Equipment Operator Warehouse Forklift
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DAVID NICHOLAS (Nick) THORNTON
**** **** *****/****** **** Rd. Ballard, WV 24963
James Hardie Building Products
Safety Coordinator
• Safety orientation to all new employees
• Format the structure of the orientation
• Attend/Lead management and supervisor meetings
• IH work checking noise levels and lighting
• PIV and eye wash inspection
• Resolve daily safety issues as they pertain to all safety aspects on the plant floor
• Applying all CFR and EPA guidelines along with all plant policies to all Employees
• Take a pro-active approach to addressing issues of safety, health and environmental issues as they arise
• Empty Chemical tote removal
• Chemical tote inspection and removal
• PIV inspection
• Spill kit, storm drain inspection
• Life critical audits, LOTO, CSE, Elevated work
Radford Army Ammunition Plant
Safety
2019-2021
• Safety orientation for non-resident contractors
• Permit auditing plant wide for hot work, confined space, elevated work, crane work
• Critical lift meetings with use of the cranes
• Resolve daily safety issues as they pertain to all safety aspects in the field
• Work with the Industrial Hygiene Department monitoring air contaminants and checking noise levels.
• Instructor and Examiner on the Rough terrain forklift, warehouse forklift, man-lift/scissor lift/AWP
• Resolve daily safety issues as they pertain to all safety aspects in the field
• Applying all CFR and EPA guidelines along with all plant policies to all Employees
• Safety analysis, oversight, and auditing of all projects
• Take a pro-active approach to addressing issues of safety, health and environmental issues as they arise
• Incident Investigations
Wolverine Advanced Materials
Safety Specialist
2018-2019
• New hire orientation for employees or temporary employees
• Annual safety policy trainer
• Instructor and Examiner on warehouse forklift, man-lift/scissor lift/AWP
• Apply all CFR and EPA guidelines along with all plant policies to all Employees
• Resolve daily safety issues
• Verify compliance with safety policies and procedures on the floor setting with employees
• Write programs for safe work acts such as Near Miss programs
• Federally Certified Visible Emissions Evaluator for smoke opacity coming out of the plant smoke
• stacks
Celanese-Acetate Plant
Safety Technician 4
2013-2018
• Field Safety Technician, Safety Orientation Presenter and trainer
• Instructor and Examiner on the Rough terrain forklift, warehouse forklift, man-lift/scissor
• lift/AWP
• Safety orientation for all contractors. Other training would include Permit Training for all
• contractors, either residential or non-residential contractors. When needed
• Applying all CFR and EPA guidelines along with all plant policies to all Employees
• Resolve daily safety issues as they pertain to all safety aspects in the field
• Verify compliance with safety policies and procedures on ongoing projects
• Team oriented and proactive in helping to improve the safe work processes of the position and the
• department in achieving objectives.
• Safety analysis, oversight, and auditing of all projects
• Resolve daily safety issues
• Train all personnel employed by Brown and Root in Safe Work Procedures in the Celanese environment
• Take a pro-active approach to addressing issues of safety, health and environmental issues as they arise
• Lead all Safety and toolbox meetings, selecting topics as they apply to the work being performed each day,
• • Audit job sites and address findings with the Foreman and report any major issue to Brown and Root. Follow-up corrective actions are documented and verified
• Verify compliance with safety policies and procedures on ongoing projects according to OSHA CFR 1926and according to OSHA CFR 1910
• Quarterly inspections on all PPE
• Awareness training on hazards that could potentially arise in confined space
• Safety Leadership Team Meetings (SLT)
• Critical lift meetings with use of the cranes
• Work with the Industrial Hygiene Department at Celanese monitoring air contaminants during welding operations.
EDUCATION
• FEMA Introduction to Incident Command System, IS-00100.c 2020
• FEMA Fundamentals of Emergency Management, IS-00230.d
• Adult CPR, AED Certified 2021
• Federally certified Smokestack opacity reading 2019
• OSHA 30, 1926 -1910 2016/2020
• OSHA 10, 1910
• DOT certification for Breath Alcohol Testing 2020
• DOT certification for Urine Specimen
• Bluefield State College 1999-2001
• Studied Business, Psychology and General Studies
• James Monroe High School 1994-1999
• General studies
• Skills and Abilities- Heavy equipment operator, computer skills, typing skills, communication skills,
• ability to analyze and comprehend, Multi-task, supervise, Computer skills in Word, Excel and Power
• Point.
Skills and Abilities- Heavy equipment operator, computer skills, typing skills, communication skills, ability to analyze and comprehend, Multi-task, supervise, Computer skills in Word, Excel and Power Point.
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