permanent opportunity where training and being instrumental in cultivating safety as a culture and not something just for the job.
Resume:
Susan VanHorn Honolulu, HI 96815
Summary
Over eleven years experience as Safety Manager, Specialist and Consultant, Safety Trainer, and Loss Prevention/Risk Consulting. 2006 30-hr OSHA safety training and 2006 CHST certification. OSHA 500 certified. Recognized as competent person in Confined Space and Fall Protection. SSHO, 8 hour hazmat update trainer. Taught scaffold basics per NCCER. Federal project experience and knowledgeable of USACE EM 385-1-1.
Work Experience
Safety Manager: Building Innovators Group LLC 06/09- current Upstart company that fit the needs of my career challenge and of their need for a level 5 safety professional to permit military jobs in excess of 30 million dollars.
NW Area Safety Manager Brand Scaffold Services LLC 08/06/2007-03/31/09---Seattle Office in Anacortes, additional offices in Ferndale, Everett, and Lynnwood. Writing programs, implementation of programs, performing audits, assuring compliance with all state, federal and refinery rules. Latest project was writing a Pandemic Plan for the company.
Safety Engineer 11/2006-07/31/2007: Watts Constructors, LLC Gig Harbor, WA. Health, Safety, Environmental safety for Navy Contract at Bremerton and on the Hood Canal. Left due to downsizing contract amounts at the time. Hired as a level 5 and currently was filling level 3 positions.
12/2004 11/2006: Island Insurance, Honolulu, Hawaii Total loss control services for accounts. Deal with Liability, Products, Completed product, Fleets, WC, and Umbrellas...I minimize hazards through safety programs, training, lectures, and data evaluation. I participate in initial designs where applicable. Sr. Safety Representative (Pat Conroy)was mentor prior to this position and continued to mentor as requested.
Safety Manager 2/2001 - 12/2004: KFC Management, Inc., Honolulu, HI Responsible for all safety at the 1288 Ala Moana Site. Project responsibility for over 500 workers. Project can be viewed at http://www.hokua.net. General Contractor AC Kobayashi KFC Airport Management(for S&M; Sakamoto Construction), Pearl City, Hawaii Responsible to the Navy and S&M; Sakamoto Construction for safety on SVDT Facility and Drydock Shelter project. The various trades and the materials, equipment, and procedures are my responsibility to see that everything is and stays safe. The equipment includes but is not limited to normal industrial vehicles, nuclear probes, scaffolds and cranes. I wrote the quality control and the safety program for this site that has up to 60 people per day on site. I am responsible for appropriate and timely safety meetings. Safety Officer on site at Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard on the Abrasive Blast and Paint Facility project. The prime for this contract is Bodell Construction, Inc. and I am subcontracted to them for the duration of the contract. I reviewed the Health and Safety Program and added necessary items. I review each of the individual plans: asbestos, lead abatement, concrete & mason work, confined space, et. al.. It is my responsibility to ensure that all companies involved are in compliance and that all people, machinery, and environments are free from damage injury or harm. I have the ability to shut down the job when I deem it necessary. Also contracted to write safety programs for a Wharf project during this period.
Senior Risk Consultant 5/2000 and thru part of 2002 ((Part time): Risk Evaluation Consultant Services, Honolulu, HI Approach management at firms, review data, obtain management support for implementation of services that will mitigate loss and provide a healthy, safe working environment. This involves review of loss runs, searching for potential loss areas, executing needs analysis, writing plans, providing training and following up on decisions. 35 Ergonomics Programs were written by me to assure companies ability to be 'grandfathered' into the new ergo law.
Hawaii Military experience: [both DZB and ALL STAR SAB are the same contract awarded to different organizations] Occupational Health & Safety Specialist 10/1999 - 4/2000: Day Zimmermann Baker, Honolulu, HI My position here was to create and maintain all relevant safety records that the Safety Manager needed. My position began as a clerk to the individual hired as the Certified Safety Professional. I created the original MSDS logs and distributed copies to the appropriate parties with explanations. I executed OSHA required training, fall protection training, visited sites to establish baselines for procedures, prepared weekly safety briefs and created a file system at the direction of the Safety Manager. I performed whatever activities were required while the safety manager was off site or was participating in training classes preparing for the CSP exam. I exclusively brought the asbestos abatement projects to a credible completion schedule of at least 55 abatements per month and was responsible to bring the deficiencies of sub-contractors to managements attention.
Hawaii Military experience: Safety Compliance Officer 2/1999 - 10/1999: All Star/SAB, Honolulu, HI My duties and responsibilities as the Safety Compliance Officer was to ensure that a safe and healthy work environment exists for employees, subcontractors, government representatives, and military personnel and their families. I reported to the Pearl Harbor Project's Quality Control/Safety Manager, the Contract Manager and in their absence the Corporate Safety Officer.
All Military Positions include the following to different degrees: In my capacity I worked closely with each Project Manager and reported infractions of Safety Standards, Work Practices and other violations which could lead to unsafe acts or create an unsafe and/or unhealthy environment. My responsibilities included, but were not limited to the following: Exercise full responsibility and authority to enforce all Safety Standards, Applicable regulations, enact controls and ensure compliance to Contract Specification. Implement and coordinate an effective Safety Program, which is in compliance with HIOSH/OSHA, USACOE EM 385.1 -1, and other Safety Standards to ensure that each Project, and work site, is conducted in full compliance of these standards. Initiate corrective action whenever required. I have the authority to STOP WORK when an unsafe act is detected. Maintain documentation of all safety inspections; provide copies of violations to appropriate managers and supervisors. I escorted at Site Safety Inspections by Government Agencies, HIOSH/OHSA, Insurance Representative, Corporate Managers, Quality Control/Safety Manager and Project Managers. I maintained a technical library of safety standards and have knowledge of its requirements. I ensured each project was kept current of changes, which affected the work environment. Dissemination of changes was accomplished through Safety Briefs and e-mail when the information need was immediate. I conducted random safety surveys of the job operations to ensure compliance with the Job Hazard Analysis, Proiect Safety Plan, and Safety Standards set forth in the contract. Coordinate through the Quality Control/Safety Manager an effective Safety Briefing Program in compliance with the ACOE EM 385-1-1 was accomplished. Maintained a training file and copies of signed departmental attendance. Conducted and or coordinated supervisors' safety meetings and training via various available media. Work closely with the Quality Control/Safety Manager when conducting reviews and recording accident reports, regardless of near miss or personal Injury sustained. Formulated recommendations for corrective and preventive action, either by commenting on accident report or via a thorough Investigation. Submit completed reports to the designated HIOSH/OSHA Record Keeper for proper documentation and posting. Perform other duties as assigned by the Quality Control/Safety Manager, the Contract Managers.
Loss Prevention Consultant 4/1997 - 2/1999: Liberty Mutual Insurance Group, Honolulu, HI Provide professional problem solving service that anticipates and addresses the sources of loss. Provide training and moderate seminars. Specialist in areas such as Ergonomics, HazCom, Transportation, and in identifying loss sources. Significant Service Results: Saved a small account $21,000.00 over a six-month period by reducing the injury and illness rates through training. Wrote three confidential Significant Service Results within two years that Liberty Mutual accepted as verifiable and noteworthy. Saved many accounts for Liberty Mutual by addressing the needs of the client base. Total account base, not considering the National Accounts, is in excess of $800,000.00.
Engineering Aide 1-internship 6/1994 - 9/1994: Metropolitan Water District, San Dimas, Ca Assisted with writing the Illness & Injury Prevention Program; Performed Close Breathing Zone air quality checks; Set-up and facilitated noise surveys
Education
5/1995 University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California Bachelor's Degree B.Sc. Major in SAFETY 6/1992 Los Angeles Mission College, Sylmar, California Associate Degree A.A. Cum Laude General Studies and Humanities Continuous Training
2008-9 NCCER Facilitator trainer for Basic Scaffold 98% pass rate 2007 OSHA 500 completion 2006 Obtained CHST Certification Completed 30 -hr OSHA training HI Governors Pac-Rim Safety Conference 2 hrs each (fall protection, excavations, rigging, tower cranes, back safety, electrical) Shipyard Confined Space Competent Person Training 8 hrs 8 hrs OSHA General Safety Training 8 hrs Webcast Safety Training 15 hrs ASSE Training Fall Protection Training 3 hrs Confined Space Training 3 hrs OSHA Site Training on safety and environmental issues 1.5 hrs Safety Program Management Training 2 hrs
2005 15 hrs ASSE Training 2 hrs each (proper use of the claw for fall safety, mobile scaffolding, safety methodology) Confined Space Training 3 hrs Record Keeping (ID theft prevention for safety professionals) 2 hrs Construction Ergonomics 2 hrs Gas Detection Awareness 2 hrs Hearing Conservation Program Training 2 hrs Project Management Training 1.5 hrs PPE Training 1.5 hrs Drug-free Workplace Training 1.5 hrs 4 hrs Webcast Training
2004 Construction Health & Safety Tech Training 40 hrs
15 hrs ASSE Training OSHA 10-hr Course
2003 NFPA Code Training 2 hrs 15 hrs ASSE Training 8 hrs Confined Space Refresher Training 8 hr Asbestos Training OSHA General Safety Training (fall protection, 2.5 hrs; ergonomics, 1 hr; roofing fall protection, 2.5 hrs; confined space, 2.5 hrs; permit-reqd confined space, 2.5 hrs; blood-borne pathogens, 1.5 hrs) Safety Management Training 2 hrs Ergonomics Training 1.5 hrs
2002 24 hrs Confined Space Training update 15 hrs ASSE (American Society of Safety Engineers) Training 8 hr Asbestos Training update
2001 Minimum 20 hrs as Fall Protection Trainer Minimum 20 hrs as Back Safety Trainer 9 hrs Respirator Trainer 8 hrs Asbestos Training
2000 Minimum 20 hrs as Fall Protection Trainer Minimum 20 hrs as Back Safety Trainer
1999 40 hrs Asbestos Training
Skills Behavior Based Safety Contract/process & procedure Food Safety- from shipping to clean-up HACCP-Hazard Analysis Critical Control Points Prepare Significant Service Results Training-Job Hazard Analysis References upon request.
