Mike R. Scanlon

 

 

(541) 302-1758 (Residence)                                                                                          2957 Summit Sky Blvd

(541) 953-6711 (Cell Phone)                                                                                                          P.O. Box 23105

E-mail:  safeman@teleport.com                                                                                Eugene, Oregon  97405

 

Experience

 

·         Twenty-two years experience in the field of occupational health and safety.  Currently working as a site safety manager for Weyerhaeuser’s iLevel Veneer Technologies in Eugene, Oregon.  In may of this year, this facility received Weyerhaeuser’s highest recognition for safety excellence—the Senior Management Teams Safety Excellence Gold Award.

·         Certified CPR/First Aid/AED instructor for the American Red Cross

·         Owner of Safety Management Services of Oregon---an occupational health & safety consulting firm based in Turner Oregon.  Worked with 300 plus employers throughout Oregon, California, Idaho, Alaska, and Virginia.

·         Field safety engineer responsible for all of the Oregon clientele of a nationwide workers’ compensation insurer of high-risk industries.  Despite possessing some of the nation’s most challenging accounts (e.g., helicopter logging operations), my region consistently earned one of the company’s best loss ratios.

·         Directed Fortune 100 company’s location in setting safety benchmarks for the division.  Led the company’s efforts in dramatically reducing their accident/injury experience, workers compensation costs, and OSHA/DOT penalties.

·         Directed the principal provider of cleanroom garments to the high tech industries through successful ISO 9002 certification.  Responsible for the facility’s quality system development, implementation, and evaluation.

·         Safety and training responsibilities for a Corvallis, Oregon paper manufacturing operation.

·         Six years of biology, chemistry, and physics curriculum design, development and instruction in secondary education.

·         Strong verbal and written communication skills.

·         Skilled in management/labor negotiations

·         Unique academic background providing a broad-spectrum foundation for career path.

 

 

Academic Background

 

Master of Science, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon

Resource Management, 1988.  Accumulated GPA 4.00

Masters Thesis:  Fire as a control measure for Western Juniper

Member of the National Agricultural Honor Society of Gamma Sigma Delta

 

Master of Science, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon

Science Education, 1981.  Accumulated GPA 3.90.

Member of the National Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi

 

Bachelor of Science, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon

General Science, 1977.  Emphasis:  Biology.  Accumulated GPA 3.65

 

Continuing education coursework in all facets of occupational Health and Safety

 

Professional Affiliations/Certifications

 

Member of the American Society of Safety Engineers

Membership with the American Management Association

Past member of the Salem Chamber of Commerce

Oregon standard teaching certificate

Certified level 2 incident investigator

Certified CPR/First Aid/AED instructor

 

Employment

 

Currently employed as a site safety manager at Weyerhaeuser’s largest engineered wood products manufacturing operation, located in Eugene Oregon (March 2003 – Present).

 

·         Responsible for all facets of a world class health and safety program.  The site’s safety performance is reflected in the recordable injury rates over the last two years of .89 and .44 respectively---the best in the plants history and the best in Weyerhaeuser for a facility of this size.

·         The Eugene site was a recent recipient of Weyerhaeuser’s highest recognition for safety excellence—the Senior Management Teams Safety Excellence Gold Award.  This is in recognition of reaching in excess of 1,000,000 combined contractor and associate exposure hours without a time loss injury and a recordable incident rate of less than 1.

 

Employed as a field safety engineer with a nationwide carrier of workers’ compensation insurance (2000 – 2003).

 

·         Responsible for providing the underwriting department with detailed loss control information from which potential risk can be assessed.  Provided underwriting with detailed safety assessments of the insurability of prospective accounts.

 

·         Responsible for providing safety and health consultative services to the insured.

 

Owner of Safety Management Services of Oregon (1995 – 2003).

 

·         Provided occupational safety and health consultative services to a wide array of businesses throughout Oregon, northern California, northern Idaho, Alaska, and Virginia.

 

·         Monitored employer compliance with Federal and State occupational safety and health regulations.  Served as liaison between employers and OR-OSHA representatives.

 

·         Led the principal provider of cleanroom garments for Oregon’s high tech industries through successful ISO 9002 Quality System certification.

 

·         Developed and prepared OSHA required safety and health programs and training to employers and employees.

 

 

 

 

 

Employed with an Oregon Fortune 100 company as an industrial hygiene and safety coordinator.  Responsible for all facets of an intensive Health and Safety Program in one of Oregon’s most challenging work environments (1991 – 1995).

 

·         Supervised all phases of the company’s industrial hygiene and safety activities.

 

·         Responsible for an Industrial Hygiene and Safety staff of seven.

 

·         Responsible for the development, implementation, and administration of the company’s Safety and Health programs.

 

·         Assuring compliance with State and Federal Occupational Health and Safety Standards.

 

·         Curriculum development for occupational safety and health education programs.

 

·         Job safety analysis development for production employees and support staff.

 

·         Responsible for the systematic sampling of the various elements of the employee’s work environment to assure employee exposures were within acceptable limits.

 

·         Develop facility’s safety budget.

 

Personnel and safety training specialist, Evanite Fiber Corporation, Corvallis, Oregon  (1985 – 1991).

 

·         Responsible for the development of occupational safety and health education to meet State and Federal compliance criteria.

 

·         Responsible for providing employee and supervisor instruction in Hazardous Materials Handling and Emergency Response Operations Management, Hazard Communication, Forklift Operation, First Aid/CPR, Respirator and Personal Protective Equipment, Lockout/Tagout, Safety Committees, Crane Operation, Confined Space, and New Employee Safety Orientation.

 

·         Responsible for written plans for various occupational health and safety programs, as well as periodic audits to assess program effectiveness.

 

·         Responsible for assuring consistent administration of company policies and agreements relating to hourly employees.

 

·         Played primary role in providing language for Labor-Management Agreement.

 

·         Served as liaison between management and labor.

 

·         Member of company Negotiations Team and Standing Committee.

 

References

 

Gladly provided upon request.