Expert Details

Construction Safety

ID: 730210 Alabama, USA

Expert has over 40 years' experience in worldwide professional safety. His work experience includes tenure as Corporate Safety and Security Director for four Engineering, Design and Construction Management Firms. This work has involved over 600 worldwide construction projects. Additionally, as a independent safety consultant, Expert has provided safety expert witness support services to nationwide personal injury and wrongful death attorneys in 17 states on 220 lawsuit cases.

Expert was the Director of Safety and Loss Control for Premier RiskTech Services. He provided owners, insurance brokers and construction management companies with the project safety and loss control programming needed to develop, implement and monitor owner controlled insurance programs.

As a Corporate Safety and Security Manager, Expert was directly involved with the formulation, implementation, staffing and corporate oversight of Construction Management and Direct Hire safety and total loss control programs for 25 owner-controlled insurance programs covering pulp and paper, refuse-to-energy, chemical, nuclear, automotive, pharmaceutical, refinery, airport facilities, theme park, railroad and trucking intermodal, juvenile justice center and other types of projects.

As a Corporate Safety and Security Manager for large engineering, design and construction companies, has developed, implemented, staffed and monitored occupational medical and first-aid programs for hundreds of domestic and foreign construction projects. He developed layout drawings for project medical department facilities, specifications for medical equipment, materials and supplies, as well as, establishing site specific medical administrated programs and procedures.

Expert provided guidance to Sandia Albuquerque Laboratory Safety and Health Self-Assessment Team Members to conduct a DOE Pre-Tiger safety audit of their on-site medical facilities, programs and procedures.

Expert has provided safety and loss control consulting services to Project Owners, Construction Management Companies, General Contractors and Subcontractors, Legal Firms, General Industry, Government Agencies and Associations. Offer Clients a "Profit From Safety" philosophy coupled with the technical hands-on experience that results in realistic recommendations and reduced insurance program cost.

He has performed audits of corporate, divisional, plant and project management organizational structures and staff administration programs to evaluate their safety, fire, security, medical, risk management and insurance, and environment departments.

Expert has provided clients with the following consultation services for both new and existing Owner Controlled Insurance Projects:
OCIP Program Feasibility Study; Investigative Techniques; Scope of Insurance Coverages; Subrogation Philosophy & Practices; Interface with Project Insurance Brokers; Rehabilitation Services; Recommend Various Insurance Carriers; Attorney Cost Control Factors; Develop OCIP Bid Specification Documents; Claim Settlement Authority; Evaluate Insurance Carrier Bid Proposals; Carrier’s Internal Audit Controls; Companies Covered By OCIP; How Claims will be Handled After Project; Insurance Requirements not covered by OCIP; Staffing Site OCIP Administrator; Contract Document Insurance Specifications; Carrier’s Loss Control Services & Cost Factors; Contractors Insurance Manual; Monthly Project Insurance Review Meetings; Client Insurance Administration Manual; Claim Reserving Practices; Administration of Contractors Documents; Insurance Loss Runs; Certificates of Insurances Policies; Second Opinion Programs; Safety & Insurance Orientation Videos; Claim Tracking & Cost Data Reports; Payroll Records & Craft Codes; Pre-Qualification of Contractors; Claim Reporting Procedures; Master Safety Program for Site Contractors; Monthly OCIP Status Reports; Conduct OCIP Program & Site Safety Audits.

Interfaced with Corporate Risk Managers, Safety Managers and Project Management Personnel for both private and public entities that have Owner Controlled Insurance Programs (OCIP) for their large construction projects; develop OCIP safety & loss control programs, action plans, procedures and manuals covering construction phase safety, fire, medical, security, environmental & pollution control, emergency planning, safety awards and site OCIP insurance administration programs. Provided safety and loss control consultation services to General Industry, Project Owners, Construction Management Companies, General Contractors & Subcontractors, Trade Associations and Law Firms. Responsible for the development, implementation, and successful administration of total loss control programs covering all Rust business units; conducted job site and facility safety and loss control audits to ensure compliance with company operational policies; compiled and generated comprehensive accident and loss statistical data for all company locations; provided liaison with company insurance brokers and carriers; "Q" security clearance for DOE projects. Developed and implemented comprehensive Safety and Loss Prevention Programs for all company office and project locations worldwide; responsible for providing liaison with owners, insurance brokers and carriers to formulate owner-controlled wrap-up insurance programs for large construction projects involving co-generation, pulp and paper and chemical plants. Implemented security-asset protection programs covering crisis management, executive protection, physical security and substance abuse. Responsible for providing counsel and advise to executive management and all office locations concerning safety, health, fire, security and environmental regulatory standards; furnished safety and loss control consultation for company personnel engaged in R&D, planning, design, construction, start-up and operational aspects of various chemical, petrochemical and refinery projects; directed safety and loss control programs for all construction projects.

Provided guidance to various project managers regarding safety engineering and accident prevention design criteria; reviewed designs, layouts and specifications of fossil and nuclear power plants, municipalities water and waste process plants, and R&D projects to achieve maximum loss control effectiveness and compliance with applicable Federal and State safety and security programs for Construction Management Division. Performed safety engineering duties for shipyard operations; as a health physics monitor conducted radiation surveys of shipyard industrial radiography, and four sub nuclear reactor operations; Chief Medical X-ray Technician for shipyard hospital.

OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH:
Have performed unbiased analysis of corporate, divisional, plant and project safety and total loss control programs involving shipyard operations; fossil and nuclear power plants; municipality's water and waste water process plants; R&D Projects; chemical, petrochemical and refinery projects; DOE facilities; cogeneration plants; pulp & paper plants; steel and aluminum mills, manufacturing operators; and construction projects. Audited two DOE Laboratory ES&H Programs for compliance with applicable occupational safety and health rules, regulations and standards.

SECURITY AND ASSETS PROTECTION PROGRAMS
Former member of the American Society for Industrial Security and was certified by a written examination as a Certified Protection Professional (CPP). Developed, implemented, staffed and monitored over 600 construction project security and asset protection programs on a world-wide basis. All of these programs were established to have an on-going interface between security and safety site personnel to include the client's operating plant safety and security staff organizations. Cross-Training is the key to successful communications between site safety and security organizations especially as it relates to plant emergency/disaster plan sessions.
Implemented Corporate security-asset protection programs covering Crisis Management, Executive Protection, Physical Security and Substance Abuse.

EMERGENCY & DISASTER ACTION PLANS:
As a Corporate Safety and Security Director and a Safety and Total Loss Control Consultant have formulated emergency preparedness plans covering offices, warehouses, plant facilities and construction projects. I conducted audits of facility emergency/disaster programs to evaluate performance objectives concerning emergency crew resources, equipment, vehicles and training sessions.
Reviewed laboratory documents (PHA's, SOP's, SWP's) to ensure that all possible emergency conditions have been addressed by pre-determined action plans that have been communicated to emergency response personnel. I am familiar with OSHA's 1910. Subpart E - Means of Egress Standard and NFPA's Life Safety Code.

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Education

Year	Degree	Subject	Institution
Year: 1983	Degree: Associates	Subject: Business Administration	Institution: County College of Morris, New Jersey

Work History

Years	Employer	Title	Department
Years: 1997 to Present	Employer: Undisclosed	Title: Safety Consultant and Expert Witness	Department:
Responsibilities: Expert provided safety and loss control consultation services to Legal Firms, General Industry, Project Owners, Construction Management Companies, General Contractors and Subcontractors, Government Agencies, and Associations. He has offered clients a "Profit From Safety" philosophy coupled with the technical hands-on experience that results in realistic recommendations and reduced insurance program cost.
Years	Employer	Title	Department
Years: 1994 to 1997	Employer: Premier RiskTech Services	Title: Director Safety & Loss Control	Department:
Responsibilities: Expert interfaced with Corporate Risk Managers, Safety Managers and Project Management Personnel for both private and public entities that have Owner Controlled Insurance Programs (OCIP) for their large construction projects. He also developed OCIP safety and loss control programs, action plans, procedures and manuals covering construction phase safety, fire, medical, security, environmental and pollution control, emergency planning, safety awards and site OCIP insurance administration programs.
Years	Employer	Title	Department
Years: 1988 to 1997	Employer: Construction Safety Consultant & Expert Witness	Title: Safety Consultant & Expert Witness	Department:
Responsibilities: Provide safety and total loss control consulting services to Project Owners, Construction Management Companies, General Contractors & Subcontractors, Legal Firms, General Industry, Government Agencies and Associations. Offer Clients a "Profit From Safety" philosophy coupled with the technical hands-on experience that results in realistic recommendations and reduced insurance program cost. Perform audits of corporate, divisional, plant and project management organizational structures and staff administration programs to evaluate their safety, fire, security, medical, risk management & insurance, and environment departments. Key program elements audited are listed below: 1. Organization Chart and Scope of Responsibilities 2. Titles and Position Descriptions 3. Staff Qualification Reviews to Include Current Resumes 4. Department Budget Reviews Over the Last Three Years 5. Staff Pay Scale Reviews and Annual Reviews 6. Staff Interviews 7. Promotion Policy 8. Survey of Daily Staff Activities 9. Staff Turn-Over Rates 10. Levels of Accountability 11. Interface/Communication Between Other Organizations 12. Policies, Programs, and Procedures 13. Accident Statistical Data Review 14. ES&H Goals and Objectives Expert has work experience in the following types of industrial exposures: 1. Nuclear Power Plants 15. Shipbuilding 2. Coal Fired Power Plants 16. Ship Repairs 3. Refuse-To-Energy Plants 17. Nuclear Submarines 4. Solar Energy R&D Plants 18. Chemical Processing 5. Heavy Water Nuclear Plants 19. Petrochemical 6. Gas & Oil Separation Plants 20. Refineries 7. Pipelines & Pumping Stations 21. Steel Mills 8. DOE National Laboratories 22. Aluminum Processing 9. Pulp & Paper Mills 23. Water Treatment Plants 10. Automotive Manufacturing 24. Waste Water Treatment Plants Expert has work experience in the following types of industrial exposures: 11. Japanese Auto Parts Plant 25. Environmental Restoration Projects 12. Office Buildings 26. Warehouse Facilities 13. Computer Chip Manufacturing 27. Food Processing Plants 14. Airports 28. Foreign Construction Projects
Years	Employer	Title	Department
Years: 1986 to 1988	Employer: Rust Corporation	Title: Corporate Safety & Security Director	Department: Corporate Safety & Security Department
Responsibilities: Expert was responsible for the development, implementation, and successful administration of total loss control programs covering all Rust business units; conducted job site and facility safety and loss control audits to ensure compliance with company operational policies; compiled and generated comprehensive accident and loss statistical data for all company locations; provided liaison with company insurance brokers and carriers; "Q" security clearance for DOE projects.
Years	Employer	Title	Department
Years: 1984 to 1986	Employer: Kellogg Rust Inc.	Title: Corporate Safety & Security Manager	Department: Corporate Safety & Security Department
Responsibilities: Expert developed and implemented comprehensive Safety and Loss Prevention Programs for all company office and project locations worldwide; responsible for providing liaison with owners, insurance brokers and carriers to formulate owner-controlled wrap-up insurance programs for large construction projects involving co-generation, pulp and paper and chemical plants. Implemented security-asset protection programs covering Crisis Management, Executive Protection, Physical Security and Substance Abuse.
Years	Employer	Title	Department
Years: 1977 to 1984	Employer: C-E Lummus Co.	Title: Corporate Safety & Security Manager	Department: Corporate Safety & Security Department
Responsibilities: He was responsible for providing counsel and advise to executive management and all office locations concerning safety, health, fire, security and environmental regulatory standards; furnished safety and loss control consultation for company personnel engaged in R&D, planning, design, construction, start-up and operational aspects of various chemical, petrochemical and refinery projects; directed safety and loss control programs for all construction projects.
Years	Employer	Title	Department
Years: 1972 to 1977	Employer: Gilbert/Commonwealth Co	Title: Corporate Safety & Security Manager	Department: Corporate Safety & Security Department
Responsibilities: He provided guidance to various project managers regarding safety engineering and accident prevention design criteria; reviewed designs, layouts and specifications of fossil and nuclear power plants, municipalities water and waste process plants, and R&D projects to achieve maximum loss control effectiveness and compliance with applicable Federal and State safety and security programs for Construction Management Division.
Years	Employer	Title	Department
Years: 1966 to 1970	Employer: General Dynamics Corporation Shipyard	Title: Health Physics Monitor	Department:
Responsibilities: Covering industrial radiography, reactor operations, shield surveys and was qualified as an instructor for Radiographer and Health Physics Monitor Training Programs. Involved in four planned reactor plant criticalities and repairs of SSN 614 (Greenling), SSN 615 (Gato), SSN 638 (Whale), and SSN 649 (Sunfish) nuclear submarines. Familiar in all phases of personnel monitoring, environmental survey, counting techniques, survey instrument calibration, nuclear chemistry techniques and nuclear accident emergency procedures. As the Safety and Security Manager for Gilbert/Commonwealth Companies, systematically review designs, layouts and specifications for various nuclear power plants to determine compliance with applicable Federal and State OSHA General Industry Safety and Health Standards. When Three Mile Island (Unit 1 Nuclear Power Plant) was 85% constructed, inspected the entire plant complex to identify OSHA 1910 safety standards deficiencies. A final OSHA compliance inspection was conducted just prior to TMI - Unit 1 going operational. Unit 1 was not involved in the TMI-Unit 2 nuclear accident. Gilbert/Commonwealth did not design Unit 2.
Years	Employer	Title	Department
Years: 1964 to 1972	Employer: General Dynamics Corporation	Title: Safety Engineer/Health Physics Monitor/Chief Medical X-Ray Technician	Department: Shipyard Safety Department
Responsibilities: He performed safety engineering duties for shipyard operations; as a health physics monitor conducted radiation surveys of shipyard industrial radiography, and reactor operations; Chief Medical X-ray Technician for shipyard hospital. Types of Ships Built and Repaired at The Quincy Shipyard Two Ammunition Ships Two Submarine Tenders Four Nuclear Submarines from 11/67 to 3/69 SSN 614 Greenling Thresher/Permit Class Sub SSN 615 Gato Thresher/Permit Class Sub SSN 638 Whale Sturgeon Class Attack Sub SSN 649 Sunfish Sturgeon Class Attack Sub Three Liquefied Natural Gas (LGN) Tankers Six Fleet Replenishment Oilers Two Dock Landing Ships

Government Experience

Years	Agency	Role	Description
Years: 1991 to 1992	Agency: DOE	Role: Safety Consultant	Description: He worked for DOE in Idaho Falls providing assistance to DOE-ID and the INEL Site Construction Manager in correcting and responding to DOE Tiger Team inspection key findings. He performed construction safety audit of DOE's Weldon Spring Site Remedial Action Project.
Years: 1991 to 1991	Agency: DOE	Role: Safety Consultant	Description: During June, 1991, he conducted an audit of DOE Los Alamos National Laboratory Fixed-Price Contractors prior to the Lab's Tiger Team inspection. He assisted ICF Kaiser Engineers, Inc. in providing hands-on training to 250 Sandia National Laboratories (SNL) employees as part of the SNL pre-Tiger Team Self-Assessment Training Program.
Years: 1990 to 1990	Agency: DOE	Role: Safety Consultant	Description: He worked at the Los Alamos Technical Area Facilities assisting ICF Kaiser Engineers, Inc. in inspecting 5.6 million out of the total 7.7 million square feet of research and development building space.
Years: 1986 to 1988	Agency: DOE	Role: Construction Managers	Description: As a Corporate Safety & Security Manager established, implemented, staffed and audited company direct-hire new construction and construction maintenance safety & loss control programs at the DOE Oak Ridge-TN, DOE Fernald-Ohio and Bruceton-Penn Facilities.

Career Accomplishments

Associations / Societies
Member of the American Society of Safety Engineers (1973 to present)

Licenses / Certifications
Certified Safety Professional (CSP) from 1983 to 2015 (Retired). DOE TRAINING AND CERTIFICATION: Conducted Safety and Total Loss Control Audits involving laboratory operations covering offices, shops, warehouses, technical support facilities, chemistry labs, and experimental work spaces to determine if site/facility personnel, plant maintenance & contractor employees and visitors have a clear understanding of their responsibilities and expected safe work practices, and have the knowledge, skills and practical abilities necessary to effectively implement personnel protection practices associated with their job task. Routinely check laboratory site training standards and documents for compliance with the following training/certification requirements: 1. Laser Operations 2. Hazard Communication 3. Radiation Safety 4. Fire Extinguisher 5. Fork Lift Truck Operators 6. First-Aid & CPR 7. Emergency Shutdown Procedures 8. New Employee/Student Training Requirements

Licenses / Certifications

Certified Safety Professional (CSP) from 1983 to 2015 (Retired).

DOE TRAINING AND CERTIFICATION:
Conducted Safety and Total Loss Control Audits involving laboratory operations covering offices, shops, warehouses, technical support facilities, chemistry labs, and experimental work spaces to determine if site/facility personnel, plant maintenance & contractor employees and visitors have a clear understanding of their responsibilities and expected safe work practices, and have the knowledge, skills and practical abilities necessary to effectively implement personnel protection practices associated with their job task.
Routinely check laboratory site training standards and documents for compliance with the following training/certification requirements:
1. Laser Operations
2. Hazard Communication
3. Radiation Safety
4. Fire Extinguisher
5. Fork Lift Truck Operators
6. First-Aid & CPR
7. Emergency Shutdown Procedures
8. New Employee/Student Training Requirements

Medical / Professional
Medical X-Ray Technologist working at the following hospitals: Jordan Hospital Lemuel Shuttuck Hospital General Dynamics Shipyard Hospital Milton Hospital (part time) Cardinal Cushing Hospital (part time)

Publications and Patents Summary
Expert has a number of safety publications. Industry articles: 16 Published two (2) sets of 19 total loss control program manuals, one set for large & mid-size contractors and the second set for subcontractors covering the following: 1. Safety Administration 2. Field Safety 3. Employee Safety Handbook 4. Safety Tool-Box Talks 5. Medical & First-Aid 6. Fire Prevention & Protection 7. Security & Assets Protection 8. Crane Rigging 9. OSHA Inspection Action Plan 10. Environmental/Pollution Control 11. Drug & Substance Abuse 12. Emergency/Disaster 13. Hazard Communication 14. Safety Award & Incentives 15. Safety Accountability 16. Productivity Improvement 17. Risk Mgmt. & Insurance 18. Asbestos Abatement 19. Position Descriptions He has also written 9 Total Loss Control Manuals for General Industry covering the following Topics: 1. Safety Administration 2. Plant Safety Manual 3. Fire Prevention & Protection Manual 4. Security & Assets Protection Manual Prevention Programs 5. OSHA Compliance & Inspection Action Plan 6. Emergency/Disaster Manual 7. Hazard Communication Manual 8. Respiratory Protection Manual 9. Contractor Safety & Loss

Publications and Patents Summary

Expert has a number of safety publications.
Industry articles: 16
Published two (2) sets of 19 total loss control program manuals, one set for large & mid-size contractors and the second set for subcontractors covering the following:
1. Safety Administration
2. Field Safety
3. Employee Safety Handbook
4. Safety Tool-Box Talks
5. Medical & First-Aid
6. Fire Prevention & Protection
7. Security & Assets Protection
8. Crane Rigging
9. OSHA Inspection Action Plan
10. Environmental/Pollution Control
11. Drug & Substance Abuse
12. Emergency/Disaster
13. Hazard Communication
14. Safety Award & Incentives
15. Safety Accountability
16. Productivity Improvement
17. Risk Mgmt. & Insurance
18. Asbestos Abatement
19. Position Descriptions

He has also written 9 Total Loss Control Manuals for General Industry covering the following Topics:

1. Safety Administration
2. Plant Safety Manual
3. Fire Prevention & Protection Manual
4. Security & Assets Protection Manual Prevention Programs
5. OSHA Compliance & Inspection Action Plan
6. Emergency/Disaster Manual
7. Hazard Communication Manual
8. Respiratory Protection Manual
9. Contractor Safety & Loss

Additional Experience

Expert Witness Experience
From 1990 to present, Expert has been providing safety expert witness support services for serious personal injury and wrongful death plaintiffs and defense attorneys. QUALIFICATIONS: - Provide nationwide safety expert witness support services for both plaintiff and defense attorneys. - Safety Expert Witness for 30 Years - Corporate Safety Director for four engineering, design and construction management firms. - Developed, staffed, implemented & administrated safety & total loss control programs for 600 world- wide construction projects. - Independent Safety Consultant - Authored various safety manuals for construction associations and general contractors 200 Plaintiff Attorneys 36 Defendant Attorneys 236 Total Legal Cases 73 Depositions Given 8 Court Testimony Provided 109 General Industry Cases 80 Construction Cases 47 Retail Stores Cases of which 21 were Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. 236 Total Legal Cases 33 FATALITY CASES 1. Carpenter fell into an unguarded opening. 2. Caught between two phase arms of electric arc furnace. 3. Dump truck driver died when bulldozer operator pushed dump truck forward. 4. Elevator installer fell from the third floor into elevator pit. 5. Equipment operator covered under fly ash embankment. 6. High rescue team member died during chimney stack rescue operation. 7. Hit by motorist on interstate highway project. 8. Ironworker was erecting steel beam to improperly braced steel column. 9. Laborer fell thought unprotected roof opening. 10. Pinned by robot unit. 11. Two ironworkers fell 80 feet while installing a roof panel. 12. Scaffold collapsed. 13. Truck driver fell off the top of his trailer rig. 14. Two construction workers moving scaffold with lift hit power line. 15. Two wastewater employees in a confined space exposed to H2S gases. 16. Boy drown on city park construction site. 17. Moving a 40’ long pipe on a forklift that fell off and hit his head. 18. Child (14 yrs old) laborer on construction roofing project fell though skylight. 19. Painter/Sandblaster fell off a water tower. 20. Mexican carpenter/framer fell off a single pole scaffold. 21. Laborer was electrocuted while trying to erect a flagpole. 22. Painter/Sandblaster fell off a bridge scaffold. 23. Shop mechanic was hit by a baler machine that was being lifted onto a flatbed truck. 24. Drilling laborer was caught in between A-legs that were not secured to flatbed trailer. 25. Shop laborer was struck on his head by a unsecured steel coil. 26. Shop laborer was caught in between two steel coils. 27. While waiting for a bus while in an intoxicated state he fell 20’ off a concrete barrier. 28. Dump truck driver’s truck bed contacted an overhead cable line. 29. Stevedore laborer in a ship was hit by a railroad rail that fall from a spreader bar. 30. Driver of a car was hit head-on by a car driven by an underage intoxicated driver. 31. Painter fell 33 feet trying to place a texture sprayer into a unsecured lull trash box. 32. Laborer was cleaning out coal from railroad rail coal car and was crushed by hopper doors. 33. ADOT employee working on an overhead traffic light fell out of a bucket truck. 124 FALL CASES • Fall at the take-out counter inside a restaurant. • Fall down a dirt embankment • Fall from temporary stairs. • Fall on exterior stairs going into bus station. • Fall down staircase. • Fall down an apartment staircase. • Fall down a staircase without any handrails in a nightclub. • Fall down defective apartment metal staircase. • Fall from barn roof. • Fall from bridge steel girder. • Fall from portable aluminum ladder that’s side twisted. • Fall from extension ladder. • Fall from wooden fold-up ladder. • Fall from fiberglass extension ladder. • Fall from fixed metal ladder on mobile railroad equipment. • Fall from fixed metal ladder on outdoor work platform. • Fall from improperly erected fixed metal ladder. • Fall from step ladder. • Fall from improperly erected scaffold platform. • Fall from JPG lift unit. • Fall from metal storage units. • Fall from scaffold. • Fall from scaffolding inside heat recovery boiler. • Fall from scaffolding. • Fall from steel joist. • Fall from tripping on a plastic floor cover for electrical cords. • Fall from tripping on an electrical cord. (x2) • Fall from tripping over concrete debris on sidewalk. • Fall from tripping on a strap cut loose on a pallet but still attached to the pallet. • Fall from tripping over a wooden pallet in the Garden Center aisle way. • Fall from tripping over a wooden pallet in store’s aisle way. • Fall from tripping over a wooden pallet holding four open boxes of watermelons. • Fall from tripping over a wooden pallet holding a box of watermelons. (x5) • Fall from tripping over a wooden pallet holding wine bottles at the endcap. • Fall from tripping over a wooden pallet holding a box of cantaloupes. • Fall from tripping over a cord in between store area display tables. • Fall from tripping over sand bags supporting temporary panels in a restaurant. • Fall from tripping over children’s department dress sales racks stand support. • Fall from tripping over unsecured floor rug inside main entrance into a funeral home. • Fall from tripping over metal bar attached to the store floor near the shopping carts. • Fall from tripping over a wooden box display protruding out in a restaurant foyer. • Fall from tripping over a Frito-Lay display container in Winn-Dixie Store. • Fall from unsecured floor mat. • Fall from defective front lobby entrance interior floor mat in restaurant • Fall off a work platform. • Fall off roof. • Fall off house roof while trying to cut a tree down. • Fall off roof trusses. • Fall off of ship’s hull being built. • Fall off of ship in dry dock while moving a welding machine. • Fall off of a single pole scaffold. • Fall off of a scaffold. • Fall off of a ramp going up to the order-to-go window inside of a restaurant. • Fall off of an unguarded mezzanine deck. • Fall off an unprotected floor opening on the second floor. • Fall off of an improperly built wooden ramp while pushing a wheelbarrow up ramp. • Fall off of an improperly built wooden staircase. • Fall off of the top of a retaining wall. • Fall off an apartment porch under construction. • Fall in between two crossover walkway planks. • Fall in outside parking lot. • Fall in outside medical building parking lot. • Fall in shopping mall outside parking lot. • Fall in shopping mall outside roadway hole in front of main entrance to store. • Fall in shopping mall covered garage parking lot. • Fall into improperly covered floor opening. • Fall into improperly covered floor opening • Fall into unguarded floor opening. • Fall into unguarded opening. • Fall into pit. • Fall into an unguarded opening. (x2) • Fall into an unguarded pit. • Fall into a hotel tub. • Fall inside trailer. • Fall on concrete ramp. • Fall on concrete sidewalk. • Fall on concrete sidewalk. • Fall on apartment concrete sidewalk. • Fall on apartment concrete step • Fall on restaurant concrete sidewalk • Fall on defective front entrance ramp & exterior doorway mat going into Fun Factory. • Fall on concrete valley curb gutter in front entrance of retail store. • Fall on concrete steps. • Fall on concrete step going into hair salon. • Fall on wet floor. • Fall on a floor having many different types of tiles inside of a pizza restaurant. • Fall on a wet floor going into a hotel’s main entrance. • Fall on wet floor wax in retail store. • Fall on wet floor in retail store. (x13) • Fall on substance on floor in retail store • Fall on grapes on floor in retail store. • Fall on food debris on floor in retail store. • Fall on wet ramp in stadium. • Fall on wet floor inside public building restroom. • Fall on ice covered freezer trailer unit floor while delivering product boxes. • Fall on an oily parking lot grocery store pavement. • Fall on a wet and slippery epoxy painted concrete floor inside of a auto dealership. • Fall over improperly maintained aisle guide rope. • Fall through roof. • Fall through floor. • Fall caused by poorly designed general public tunnel walkway. • Fall off a waste chemical tanker fixed side ladder while opening pressurized tank lid. • Fall in retail store while picking up components that fell out of the bottom of a box. • Fall in fuel station pump area caused by a wet and slippery ground condition. OTHER CASES • Alleged to have stepped in a slightly depressed no-parking zone pavement area. • Caught by auger. • Caught by drilling rig auger. • Caught by winder machine. • Caught by metal slitter machine rollers. • Caught by die castings machine. • Caught by unguarded machine roller while trying to remove nonwoven material. • Caught by trim/sander machine. • Caught by a hog belt conveyor while trying to remove a wood block from the tail end. • Caught by a conveyor while using a vacuum hose under the belt. • Caught by unguarded Slitter #2 scrap conveyor. • Caught by unguarded machine. (x2) • Contact with overhead power line. • Contractor employee driving company truck hit motor vehicle. • Contractor terminated by Owner for cause. • Defective and improperly guarded compactor/roller vehicle. • Drove forklift off of ramp that was not barricaded or provided with warning signs. • Electric shock to service company repairman. • Exposure to ammonium hydroxide fumes. • Exposure to liquid chemical. • Exposure to airborne asbestos fibers. • Five cases for construction projects having Owner Controlled Insurance Programs. • Fuming sulfuric acid airborne release. • High pressure water hose got caught onto a mixer and was wrapped on his leg. • Hit by a truck while driving out of a transport lot and his sight was blocked by trees. • Hit by 48” directional boring pipe wrench. • Hit by bundle of lumber being stacked. • Hit by door press machine frame being loading by a forklift onto a flatbed truck. • Hit by concrete truck chute. • Hit by hoist steel beam. • Hit by hotel automatic revolving door. • Hit by plywood. • Hit by roofing materials • Hit by steel beam. (x2) • Hit by steel plates. • Hit by steel beams being off-loaded from a flat-bed trailer. • Hit by a mini-van. • Hit by a paint roller wooden handle that fell off the top of a water tank. • Hit by metal storage rack upright. • Hit by a concrete pump truck boom. • Hit by section of metal duck work being removed. • Hit by football size piece of coal slag inside of a boiler. • Hit by a bundle of pipes after he released the securement straps on a flat-bed trailer. • Hit by shoe boxes of safety boots in a shoe retail store. • Hit by a car being auction off. • Hit by unsupported overhead lift when moving the lift’s motor attached to the lift. • Hit by a 1,300 pound 36” wide steel mold amputating his right lower leg. • Hit by falling baseball helmet off of a overhead retail store shelf. • Hit by retail store fixture. • Hit by retail store employee pushing and pulling two flat cargo carts. • Hit in rear of a car by another by electrician driving his pick-up truck. • Hit by secured upright dump truck bed while replacing rear cab window. • Improper material handling involving marbles slab pieces. • Improper removal of heat exchanger end plate. • Improper handling & lowering of full fire hoses. • PayLoader operated at excessive speed. • Pedestrian hit by contractor’s pick-up truck. • Portable grinder exploded. • Radioactive and hazardous materials release off-site. • Scaffold collapsed. • Scissor lift unit tripped over. • Sprayed by 160 degree phenol. • Tank car explosion. • Truck Driver on a construction site injured when dump truck turned over. • Truck Driver moved trailer being unloaded by forklift driver. • Truck Driver while assisting a crane operator had container dropped onto his hand. • Truck Drivers back into trailers while the forklift operator was inside. • Hotel Housekeeper physically attacked in the hotel by an assailant.

Expert Witness Experience

From 1990 to present, Expert has been providing safety expert witness support services for serious personal injury and wrongful death plaintiffs and defense attorneys.

QUALIFICATIONS:
- Provide nationwide safety expert witness support services for both plaintiff and defense attorneys.
- Safety Expert Witness for 30 Years
- Corporate Safety Director for four engineering, design and construction management firms.
- Developed, staffed, implemented & administrated safety & total loss control programs for 600 world- wide construction projects.
- Independent Safety Consultant
- Authored various safety manuals for construction associations and general contractors

200 Plaintiff Attorneys
36 Defendant Attorneys
236 Total Legal Cases
73 Depositions Given
8 Court Testimony Provided
109 General Industry Cases
80 Construction Cases
47 Retail Stores Cases of which 21 were Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
236 Total Legal Cases
33 FATALITY CASES

1. Carpenter fell into an unguarded opening.
2. Caught between two phase arms of electric arc furnace.
3. Dump truck driver died when bulldozer operator pushed dump truck forward.
4. Elevator installer fell from the third floor into elevator pit.
5. Equipment operator covered under fly ash embankment.
6. High rescue team member died during chimney stack rescue operation.
7. Hit by motorist on interstate highway project.
8. Ironworker was erecting steel beam to improperly braced steel column.
9. Laborer fell thought unprotected roof opening.
10. Pinned by robot unit.
11. Two ironworkers fell 80 feet while installing a roof panel.
12. Scaffold collapsed.
13. Truck driver fell off the top of his trailer rig.
14. Two construction workers moving scaffold with lift hit power line.
15. Two wastewater employees in a confined space exposed to H2S gases.
16. Boy drown on city park construction site.
17. Moving a 40’ long pipe on a forklift that fell off and hit his head.
18. Child (14 yrs old) laborer on construction roofing project fell though skylight.
19. Painter/Sandblaster fell off a water tower.
20. Mexican carpenter/framer fell off a single pole scaffold.
21. Laborer was electrocuted while trying to erect a flagpole.
22. Painter/Sandblaster fell off a bridge scaffold.
23. Shop mechanic was hit by a baler machine that was being lifted onto a flatbed truck.
24. Drilling laborer was caught in between A-legs that were not secured to flatbed trailer.
25. Shop laborer was struck on his head by a unsecured steel coil.
26. Shop laborer was caught in between two steel coils.
27. While waiting for a bus while in an intoxicated state he fell 20’ off a concrete barrier.
28. Dump truck driver’s truck bed contacted an overhead cable line.
29. Stevedore laborer in a ship was hit by a railroad rail that fall from a spreader bar.
30. Driver of a car was hit head-on by a car driven by an underage intoxicated driver.
31. Painter fell 33 feet trying to place a texture sprayer into a unsecured lull trash box.
32. Laborer was cleaning out coal from railroad rail coal car and was crushed by hopper doors.
33. ADOT employee working on an overhead traffic light fell out of a bucket truck.

124 FALL CASES

• Fall at the take-out counter inside a restaurant.
• Fall down a dirt embankment
• Fall from temporary stairs.
• Fall on exterior stairs going into bus station.
• Fall down staircase.
• Fall down an apartment staircase.
• Fall down a staircase without any handrails in a nightclub.
• Fall down defective apartment metal staircase.
• Fall from barn roof.
• Fall from bridge steel girder.
• Fall from portable aluminum ladder that’s side twisted.
• Fall from extension ladder.
• Fall from wooden fold-up ladder.
• Fall from fiberglass extension ladder.
• Fall from fixed metal ladder on mobile railroad equipment.
• Fall from fixed metal ladder on outdoor work platform.
• Fall from improperly erected fixed metal ladder.
• Fall from step ladder.
• Fall from improperly erected scaffold platform.
• Fall from JPG lift unit.
• Fall from metal storage units.
• Fall from scaffold.
• Fall from scaffolding inside heat recovery boiler.
• Fall from scaffolding.
• Fall from steel joist.
• Fall from tripping on a plastic floor cover for electrical cords.
• Fall from tripping on an electrical cord. (x2)
• Fall from tripping over concrete debris on sidewalk.
• Fall from tripping on a strap cut loose on a pallet but still attached to the pallet.
• Fall from tripping over a wooden pallet in the Garden Center aisle way.
• Fall from tripping over a wooden pallet in store’s aisle way.
• Fall from tripping over a wooden pallet holding four open boxes of watermelons.
• Fall from tripping over a wooden pallet holding a box of watermelons. (x5)
• Fall from tripping over a wooden pallet holding wine bottles at the endcap.
• Fall from tripping over a wooden pallet holding a box of cantaloupes.
• Fall from tripping over a cord in between store area display tables.
• Fall from tripping over sand bags supporting temporary panels in a restaurant.
• Fall from tripping over children’s department dress sales racks stand support.
• Fall from tripping over unsecured floor rug inside main entrance into a funeral home.
• Fall from tripping over metal bar attached to the store floor near the shopping carts.
• Fall from tripping over a wooden box display protruding out in a restaurant foyer.
• Fall from tripping over a Frito-Lay display container in Winn-Dixie Store.
• Fall from unsecured floor mat.
• Fall from defective front lobby entrance interior floor mat in restaurant
• Fall off a work platform.
• Fall off roof.
• Fall off house roof while trying to cut a tree down.
• Fall off roof trusses.
• Fall off of ship’s hull being built.
• Fall off of ship in dry dock while moving a welding machine.
• Fall off of a single pole scaffold.
• Fall off of a scaffold.
• Fall off of a ramp going up to the order-to-go window inside of a restaurant.
• Fall off of an unguarded mezzanine deck.
• Fall off an unprotected floor opening on the second floor.
• Fall off of an improperly built wooden ramp while pushing a wheelbarrow up ramp.
• Fall off of an improperly built wooden staircase.
• Fall off of the top of a retaining wall.
• Fall off an apartment porch under construction.
• Fall in between two crossover walkway planks.
• Fall in outside parking lot.
• Fall in outside medical building parking lot.
• Fall in shopping mall outside parking lot.
• Fall in shopping mall outside roadway hole in front of main entrance to store.
• Fall in shopping mall covered garage parking lot.
• Fall into improperly covered floor opening.
• Fall into improperly covered floor opening
• Fall into unguarded floor opening.
• Fall into unguarded opening.
• Fall into pit.
• Fall into an unguarded opening. (x2)
• Fall into an unguarded pit.
• Fall into a hotel tub.
• Fall inside trailer.
• Fall on concrete ramp.
• Fall on concrete sidewalk.
• Fall on concrete sidewalk.
• Fall on apartment concrete sidewalk.
• Fall on apartment concrete step
• Fall on restaurant concrete sidewalk
• Fall on defective front entrance ramp & exterior doorway mat going into Fun Factory.
• Fall on concrete valley curb gutter in front entrance of retail store.
• Fall on concrete steps.
• Fall on concrete step going into hair salon.
• Fall on wet floor.
• Fall on a floor having many different types of tiles inside of a pizza restaurant.
• Fall on a wet floor going into a hotel’s main entrance.
• Fall on wet floor wax in retail store.
• Fall on wet floor in retail store. (x13)
• Fall on substance on floor in retail store
• Fall on grapes on floor in retail store.
• Fall on food debris on floor in retail store.
• Fall on wet ramp in stadium.
• Fall on wet floor inside public building restroom.
• Fall on ice covered freezer trailer unit floor while delivering product boxes.
• Fall on an oily parking lot grocery store pavement.
• Fall on a wet and slippery epoxy painted concrete floor inside of a auto dealership.
• Fall over improperly maintained aisle guide rope.
• Fall through roof.
• Fall through floor.
• Fall caused by poorly designed general public tunnel walkway.
• Fall off a waste chemical tanker fixed side ladder while opening pressurized tank lid.
• Fall in retail store while picking up components that fell out of the bottom of a box.
• Fall in fuel station pump area caused by a wet and slippery ground condition.

OTHER CASES

• Alleged to have stepped in a slightly depressed no-parking zone pavement area.
• Caught by auger.
• Caught by drilling rig auger.
• Caught by winder machine.
• Caught by metal slitter machine rollers.
• Caught by die castings machine.
• Caught by unguarded machine roller while trying to remove nonwoven material.
• Caught by trim/sander machine.
• Caught by a hog belt conveyor while trying to remove a wood block from the tail end.
• Caught by a conveyor while using a vacuum hose under the belt.
• Caught by unguarded Slitter #2 scrap conveyor.
• Caught by unguarded machine. (x2)
• Contact with overhead power line.
• Contractor employee driving company truck hit motor vehicle.
• Contractor terminated by Owner for cause.
• Defective and improperly guarded compactor/roller vehicle.
• Drove forklift off of ramp that was not barricaded or provided with warning signs.
• Electric shock to service company repairman.
• Exposure to ammonium hydroxide fumes.
• Exposure to liquid chemical.
• Exposure to airborne asbestos fibers.
• Five cases for construction projects having Owner Controlled Insurance Programs.
• Fuming sulfuric acid airborne release.
• High pressure water hose got caught onto a mixer and was wrapped on his leg.
• Hit by a truck while driving out of a transport lot and his sight was blocked by trees.
• Hit by 48” directional boring pipe wrench.
• Hit by bundle of lumber being stacked.
• Hit by door press machine frame being loading by a forklift onto a flatbed truck.
• Hit by concrete truck chute.
• Hit by hoist steel beam.
• Hit by hotel automatic revolving door.
• Hit by plywood.
• Hit by roofing materials
• Hit by steel beam. (x2)
• Hit by steel plates.
• Hit by steel beams being off-loaded from a flat-bed trailer.
• Hit by a mini-van.
• Hit by a paint roller wooden handle that fell off the top of a water tank.
• Hit by metal storage rack upright.
• Hit by a concrete pump truck boom.
• Hit by section of metal duck work being removed.
• Hit by football size piece of coal slag inside of a boiler.
• Hit by a bundle of pipes after he released the securement straps on a flat-bed trailer.
• Hit by shoe boxes of safety boots in a shoe retail store.
• Hit by a car being auction off.
• Hit by unsupported overhead lift when moving the lift’s motor attached to the lift.
• Hit by a 1,300 pound 36” wide steel mold amputating his right lower leg.
• Hit by falling baseball helmet off of a overhead retail store shelf.
• Hit by retail store fixture.
• Hit by retail store employee pushing and pulling two flat cargo carts.
• Hit in rear of a car by another by electrician driving his pick-up truck.
• Hit by secured upright dump truck bed while replacing rear cab window.
• Improper material handling involving marbles slab pieces.
• Improper removal of heat exchanger end plate.
• Improper handling & lowering of full fire hoses.
• PayLoader operated at excessive speed.
• Pedestrian hit by contractor’s pick-up truck.
• Portable grinder exploded.
• Radioactive and hazardous materials release off-site.
• Scaffold collapsed.
• Scissor lift unit tripped over.
• Sprayed by 160 degree phenol.
• Tank car explosion.
• Truck Driver on a construction site injured when dump truck turned over.
• Truck Driver moved trailer being unloaded by forklift driver.
• Truck Driver while assisting a crane operator had container dropped onto his hand.
• Truck Drivers back into trailers while the forklift operator was inside.
• Hotel Housekeeper physically attacked in the hotel by an assailant.

Training / Seminars
American Subcontractors Association – Annual Convention; Chicagoland Construction Safety Council – 2nd Annual Conference; Chicagoland Construction Safety Council – 3rd Annual Conference; The MEGA Center The 26th Annual Chicago Business Fair; Monsanto Company - Construction Hazard Recognition Training Program For Plant Personnel; National Electrical Contractors Association Annual Convention; National Electrical Contractors Association Annual Convention; National Electrical Contractors Association; National Electrical Contractors Association Illinois Chapter’s 23rd Annual Convention

Training / Seminars

American Subcontractors Association – Annual Convention; Chicagoland Construction Safety Council – 2nd Annual Conference; Chicagoland Construction Safety Council – 3rd Annual Conference; The MEGA Center The 26th Annual Chicago Business Fair;
Monsanto Company - Construction Hazard Recognition Training Program For Plant Personnel; National Electrical Contractors Association Annual Convention; National Electrical Contractors Association Annual Convention; National Electrical Contractors Association; National Electrical Contractors Association Illinois Chapter’s 23rd Annual Convention

Marketing Experience
Expert's marketing experience includes the following: Airports; Aluminum Processing; Automotive Manufacturing; Chemical Processing; Coal Fired Power Plants; Computer Chip Manufacturing; DOE National Laboratories; Environmental Restoration Projects; Food Processing Plants; Foreign Construction Projects; Gas & Oil Separation Plants; Heavy Water Nuclear Plants; Japanese Auto Parts Plant; Nuclear Power Plants; Nuclear Submarines; Office Buildings; Petrochemical; Pipelines & Pumping Stations; Pulp & Paper Mills; Refineries; Refuse-To-Energy Plants; Shipbuilding; Ship Repairs; Solar Energy R&D Plants; Steel Mills; Warehouse Facilities; Waste Water Treatment Plants; Water Treatment Plants

Marketing Experience

Expert's marketing experience includes the following:
Airports; Aluminum Processing; Automotive Manufacturing; Chemical Processing; Coal Fired Power Plants; Computer Chip Manufacturing; DOE National Laboratories; Environmental Restoration Projects; Food Processing Plants; Foreign Construction Projects; Gas & Oil Separation Plants; Heavy Water Nuclear Plants; Japanese Auto Parts Plant; Nuclear Power Plants;
Nuclear Submarines; Office Buildings; Petrochemical; Pipelines & Pumping Stations; Pulp & Paper Mills; Refineries; Refuse-To-Energy Plants; Shipbuilding; Ship Repairs; Solar Energy R&D Plants; Steel Mills; Warehouse Facilities; Waste Water Treatment Plants; Water Treatment Plants

Other Relevant Experience
FIRE PREVENTION & PROTECTION PROGRAMS: Developed, implemented, and monitored Fire Prevention and Protection Programs for large construction projects. Formulated layout drawings for project fire department facilities, specifications for fire trucks, support vehicles, equipment, material and supplies and established site specific fire administrated control procedures. Familiar with NFPA 45 Fire Protection Standards for Laboratories Using Chemicals. Conducted fire safety audits of laboratory facilities to determine compliance with applicable OSHA, NFPA, DOE and Laboratory Fire Prevention and Protection Standards. Published Fire Prevention and Protection Manuals for both Mid/Large-Size Contractors and Subcontractors. Prepared a Plant Fire Prevention and Protection Manual for a Japanese Mfg Company. PROCESS SAFETY MANAGEMENT: Provide full-scope consultation services for developing, implementing and controlling Contractor operations covered by OSHA's Process Safety Management (PSM) standard. 1. Corporate PSM Program for Contractors 2. Plant PSM Program for Contractors 3. Audits of Existing PSM Programs 4. Contractor Bid Specification Documents 5. Contract Document Safety Requirements 6. Contractor Prequalification Safety Specs. 7. Pre-Bid & Pre-Job Orientation Sessions 8. Plant Hazard Communication Program 9. Work Site Physical & Chemical Hazards 10. Emergency Action Plans 11. Plant Lockout/Tagout Procedures 12. Contractor Work Permit Procedures 13. Confined Space Entry Procedures 14. Contractor Employee Training Programs 15. Constructability Reviews 16. OSHA & EPA Requirements 17. Fire Prevention & Protection Programs 18. Contractor Accident Records 19. Contractor Compliance Audits DOE R&D AND WEAPONS PLANT FACILITIES: Provide safety and total loss control consulting services to Department of Energy (DOE) National Laboratories. Maintained a "Q" security clearance for DOE projects. From July, 1991 to March,1992, worked for DOE in Idaho Falls providing assistance to DOE-ID and the INEL Site Construction Manager in correcting and responding to DOE Tiger Team inspection key findings. During November, 1991; performed construction safety audit of DOE's Weldon Spring Site Remedial Action Project. During June, 1991, conducted an audit of DOE Los Alamos National Laboratory Fixed-Price Contractors prior to the Lab's Tiger Team inspection. Assisted ICF Kaiser Engineers, Inc. in providing hands-on training to 250 Sandia National Laboratories (SNL) employees as part of the SNL pre-Tiger Team Self-Assessment Training Program. From June to November, 1990; worked at Los Alamos Technical Area Facilities assisting ICF Kaiser Engineers, Inc. in inspecting 5.6 million out of the total 7.7 million square feet of research and development building space. As a Corporate Safety & Security Manager established, implemented, staffed and audited company direct-hire new construction and construction maintenance safety & loss control programs at the DOE Oak Ridge-TN, DOE Fernald-Ohio and Bruceton-Penn Facilities. Expert has conducted audits covering the following DOE ES&H organization & administration procedures and R&D experimental activities: Occupational Safety & Health Laser Operations Fire Prevention & Protection High Pressure Systems Medical & First Aid Accelerators Industrial Hygiene Solar Thermal Test Facility Environmental & Pollution Control Meson Physics Facility Health Physics Explosive Development Lab Security & Safety Interface Water Impact Test Facility Emergency Preparedness Plans Centrifuge Facilities Training & Certification Climatic Test Facility Conduct of Operations Robotics Operations Safety Analysis Light Initiated High Facility Safety Reviews Explosive (LIHE) Test Facility Nuclear Safety Computer Chip Processing Lab Plant Maintenance Microelectronics Labs Electrical Safety Chemical Physics Labs Site Construction Contractor's Radiological Materials Labs Hazard Communication Coal Technology Pilot Plant OSHA's Laboratories Standards Numerous Other R & D Labs DOE FACILITY SAFETY REVIEW: Assisted Laboratory Management and Self-Assessment lab employees in the appraisals of selected laboratory facilities to evaluate the quality and effectiveness of their ES&H programs as applied to experimental operations and support activities performed at those facilities. DOE PLANT MAINTENANCE: Audited laboratory plant engineering and maintenance operations to evaluate their impact onto site ES&H performance goals and objectives. The following maintenance activities were reviewed: 1. Organization and Administration 2. Planning, Scheduling and Work Control Procedures 3. Preventive Maintenance Programs 4. Facilities, Equipment and Materials 5. Maintenance Risk Identification, Evaluation and Control 6. Maintenance Personnel Training Programs 7. Maintenance Records 8. Interface with Lab Managers and Supervisors 9. Interface with Contractors and Vendors 10. Special Abatement Programs - PCB's, Asbestos, Radiation, etc. DOE ELECTRICAL SAFETY: Conducted electrical safety audits of laboratory work spaces to determine compliance with OSHA's 1910 Subpart S - Electrical Standards and National Electrical Code Requirements. Specific Lab Electrical System Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) and Special Work Permits (SWP) were also audited for full compliance. DOE EXPLOSIVES- EXPLOSIVES PROCESSING: Familiar with DOE's Explosives Safety Manual which prescribes the explosives safety requirements to be applied to all DOE facilities involved with the development, testing and processing of explosives or assemblies containing explosives. Trained Sandia (Albuquerque) Lab Employees in the systematic techniques to follow when performing hands-on safety and loss control audits of laboratory explosives operations. Prior to commencing these audits site specific preliminary hazard assessments (PHA's), safe operating procedures (SOP's), material safety data sheets (MSDS's) and site operating procedures of the lab's safety and health self-assessment team. Provided direction to lab self-assessment team members inspecting various laboratory explosives processing and testing facilities to ensure compliance with Sandia, DOE, OSHA, and EPA standards. DOE LABORATORY INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE: Audited laboratory industrial hygiene programs to verify that they control, mitigate or eliminate potential chemical, physical, biological, and ergonomic health hazards to employees and visitors through the application and use of appropriate engineering controls, administrative procedures, personal protective equipment, substitution with less hazardous materials, and compliance with established health and safety procedures, rules regulations, and OSHA safety & health standards. Conducted detailed inspections of over 150 wet lab rooms to determine compliance with DOE order 5480.10, covering the identification, evaluation and standard operating procedures for controlling occupational exposure to chemical carcinogens. Familiar with OSHA's 1910.1450 standard "Occupational Exposure to Toxic Substances in Laboratories" and OSHA's 1910.1200 standard "Hazard Communication." DOE HUMAN FACTORS: Familiar with the Axiom, "There is no such thing as an average man" and the truism that "man-machine" systems are only effective if they are operable over a wide range of human physical characteristics. Therefore, when auditing any plant facility, I have always reviewed the specific site preliminary hazard assessments (PHA's), safe operating procedures (SOP's), material safety data sheets (MSDS's) and operating procedures to determine if human engineering considerations have been incorporated into the design, layout and operation of the equipment in order to facilitate operator control, information processing, and the recognition and proposal response to alarms, instruments and other equipment. DOE PERSONNEL PROTECTION: Protection of laboratory personnel, property and the environment can only be achieved by senior management establishing targeted ES&H performance goals and objectives and holding site managers, supervisors and employees accountable for the success or failure to achieve these goals and objectives. Laboratory personnel can best be protected when the Lab ES&H organization addresses each of the following: 1. ES&H policy, programs and procedures effectively communicated to all employees, contractors, vendors and visitors. 2. Establish the framework for responsibilities, authority and lines of communication. 3. Assure that the design, acquisition, operation, modification, maintenance, and disposal of equipment receives appropriate ES&H reviews and controls. 4. Train all employees, contractors, and visitors consistent with their needs and the level of risk associated with their activities. 5. Adequately document ES&H activities so as to measure and evaluate the performance and effectiveness of the system and lab organizations. Expert audited two DOE Laboratory ES&H organizations to determine the levels of personnel protection provided for lab employees, contractors and visitors. DOE SAFETY ANALYSIS: Familiar with laboratory administrative requirements covering safety analysis preparation and review system process needed to ensure that laboratory operations are conducted in a manner that limits risks and adequately projects people, property and the environment. Also familiar with DOE Order 5440.1, that addresses the preparation of an action description memorandum (ADM) for most new operations or significant changes to existing operations, as well as, DOE review and approval safety analyses process covering: 1. Drafts of Safety Assessments and SAR's 2. Safety Assessments 3. Preliminary SAR's 4. Final SAR's 5. Pre-operational Appraisals DOE TECHNICAL SUPPORT: Conducted Safety and Total Loss Control Audits of laboratory technical support groups to determine compliance with ES&H Laboratory, DOE, OSHA and EPA Standards. Reviewed facility modifications, equipment performance testing, monitoring and documentation to determine that technical support services have been carried out in accordance with sound engineering principles that assured proper design, review control implementation and documentation. DOE CONDUCT OF OPERATIONS: Familiar with the DOE 5480.19 Conduct of Operations requirements for DOE facilities and have audited two DOE Laboratory facilities to determine compliance in meeting operations performance and safety objectives. Conducted numerous Safety and Total Loss Control Audits covering different types of industrial operations. DOE WASTE MANAGEMENT: Conducted ES&H Audits of laboratory hazardous waste processing facilities handling polychlorinated biphenyls, asbestos, radioactive materials, and other toxic wastes commonly generated at research laboratories. Familiar with OSHA 1910.120 Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response Standards. Reviewed numerous standard operating procedures and special work permits involving the handling and disposal of carcinogens, suspected carcinogens or other chemical, hazardous or mixed waste. DOE QUALITY ASSURANCE PROGRAM (VERIFICATION) : Familiar with the ASME NQA-1-1989 Edition of the Quality Assurance Program Requirements for Nuclear Facilities. Audited various industrial operations to determine that management had put administrative programs and controls in place to ensure successful Quality Assurance and Quality Control Programs covering each facility throughout the site. Other QA/QC program elements reviewed covered the following: 1. Procurement Activities - Materials, Equipment and Services 2. Selection and Control of Suppliers and Vendors 3. Inspection of Purchased Material & Equipment Shipped to the Site. 4. Pre-Installation Inspections 5. Contractor Selection 6. Contractor QA/QC Program Review and Approval 7. Contractor Inspections and Equipment Testing 8. Identification, Control, Calibration and Maintenance of Tools, Gases, Instruments, Other Measuring and Testing Devices. DOE INCIDENT MANAGEMENT: Top management’s commitment to achieving successful ES&H programs can often be measured by reviewing how all levels of plant management prevent the re-occurrences of accidents and near-miss incidents. Incident management is more than maintaining OSHA frequency and severity rates - it is the clear identification and rectification of all cause factors that create the accidents or near-miss incidents. Audited laboratory ES&H administration policies, programs and procedures to elevate accident/incident trends, unusual occurrences, lost workdays, reporting requirements, lessons learned, radiation exposures (ALARA), and upgrading of standard operating procedures and lab employee training programs. DOE PACKAGING AND TRANSPORTATION: Audited many different types of industrial operations, two of which are DOE Laboratory facilities, to determine if hazardous materials packaging and transportation operations are performed in compliance with applicable Federal and State Regulations, including those of the Department of Transportation (DOT), Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), Occupational Safety & Health Adm. (OSHA) and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). DOE PLANT AUXILIARY SYSTEMS: When conducting any facility safety and total loss control audit, I evaluate site operations support systems to determine if these auxiliary units have been properly designed, installed, tested and maintained to function properly. Lab managers usually do a very good job in addressing all the hazards associated with lab experiment in their preliminary hazard assessment and standard operating procedure documents. However, the loss of vital operations supply systems (emergency power, water, gas, ventilation systems) are not always adequately covered in the PHA's or SOP's. Audited plant maintenance auxiliary system work spaces in numerous types of industrial operational plants. DOE CRYOGENICS SAFETY: Familiar with the Compressed Gas Association's Safe Handling for Cryogenic Liquefied Gases. Performed safety evaluations of numerous laboratory cryogenic operations to determine adequacy of hazard controls as follows: 1. Administrative controls covering training, posting, labeling, SOP or SWP, oxygen and combustible gas alarms, controlled access, and filling procedures. 2. Engineering controls to mitigate hazards involved in cryogenic operations to include relief valves on trapped volumes, ventilation systems, orifices to reduce flow rate, and storage locations. 3. Personal protective equipment used to protect personnel working with cryogenics to include gloves, safety glasses, face shields and self-contained breathing apparatus where cryogenic operations could cause an oxygen deficiency. 4. Emergency response procedures for each cryogenics operation involving the use of more than four liters of cryogenic fluids. 5. Review of any accident/incident reports involving cryogenics. 6. Laboratory installation, inspection and maintenance programs for cryogenic operations.

Other Relevant Experience

FIRE PREVENTION & PROTECTION PROGRAMS:
Developed, implemented, and monitored Fire Prevention and Protection Programs for large construction projects. Formulated layout drawings for project fire department facilities, specifications for fire trucks, support vehicles, equipment, material and supplies and established site specific fire administrated control procedures.
Familiar with NFPA 45 Fire Protection Standards for Laboratories Using Chemicals. Conducted fire safety audits of laboratory facilities to determine compliance with applicable OSHA, NFPA, DOE and Laboratory Fire Prevention and Protection Standards. Published Fire Prevention and Protection Manuals for both Mid/Large-Size Contractors and Subcontractors. Prepared a Plant Fire Prevention and Protection Manual for a Japanese Mfg Company.

PROCESS SAFETY MANAGEMENT:
Provide full-scope consultation services for developing, implementing and controlling Contractor operations covered by OSHA's Process Safety Management (PSM) standard.
1. Corporate PSM Program for Contractors
2. Plant PSM Program for Contractors
3. Audits of Existing PSM Programs
4. Contractor Bid Specification Documents
5. Contract Document Safety Requirements
6. Contractor Prequalification Safety Specs.
7. Pre-Bid & Pre-Job Orientation Sessions
8. Plant Hazard Communication Program
9. Work Site Physical & Chemical Hazards
10. Emergency Action Plans
11. Plant Lockout/Tagout Procedures
12. Contractor Work Permit Procedures
13. Confined Space Entry Procedures
14. Contractor Employee Training Programs
15. Constructability Reviews
16. OSHA & EPA Requirements
17. Fire Prevention & Protection Programs
18. Contractor Accident Records
19. Contractor Compliance Audits

DOE R&D AND WEAPONS PLANT FACILITIES:
Provide safety and total loss control consulting services to Department of Energy (DOE) National Laboratories. Maintained a "Q" security clearance for DOE projects.
From July, 1991 to March,1992, worked for DOE in Idaho Falls providing assistance to DOE-ID and the INEL Site Construction Manager in correcting and responding to DOE Tiger Team inspection key findings.
During November, 1991; performed construction safety audit of DOE's Weldon Spring Site Remedial Action Project.
During June, 1991, conducted an audit of DOE Los Alamos National Laboratory Fixed-Price Contractors prior to the Lab's Tiger Team inspection.
Assisted ICF Kaiser Engineers, Inc. in providing hands-on training to 250 Sandia National Laboratories (SNL) employees as part of the SNL pre-Tiger Team Self-Assessment Training Program.
From June to November, 1990; worked at Los Alamos Technical Area Facilities assisting ICF Kaiser Engineers, Inc. in inspecting 5.6 million out of the total 7.7 million square feet of research and development building space.
As a Corporate Safety & Security Manager established, implemented, staffed and audited company direct-hire new construction and construction maintenance safety & loss control programs at the DOE Oak Ridge-TN, DOE Fernald-Ohio and Bruceton-Penn Facilities.

Expert has conducted audits covering the following DOE ES&H organization & administration procedures and R&D experimental activities:
Occupational Safety & Health Laser Operations
Fire Prevention & Protection High Pressure Systems
Medical & First Aid Accelerators
Industrial Hygiene Solar Thermal Test Facility
Environmental & Pollution Control Meson Physics Facility
Health Physics Explosive Development Lab
Security & Safety Interface Water Impact Test Facility
Emergency Preparedness Plans Centrifuge Facilities
Training & Certification Climatic Test Facility
Conduct of Operations Robotics Operations
Safety Analysis Light Initiated High
Facility Safety Reviews Explosive (LIHE) Test Facility
Nuclear Safety Computer Chip Processing Lab
Plant Maintenance Microelectronics Labs
Electrical Safety Chemical Physics Labs
Site Construction Contractor's Radiological Materials Labs
Hazard Communication Coal Technology Pilot Plant
OSHA's Laboratories Standards Numerous Other R & D Labs

DOE FACILITY SAFETY REVIEW:
Assisted Laboratory Management and Self-Assessment lab employees in the appraisals of selected laboratory facilities to evaluate the quality and effectiveness of their ES&H programs as applied to experimental operations and support activities performed at those facilities.

DOE PLANT MAINTENANCE:
Audited laboratory plant engineering and maintenance operations to evaluate their impact onto site ES&H performance goals and objectives. The following maintenance activities were reviewed:

1. Organization and Administration
2. Planning, Scheduling and Work Control Procedures
3. Preventive Maintenance Programs
4. Facilities, Equipment and Materials
5. Maintenance Risk Identification, Evaluation and Control
6. Maintenance Personnel Training Programs
7. Maintenance Records
8. Interface with Lab Managers and Supervisors
9. Interface with Contractors and Vendors
10. Special Abatement Programs - PCB's, Asbestos, Radiation, etc.

DOE ELECTRICAL SAFETY:
Conducted electrical safety audits of laboratory work spaces to determine compliance with OSHA's 1910 Subpart S - Electrical Standards and National Electrical Code Requirements. Specific Lab Electrical System Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) and Special Work Permits (SWP) were also audited for full compliance.

DOE EXPLOSIVES- EXPLOSIVES PROCESSING:
Familiar with DOE's Explosives Safety Manual which prescribes the explosives safety requirements to be applied to all DOE facilities involved with the development, testing and processing of explosives or assemblies containing explosives.

Trained Sandia (Albuquerque) Lab Employees in the systematic techniques to follow when performing hands-on safety and loss control audits of laboratory explosives operations. Prior to commencing these audits site specific preliminary hazard assessments (PHA's), safe operating procedures (SOP's), material safety data sheets (MSDS's) and site operating procedures of the lab's safety and health self-assessment team. Provided direction to lab self-assessment team members inspecting various laboratory explosives processing and testing facilities to ensure compliance with Sandia, DOE, OSHA, and EPA standards.

DOE LABORATORY INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE:
Audited laboratory industrial hygiene programs to verify that they control, mitigate or eliminate potential chemical, physical, biological, and ergonomic health hazards to employees and visitors through the application and use of appropriate engineering controls, administrative procedures, personal protective equipment, substitution with less hazardous materials, and compliance with established health and safety procedures, rules regulations, and OSHA safety & health standards.
Conducted detailed inspections of over 150 wet lab rooms to determine compliance with DOE order 5480.10, covering the identification, evaluation and standard operating procedures for controlling occupational exposure to chemical carcinogens.
Familiar with OSHA's 1910.1450 standard "Occupational Exposure to Toxic Substances in Laboratories" and OSHA's 1910.1200 standard "Hazard Communication."

DOE HUMAN FACTORS:
Familiar with the Axiom, "There is no such thing as an average man" and the truism that "man-machine" systems are only effective if they are operable over a wide range of human physical characteristics. Therefore, when auditing any plant facility, I have always reviewed the specific site preliminary hazard assessments (PHA's), safe operating procedures (SOP's), material safety data sheets (MSDS's) and operating procedures to determine if human engineering considerations have been incorporated into the design, layout and operation of the equipment in order to facilitate operator control, information processing, and the recognition and proposal response to alarms, instruments and other equipment.

DOE PERSONNEL PROTECTION:
Protection of laboratory personnel, property and the environment can only be achieved by senior management establishing targeted ES&H performance goals and objectives and holding site managers, supervisors and employees accountable for the success or failure to achieve these goals and objectives. Laboratory personnel can best be protected when the Lab ES&H organization addresses each of the following:
1. ES&H policy, programs and procedures effectively communicated to all employees, contractors, vendors and visitors.
2. Establish the framework for responsibilities, authority and lines of communication.
3. Assure that the design, acquisition, operation, modification, maintenance, and disposal of equipment receives appropriate ES&H reviews and controls.
4. Train all employees, contractors, and visitors consistent with their needs and the level of risk associated with their activities.
5. Adequately document ES&H activities so as to measure and evaluate the performance and effectiveness of the system and lab organizations.
Expert audited two DOE Laboratory ES&H organizations to determine the levels of personnel protection provided for lab employees, contractors and visitors.

DOE SAFETY ANALYSIS:
Familiar with laboratory administrative requirements covering safety analysis preparation and review system process needed to ensure that laboratory operations are conducted in a manner that limits risks and adequately projects people, property and the environment.
Also familiar with DOE Order 5440.1, that addresses the preparation of an action description memorandum (ADM) for most new operations or significant changes to existing operations, as well as, DOE review and approval safety analyses process covering:
1. Drafts of Safety Assessments and SAR's
2. Safety Assessments
3. Preliminary SAR's
4. Final SAR's
5. Pre-operational Appraisals

DOE TECHNICAL SUPPORT:
Conducted Safety and Total Loss Control Audits of laboratory technical support groups to determine compliance with ES&H Laboratory, DOE, OSHA and EPA Standards. Reviewed facility modifications, equipment performance testing, monitoring and documentation to determine that technical support services have been carried out in accordance with sound engineering principles that assured proper design, review control implementation and documentation.

DOE CONDUCT OF OPERATIONS:
Familiar with the DOE 5480.19 Conduct of Operations requirements for DOE facilities and have audited two DOE Laboratory facilities to determine compliance in meeting operations performance and safety objectives. Conducted numerous Safety and Total Loss Control Audits covering different types of industrial operations.

DOE WASTE MANAGEMENT:
Conducted ES&H Audits of laboratory hazardous waste processing facilities handling polychlorinated biphenyls, asbestos, radioactive materials, and other toxic wastes commonly generated at research laboratories.
Familiar with OSHA 1910.120 Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response Standards.
Reviewed numerous standard operating procedures and special work permits involving the handling and disposal of carcinogens, suspected carcinogens or other chemical, hazardous or mixed waste.

DOE QUALITY ASSURANCE PROGRAM (VERIFICATION) :
Familiar with the ASME NQA-1-1989 Edition of the Quality Assurance Program Requirements for Nuclear Facilities.
Audited various industrial operations to determine that management had put administrative programs and controls in place to ensure successful Quality Assurance and Quality Control Programs covering each facility throughout the site.
Other QA/QC program elements reviewed covered the following:
1. Procurement Activities - Materials, Equipment and Services
2. Selection and Control of Suppliers and Vendors
3. Inspection of Purchased Material & Equipment Shipped to the Site.
4. Pre-Installation Inspections
5. Contractor Selection
6. Contractor QA/QC Program Review and Approval
7. Contractor Inspections and Equipment Testing
8. Identification, Control, Calibration and Maintenance of Tools, Gases, Instruments, Other Measuring and Testing Devices.

DOE INCIDENT MANAGEMENT:
Top management’s commitment to achieving successful ES&H programs can often be measured by reviewing how all levels of plant management prevent the re-occurrences of accidents and near-miss incidents. Incident management is more than maintaining OSHA frequency and severity rates - it is the clear identification and rectification of all cause factors that create the accidents or near-miss incidents.
Audited laboratory ES&H administration policies, programs and procedures to elevate accident/incident trends, unusual occurrences, lost workdays, reporting requirements, lessons learned, radiation exposures (ALARA), and upgrading of standard operating procedures and lab employee training programs.

DOE PACKAGING AND TRANSPORTATION:
Audited many different types of industrial operations, two of which are DOE Laboratory facilities, to determine if hazardous materials packaging and transportation operations are performed in compliance with applicable Federal and State Regulations, including those of the Department of Transportation (DOT), Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), Occupational Safety & Health Adm. (OSHA) and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

DOE PLANT AUXILIARY SYSTEMS:

When conducting any facility safety and total loss control audit, I evaluate site operations support systems to determine if these auxiliary units have been properly designed, installed, tested and maintained to function properly. Lab managers usually do a very good job in addressing all the hazards associated with lab experiment in their preliminary hazard assessment and standard operating procedure documents. However, the loss of vital operations supply systems (emergency power, water, gas, ventilation systems) are not always adequately covered in the PHA's or SOP's. Audited plant maintenance auxiliary system work spaces in numerous types of industrial operational plants.

DOE CRYOGENICS SAFETY:
Familiar with the Compressed Gas Association's Safe Handling for Cryogenic Liquefied Gases. Performed safety evaluations of numerous laboratory cryogenic operations to determine adequacy of hazard controls as follows:
1. Administrative controls covering training, posting, labeling, SOP or SWP, oxygen and combustible gas alarms, controlled access, and filling procedures.
2. Engineering controls to mitigate hazards involved in cryogenic operations to include relief valves on trapped volumes, ventilation systems, orifices to reduce flow rate, and storage locations.
3. Personal protective equipment used to protect personnel working with cryogenics to include gloves, safety glasses, face shields and self-contained breathing apparatus where cryogenic operations could cause an oxygen deficiency.
4. Emergency response procedures for each cryogenics operation involving the use of more than four liters of cryogenic fluids.
5. Review of any accident/incident reports involving cryogenics.
6. Laboratory installation, inspection and maintenance programs for cryogenic operations.

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accident, airport construction, asbestos safety, building construction, building safety, chemical hygiene plan, chemical process safety analysis, chemical process safety engineering, chemical processing system safety, chemical safety, chemical safety management, commercial construction, confined space, confined space safety, construction, construction accident, construction engineering, construction equipment, construction failure, construction industry, construction insurance claim, construction malpractice, construction noise pollution, construction planning, construction project management, construction safety, construction safety equipment, construction safety management, contractor safety, contractor safety management, electric circuit safety, electrical construction, electrical safety, electrical safety code, electrical safety standard, employee safety, equipment safety, excavation safety, eye safety, fall protection, fire protection engineering, fire safety, fire safety code, floor safety, general contractor, ground fault protection, hazardous nuclear material, health care facility construction, health safety, heavy construction, hospital safety, human noise safety level, HVAC safety, industrial gas safety, industrial plant construction, industrial safety, laboratory safety, life safety, light safety, lock out tag procedure, machine safety, maintenance safety, marine construction, maritime safety, National Fire Protection Association code, noise level safety code, nuclear construction, nuclear reactor safety, nuclear safety, occupational health & safety, occupational safety, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, off-the-job safety, optical safety code, OSHA 29 CFR 1910.146, pavement construction, pedestrian safety, personal protection equipment, petroleum facility construction, pilot plant construction, plant safety, plastics safety, power supply safety, private construction, process safety, process safety management, process-engineering safety, professional construction, public safety, pulp safety, radiation personal protective equipment, radiation safety, radiation safety code, retail safety, road traffic safety, roof construction, safety, safety analysis, safety auditing, safety code, safety engineering, safety equipment, safety management, safety standard, saw safety, shipbuilding, supermarket safety, systems safety engineering, textile machine safety, textile safety code, tool safety, workplace safety and security, window safety, vehicle safety, trucking safety, transportation safety, laser safety regulation, radio-frequency radiation safety, medical safety, microwave safety, laser safety, underground construction, OSHA 29CFR 1910.1030, toxic substance personal-protection equipment, hazardous waste personal protection equipment, anti-asbestos personal protection equipment, motor vehicle safety standard, toxic chemical safety code, software safety, product safety

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