Richard Dresser, CSP, CET

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RICHARD DRESSER, CSP, CET
Safety Professional
496 Castlewood Lane, Deerfield, IL 60015-3904
847-945-6095
FAX: 847-317-0155
Email addresses: DresSaMgmt@aol.com
richarddresser@comcast.net

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EDUCATION

Certified Environmental Safety & Health Trainer
National Environmental, Safety & Health Training Association, 1995,
Certificate #95-335
http://www.neshta.org/

Certified Safety Professional
Board of Certified Safety Professionals, 1984, Certificate #7425
http://www.bcsp.org/

M.Ed., Safety Education, 8/75
Texas A&M University, College Station, TX
http://www.tamu.edu/

B.S., Secondary Education, 5/72
University of Vermont, Burlington, VT
http://www.uvm.edu/

Mechanical Engineering
Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA 1962-1965
http://www.wpi.edu/

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

- More than twenty-five years as a safety professional in construction safety and insurance consultation.

- Areas of expertise include:
- Construction Safety
- OSHA Compliance Training Classes
- Safety Program Administration
- Fleet Safety
- Safety Staffing
- Claims Management
- Loss Trend Statistical Analysis (actual and potential)
- Accident Investigation and Inspection

- Program planning and development skills include: defining corporate goals, conducting needs analysis to identify opportunities of improvement, developing and organizing training materials, and coordinating all activities designed to improve workplace safety.

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

NASA (SQA Services, Inc.), John C. Stennis Space Center, MS 10/07- present
A contractor working for NASA providing Supplier Quality Auditing (Safety) services to NASA Contract Assurance Services (NCAS).

NCAS CSP
Monitor contractors building the new A-3 Test Stand to support testing of the J2-X engine for the Ares rockets, along with the future work for the Ares V and lunar lander. Ares V is a heavy lift rocket for lunar missions.
- Analyze potential and actual loss sources, develop countermeasures, suggest corrective actions
- Perform periodic comprehensive field reviews of projects to identify safety, health, liability, property exposures and risks.

KENNY CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, Wheeling, IL 6/05 - 7/07
Kenny is a national contractor and construction manager with extensive experience building large and complex projects such as Subways, Tunnels, Airports, Stadiums, Buildings, Hotels, Power Plants, Mass Transit, Bridges, Highways and all manner of Infrastructure projects.

Site Safety Manager
$57 Million Valve Isolation Chamber at the Calumet TARP (deep tunnel) Pumping Station. Excavation of overburden, drill and blast five 340-foot deep shafts and a valve chamber tunnel. Replace and refurbish four pumps and valves, including various mechanical and electrical installations and constructing a service building on the ground surface.
- Instruct supervisors in safety responsibilities.
- Implement a program of employee safety education.
- Perform ongoing inspections to evaluate and correct for compliance
- Coordinate scheduled and unscheduled inspections to identify and correct unsafe working conditions.

PICKUS COMPANIES, Waukegan, IL 9/04 – 6/05
The Pickus Companies is a construction and development services organization, with 4 operating divisions: Design/Build; Commercial Building; Special Projects; and Self Perform. Pickus has been able to consistently deliver superior performance on all projects ranging from Fortune 500 companies to government agencies to private investors.

Risk Management Director
- Analyze potential and actual loss sources, develop countermeasures, suggest corrective actions.
·- Perform periodic comprehensive field reviews of projects to identify safety, health, liability, property exposures and risks. Recommend corrective measures.

KIEWIT CONSTRUCTION, Washington Dulles International Airport, VA 4/04 - 7/04.
One of the largest construction and mining organizations in North America, constructing the $25 million West Utility Building Tunnel, 325 LF of cut & cover, 1,035 LF of NATAM tunneling, a ventilation structure, 2 transition structures, and connections to existing heat and pipe units for the Metropolitan Washington Airport Authority.

Safety Manager
-Conduct safety training for new employees
-Conduct specialized safety training
-Perform ongoing inspections to evaluate and correct for compliance
-Collaborate with owner’s and Project Manager's Safety Staff

CH2M HILL, Oakland, CA 1/02 - 10/03
An international engineering and construction management firm providing Health & Safety advice to the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) for their activities overseeing seismic retrofitting of San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge West Span Towers and Superstructure.

Health & Safety Advisor
· Perform periodic comprehensive field reviews of the project to identify health and safety exposures and risks for Caltrans employees. Provide recommendations to the Senior Bridge Engineer for corrective measures.
· Provide safety training to the Caltrans project staff.
· Provide regulatory and policy review and interpretation and technical advice to the Senior Bridge Engineer.

IHC GROUP, Inc., South Elgin, IL 8/99 - 7/01
IHC General Contractors - Constructs/Renovates Bridges, Public Buildings; IHC Underground Contractors - Directional boring, Trenching, Conduit/Manholes, Utility installations; IHC Construction Managers - Construction Management; IHC Builders - Build to-Suit and Design Build; IHC Metal Fabricators, Miscellaneous and Special Metal Fabrication.

Safety Director
-Develop, implement, and enforce safety policies and procedures
-Conduct periodic inspections of all IHC projects, suggest corrective measures for compliance
-Develop and implement training of new hires and existing workforce

BROAD, VOGT & CONANT, Skokie, IL 2/99 - 7/99
Structural steel erection for Searle Pharmaceutical's 4 story Life Sciences Research building. BV&C was one of the top 5 steel erectors in the United States.

Onsite Safety Manager (temporary assignment)
-Conduct safety training for new employees
-Conduct daily tool box safety meetings as well as specialized safety training
-Perform ongoing inspections to evaluate and correct for compliance
-Collaborate with both owner’s and general contractor’s Safety Managers

RAYTHEON CONSTRUCTORS, Inc., Joliet, IL 10/98 - 11/98
Perform maintenance and modification services for Amoco Chemical during plant turnaround.

Safety Officer (Temporary Assignment)
- Daily inspections to evaluate and correct all locations for compliance
- Enforce safety rules and regulations

ENVIROCON, Inc., West Chicago, IL 3/97 - 10/98
A hazardous waste remediation construction company performing environmental cleanup of radioactive waste and site restoration for Kerr McGee at various EPA Superfund (CERCLA) sites throughout West Chicago.

Health & Safety Officer
- Administer the Safety Program
- Conducted training classes
- Daily inspection to evaluate and correct all sites for compliance

ATLANTIC PLANT MAINTENANCE, Inc., Marseilles, IL 9/96 - 11/96
Commonwealth Edison’s LaSalle Nuclear Station. APM provided craft workers for General Electric Power Systems. GE overhauled the turbine-generator in unit 2 during the fall outage.

Safety Supervisor (Temporary Assignment)
- Administer the Safety Program
- Administer Training
- Perform daily inspections
- Enforce safety rules and regulation

ARTHUR D. LITTLE, Inc., Boston, MA 8/95 - 7/96
A consulting company that provided Safety & Health oversight on the Massachusetts Highway Department’s Central Artery/Tunnel project in Boston. The $14.6 billion project, involving notably perilous work, involved more than 50 different construction contracts with more than 5,000 employees. The construction work involved demolishing an existing elevated highway through downtown Boston and replacing it with an underground highway. An immersed tube tunnel was built under Boston Harbor to the airport. The Central Artery/Tunnel Safety and Health group was awarded the 1995 Arthur D. Little Environment, Health & Safety award for continued outstanding work on the Central Artery/Tunnel Project. The project enjoyed an exemplary safety record.

Safety Consultant (Contract Position)
Responsible for safety monitoring of multiple heavy construction general contractors and subcontractors at various project locations.
- Review contractor safety and health plans
- Review the qualifications of contractor Safety Representatives
- Attend preconstruction meetings
- Monitor the implementation of contractor safety and health plans
- Monitor safety activities at multiple work sites
- Consult in safety and health management

PERINI/ICA/O&G, J. V. , Chicago, IL 11/93 - 1/95
A joint venture tunneling contractor working on the deep tunnel project ($228 million contract).

Safety Administrator
Responsible for managing three safety engineers (three shift operation) and all integrated activities of safety management for this project of excavation by a tunnel boring machine, drilling and blasting of nine miles of hard rock tunnel, two construction shafts, twenty drop shafts, and numerous other structures.
Duties:
- Daily inspection to evaluate and correct all sites for compliance
- Safety training-new employee training, tool box meetings, special training
- Analyzation and investigation; develop solutions to safety problem areas

UE&C-CATALYTIC, LaSalle Country Nuclear Station, Marseilles, IL 8/93-11/93

Safety Supervisor (temporary assignment)
Perform nuclear maintenance and modification services for the refueling outage of Unit Two at Commonwealth Edison, La Salle County Nuclear Station.
Duties:
- Administer the Safety Program
- Attend job planning meetings to review safety procedures
- Perform daily inspections
- Enforce safety rules and regulation

IMPREGILO-EBASCO-LOSINGER, J.V., Chicago, IL 5/90-5/93
A joint venture tunneling contractor working on the deep tunnel project ($150 million contract).

Safety Administrator
Responsible for managing 5 safety engineers (three shift operation) and all integrated activities of safety management for this project of excavation by tunnel boring machine, drilling and blasting of 6.6 miles of hard rock tunnel, 2 construction shafts, 18 drop shafts, and numerous other structures.

ARGONAUT INSURANCE COMPANY, Chicago, IL 1/89-4/90

Safety Management Consultant
Provided consultation (needs assessment), design, development, and implementation of risk management programs (Worker’s Compensation, Liability and Fleet exposures) for large construction (70%), agricultural, distribution, and manufacturing companies, i.e., Concrete Structures, a general contractor of high rise buildings, water treatment plants, and highways in the Chicagoland area, Advance Mechanical, an HVAC and plumbing contractor, Henry Newgard Construction, a commercial electrical contractor, Gluth Brothers, a commercial underground water and sewer line installer, Mertes Contracting, an exterior masonry specialist for high rise buildings, Nathan Linn & Sons, a rehabilitator of low income housing, ATEC Associates (American Testing and Environmental Consultants), L.E. Myers, an electric power line contractor, and Sheehan Pipeline, an underground pipeline contractor.

Duties:
- Inspected job sites
- Conducted training classes
- Developed countermeasures to actual and potential accidents
- Provided support for safety programs in force

MEMBERSHIPS/ACTIVITIES

Board of Certified Safety Professionals
-BCSP Examination Item Writing Team, Deerfield, IL, 2008
-BCSP/CCHEST Item Writing Workshop, Rosemont, IL 2002
-Examination Item Workshop, Schaumburg, IL, November, 2000
-Question Writing Workshop, Rosemont, IL, June, 1997

American Society of Safety Engineers, Professional Member, 1979-present
-Interim Newsletter Editor, Northeastern Illinois Chapter, 2007
- President, Northeastern Illinois Chapter, 1989-1990
- President Elect, Northeastern Illinois Chapter, 1988-1989
- Secretary & Newsletter Editor, Arkansas Chapter, 1981-1982

Underground Contractors Association of Illinois
-Safety Education Committee, 1999-2001

Construction Safety Association of America 1993-present
- Program Chairman, 1993 - 1996

Insurance Task Force, Triathlon Federation/USA, 1988
Analyzed risks in the sport, reviewed inherent risks, reviewed claim history,
and suggested methods of improvement to reduce risk, and review sanctioning
process and officiating program for this national body for the sport.

American Driver and Traffic Education Association, 1974-present

PUBLICATIONS

Author, Heat Stress Prevention: Understanding & Controlling the Effects of Heat. Best Practices, Professional Safety,April 2007

Author, Heat Stress, Radiation Protection Management, RSA Publications, March/April 2001
http://www.radpro.com/dresser.pdf

Author, OSHA Extra: Heat Stress, Compliance Magazine, IHS Publishing Group, Libertyville, IL, May 1997

Author, Heat Stress, American Society or Safety Engineers, Construction Division Newsletter, 1994

Author, Heat Index Helps Workers Keep Their Cool, National Safety Council, Public Utilities Newsletter, Chicago, IL July-August, 1985

Co-Compiler, Suggested Kindergarten-12 Safety Curriculum, Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, CO 1974

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

"An Introduction to Principles of Fall Protection", The Association for Challenge Course Technology, Annual Conference, February 2003, Portland, OR.

“Heat Stress in and Out of PPE and its Effects on Worker Performance: A Nuclear Power Industry Perspective,” presented with Roy Lee, Commonwealth Edison. Seventh Annual Environmental Management and Technology Conference Central, April 1994, Rosemont, IL.

CONTINUING EDUCATION

NASA SAFETY TRAINING CENTER, Stennis Space Center, MS
Electrical Safety Standards, 2008
Fire Hazards in Oxygen Systems, 2008
Establishing, Maintaining, and Assessing an OSHA VPP Compliant Safety & Health Program, 2008
Safety in High Pressure Systems, 2007
Flexible Hose Safety, 2007
General Cryogenic Safety, 2007

CROSBY GROUP, Rigging Train-the-Trainer, Hillside, IL, 2004

ANNUAL CONSTRUCTION SAFETY CONFERENCES, Rosemont, IL; 1993, 95, 97-08

CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (Caltrans), Sacramento, CA
Lead Safety Training for Trainers, 2002

CHICAGOLAND CONSTRUCTION SAFETY COUNCIL, Hillside, IL, 1990-07
Numerous classes, including: Emergency Planning & Response, Safety Management Day by Day, Forklift Train the Trainer, Lead Hazard Awareness; Excavation Competent Person; Powerline Hazard Awareness; Confined Space Entry; Scaffold Users Training; Fall Protection Competent Person; Silica Hazard Awareness; First Aid/CPR

ANNUAL AMERICAN SOCIETY OF SAFETY ENGINEERS - OSHA JOINT SAFETY CONFERENCES, Naperville, IL; 1990, 91, 92, 96, 98-01, 04, 06, 07

OSHA TRAINING INSTITUTE, Des Plaines, IL
Update for Construction Industry Outreach Trainers, 1992, 96, 01, 04
Update for Voluntary Compliance Outreach Trainers, 1994, 99
Principles of Scaffolding, 1996
Cranes and Materials Handling for Construction, 1994
Concrete, Forms, and Shoring, 1994
Hazardous Wastesite Inspection, Emergency Response, 1993
Principles of Scaffolding, 1993
Fall Arrest Systems, 1993
Health Hazards in the Construction Industry, 1992
Tunneling and Underground Operations, 1991
A Guide to Voluntary Compliance in Safety & Health, 1990
Excavation, Trenching & Soil Mechanics, 1989
Instructors Course for Construction Safety & Health, 1989

NATIONAL SAFETY COUNCIL, Itasca, IL
Flagger Instructor’s Course, 2000
Safety Management Techniques, 1993
Safety Training Methods, 1993
Principles of Occupational Safety & Health, 1993
Lockout/Tagout...Control of Hazardous Energy Sources, 1993
Congress and Exposition, Chicago, 1987
Professional Development Seminars: Back Injury Prevention and Control, 1987
Recreation and Sports Risk Management, 1987

Commonwealth Edison, Nuclear General Employee Training, 1993 & 1996

Statistical Safety Control Professional Briefing by Dan Petersen, Ph.D., 1990

Professional Development Conferences, American Society of Safety Engineers
Detroit, MI, 1989
New Orleans, LA, 1986
San Diego, CA, 1985
Boston, MA, 1984

The University of Michigan, Center for Occupational Health & Safety, Appleton, WI
Ergonomics for the Workplace, 1988

Engineering & Safety Service, Oak Brook, IL
Evaluating Sprinkler and Extinguishing Systems, 1988

Graduate Institute of Technology, University of Arkansas, Little Rock, AR
Noise Measurement Seminar, 1986
Asbestos Information Seminar, 1985
Occupational Safety & Health, 3 graduate semester hours, 1981

Liberty Mutual Insurance Company
Decision Driving Course for Fleet Driver Trainers, Winston Salem, N.C., 1978
Skid Control School, Hopkinton, MA, 1977

U.S. Department of Transportation, NHTSA, Concord, N.H.
NHTSA 40 hour Instructor Course, School Bus Safety, 1976

Texas Transportation Institute, Bryan, TX
Emergency Reaction Driving School, 1975

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