George Freeman Email & Phone Number

Florence, Sc, Us

Pageland, South Carolina, United States

 Hands-on leader with a strategic and focused approach, with extensive accolades for limiting risk, creating lean teams, and establishing creative strategies for optimizing safe behavior based operations that promote a safe culture and performance Managed multimillion dollar contractor projects for air monitoring, audiograms and ensured regulatory compliance Safety Captain team leader that drives team member engagement with a focus on continuous safety improvement Conducted Safety Culture Assessments to identify key focus areas to improve the effectiveness of the EHS program and culture. This resulted in development of motivational and incentive programs that promoted safety awareness.  Managed safety performance metrics, audits and inspections on personnel, equipment, materials, and facility to ensure state and federal compliance

Tarboro North Carolina

 Direct manufacturing operations business plan, including all program requirements, safety, quality and production costs Participate in formulating and administering company policies, as well as developing long-range goals and objectives Conduct weekly safety meetings with employees and supervisors to review safety performance metrics, topics, incidents and corrective actions to eliminate future exposure and maintain a safe work environmentKey Accomplishments: Reduced the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) recordable injuries by 75% through successful development of a safety culture Acted as primary liaison for OSHA inspections in which all resulted in no violations or citations  Investigated incidents to identify root cause and implemented corrective actions to prevent future occurrences Introduced lean manufacturing, consequently increasing productivity by 20% and reducing waste by 15% Developed and implemented effective talent acquisition strategies and processes that resulted in 40% reduction in turnover

Boone, Nc

 Responsible for all HR functions including: safety administration, OSHA regulation, accident investigation, strategic planning, , staffing, training, benefits administration, employee relations and management development Oversee and manage safety policies and procedures of employees Ensured the maintenance of safe quality foods (SQF) and good manufacturing practices (GMP) requirementsKey Accomplishments: Effectively reduced OSHA incident rate and workers compensation by 25% Minimized turnover rate by more than 25% by establishing and employing effective talent acquisition strategies and processes

Newland, North Carolina

 Oversaw company operations, which included safety administration, human resources, quality control, personnel training, knitting and sewing inventories, production scheduling and engineering Maintained complete conformity with Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), Department of Environment, Health and Natural Resources (DEHNR), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) compliance in managing facility with 450 associates Collaboratively worked with Mountain View Correction Center to develop and implement the first prison industry enhancement (PIE) program in North Carolina Spearheaded the development of various projects and ensured training of ISO 9000, Rate Maintenance, Job Safety and Health Analysis, Pre-Employment Screening, LOTO, Hazardous Communications, Blood Borne Pathogens, Personal Protective Equipment, Workplace Violence, Forklift, Hearing Conservation, Emergency Preparedness and Ergonomics Wrote and acquired grant funding for the onsite daycare management to allow associates to obtain cost effective daycare for second and third shiftsKey Accomplishments: Played an active role in the development and implementation of a safety program that brought significant contribution in attaining over 4M hours worked without a lost time accident Received the Certificate of Safety from North Carolina Department of Labor 13 years in a row by maintaining and achieving half of the industry standard in Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) recordable accidents Directed task force that improved accountability by initiating the use of bar code identification for plant tracking of circular knit units into sewing, dyeing, and finishing

Master'S Degree, Occupational Safety And Health, A

Bachelors, Textile Management And Operations

Certification, Six Sigma Lean Black Belt Professional (2017)

Bachelor'S Degree

Bachelor'S Degree