James E. Small, CSP

Experience

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  Phelps Technologies

  Jun 1993 - Mar 1998

  Safety Manager

  Innovative privately-held company specializing in sheet metal stampings, tool and die making, mechanical and electronic/computer assemblies and powder coating operations.As the first company safety manager, lead and developed the safety and health, workers' compensation, environmental management, and security programs for 1100 employees with three facilities in two states.• Reduced lost workdays by 91.6%, restricted activity workdays by 48.6%, while decreasing workers’ compensation costs by 40.7%. Show less

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  Vermeer Manufacturing

  Mar 1998 - Feb 2000

  Safety Engineering Manager

  World-leading, privately-held Iowa-based company producing agricultural, construction, industrial, trenching and directional-boring equipment.Directed activities of five safety engineers and three medical facility employees; we effectively transformed the organization into a behavior based safety culture across six manufacturing facilities with 2700 employees.• Decreased lost workdays by 78.2%, the OSHA injury and illness rate by 52.1%, while reducing workers’ compensation costs by 48.9%. Show less

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  Farmland Foods

  Feb 2000 - Nov 2003

  Safety Manager

  Supervised the medical staff of five occupational health nurses and one safety coordinator. Managed the safety process for 1600 employees in a multi-cultural, safety-challenged industry with high incidence and turnover.• Reduced the OSHA recordable injury by 69.5%, the illness and lost workday injury rate by 63.4%, while decreasing compensation costs by 55.0%.

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  Lincoln Industries

  Nov 2003 - Feb 2011

  Safety and Security Manager

  The nation’s largest privately-held company plating company with 40+ functional and decorative finishing processes, high heat performance coatings, metal fabrication and tube bending operations and motorcycle component assembly.Designed and implemented an internally designed behavior based safety process, promoting an Actively Caring culture of safety among 500 employees in three locations.• Reduced expenses sustained in worker’s compensation by 89.9%, decreased the experience modification rate by 37.9% and reduced the OSHA injury and illness rate by 22.7%. Show less

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  Rock-Tenn Company

  May 2011 - Aug 2013

  Safety Manager - Hodge Mill

  Oversaw 480 personnel and effectively managed all aspects of safety and health, facility fire chief, security service and medical facility. • Lead mill efforts to change safety culture, focusing on personal responsibility for safety with Safety Starts with Me and encouraging an openness to give and receive feedback with Courage to Care campaigns.• Reduced OSHA lost workday rate by 86.7% with a 12.2% decrease in the OSHA recordable injury and illness rate.

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  Graphic Packaging International

  Aug 2013 - Aug 2019

  Safety and Health Manager

  Managed a Health and Safety Supervisor and Occupational Nurse; successfully collaborated with facility management and union workforce focusing on trust and respect. The West Monroe integrated paperboard mill is Graphic Packaging’s largest asset employing 760 employees on a 3,000 acre site.• Increased mill hazard mitigation rate by 145.3%.• Reduced mill first aid injury rate by 53.3%.• Reduced OSHA recordable incident rate by 51.9%• West Monroe Mill awards from the Pulp & Paper Safety Association for medium-sized paper mills: o Best One Year Safety Record for 2014 – achieving the lowest industry OSHA incidence rate. o Most Improved Award for 2016 – achieving the greatest improvement in OSHA recordable incident rate over the past two years. Show less

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  GETYASOME Safety LLC

  Jul 2019 - now

  President, Principal Consultant
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  S&ME

  Apr 2020 - Dec 2021

  Senior Safety Consultant