JOE LAFAYETTE LEIGH
Certified Safety Professional
P.O. Box 254
Logandale, NV. 89021
***-***-****-**** (International Cell)
Objective: Work as a Safety Professional/Industrial Hygiene in Construction, Manufacturing, Mining or Utilities.
Back Ground:
- Over 26 years in the Safety Profession.
- Certified Safety Professional since 2004 Certificate 18185
- Current OSHA 500/501 Instructor
- Current OSHA Construction 30 Hour (2009)
- Experienced with EM 385-1-1
Experience:
- Aviation twenty (20) years (retired Navy)
- Government and private contracts eight (8) years
- Production line manufacturing five (5) years
- Construction five (5) years
- Coal fired electrical power plant four (4) years
- Hospital two (2) years.
Supervisor:
- Supervised from 2 to 20 individuals. Currently five direct reports.
Management:
- Managed budgets from $40,000 to $400,000.
EDUCATION:
- Bachelor of Arts Degree, University of the State of New York, 1989.
- OSHA 200A construction safety.
- OSHA 500 Trainer course for OSHA construction standards
- OSHA 501 Trainer course for OSHA general industry standards
- OSHA 30 construction for supervisors
- Radiation Safety Officer
- OSHA 121 A Introduction to Industrial Hygiene
- AHERA Asbestos Contractor/Supervisor
- AHERA Asbestos Inspector/ Manager Planner
- AHERA Project Designer
- OSHA/NEC electrical standards
- OSHA 100 Occupational Safety, and General Industry Standards
- Hazardous Material Waste and Control
- Respirator Protection Program Manager
- US Navy Mishap Investigation
- US Navy Transportation of Hazardous Material for Trainers
Military Awards:
- Navy Commendation Medal
- Navy Achievement Medal
- Navy Good Conduct (4)
- Marine Corps Good Conduct
- National Defense Medal (2)
Hobbies:
- High School basketball and fast pitch softball official since 1992.
- Motorcycles, currently ride a 1998 Harley Davidson Ultra Classic 95th anniversary edition.
- Camping, hiking, fishing and hunting.
Highlights:
- Instrumental in dropping the lost time injury rate by 60% (7 from 17) in one year.
- Reinstated behavior based safety program that dropped the recordable injury rate.
- Initiated an asbestos inspection/maintenance plan for a federal facility with 200 plus facilities.
- Instrumental in starting a high angle/confined space rescue with medical first responders.
Experience with the following safety programs:
- Safety Committees involving Bargaining Units
- Behavior Based Safety
- Radiation Safety Program Management
- Industrial Hygiene
- LO/TO Lock out/Tag out
- Confined Space Entry
- Accident/Mishap Investigation and Reporting (Root Cause/Fault Tree)
- Explosive Safety Programs
- Electrical Safety Programs
- Respirator Programs
- Hearing Conservation
- Sight Conservation
- Arc Flash
- Forklift Safety and Training
- Crane Program Management
- High angle Confined Space Rescue
- Environment of Care for Hospitals
- Hazardous Material/Waste Management
- Job safety Analysis
- Fire suppression system inspections and maintenance.
- Developed and updated training plans for over 350 military personnel.