Safety Officer
Resume:
Thomas E. Krenzelok, RS
Madison, WI 53704
Cell #: 262-***-****
email: ***.*********@*****.***
Objective: Needham Consultants, Inc. – Stevens Point, Wisconsin
Environmental Health and Safety Manager
To develop, implement and manage the various components of the company’s EHS program and lead and direct safety department personnel to the successful execution of program initiatives; to achieve sound environmental health and safety performance using tools such as PSM, process safety management and RMP, risk management plans, while delivering cost savings and demonstrating Good Stewardship and Good Corporate Citizenship; to uncover areas of weakness in the process and lay the foundations for a process of continual and verifiable improvements, thereby mitigating hazards, losses and injuries, and improving eco-balance in the long-term.actively; to develop and execute annual action plans for continuous improvement of company metrics and ensure compliance with all legal requirements and high company performance standards.
Work Experience:
9/2005- 8/2010: United Hospital System, Inc., Kenosha, Wisconsin
Patient Safety Officer
Managed the United Hospital System, Inc. (UHSI) Safety Department, as well as The Joint Commission (TJC) Environment of Care, Life Safety and Emergency Preparedness Management Plans; and participated in two TJC accreditation surveys by answering questions concerning those plans and by providing the appropriate documentation and site tours in 2 medical center campuses and 5 clinical practice centers that make up UHSI. Also completed the NIMS-related IS-100HC, 200HC, 700A and 800B levels training courses and was assigned as Safety Officer and Liaison Officer in the hospital incident command system.
Reviewed building plans for an expansion project of one of the System’s medical center campuses and was responsible for Interim Life Safety Measures (ILSM) and Infection Control Risk Assessment planning and follow-through, as well for as the conduct of daily Safety Officer Construction Site Inspections and air particle sampling, quarterly ILSM fire drills and the inventorying and documenting all existing and new life safety systems, including fire alarm and fire protection devices installed at both UHSI medical center campuses and the development and installation of ILSM Fire Exit Plans in health care areas adjacent to or affected by new construction activities.
Conducted Proactive Risk Assessments and Performance Improvement Plans and assured that the appropriate recommendations of those reports were implemented.
Assigned Environment of Care Committee (EOC) staff members and facilitated in the development of Failure Modes and Effects Analysis reports (FMEAs) to analyze and prevent disasters.
Monitored/maintained the UHS electronic Statement of Conditions (eSOC} on the JC Website for a critical self-assessment of current levels of compliance and to describe how to resolve any Life Safety Code (LSC) deficiencies.
Provided the EOC Committee with Safety Officer Reports during the monthly EOC Committee Meetings; EOC Dashboard, Fire Drill, Life Safety and Safety Management Subcommittee and Safety Reported Hazard Reports on a quarterly basis; Environmental Tour/Risk Assessment Reports on a semi-annual basis and the 7 JC Management Plan Reviews on an annual basis.
11/1993-6/2005: CityForest Corporation, Ladysmith, Wisconsin
Environmental, Safety and Health Program Manager
Directed and managed the EHS program for a paper production corporation and provided facility, equipment and machine safety inspections, Job Safety Analysis (JSAs) reports, Process Safety Management, Good Manufacturing Processes (GMP), hearing testing and noise hazard surveys, air particle sampling and other industrial hygiene (IH) surveys; and made recommendations as appropriate for identified deficiencies.
Reviewed proposed building plans for an expansion project of the Ladysmith Paper Mill and was responsible for Interim Life Safety Measures (ILSM) planning and follow-through, as well as the conduct of daily Safety Officer Construction Site Inspections and the development and installation, and employee notification of ILSM Fire Exit Plans in work areas adjacent to or affected by new construction activities.
Drafted and updated written corporate safety policy and EHS program procedures, in accordance with EPA, OSHA, NFPA and WDNR standards and codes.
Assisted Human Resources by maintaining an open dialogue with WC Insurance Provider Safety Specialists and maintaining the OSHA 300/301 Logs; and by assuring that injured workers returning to their jobs with injury restrictions were monitored under Worker's Compensation guidelines.
As Chair of the Safety Committee, I facilitated committee members in reviewing reported employee safety incidents and injuries, and in developing corporate safety fairs and events to keep safety as a priority in the minds of CityForest employees.
Managed preparedness of the corporation's First Response and Fire Safety Teams; and developed and conducted outside training guidelines, materials and pre/post tests for the monthly team member safety training meetings.
Developed and presented EHS program status reports at Management, Team Leader and Process Area Leader Meeting; and developed and conducted the new employee safety training orientation training for all new hires.
Education:
WI Department of Health and Family Services, Madison, WI
Registered Wisconsin Environmental Health Sanitarian
Licensed to conduct environmental, safety, health and HACCP inspections and to provide Process Safety Management plans; and to annually inspect, evaluate and certify State sanitarian staffs.
Academy of Health Sciences, San Antonio, TX
Advanced Preventive Medicine
University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, La Crosse, WI
Bachelors Degree (BS) – Biological Sciences
Military:
Active US Army – Honorable Discharge
E5 (SP5) Preventive Medicine Specialist in charge of industrial hygiene and hearing conservation inspections and training in garrison and field operations in the Southern Bavaria MEDAC, Germany.
US Army Reserves - Medical Service Corps.
Major (04) in charge of preventive medicine specialist training and assistant in charge of hospital EHS and military staff training.
Other Skills:
A broad knowledge of safety regulations; of the FDA, USDA, EPA, NFPA, WDNR and OSHA; of regulatory agency personnel, systems, policies and procedures; of injury and illnesses prevention control methods, including PPE and administrative controls; of occupational health and safety principles, including ergonomics and of emergency response procedures. Competent computer software knowledge, including word processing, spreadsheets, database management and graphics.
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