Adam Quiroz

**** ***** ****

Fort Smith, Arkansas. 72903 advkdo@r.postjobfree.com 479-***-****

I have read and understand the requirements of the Safety position you have posted, and respectfully share that I have accrued 26 years of knowledge and experience with the Code of Federal Regulations 1910 General Industry, 1926 Construction, 1946 Mine Health and Safety Administration, Part 49 Railroad, 1949 Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations as a Safety Professional.

Teach and coach these Standards in both English and Spanish with equal competence, and ensure company core values are equally emphasized.

In addition to the completion of numerous training courses, I have also previously completed certification with OSHA 511 and 501 Train the Trainer in General Industry, and have been awarded OSHA’s Safety and Health Achievement Recognition Program (SHARP) with two of my previous employers.

Additionally, my Safety Professional experience and responsibilities have included United States, Canada, and Mexico, and have supervised up to twenty Safety professionals.

Please Note: Some of the Employment Dates are approximate and provided to the best of my recollection due to the loss of the files during a flood.

Employment History:

Hormel Foods – Planters

Occupational Risk Manager

Fort Smith, Arkansas.

July 2022 – February 22, 2023

Responsible for Health, Safety and Environment programs, including:

New Employee Safety Orientation.

Safety and Ergonomic Committee, write and present findings, and completed site review assessments.

Revision of Safety Training Programs and provide training.

Rail Safety compliance and drug testing requirements.

Workers Compensation, work with Case Managers, adhere to medical restriction, and Transitional Duty.

OSHA 300 Logs.

Accomplished Safety goal of the Total Recordable Injury Rate to less than 1.46 annual rate and set 2023 goal at 1.30 and completed 147 days with no OSHA Recordable Incidents.

Facility Security Personnel.

Safety Training.

Implementation and use of Alchemy Safety Program.

EPA Permits.

Contractor compliance.

Monthly Facility Inspections.

Lead by example.

Prioritize task and diligent about meeting deadlines.

Complete Site Safety Reviews, invest as much time as possible on the production floor, and looked for teaching opportunities.

Meticulous filing methods, and record detention.

Note: Unemployed for 5-20 to 3-22 due to the initial onset of COVID-19 and cared for a family member that eventually lost their life to COVID.

Fort Smith, Arkansas

Environmental, Health, and Safety Manager

6-2018 / 5-2020

●Develop, and revise Safety Written Programs for Production, Warehouse, and a production storage facility.

●Write Safety Compliance Programs in both English and Spanish and provide training in both languages.

●Lead Safety Committee, and Sight Safety Reviews.

●Oversee OSHA, EPA, DOT and Rail-Road compliance.

●EPA Permitting and compliance.

●Provide Safety Training in accordance with applicable Standards in English and Spanish.

●Hazard and Universal Waste Management.

●Lead Workers Compensation, Medical Care, and Transitional Duty Programs.

●Accident Investigation, Root Cause Analysis and tabulate trends.

●Manage OSHA 300 Files.

●Communicate with various levels of Management and Hourly Team Members.

●Lead fulfillment with various compliance audits.

●Crane, Industrial Truck, Pallet Jack Training, and additional training in accordance and in compliance with applicable Standards.

●Manage Workers Compensation and Transitional Duty.

JK Enterprises

Monee, Illinois. 60449

Director of Safety

2015 -2019

•Develop and Write applicable Safety Written Program in accordance with Federal OSHA and additional - applicable State OSHA Programs.

Responsible for the Safety of Corporate facility, Fabrication locations and 9 Branches throughout the United States and Mexico.

•Hazardous Waste Management and Chain of Custody.

•Lowered the Historical Total Recordable Injury Rate and Days Away or Restricted.

•Manage OSHA 300 Files.

•Accident and Near Miss Root Cause Analysis.

•Workers Compensation

•Manage Rail Programs.

•Fit for Duty Drug Free Workplace.

•Stop Work Authority Program.

•Annual Required Safety Training for all employees.

•Mange Avetta, ISNET, BROWZ Safety, Certificate of Liability Insurance Documents and Safety Written Programs.

•Create Weekly Safety Toolbox Documents.

•Crane, Industrial Truck and Elevated Platform Safety Training.

•Electrical and Arc Flash Safety.

•Promote Safe Working Environments, free of recognizable hazards.

•Ensure that all applicable Federal, State and Local Environmental Health and Safety are met, including Air, Land and Water, to promote a safe, clean and healthy working environment for our team members and our community.

•Attend and participate in Management Meeting and provide updates.

Safety Department Annual Budget.

Land O’Frost Inc.

Lansing, Illinois.

Environmental, Health and Safety Manager.

2015-2017

•Implementation, Compliance, Coaching and Revision of OSHA, EPA Applicable Safety written programs and Standards.

•CFR 1910 General Industry.

•CFR 1926 Construction.

•EPA Permitting.

•Management of Change - working directly with Maintenance Managers.

•Hazardous Waste Management and Chain of Custody.

•DOT Hazardous Chemicals Safety Training.

•New Employee Safety Orientation training.

•Lead Safety and Ergo committees.

•Required Industrial Truck Safety and all additional applicable safety training required by OSHA.

•Develop and revise Written Emergency Action Plans program as well as additional required programs.

•Develop and maintenance of required OSHA, EPA and DOT record keeping.

•Workers Compensation, and Transitional Duty.

Note: Forfeited my employment with USC LLC in 2013 to 2015 to manage the care of a chronically ill family member.

USC, LLC.

Sabetha, Kansas.

Environmental Health and Safety Manager. 2009 to 2013

Fabrication, Transportation, Welding and Manufacturing

Responsibility encompassed work sites throughout United States.

Implementation and enforcement of compliance in the following Standards:

•CFR 1910 General Industry.

•CFR 1926 Construction.

•CFR 1949 Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations, and DOT

Compliance with Federal, State and Local Environmental Standards.

•Written and Implementation of applicable Safety Programs and Standards.

•Workers Compensation, Filed Claims, and worked with assigned Medical Providers.

•Intermediary for employers for OSHA, Federal and State Department of Environment, Federal Motor Carrier and DOT Regulations.

•Safety program Written and Training compliance applicable to OSHA Standards, Accident Reporting, Workers Compensation, Noise Monitoring, Annual Hearing Conservations, and accident reduction.

•Root cause analyses of accidents and near misses.

•Lead Safety and Ergo committees and finalize written reports from committee recommendations.

•Site Safety Reviews, and Job Hazard Analysis.

•Writing of and Training of applicable OSHA Safety programs; including OSHA 1910 10- and 30-hour training.

•DOT and Fleet Compliance

•Incremental and annual review of Safety programs for compliance and applicability.

•Ensure that all applicable Federal, State and Local Environmental Health and Safety are met, including Air, Land and Water, to promote a safe, clean and healthy working environment for our team members and our community.

•Promote a safe working environment free of recognizable hazards.

•Attend Company Management meetings and provide written safety reports.

•Translation of business documents originating from customers to and from Mexico.

•Adhere to, teach and coach the development, implementation and maintenance of Company Core Values.

•Guest Safety Speaker at the Annual Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas Safety Conferences.

•Interact and work with all levels of workforce and management.

McPherson Concrete Products

McPherson Kansas

Environmental Health and Safety Manager

2005 to 2009

Precast Concrete Panels for Highway and Railroad, Concrete Pipes and Boxes and Trucking.

Implementation and enforcement for compliance of the following Code of Federal Regulations:

•CFR 1910 General Industry.

CFR 1926 Construction.

•CFR 1946 Mine Health and Safety Administration.

•CFR 1949 Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations, and Department of Transportation.

•Compliance with Federal, State and Local Environmental Regulations.

•Represented my employer as liaison with OSHA and DOT Inspection and appeals.

•Provide applicable Safety Training and Translation of documents in both English and Spanish of OSHA Regulations and Training.

•Site safety inspections: Job Hazard Analysis, Machine Guarding, PPE, Lock Out – Tag Out…

•Lead company safety meeting and presentations.

•Root cause analysis investigations of accidents and near misses.

•OSHA required record keeping.

•Workers Compensation and Transitional duty.

•Full Safety program implementation; written and verbal, of applicable OSHA Standards.

•Participate in weekly meetings with company President and Management to provide Safety Status Reports and updates.

•Guest speaker at the Annual Safety Conference in Kansas and Nebraska.

•Support and verify the development, implementation and maintenance of company policies, procedures pertaining to the safety of employees.

•Interact with production and maintenance employees to ensure compliance.

•Train, coach, audit, instruct, and follow company core values.

ICM Ventures Colwich, Kansas.

Environmental Health and Safety Specialist

2002 to 2007

Responsibilities included Fabrication Facilities, and Construction sites of Ethanol Plants in the United States and Canada.

Implementation and enforcement for compliance of the following Code of Federal Regulations:

•CFR 1910 General Industry.

•CFR 1926 Construction.

•CFR 1949 Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations, and Department of Transportation.

•Compliance of Federal, State and Local Environmental Regulations; Including Canada.

•ICM Ventures was Fabricating parts and equipment and construction 19 Ethanol plants at a time throughout United States and Canada, working in tandem with Joe Wary, I supervised a Safety Professional for each construction site, and implemented written OSHA Regulations that were enforced at all construction sites, conducted Job Hazard Analysis, and completed site safety reviews of all construction sites.

•Writing and implementation of applicable Safety programs and Standards.

•Full Safety Program Implementation for compliance with reporting of safety status, worker’s compensation, and accident reduction programs.

•Root cause analysis of accidents and near misses.

•Lead Safety Committees and Steering teams finalize committee recommendations and presented them to Management.

•State and Federal Environmental Permitting, Inspections, and Compliance.

•Training of applicable OSHA Safety Programs; including Canada, including OSHA 10 and 30 hour.

•Compliance of Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations and Department of Transportation.

•Promote a safe working environment free of recognizable hazards.

•Attend company Management meetings and provide Safety Progress Reports.

•Support and verify the development, implementation and maintenance of company policies, procedures and process pertinent to compliance with Local, State and Federal Environmental Regulations.

•Work along with Production and Maintenance personnel to ensure company Core Values are being followed.

•Train, Coach, Audit, Instruct, and correct noncompliance with all applicable Regulations encompassing company employees and contractors.

•Reviewed and assessed Contractor Safety Written Programs for compliance with the applicable OSHA Standards.

Sherwood Construction Companies

Regional; Kansas, Oklahoma, Nebraska and Missouri.

Safety Specialist.

1996 to 2004

•Sherwood Companies are composed of 21 companies that include:

•Regional Heavy Highway Construction in Oklahoma and Kansas.

•Bridge renovation and construction; including fall protection.

•Earth Moving Heavy Equipment.

•Trucking; DOT Compliance.

•Transportation of earth moving equipment.

•Surface Mining.

•Underground utilities.

•Cement and Asphalt paving.

•Ready Mix Trucks and batch plants.

•Trenching.

Implementation and enforcement for compliance of the following Standards:

•Mine Safety and Health Part 46,

•CFR OSHA 1910 General Industry.

•CFR OSHA 1926 Construction.

•Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations Part 49

•Compliance with Federal, State and Local Environmental Regulations.

•Compliance with the Army Corps of Engineers.

•Supervise Safety compliance for MSHA Surface Mines, Gravel Pits and Mineral Harvesting in bodies of water.

•Supervision and compliance of Concrete Mixing Plants Operations.

•Supervision and compliance for Earth Moving Equipment Operations.

•Intermediary for my Employer pertinent to OSHA, MSHAS and DOT alleged noncompliance of the Regulations.

•Writing and implementations of applicable Safety Programs in accordance with the applicable Standards.

•Written in both English and Spanish.

•Safety program implementation; written and verbal, applicable to Workers Compensation.

•Accident root cause investigations.

•Lead Safety Committee meetings and finalize findings and recommendations to present to Management.

•Provide Coaching and Training in both English and Spanish in accordance with the applicable Regulations, including OSHA 10- and 30-hour courses.

•State and Federal EPA Permitting.

•Incremental and annual safety review of written safety programs for compliance with changing Standards.

•Promote a safe working environment free of recognizable hazards.

•Attend Company Management meetings and provide safety progress reports.

Support, teach and coach Company Core Values. Earth Moving Heavy Equipment.

•Trucking; DOT Compliance.

•Transportation of earth moving equipment.

•Surface Mining.

•Underground utilities.

•Cement and Asphalt paving.

•Ready Mix Trucks and batch plants.

•Trenching.

Implementation and enforcement for compliance of the following Standards:

•Mine Safety and Health Part 46,

•CFR OSHA 1910 General Industry.

•CFR OSHA 1926 Construction.

•Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations Part 49

•Compliance with Federal, State and Local Environmental Regulations.

•Compliance with the Army Corps of Engineers.

•Supervise Safety compliance for MSHA Surface Mines, Gravel Pits and Mineral Harvesting in bodies of water.

•Supervision and compliance of Concrete Mixing Plants Operations.

•Supervision and compliance for Earth Moving Equipment Operations.

•Intermediary for my Employer pertinent to OSHA, MSHAS and DOT alleged noncompliance of the Regulations.

•Writing and implementations of applicable Safety Programs in accordance with the applicable Standards.

•Written in both English and Spanish.

•Safety program implementation; written and verbal, applicable to Workers Compensation.

•Accident root cause investigations.

•Lead Safety Committee meetings and finalize findings and recommendations to present to Management.

•Provide Coaching and Training in both English and Spanish in accordance to the applicable Regulations, including OSHA 10- and 30-hour courses.

•State and Federal EPA Permitting.

•Incremental and annual safety review of written safety programs for compliance with changing Standards.

•Promote a safe working environment free of recognizable hazards.

•Attend Company Management meetings and provide safety progress reports.

•Support, teach and coach Company Core Values.

I have accrued extended knowledge of the Federal, State and Local Regulations, and possess the ability to present the information in a formal and professional manner to Company Management and to my fellow colleges in a constructive and comprehensive manner.

My philosophy is to coach and teach safety, instead and in contrast to a policing approach.

Education:

Bachelor of Arts, California State University Fresno with a major in Sociology.

Respectfully,

Adam Quiroz

Contact this candidate