Brenda Buckley Email & Phone Number

Although COVID-19 is not quite done being the "disruptor" that it is, the past 18 months or so have challenged us all. Instead of titling my imaginary book, "And Then COVID Happened", I believe a better title might be, "Change IS the New Normal". If you work in the field of employee safety and health, you get it. People are our most valuable asset, and keeping them safe, and healthy, for their families, communities, and community of work, is a great way to give back, while moving forward. Employees' total health (and safety) reflect business opportunities far beyond metrics, and the bricks and mortar, or virtual. locations of the employer! The implications from the current pandemic are still far from being totally understood, yet with team input, and strong leadership, even unforeseen challenges, such as COVID-19, can bring out the best in a workplace community on a daily, or minute-to-minute basis!

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  Safety Director

  The Haartz Corporation

  1986 - Present

  ● Developing relevant, compliant safety training and accompanying tracking metrics for regularly (re)occurring delivery within a multi-level, multi-cultural, multi-location manufacturing workforce● Continually expanding/revising several dozen compliance programs, from OSHA to ISO, in the varied heavy manufacturing settings and cyclical economies of the automotive supply chain ● Designing and implementing an ADA-compliant medical exam and monitoring program, including DOT, travel, and return-to-duty components for both on-and off-the-job employee medical issues● Conducting workplace hazard assessments and employee/community agency drills, leading company wide safety meetings and specifying or delivering department/risk specific training● Steering joint labor/management Safety Committees & Focus groups, and promoting employee-centric wellness events, including the bi-annual Employee Safety, Health, Wellness & Green Fair During my earliest work at Haartz, formerly known as Haartz Auto Fabric, I was assigned to the Facilities Engineering and Production groups, before becoming part of the newly emerging Human Resources team. Now I'm back where it all started, in a greatly expanded Facilities Engineering group. The moves broadened my opportunities in the employee safety arena, while affording me cross-functional access to some very talented colleagues and heightened senior level exposure in a company which has more than doubled in headcount and quadrupled in sales during my tenure.

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  Northeastern University

  Toxicology