Safety Management

LEONARD J. THOMAS

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

Baton Rouge, LA 70816

Cell: 225-***-****

*************@*********.***

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PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Dynamic senior safety leader responsible for a broad range of

organizational assignments in the energy sector including manufacturing and

field services, petroleum pipelines, trucking distribution, and

transportation services.

Effective problem solver, decision maker, and facilitator with the ability

to integrate health and safety strategies into desired business results and

company goals. Professional expertise includes:

|Asbestos Inspections & Assessments |Industrial Hygiene & Ergonomics |

|Behavioral -Based Safety Initiatives|Emergency Response |

|Worker Compensation Case Management |DOT Federal Highway Administration |

|Incident Investigation & Root Cause |DOT Office of Pipeline Safety |

|Analysis | |

|Hazard Assessment & Control |Continuous Improvement Process |

|Training Programs & Delivery |OSHA General Industry & Construction|

|Health & Safety Management Systems |Standards |

| |Smith System Driver Trainer |

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Benton Equipment & Construction, INC. Health & Safety Support July,

2011 - Aug, 2011

Worked as Site Safety Support for pipeline construction on construction

of 16" line under major roadways. Conducted safety meetings and

administered work permits as necessary.

Shell Oil Products US Health & Safety Coordinator 1998 -

2010

Supported/Managed all aspects of Health & Safety and Industrial Hygiene

initiatives for a five state area and supported 150 employees.

. Supervised/Managed Asbestos Inspections for SPLC GOM Region states

involved Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississippi and Louisiana. This

included assessing collecting and finalizing reports.

. Served key role in Region Emergency Response Safety Officer in Command

System, including the Berwick and Bengal incident and Hurricane Katrina.

. Led Regional team responsible for the implementation of Proper Field and

Office Ergonomics. This was done thru training with assessments and site

specific programs for the Pipeline Business Units.

. Participated & integrated a high-level corporate Health & Safety

Management Systems into the Pipeline Business Unit. Accomplished by

identifying policies and strategic objectives, defining organizational

responsibilities, assessing hazards and effects, implementing plans and

processes, monitoring progress and reviewing effectiveness.

. Developed, implemented, and rolled out Roles and Expectations for

Pipeline Health & Safety Inspectors. This program was adopted by Shell

Oil Products Pipeline to define and improve health & safety best

practices.

. Team member of the Pipeline Safety Council that established a health &

safety training matrix to identify OSHA mandated and company critical

training requirements. The results of the training matrix streamlined

individual required training curriculums, increasing productivity by

reducing excess training hours and associated costs.

. Served as member of the Regional Audit team to perform audits verifying

the effectiveness and compliance with health & safety standards and

management systems. The audit results provided operations management

with noted findings along with recommendations to reduce potential for

personnel injuries, facility incidents, and regulatory agency citations.

. Spearheaded Behavior-Based Safety initiative working with operations

personnel to identify and correct at-risk behaviors in the workplace.

Contributed to identifying health & safety leading indicators to improve

best practices and overall safety performance.

. Provided Incident Case Management training program presented for

Pipeline Management and operations personnel to provide essential tools

for properly managing workplace incidents. The program promoted a

consistent and effective incident management program, frontline

accountability, and an immediate reduction of the OSHA recordable

incident rate.

. Provided Region-wide safety technical support, training and field

assistance to local operations personnel to, support product trucking

operations and chemical / product pipelines operations.

. Served as team member to combine four separate health & safety procedure

manuals into one during the merger of Shell and Texaco, which

successfully resulted in the development of the Transportation Health &

Safety Procedures Manual.

Equilion Pipeline 1996 - 1998

(Merge between Texaco and Shell Oil Pipeline Companies)

Senior Pipeline Safety Operator, Port Hudson/Baton Rouge, La.

Worked as station operator moving products through the system using product

quality control. Responsible for safety programs at local area. Assisted

customers as well as the community with proper information regarding

Pipeline Safety.

Texaco, Inc. 1980-1996

Regional Engineer Assistant New Orleans, La 1994 - 1996

Segregated oil reserves for individual wells into company Polis Program to

assist head office Engineering Dept.

Entered data into various worksheets.

Reliability Coordinator Paradis, La

1992-1994

Coordinated work efforts for local production area. This was to maximize

production efforts to improve efficiency in production and reliability.

This was done through the use of the FMEA (Failure Mode Effect Analysis)

methodology.

Regional Field Clerk Paradis, La.

---1989-1992

Managed local office. Tracked oilfield production information, responsible

for payroll and serviced invoices for the region.

Field Relief Operator Paradis, La.

---1987-1989

Responsible for maintaining 70 oil wells and compressor operations

Relief Operator/Field Safety Lead Paradis, La.

1983-1987

Successfully worked in field maintenance and lead safety for the field crew

in the area.

Maintenance/Safety Team Calliou Island, La. 1980-1983

Field maintenance on offshore production assets; served as safety chairman

for 110 employees.

CERTIFICATIONS

Certified Smith System Driver Instructor, 2006 - 2011

Certified Behavioral Based Ergonomics Specialist, 2007 - current

Certified Asbestos Inspector, Louisiana State University; 2008 - 2012

Certified Occupational Safety Specialist, Baton Rouge Safety Council;

2009 - current

EDUCATION

Associate of Arts, General Business, Tarrant County Junior College, Fort

Worth, TX

Electrical Technician Diploma, ITI Technical College; Baton

Rouge, LA

REFERENCES:

Fred Dawson; Supervisor SHELL 985-***-****(Cell)

Bob Hill; Manager SPLC Capline 985-***-**** (Cell)

225-***-****(Off)

Matt Zuvich; Sup. SPLC 504-***-****

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