Safety Manager

Robert E. Ploetz Jr.

***** **** ***** ****** ** 952-***-****

Golden CO 80403 ******.*.******@*****.***

BACKGROUND SUMMARY

I am a Safety and Health Professional with over twenty years’ experience in the food, printing, paper, warehousing, fire rescue operations, and the insurance industries. Reducing costs through effective use of safety programs by expanding employee involvement throughout the facilities, creating policies and procedures, and changing behaviors and culture. I am an innovative self- starter with proven problem solving skills. Functional areas include: Emergency response teams Fire operations Medical responders Confined space teams Training OSHA (Occupational Safety Health Act) NFPA (National Fire protection Agency) Asbestos NEC (National Electric Code) BST (Behavioral Science Technology) Developing work Teams PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

USI Insurance

Risk Control Consultant 2014-8-1-19

Responsible for servicing clients in the construction, heavy and light manufacturing, and office settings in all area of safety, ergonomics workers compensation, safety compliance, and auditing.

• Assist clients ranging in size of 10 employees to 750 employees.

• Developed safety manuals for clients.

• Developed safety programs and procedures for clients.

• Assist clients in implementations of procedures and programs.

• Develop training and complete training for all levels of clients.

• Work as an intermediary between client and insurance company and or OSHA. Faribault Foods, Faribault MN

Environmental Health and Safety Manager 2008-5-20-14 Reporting to the Sr. Director of Operations, responsible for managing the workers compensation, safety compliance, documentation, and auditing for four facilities.

· Developed a safety manual with all pertinent safety policies and procedures.

· Reduced recordable injuries from 42 in 2008 to 16 by implementing safety poli- cies and procedures, training, and behavior safety.

· Train and implement Behavior safety program.

· Developed safety and ergonomic teams at each facility.

· Developed Accident investigation teams at each facility.

· Reduced workers compensation spend by 81% through managing claims and reduction of injuries.

· Achieved MN safety Governors Award and Mid-West food Processors Award for safety.

· Implemented a return to work program for the company to reduce MOD rate and WC costs.

· Developed a corporate safety audit team for VPP readiness. Thomson Legal & Regulatory, Eagan, MN

Sr. Safety Specialist 2003- 2008

Reporting to the Director of Engineering, responsible for managing the training for OSHA compliance, documentation, auditing, and Risk insurance liaison with corporate and insurance related issues for the manufacturing facility (950 employees). One Safety Trainer reports to this position.

· Reduced the recordable injuries from 55 in 2003 to 32 in 2006 by obtaining em- ployee and supervisor involvement in the safety program.

· Thomson manufacturing received the Meritorious Achievement Safety Award

(bronze) from the MN safety Council in 2005, and the Outstanding Achievement Award (silver) from the MN safety Council in 2006.

· Developed a safety manual with all pertinent safety policies and procedures.

· Coordinated and developed tabletop exercises for our BCP (Business Continuity Plan) for our manufacturing facility.

· Train and implement Behavior Based Safety program within the facility.

· Developed a safety webpage as a resource for all safety documentation includ- ing the Safety CBT (Computer Based Training) and safety manual and other pertinent information and forms for the facility.

Stora Enso North America (SENA) paper Co. Wisconsin Rapids, WI Safety Manager (Biron, WI) Promotion 2002-2003

Safety Manager (Whiting, WI) 2000-2002

Reported to the Mill Manager responsible for managing the training, OSHA compliance, doc- umentation, auditing, worker compensation, risk control liaison with corporate and insurance company, four safety technicians and one Occupational Health Nurse reported to the Safety Manager.

• Efforts to make safety an integral part of all employees work duties and involving as many employees in the organization that are willing to participate. This includes the SAC (Safety Action Committee) Confined space rescue team Behavioral safety pro- gram utilizing the (BST®) process.

• The Safety Action Committee was educated at our facility to audit our safety systems by doing mock OSHA, NEC, and insurance audits.

• Confined Space Rescue team was started and developed to be self-managing.

• Organization of 40 years of records to comply with our records retention policy was done within the first year of each facility.

• Internal auditing the ISO 9000 and 14000 standards improved cost and production which made the company’s quality and environmental records and efforts better.

• An Industrial Hygiene program was established to properly identify hazards and pro- tect our employees.

• RSO (Radiation Safety Officer) back up for both locations in the absence of the RSO of the facility.

American States Insurance, a Safeco corporation, Indianapolis, IN 1998-1999 Mead Fine Paper, Indianapolis, IN 1995-1998

Mead Publishing Paper, Escanaba, MI 1995

MEDA Care Ambulance, Milwaukee, WI 1994-1995

Town of Brookfield Fire Department, Brookfield, WI 1989-1995

EDUCATION

Masters, Risk Control Safety Management: 1998

Indiana State University, Terre Haute, IN

Bachelors, Fire Science Management: 1994

Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL

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