KURT R. WEGNER

E***** Pine Acres Drive, Baraboo, WI 53913

608-***-**** cell 608-***-**** home

acyhtd@r.postjobfree.com

Summary

Experienced safety/risk manager with experience advising senior management. More than 19 years’ experience developing personnel safety policies, procedures and programs and training management, supervisors and employees to maintain safety consciousness and compliance with OSHA/MSHA, EPA, DNR, and Workers’ Compensations rules and regulations. Valid Wisconsin Driver’s License including Class BCD Commercial Driver’s License.

Experience

BLAIN’S FARM & FLEET, Baraboo, WI October 2016 – Present

Blain’s Farm & Fleet stores are specialty discount retailers

Sales Associate

Work with customers to find what they want, ensure a smooth sales process and process transactions.

SAUK COUNTY, Baraboo, WI February 2015 – October 2016

Sauk County provides customary county level governmental services to residents.

Safety/Risk Manager

Manage the development and implementation of County Risk Management/ Safety Department functions for Sauk County.

Develops, prepares, and updates County personnel safety policies, procedures, and programs to comply with local, state, and federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), and State of Wisconsin Department of Commerce rules and regulations

Advises and assists all County agencies and personnel regarding safety issues

Prepare and implement safe work practices and safety risk management trainings

Compiles, submits, and reviews accident reports

Prepares and maintains insurance claim forms, safety files, and records

Administers County insurance policies by analyzing and classifying risk potential and frequency

Manages the County’s liability, Workers Compensation, property, and insurance programs

THE KRAEMER COMPANY, LLC, Plain, WI June 1997 – January 2015

The Kraemer Company specializes in aggregate mining and production as well as highway construction.

Safety Manager

Oversaw all safety and risk management functions, including job-site safety; noise and dust sampling; haz-com program; risk management; accident prevention and documentation; safety training and evaluation; and MSHA, OSHA, DOT, DNR and EPA compliance. Maintained safety files and records and investigated and handled claims and citations from start to finish. Conducted routine audits and inspections of sites and made recommendations for corrective action or preventative measures.

Worked directly with owners and other managers to create and update policies and programs for 200 owned, leased or controlled mine properties with approximately 150 conditional use permits, as well as highway road construction operations and shop support facilities.

Responded promptly to unannounced mandatory site inspections (2 per year for each mine ID) throughout the State of Wisconsin.

Reduced citations from the Mining Safety & Health Administration (MSHA) and EPA through a combination of effective negotiation and problem mitigation.

Worked with a consultant and attorneys to prepare a 300-page report outlining mitigation efforts to reduce a $170K fine to $62K by responding to technical differences of interpretation regarding EPA/DNR regulations for large quantity generation versus small quantity generation.

Kept up-to-date compliance for all training plans and programs to achieve zero training violations from 2001 – present.

Developed and refined incentive programs, using productive and creative approaches, to reduce all risks and injuries, and return individuals to work on a timelier basis.

Kept Workers’ Compensation insurance modification factors below 1 in 15 of 16 years.

Achieved 2 million Hours without Lost Time Accident several times.

Received a Safety Award of Excellence from AON Risk Services for experience mod factor of below .75 in 2011.

Education / Certification

Bachelor’s Degree, University of Wisconsin – Platteville, 1997

Industrial Technology Management / Occupational Safety Management

Continuing Education/Certification

Certified Occupational Hearing Conservationist - Council for Accreditation in Occupational Hearing Conservation

Train the Trainer Forklift Training – Wisconsin Council of Safety

Train the Trainer Mine Safety – Wisconsin Dept. of Safety and Professional Services, Mine Safety Section

Industrial Hygiene Protocol and Practices – Mine Safety and Health Administration & Occupational Safety & Health Administration

Work Zone Safety and Flagger Train the Trainer Certification – University of Wisconsin & Wisconsin Department of Transportation

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