Environmental Health and Safety / Industrial Hygiene

AKHIL L. BUCH, MSc.

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ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH and SAFETY EXECUTIVE

Bringing Innovation, Safety and Leadership

PROFILE

15+ Years of dynamic, award winning Executive Management of Environmental, Health, Safety and Risk Management Programs. Expert level experience in Government, Manufacturing, Pharmaceuticals, Service and Construction Industries, with success in producing effective and streamlined risk and safety programs and solutions, Able to work well in high-pressure situations, adept at responding to changing environments and situations. Excellent leadership and teamwork skills, with a proactive and innovative management style, always focused on improving processes and reducing costs. A decisive approach to identifying and resolving problems.

• Solid program management skills, having led and coached multiple and diversified teams to excellence in safety and regulatory compliance. Solid data metrics, auditing and communication skills, applied knowledge of the regulatory fundamentals and the ability to translate these in to sound engineering practices. Recognized for consistently developing innovative and effective training and risk mitigation programs that achieve maximum success.

CORE COMPETENCIES

Environmental, Health and Safety Management • Lines of Coverage Risk Management • Comprehensive Program and Policy Development • Training • Regulatory Compliance • OSHA, EPA, DOT Audits and Compliance • OSHA Recordkeeping including OSHA Logs and Medical Clearances • Industrial Hygiene Incident Data Statistics and RMIS / RIMS Program Management • Disaster Planning and Continuity of Business •

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Millennium AG Philadelphia, PA 2012 - Present

Risk Engineering and Safety Consultant

EH&S, HSE and Risk Management consultancy services to small and medium sized industries in the PA, NJ and DE area. Assisting companies transitioning out of State Worker Compensation coverages. Implementation of safety and health programs to decrease incident rates. Claims management services including legal discovery, surveillance and medicare set asides.

American Red Cross Washington, DC/Philadelphia PA 2007-2012

National Administrator, Environmental Health and Safety 2010-2012

National EH&S Administrator with oversight on metrics and trending, Lead Manager Risk Management Infromation Systems (Medgate) Program.

• Used Lean principles to improve accuracy in incident data entry by 70% and reduced incident entry time by 50%.

• Developed and implemented corporate-wide environmental compliance profile for all 116 facilities.

• Developed and implemented new employee safety training program for corporate headquarters

• Developed and implemented corporate wide visitor safety program

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Regional Manager, Risk and Safety Philadelphia, PA 2007-2010

Risk and safety management for largest division in ARC Blood Services System, directed compensation, auto and general liability, incident review and root cause analysis, facility and field operations auding, contractual and design review for facilities upgrades, industrial hygiene, training, and HSE program development.

• Over three years, reduced compensation costs by 80% for a total of $2,100,000.

Oppidum LLC. Glenside, PA 2003-2007

Environmental Health and Safety Consultant

Safety, ergonomics, training, environmental compliance and industrial hyginene.

• Offered turn key loss prevention and environmental health and safety solutions to local and overseas clients.

• Successfully implemented hazardous materials and waste stream management to multiple industries.

WRS Infrastructure and Environment, Inc. Philadelphia, PA 2000-2003

Regional Manager/Administrator, Environmental Health and Safety

Safety and risk management, auditing, training, technical consults, mandated record keeping, and accident investigation.

• Awarded “NSC Industry Leader Award for Safety Excellence” for lowest lost time case rate in it’s SIC category.

ACCI, Inc. (ACE Constructors Inc.) Lake City, FL 1994-2000

Director, Environmental Health, Safety and Risk Management

Corporate oversight of multiple locations throughout the Southeastern United States.

• As a result of zero lost time due to accidents, awarded “NSC Presidential Citation.”and “Safety Excellence -Army Corps of Engineers”

EDUCATION

Master of Science, Environmental Health and Safety University of Miami Coral Gables, FL 1994

Bachelor of Science, Psychology/Industrial Engineering University of Miami Coral Gables, FL 1991

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

• American Industrial Hygiene Association (AHIA)

• American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH)

• British Occupational Hygiene Society (BOHS)

• Risk and Insurance Management Society (RIMS)

PROFESSIONAL TRAINING

Change Management Project Safety and Environmental Reviews Policy/Procedures Development Behavior-Based Safety Programs Waste Management (Hazardous/Non-Hazardous) Nuclear Safety Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response Incident Command SPCC Plans Air Permit Program Management (Title V ) Industrial Hygiene Industrial and Commercial Fire Protection Disaster Preparedness and Business Continuity Planning Process Safety Management Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response (HAZWOPER) Accident Investigations Occupational Health Strategy and Risk Review Program Qualitative and Quantitative Occupational Health Program Noise & Hearing Conservation Program Lockout Tagout Hearing Conservation Respiratory Protection Personal Protective Equipment

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