Summary

• 25 plus years experience with the Kentucky Occupational Safety and Health Division of Compliance.
• Career State Investigator with 25 years experience; more than 19 years specializing in fatal and non-fatal job related accidents.  
  

• Compliance Safety and Health Officer Specialist, Div. of Safety
  2000 – Present.
• President, Grayhawk Safety & Health Consulting Company
  1998 - Present.
• Compliance Safety and Health Officer Senior, Div. of Safety
  1986 - 1999.
• Compliance Safety and Health Officer, Div. of Safety
  1985 - 1986.
• Compliance Safety and Health Officer, Div. of Industrial Hygiene 1983 – 1984.
• Compliance Safety and Health Officer, Division of Safety
  1982.
  

Educational Experience

• B.S. Degree from Murray State University in Occupational Safety and Health Engineering.
• Certification of Specialization in Industrial Hygiene.
• M.S. Degree from Murray State University in Occupational Safety and Health Engineering.
• Total of 24 specialized training courses at the Occupational Safety and Health Training Institute “OTI”.
  

Work Experience
03/2008 - Present    Kentucky Transportation Cabinet
Division of Governmental Relations, Rural & Secondary Roads and Safe School Zones

    Special Assistant Field Representative for Risk
    Analysis & Loss Conrol

• Develop working relationships with elected officials to determine their rural & secondary roadway issues.  Conduct audits of existing roads and bridges for defects for public protection
• Develop reports to itemize issues found during onsite audits to get necessary repairs completed
• Conduct risk analysis and loss control methods to ensure repairs are in accordance with established guidelines and materials and equipment are effective  
• Submit written proposals on specific hazardous conditions and implementation of controls such as new bridges, traffic lights, stop signs, and other recognized methods can be used to prevent accidents and to protect motorists and pedestrians.

12/1982 – 3/2008     Kentucky Labor Cabinet
Division of Occupational Safety & Health (OSHA) Compliance,
workstation in Benton, Kentucky 

    01/2000 – Present    Compliance Officer Specialist

• Conducted safety inspections for general industry and construction in the state of Kentucky. 
• Specialized in complicated fatality and non-fatality accident investigations. 
• Specialized in training other compliance officers. 
• In charge of catastrophic events direction and other compliance officers on their inspection activities. 
• Wrote in-depth and comprehensive reports regarding accident, fatality, employee complaint, follow-up, and referral inspections. 
• Testified in OSHA hearings on behalf of the Kentucky Labor Cabinet.

    01/06 - 12/1999      Safety Compliance Officer Senior

• Conducted safety inspections for general industry and construction in the state of Kentucky. 
• Wrote in-depth and comprehensive reports regarding accident, fatality, employee complaint, follow-up, and referral inspections. 
• Testified in OSHA hearings on behalf of the Kentucky Labor Cabinet.
  

    01/85 - 01/86         Safety Compliance Officer  

• Conducted safety inspections for general industry and construction in the state of Kentucky. 
• Wrote in-depth and comprehensive reports regarding accident, fatality, employee complaint, follow-up, and referral inspections. 
• Testified in OSHA hearings on behalf of the Kentucky Labor Cabinet.

    06/83 - 12/84        Industrial Hygiene Compliance Officer

• Conducted safety inspections for general industry and construction in the state of Kentucky.  .
• Wrote in-depth and comprehensive reports regarding accident, fatality, employee complaint, follow-up, and referral inspections. 
• Testified in OSHA hearings on behalf of the Kentucky Labor Cabinet.

    12/82 - 05/86       Safety Compliance Officer

• Conducted safety inspections for general industry and construction in the state of Kentucky.  .
• Wrote in-depth and comprehensive reports regarding accident, fatality, employee complaint, follow-up, and referral inspections. 
• Testified in OSHA hearings on behalf of the Kentucky Labor Cabinet.
  

Professional Training
OSHA Training Institute (OTI)

• Process Safety Management I.
• Process Safety Management II.
• 40 Hazardous Waste Response and Spill Containment
• Advanced Accident Investigations
• Health Hazards in the Construction Industry
• Supplied Air and Negative Pressure Respirators
• Fall Protection
• Cranes & Materials Handling for Construction
• Cranes & Materials Handling for General Industry
• Advanced Electrical Standards
• Principles of Scaffolding
• Safety and Health in Logging and Sawmills.
• Excavation, Trenching, and Soil Mechanics
• 11C OSHA Discrimination Investigations
• Confined Space Entry
• Principles of Ergonomics
• Fire Protection and Life Safety Codes
• Inspection Techniques and Legal Aspects
• Hazardous Materials
• Grain Handling and Elevators
• Basic Accident Investigations
• Machine Guarding Standards
• Basic Electrical Standards 
• Construction Standards
  

Murray State University College Specialized Courses
B.S. & M.S. Degree Programs
Occupational Safety & Health

• Acoustics’ & Noise Control
• Construction Safety
• Environmental Occupational Health Engineering
• Human Factors & Bio Mechanics Engineering
• Industrial Hygiene I & II
• Industrial Supervision
• Occupational Diseases
• Safety Systems & Loss Control Engineering
• Sampling Strategies
• Transportation & Storage of Hazardous Materials
• Technical Aspects of Safety & Health 
• Industrial Toxicology
• Ergonomics & Bio Mechanics
  

Professional Affiliations

1999 – Present  American Society of Safety Engineers “ASSE”
2002 – Present  Purchase Area Chapter of the American Society of                           Safety Engineers
2006- 2007       Purchase Area Chapter of the American Society of                          Safety Engineers - Chapter President
2007 – Present Chair of Membership Committee
2007 – Present Chair of the Annual Golf Scramble, Professional Development Conference and Product Show Case Committee

As President of the Purchase Area American Society of Safety Engineers “ASSE”, I helped to organize the following eleven (11) meeting presentations during my tenure.

“How to Recognize Hazardous Workplace Conditions”
- - - Theme for 2006 – 2007 - - -

• Drugs in the Workplace
• Workers’ Comp:  Leveraging Your Rights as the Employer
• How to Recognize a Workplace Hazard

• Falls
• Electrical
• Struck by
• Caught-in

• How News in Fire Safety
• Enjoy the Christmas Holidays Without Burning Your House Down
• Hurricane Katrina Response
• Fatality and Catastrophe Case Studies
• Shoring Up Your Employee Action Defense
• Pella Window manufacturing plant tour
• Focus Four (4) on Construction Fatalities
• Professional Development Conference & Annual Golf Scramble    

1999 – 2002 - American Society of Safety Engineers: Audubon Chapter
2001 - 2002 - Chapter President
2000 – 2001 - President Elect
1999 – 2000 - Chapter Secretary

References

Mr. Chad Burnett, CSP, MS, EHS Manager 
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
2400 West Lloyd Expressway
Evansville, Indiana  47721-0001
812-429-7908 Office
812-429-5405 Fax
812—483-0268 Cell
chad.burnett@bms.com  

Mr. Deron Cowan, MS EBT., Senior Construction Manager
National Portfolio Executive - Large Contractors
Risk Engineering - Construction
Zurich Services Corporation
8833 Bayberry Court
Newburg, Indiana  47630
812-858-5391 Office
812-858-5392 Fax
812-363-0027 Cell
deron.cowan@zurichna.com  

Ms. Susan Draper, Director of Kentucky’s OSH Compliance  & Attorney
c/o Kentucky Labor Cabinet
Div. of OSH Compliance
1047 US 127 South Building
Frankfort, Kentucky 40601
502-564-3070 Office
susan.draper@ky.gov
302 Stephen Road
Frankfort, KY  40601
502-695-4624 Home
sdraper13@cs.com

Mr. Marty Higdon, Safety Training Coordinator Rolled Products
c/o Aleris Aluminum Casting Corporation
1372 SR 1957
POB 480
Lewisport, Kentucky 42351
270-295-3451 Ext. 5209 Direct Office
marty.higdon@aleris.com