Idaho Falls, ID *****
Parker J. Comba
Objective
To attain a position within the organization where my skills, education, and experience will be challenged and where these attributes will make a positive impact on successful operations, mission accomplishments, and provide a safe work environment for employees, while protecting the organization from undue risk.
Professional Experience
05/2023 – 09/2023
Radioactive Waste Management Complex – Advanced Retrieval Project (RWMC-ARP) - Idaho Environmental Coalition (IEC)
Safety and Health Intern
Assist the ARP safety and health organization implement safety and health programs to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements and to reduce exposures, injuries, and illnesses.
Assist in performing appropriate sampling activities necessary to characterize employee exposure levels to agents including but not limited to noise, metals, heat/cold stress, VOCs, chemical agents, hazardous chemicals, and confined space assessments and evaluations.
Participate in job walkdowns, daily pre-job briefings, and safety and health program assessments.
Completed training and reads required as part of the IEC Industrial Hygiene qualification, including HAZWOPER, RadworkerII, Confined Space, LO/TO, First Aid, PREP, and ConOps.
Assist with other duties as assigned by the safety and health manager and staff.
05/2022 - 08/2022
Granite Construction / Intermountain Slurry Seal
Salt Lake City, Utah
Safety and Health Intern
Gained knowledge of and demonstrated the ability to recognize and minimize/mitigate workplace risks and hazards, conduct job hazard analyses, and safety inspections.
Performed heat stress, noise monitoring and implemented administrative controls and PPE to prevent heat related illnesses and noise induced hearing loss.
Developed great communication and relation-based safety with project engineers, superintendents, and laborers.
Conducted safety meetings and discussed any potential hazards and any safety concerns and ways to mitigate them.
Participated in morning briefings and discussed observed safety hazards and concerns with the crews and solicited feedback from the workers on how best to mitigate.
05/2021–4/2022
Montana Resources
Butte, Montana
Operator Technician/Safety Intern
Conducted routine equipment inspections to identify conditions or defects that may impact employee safety and took take necessary steps to mitigate defects.
Performed various duties that may include maintenance on equipment, such as dust collectors and primary crushers.
Assisted the safety organization in dust monitoring and noise monitoring.
Donned PPE routinely, such as fall protection, respiratory protection, protective clothing (Tyvek), etc to perform assigned duties.
Lead daily safety meetings and presented weekly safety topics.
Conducted weekly safety inspections of the jobsite to verify compliance with OSHA regulations.
Education Montana Tech of the University of Montana, Butte Montana
Bachelor of Science in Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) - 2023