Safety Management

Robert E. Hice

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Career Summary: Directing the Environmental, Health, and Safety needs for

the facility to achieve safe production and environmental stewardship.

Leading managers, professionals, supervisors, and hourly employees to

create, enforce, and continuously improve work procedures and policies.

Conducting audits or inspections and then implementing corrective actions

to resolve non-compliance, unsafe conditions and/or unsafe behavior.

SKILLS

Conducting Training Behavior Based Safety Facilitating Central Safety

Committee

Job Safety Assessments Corrective Action Planning Risk Assessments/Strategic Planning

Ergonomic Reviews Compliance Auditing ISO 14000 EMS and OSHA VPP

Worker's Compensation OSHA/EPA Recordkeeping and Reporting

. Created Honda Research America, Prototype Fabrication New Associate On-

Boarding Training Program

. Reduced Honda Research America, Prototype Fabrication Division's OSHA

I&I Rate to Zero

. Reduced Honda Research America's Insurance Liability Assessment by

$4,000,000.00

. Managed Nucor Steel Marion's application for OSHA VPP Star Designation

. Created Nucor Steel Marion's ISO 14001 EMS Program

. Resolved Nucor Steel's Clean Air Act and Clean Water Act non-

conformance with EPA

EDUCATION

The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio May

1985

Bachelor of Science: Natural Resource Development

WORK EXPERIENCE

Safety Consultant June 2011 to

December 2014

Advantage Resourcing (Client was Honda Research America, Raymond, Ohio)

. Safety resource for Prototype Fabrication Division Honda Associates,

visiting Honda Engineers, and Contractors.

. Conduct and correlate Prototype Fabrication Division safety compliance

audit findings with Honda Research American and Honda America

Manufacturing.

o Interpret compliance with applicable Safety Regulations

o Identify potential gaps in Safety Management

o Lead corrective action safety planning teams

. Leading Change Management Safety Reviews.

o Determining adequacy of safety engineering, administrative

controls and safe work practices, applicable safety training,

and appropriate personal protective equipment

o Updating Job/Task Safety Assessments

. Leading topic focused (Hazard Recognition) Safety Walk Through.

o Address Honda Associate's concerns and inquiries related to

special projects

o Follow-up for change management safety review and follow-up for

accident/incident corrective actions

. Correlate Prototype Fabrication Division Risk Identification with

annual Honda Research America Risk Management Reporting

o Interpret Key Safety Performance Indicators, such as audit

findings, accidents, worker compensation, insurance claims,

maintenance costs, to identify opportunities to improve Safety,

Quality, On Time Delivery, and Costs

. Lead Prototype Fabrication Division Accident Investigations

o Identify root cause factors related to an accident and then

address corrective action planning

o Supervise Workers Compensation claim management and return to

work planning, including light duty and fit for duty evaluations

o Complete Honda Research America accident reporting forms and

OSHA reporting forms, such as OSHA 300 and 300A forms

. Meeting Facilitator for Prototype Fabrication Division Central Safety

Committee. Safety Committee focused on needs and concerns of Honda

Research America Associates.

o Encouraging involvement of Honda Associates at all levels to be

involved in Safety, Quality, Delivery, and Cost improvement

opportunities.

o Communicate information addressing safety performance,

accidents/injuries, audit findings, corrective action plans,

change management directions, and training needs.

. Provide Job/Task Specific Safety Training such as:

o General Awareness Training,

o New Hire Safety Orientation,

o Emergency Action Plan Training and Drilling,

o Fire Extinguisher,

o LOTO,

o Machine Guarding,

o Confined Space,

o PIT,

o Overhead Crane,

o Fall Protection,

o DOT,

o PPE, Hearing Protection, Respirator Fit Testing,

o SWPPP and SPCC,

o Job Hazard Analysis,

o HazCom/SDS,

Left because of Project Completion

Owner/Principal EHS Consultant May 2009 to

June 2011

Trillium Indigo Technical Services

. Phase I Environmental Site Assessments for commercial property

transactions

. Field Support for subsurface soil and ground water investigations

. Field Support construction activities for on-site Subtitle D monofill

landfill

. Support SWPPP Inspections

. Support NPDES permitting and sampling activities

. Support Safe Drinking Water Act sampling

. Job Site Safety Training

. Suspect Asbestos Inspections

. Field Project Reports

. Drafting Project Scope statements and budgets

. Project Invoicing

Environmental, Health, and Safety Manager January

1997 to April 2009

Nucor Corp. (Blytheville, AR, Jan., 1997 to June 2005 and Marion, OH, June

2005 to April 2009)

. Technical expertise for maintaining legal and regulatory compliance at

the steel making facility (CAA, CWA, RCRA, EPCRA, and OSHA), including

external reporting

o Designated facility contact for Local, State, and Federal agency

offices (EPA, OEPA, OSHA, DOT, NRC, LEPC, Fire and EMS, Worker

Comp).

. Operating and maintaining the air pollution control systems and

process water systems.

o Directly (16 Technicians) and indirectly supervising maintenance

and production personnel as needed to accomplish projects;

o Conducting employee performance reviews, employee recruitment

and termination decisions

. Conducting and documenting employee EHS Awareness Training

o Annual General Awareness Training, New Hire Environmental and

Safety Orientation, Emergency Action Plan Training and Drilling,

Hazwoper, LOTO, Machine Guarding, Confined Space, MIT, Fall

Protection, DOT, Hearing Protection, Respirator Fit Testing,

SWPPP, SPCC, Job Hazard Analysis, MSDS, and other training

. EHS corporate reporting, including but not limited to: forecasting

annual environmental and safety department operating budgets for

facility management review, reviewing capital projects for EHS

compliance and policy approval, approving purchase order requisitions,

negotiating and managing environmental, health and safety contracts

. Evaluating and updating the facilities 5 year EHS strategic plan so as

to synergize with Corporate strategic plans

. Directing the ISO 14000 Environmental Management System as Management

Representative to continually improve policies and procedures and to

communicate priorities for goals, projects, and business plans

. Oversee community outreach programs, including: representing facility

at public hearing, responding to neighbor or public complaints,

partnering with local schools and government for education projects,

and community involvement projects (litter clean-up events)

Left to Start/Own a Consulting Business

Environmental/Safety Regulations Specialist November 1994 to

December 1996

Florida Steel Corp., Jacksonville, Florida

. Audit Environmental/Safety Compliance

. Conduct Employee Environmental/Safety Awareness Training

. Facilitate employee involvement in EHS programs and policy development

. Facility contact for regulatory agencies. Participate in inspections

and negotiate Consent Orders with regulatory agencies to resolve

alleged noncompliance

. Prepare Environmental/Safety Program Budget for Maintenance Manager

. Review Policy and Procedure changes for EHS compliance

. Review Capital projects for EHS compliance

Left for Promotion opportunity

Environmental and Safety Coordinator September 1985 to

November 1994

American Alloys, New Haven, West Virginia

. Manage construction activities for on-site Subtitle D monofill

landfill

. Audit Environmental/Safety Compliance

. Employee Environmental/Safety Awareness Training

. Management Representative for Union Central Safety Committee

Left for Promotion opportunity

COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT

. Served on the Marion Palace Theater Board of Directors

. Marion Chamber of Commerce, Manufacturing Committee member

. Marion Safety Council member

. Union County Safety Council

. Ohio Environmental Council member

. Ducks Unlimited, Big Island Chapter member

. Boy Scouts of America

. Ohio High School Athletic Association

MISCELLANEOUS

. Ohio Drivers License, License No. RG198958 (good driving record)

. Experienced using general office equipment including: Personnel

Computers (Microsoft Word, Excel, Power Point, E-Mail), Copiers, Fax

Machines, Calculators, Time Clocks

. Experienced making group presentations reporting safety performance

and providing safety training

. Experience drafting reports and recommendations to senior management,

regulatory agencies, and customers

. Able to lift 75 pounds

. Experienced working outdoors and on uneven work surfaces

. Experienced working in High Hazard and Heavy Industrial work

environments while utilizing personal protective equipment and safety

instruments.

. Experienced working with confidential records, sensitive business

information, and attorney work product

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