safety inspections of building construction and hospital

renovations to evaluate and eliminate all unsafe working conditions

> Implemented a respiratory protection program and an air sampling program

to monitor workers exposed to dusts,

fumes, metals and asbestos

> Conducted ventilation surveys and calculated flow rates in various

hospital and industrial areas

> Assigned to the construction design and review team to evaluate hospital

construction safety in plans and drawings prior to construction and

provided all on site OSHA safety training classes to awarded contractors

TRAINING:

Blueprint Design and Review Course, US Army

Environmental Hygiene Agency, US Army, Maryland

Industrial Hygiene Techniques, US Army, Munich, Germany

DOD Pesticide Management and Applications Course, US Army, Fort Sam

Houston, Texas

Quantitative Industrial Hygiene, US Army, Fort, Lee, Virginia

DOD Ammunition and Chemical Weapons Course, US Army, Fort Greely, Alaska

Ionizing/Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection Course, US Army Environmental

Hygiene Agency, Maryland

Hear Conservation Course, US Army, Fort Lee, Virginia

US Army Professional Development Course, Drill Sergeants Academy, Fort,

Knox, Kentucky

10 Hour OSHA Construction Training, ACG Corporation, North Bend, Ohio

30 Hour OSHA Construction Training, Red Rock Community College, Lakewood,

Colorado

Certified Occupational Safety Specialist (COSS), SWLSC, Louisiana

Loss Prevention, Control and Security analysis, Exelon Nuclear Facilities,

Braidwood, Ill

BWC Job Hazard Analysis Course, East Bend Power Generation Station, Rabbit

Hash, Kentucky

BWC Getting Started with Safety Course, Cincinnati, Ohio

BWC Industrial Hygiene Overview Course, Cincinnati, Ohio

Bacteriological/Fecal Water Analysis Course, Petersburg Community College,

Petersburg, Virginia

Integrated Safety Management Systems (ISMS) Training, Environmental Safety

& Solutions, Cincinnati, Ohio

IT Computer systems and security training, Environmental Safety &

Solutions, Cincinnati, Ohio

Code of Business Ethics Training, Duke Energy Corporation, Cincinnati, Ohio

40 Hour Hazwoper, PSEG Power Connecticut, Bridgeport, Connecticut

Construction Safety Council Trenching and Excavation Competent Person

Communications and Management Principles for Managers, Shaw Stone &

Webster, Braidwood, Illinois

State of Delaware, Sedimentation and Storm water Management Certification,

Dover, Delaware

Confined Space and Fall Protection Training for Managers, Burns &

McDonnell, Dagsboro, Delaware

EDUCATION:

1979 - 1980 University of Cincinnati, Ohio General Studies/Liberal Arts

1980 - 1985 US Army, Academy of Health Sciences, San Antonio, Texas,

Preventive

Medicine/Environmental Health and Safety Specialist, Certification No. AR

0707-0005-322-91S10H

1985 - 1995 Associate Degree, United States Army Education Center,

Environmental Science

2006 - 2007 Red Rock Community College, Lakewood, Colorado, OSHA 10/30 Hr

and OSHA 500/501 Construction Outreach Trainer

2013 - Certified Occupational Safety Specialist (COSS), South West

Louisiana Safety Counsel, Lake Charles, Louisiana

2014 - Certified Health and Safety Officer, OSHA Academy, In-Progress

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