Murray Tate Email & Phone Number

Orchard Park, Ny

Instructor for industrial courses in HAZWOPER, chemical, biological, and physical hazards. Perform Industrial Hygiene testing such as air monitoring and noise monitoring. Perform safety audits of the workplace to ensure safe work practices and proper use of PPE. Maintain and calibrate IH instruments. Coordinate with clients to ensure they purchase the proper safety equipment and instrumentation.

Orchard Park, Ny

Cavalry Safety & Security Services provides training, plan and program development assistance.

Jacksonville, Al

Attempted a Doctorate in Emergency Management. Finished ABD.

Niagara Falls, Ny

Coordinate the environmental, health, and safety activities at the Niagara Falls office of TIER Environmental Services. Manage the hazardous waste generated by the site. Design safe neutralization methods for heels left in chemical vessels. Lead training sessions for site employees. Maintain training records. Manage safety and chemistry aspects of tank cleaning procedures. Designed and ran air monitoring project to prove compliance with applicable formaldehyde standard. Active member on county Local Emergency Planning Committee. Active member on county Hazardous Materials Incident Team.

Baytown, Tx

Taught courses in Hazardous Materials Handling, Applied Chemistry, Accident Investigation, and Physical Hazards in the Safety Management Technology program. Created and initiated hands-on laboratory exercises for the Applied Chemistry course that can be performed safely in a regular classroom setting.Active member on county Local Emergency Planning Committee.

Wilmington, De

Public high school teacher for Advanced Placement, Honors, and College Preparatory Chemistry courses.

Newark, De

Directed the chemical hazardous waste management program for all four campuses of the university. Maintained environmental compliance while the chemical hazardous waste amounts grew by 40% in three years. Collected, identified, sorted, and bulked chemical waste streams. Managed the university’s hazardous waste storage facility. Arranged for pick up and disposal of wastes in accordance with all applicable regulations. Managed environmental aspects of campus construction projects. Assisted with industrial hygiene needs as requested. Served as a Hazardous Materials Specialist on the university’s emergency response team. Provided the annual Hazwoper refresher training for the University emergency responders.

Charleston, West Virginia Area

As one of their environmental, health, and safety programs FHI performs hazardous materials emergency response for local, state, and federal law enforcement officials for the clean up of clandestine drug labs. I served as an emergency responder, hazardous materials specialist, and site safety officer on almost 40 clandestine lab clean ups. Managed the weekly shipments of hazardous waste from the storage facility.

Huntington, Wv

Taught courses in Industrial Hygiene and Biological/Physical Hazards. Designed and taught a new course to prepare safety students for the examinations leading to the Associate Safety Porfessional (ASP) and Certified Safety Professional (CSP) certifications offered by the Board of Certified Safety Professionals. Wrote an 80 page textbook for use in this ASP/CSP preparatory course.

Charleston, West Virginia Area

Performed analytical method development at the DuPont site in Belle, WV.

Charleston, West Virginia Area

Directed the Environmental Technology program at a vocational high school. Prepared high school and adult students for entry level positions as environmental technicians. Course topics included environmental sampling techniques, analytical testing techniques, basic and environmental chemistry, basic industrial hygiene, environmental and safety regulations, and emergency response. Coordinated job placement interviews for the students with local industry for internships and employment.

Charleston, West Virginia Area

Performed analytical method development at the DuPont site in Belle, WV. Developed novel air monitoring methods for site specific compounds. As part of a 6Sigma project, developed a set of analytical methods that allowed full characterization of a two phase process stream; enabling the site to better control the production process parameters, saving $50K annually in lost product.

Taught classes in emergency response to chemical incidents, hazardous waste site work, the chemistry of hazardous materials, basic industrial hygiene, and environmental monitoring.• Wrote a 40 page text for annual Hazwoper refresher courses.• Trained over 500 emergency responders to properly respond to chemical emergency incidents.

Greater Philadelphia Area

Performed analytical laboratory method development and routine analyses. Performed analyses using gas chromatography (GC) and liquid chromatography (LC). Developed novel analyses for difficult or unique samples using GC and LC techniques. Supported research and development efforts as well as troubleshooting pilot plant and plant production problems. Transferred a new gas chromatographic method for organotin analysis from the R&D laboratory in Pennsylvania to the production plant in Kentucky. The implementation of the test method was critical for assurance of new product quality.Served on the site Emergency Response Team and the departmental Safety Committee.

Louisville, Kentucky Area

Provided site environmental support, industrial hygiene support, production support, analytical laboratory method development, and supervised 2-5 technicians in a site environmental laboratory. Utilized EPA, OSHA, and NIOSH methods in managing the environmental laboratory of a chemical plant. Familiar with DOT and EPA regulations. Performed analyses using gas chromatography (GC), liquid chromatography (LC), and gel permeation chromatography (GPC) for component analysis and molecular weight information of monomers and polymers. Developed novel analyses for difficult or unique samples using GC, LC, and GPC techniques. Supported research and development efforts as well as troubleshooting pilot plant and plant production problems.Drove a multiple year project to upgrade the site analytical laboratory. Reduced the number of instruments needed in the laboratory through instrumental upgrade, new analytical method development, and the use of dual simultaneous analyses on new gas chromatographs.Participated in audits of the site environmental laboratory by the Kentucky Department of Environmental Protection and the federal Environmental Protection Agency.Served as a Hazardous Materials Specialist for the site Emergency Response Team, providing technical supervision during emergency response incidents. Responded to over 4 dozen on-site and off-site incidents. Invited to become a member of the Louisville Local Emergency Planning Committee (LEPC) and the Rubbertown Mutual Aid Association as a result of reputation earned in emergency response.

Louisville, Kentucky Area

Performed analytical laboratory method development and routine analyses. Performed analyses using gas chromatography (GC), liquid chromatography (LC), gel permeation chromatography (GPC), and Infrared Spectroscopy (FT-IR) for component analysis and molecular weight information of monomers and polymers. Developed novel analyses for difficult or unique samples using LC, and GPC techniques. Supported research and development efforts as well as troubleshooting pilot plant and plant production problems.Developed a novel analytical method to test the molecular weight of amine functional acrylic resins by gel permeation chromatography. This analysis allowed R&D to control the polymer molecular weight in the development of a new product line.Set up the first liquid chromatograph at the production plant quality control laboratory. Trained plant lab technicians to operate and maintain the instrument and to run the new test method. Served as the main liason between the Technical Center and the production plant. Frequently involved in the transfer of new analytical methods from the Technical Center to the plant site laboratory.Served on the site Fire Safety Team.

Doctor Of Science Candidate, Emergency Management

Ms, Safety With An Emphasis In Industrial Hygiene

Activities and Societies: As a TA, I taught the laboratory portion of the Industrial Hygiene course and occasionally substituted.

Ba, Chemistry

Attended school part time at night while working full time days.

High School Diploma