Safety Manager

WORK EXPERIENCE

C Hall Safety, LLC, Council Bluffs, IA

Safety Consultant 2013 - Current

•Contracted as an Occupational Health Technician with the Bioenvironmental Engineering unit at Offutt AFB.

•Acted as Corporate Safety Director for an industrial HVAC construction and service company with seven facilities in four states. Refined the organization’s EHS program to address issues ranging from regulatory compliance to enhancing the employee safety culture with grassroots involvement programs. Training development, behavior based safety solutions, auditing, incident management, industrial hygiene (air quality, water, noise monitoring), hazardous material management, risk analysis, and more.

•Worker’s Comp costs decreased by 50% after 3 yrs.

•Nearly 60% reduction in OSHA Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR).

Bunge North America, Council Bluffs, IA

Environmental Health & Safety Technician 2008 - 2012

Assist the Compliance Manager in all aspects of safety and environmental concerns.

•EHS program monitoring, data collection and management, retrieval and compilation for submitting compliance, auditing, and regulatory correspondence with the appropriate federal, state and local agencies. Development, revision and/or review of EHS related procedures and programs in compliance with OSHA regulations. Some of the areas managed - safety training material development and presentation, hazardous material, hazard communication, fire protection systems, cooling and wastewater testing, workplace auditing, noise and air sampling.

•Launched the redevelopment of the Employee Involvement Safety Program to increase employee contributions to facility safety through hazard reporting, safety suggestions, and workplace inspections. Through this program over 700 safety risks were identified with more than 90% having corrective action taken in the first year.

•Designed and implemented a site health and wellness program to address musculoskeletal injuries which resulted in a 50% reduction in this injury category in the first year and grew into a corporate wellness program.

•Revised the facility Emergency Action Response Plan, provided training to 145 employees, and coordinated mock emergency scenario drills. This fostered the formation of a trained Emergency Response Team (Confined Space Rescue certified).

•Environmental monitoring included Spill Prevention Control & Countermeasures and Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plan inspections, training, and documenting with local, state and federal agencies, reporting observable visible emissions tests with the Iowa Dept. of Natural Resources, greenhouse gas reporting, and waste stream recycling program development.

•Volunteered to coordinate Progressive Agriculture Safety Day events: managing volunteers, soliciting sponsors, providing valuable safety information to children in a fun and interactive learning environment.

United States Navy

Hospital Corpsman 2000 - 2007

Performed a variety of duties in everything from combat operations to office and clinical environments, often performing duties above my given rank / job description.

Physical Exams Department Manager / Education & Training Officer

Navy Yard, Washington, D.C. 2006-2007

•Restructured workflow in Physical Exams Department to provide more consistent operations, greater efficiency of flow and reductions in errors.

•Maintained the documentation of required and professional enhancement certifications in the Education and Training Department, a position normally assigned to an officer.

•Developed an electronic tracking database, and implemented new training programs as set forth by higher command.

Work Center Supervisor

Naval Branch Health Clinic Bahrain, Kingdom of Bahrain 2004 - 2006

•Assistant Lead Petty Officer Supervising seven junior Corpsmen in Primary Health Department while also managing the immunizations clinic.

•Created and implemented standardized method to stock inventory and supply, all while processing patients.

•Developed a command reporting system which allowed Commanding Officers to identify and correct medical readiness deficiencies, increasing base readiness (approx. 3500 service members) by 34% in 18 months.

Fleet Marine Force Medic

2nd Marine Division, Camp Lejeune, NC 2001-2004

•Supervised and developed up to five junior Corpsmen responsible for the health and safety of approximately 180 Marines.

•Developed a Critical Incident Response Plan for the U.S. Embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan utilizing international military assets, conducting multiple training exercises with all personnel.

•Provided emergency medicine and physical exams, calculated medical logistics and operational planning, educated all troops in first response techniques.

•Advised the Commanding Officer regarding health / safety of Marines during training exercises and regarding risk mitigation and incident response during combat operations.

EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS

•B.S. in Liberal Studies (emphasis Biology) - In progress

•OSHA 501 - 10 & 30 hour Instructor

•SafeStart Instructor

•Confined Space Rescue

•Visible Emissions Evaluator – Federal Reference Method 9 certified

•Emergency Medical Technician Basic - National Registry (1999, 2004, 2006)

•Prehospital Trauma Life Support Instructor – National Association of EMT (2002)

•Basic Life Support Instructor – American Heart Association (2006)

•Advanced Cardiac Life Support – American Heart Association (2007)

•Military Operations Urban Terrain (MOUT) Instructor – Marine Warfighting Lab

•Basic Life Support – Provider (2016)

ORGANIZATIONS AND INTERESTS

•Great Plains chapter of American Society of Safety Engineers

•Nebraska chapter of the National Safety Council

•Attended two day intensive course in Regenerative/Sustainable Farming Practices - 2016

•Attended Progressive Farmers of Iowa workshop - Sustainable Erosion Control Practices - 2016

•Greater Omaha Area Trailrunnerz (G.O.A.T.z)

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