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South Bend, Indiana, United States

Benton Harbor, Michigan, United States

Lead on site Environmental Health, Safety, and Sustainability program which met Michigan OSHA and EPA standards.

South Bend, Indiana

• Develop and Implement Policies and Procedures utilizing ISO 45001 and OHSAS 18001 standards; • Instrumental in attendance of worker’s compensation program evaluations and resource development for 380 employees; • Development and scheduling of EHS training curriculum, including compliance based training for Toolbox Talk material, HAZCOM, Forklift Safety, Fleet Safety, LOTO, and 120 other standard topics; • Facilitate OSHA opening and closing conference meetings, responding to requests and findings; • Track and report Key Performance Indicators for TRIR and DART; • Occupational health clinician on-site visitation guidance to improve injury prevention plan practices; • Report OSHA 300, 301, 300A Logs through electronic filing;

Elkhart, Indiana

Division Health, Safety and Workers Compensation Manager, Foam Manufacturing, Elkhart, IN, Non-Union• Perform machine safety risk assessments to determine compliance with ANSI and OSHA standards;• Ensure regulatory lab safety standards are met or exceeded in the quality department and chemical blending department; • Reduce the risk of employees developing musculoskeletal disorders through guiding ergonomic and continuous improvement projects with cross-functional teams; • Add technical assistance in planning and development of training, education materials at the technical and nontechnical level; • Develop and implement risk reduction processes to be utilized across the division and globally; • Lead root cause analysis and risk assessment investigations with cross-functional teams; • Relay information and risk management program directives between the Safety Director and the division; • Comply with various codes, laws, policies, rules, and regulations concerning employee care, including those mandated by state and federal agencies, incident reporting, investigative activities with federal, state, and local enforcement authorities; • Lead participation and education of the Safety Improvement Team so that committee members identify opportunities for improvement independently; • Lead liability and workers compensation claims investigations in collaboration with the safety director and the workers compensation insurance claims adjusters; • Coordinate with the safety director to identify indemnity reserves for claims write-offs and settlements; • Ensure the safety director and corporate administration are informed of ongoing case statuses; • Negotiate and complete workers compensation clinic contracts and service agreements; • Assist with financial analysis to develop risk management budgets; • Collaborate with the safety director to complete industrial hygiene assessments; • Coordinate medical evaluations such as respirator fit testing and audiograms;

Elkhart, Indiana Area

I was leading the Job Safety Analysis Audit Program, working as an active member of the Safety, VPP Star, Wellness, and Ergonomics Committees, updating Control of Hazardous Energy (Lockout Tag Out Procedures), inspector of fall protection equipment and roof permits, doing follow-up of weekly safety inspections, scheduling and training employees according to annual requirements and doing new higher safety/environmental orientation. I also assigned safety corrective action items, performed hearing threshold tests, lead incident investigations and root cause analyses, developed fatality and catastrophic loss prevention procedures through risk assessment and control, did follow-up for management of change procedures reports, assessed the safety risk for new chemical approvals, assisted with contractor approvals and orientations, reviewed and updated programs to ensure they were in compliance with local, state, and federal regulations, established and improved baselines for continuous improvement, assisted with internal safety management audits, identified OSHA 300 log and recordable injury management steps, educated myself about workers compensation cases and used safety reporting software such as Medgate, Dakota, SafeTec, Microsoft Share Drive, and Pure Safety.My environmental tasks included the following: assisting with storm water and waste water environmental sampling, identifying hazardous and nonhazardous waste management, assisting with disposal and best practices to help meet EPA and IDEM requirements, determining and updating best management practices, assisting with environmental audits, reviewing Form R reporting, understanding and analyzing data, and helping with measuring then reporting usage of utilities, energy, recycling, and waste, identifying and improving sustainability projects, assisting with local environmental regulators' site visits.

I received two bachelors degrees and a certification while enrolled at Purdue University. The first degree was Environmental Health Sciences and the second degree was an ABET accredited degree of Occupational Health Sciences. My certification was titled as a Certificate in Entrepreneurship and Innovation.

Chicago, Illinois

Train 200 employees about Personal Protective Equipment, Lockout/Tagout, Hazard Communication, Heat Stress, Mobile Equipment, and Dust SamplingOSHA Compliance for hearing conservation, respirator use, exposure assessment, and fall hazards Update SDSs to comply with the EPA, the Globally Harmonized System, and waste managementErgonomic Task Assessments assistant for evaluations.

South Bend, Indiana

Marketing, web development and social media liaison. Materials production, storage and quality controlIn-home cleaning and sanitation

HACCP documentation and application implementation for A Grade Dairy Products Food Safety prerequisite (Pest Control, Safety, Traceability, Recall) program design and document creation Employee Training and Development of Standard Operating Procedures for A and B Grade Dairy Products

South Bend, Indiana Area

Supervised, trained, and assessed 7 new employees Adapted my environment for more sanitary and satisfactory conditions Arranged and restocked new merchandise and prepared food

Purdue University/New York City

Video discussions and interviews over topics relating to campus life at Purdue University West Lafayette

Lead production optimization and focused improvement projects with a cross functional team Maintenance procedure inspection and adaptation Develop Kaizans, One Point Lessons, and Principles of Operation Training Documents Travel and relocation for orientation, training, and progress updating

Retrieved lab analysis, time endurance, and shipping performance samples Recovery and removal of flawed completed products and problem analysis on such products Assessed and designed optimum time saving techniques for new procedures and processes

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Occupational Health And Industrial Hygiene

"Industrial hygiene is the science and art of anticipating, identifying, evaluating, and controlling these hazards. Such hazards may be.

Bachelors Of Occupational Health Science (Abet Accredited) And Bachelors Of Environmental Health Sci, Occupational Health And Industrial Hygiene

Activities and Societies: Purdue Biological and Food Process Engineering Society Purdue University Industrial Hygiene Association Purdue.

High School Diploma With High Honors, High School/Secondary Diploma Programs

Top Ranking Honors Diploma