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Adam Fairchild

Adam Fairchild

Casey ,Iowa

Summary

Adam is a seasoned safety, health and environmental professional with over 13 years’ experience gained while working as the safety lead in both manufacturing and landscaping industries. His exceptional management skills lead him to establish and update many safety programs resulting in improved employee relations. Adam’s extensive experience in training delivery helped to make huge strides in the effectiveness of many safety processes. His hands on approach to safety management also lead to improved employee safety and reduced incidents. Adam is well versed in team building, regulatory compliance, and performance management, and he has years of experience working with heavy equipment. Outside of work Adam spends time with family and enjoys outdoor activities such as fishing, hiking and camping.

Overview

19
19
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Safety Manager

Windsor Windows & Doors
06.2005 - 09.2024
  • Safety Manager at Windsor Windows I was responsible for development and continued Managing of safety programs
  • I created and implemented new employee safety orientation that included classroom and hands on training for all new employees
  • I also created Stretch and flex program for all production employees to preform every morning to help with ergonomics
  • I was responsible for implementing and reviewing all Job Safety Analysis and Hazard Assessments for all 3 of our facilities
  • I also had Hazcom training for all employees to recognize hazards of chemicals they used and how to navigate SDS sheet
  • Responsibly for making sure that all emergency response equipment was installed and operational for new and existing production lines
  • Other responsibly include maintaining all 300 and 300A OSHA logs and summarizing
  • I was responsible for all incident investigations, from writing reports, to taking pictures and sending reports to all management.

Director of Program Development & Training

Iowa Illinois Safety Council
09.2019 - Current
  • Program and development for Iowa Illinois Safety Council, including training adult learners in First Aid/CPR/AED, OSHA Compliance, Defensive Driving Courses, and more advanced training such National Safety Council Advanced Safety Certificate
  • Duties include course development, partnering with businesses to help improve their safety performance, and developing programs for businesses such as machine guarding, and lock out tag out.

Group Leader – Warehouse

Windsor Windows & Doors
01.2006 - 01.2014
  • Group Leader Warehouse, Safety Committee Leader
  • As Safety Committee Leader, organized committee meetings, identified and address issues at daily startup meetings and conducted safety audits and reported findings to HR
  • Warehouse Group Leader lead a group of 13 people to insure all production were supplied with material
  • Primary responsibilities were making sure all inventory correctly and received, responsible for tracking inventory and making sure that all materials were delivered to production in a timely manner.
  • Communicated with production and management on how to recognize and find solutions to inventory shortages in a timely manner before production slowdowns occurred.

Education

High School Diploma -

Dmacc
Des Moines, IA
06.1998

Skills

  • Workplace inspections
  • Hazard Identification
  • Electrical Safety
  • Lockout and tagout procedures
  • First Aid/CPR/AED
  • Confined Space
  • Machine Guarding
  • Job Safety Analysis implementation
  • Job Hazard Analysis
  • Fall protection
  • Safety orientation development
  • Incident investigation

Certification

  • Forklift
  • GHS
  • Fire Safety
  • Machine Guarding
  • Lock Out Tag Out
  • Big Joey, Powered Electrical Lifts and Golf Cart
  • Safety Inspections on equipment
  • Chaired Safety Committee
  • Safety audits
  • Emergency Evacuations procedures
  • New hire safety orientation (4 hours)
  • Stretch and Flex wellness Program
  • Root cause Analysis Training for Management
  • Personal Protective Equipment assessments
  • Authored a monthly safety news letter
  • 5 S audits
  • OSHA 10/30 Hour General Industry
  • (NSC) Safety Management Techniques
  • (NSC) Fundamentals of industrial Hygiene
  • (NCS) Principles of Occupational Safety & Health
  • (NSC) Advanced Safety Certification
  • (NSC) Train the Trainer Forklifts
  • (NSC) First aid / CPR/ AED IDC Trainer certified
  • (NSC) Job Safety Analysis
  • Building Your Leadership Effectiveness Series (Clear Choice)
  • The 7 habits of Highly Effective People (Clear Choice)
  • Your Clear Next Step Managing relationships through coaching and feedback (Clear Choice)
  • Windsor University Product knowledge
  • 24 Hour Hazwoper
  • OSHA NFPA 70E (8HR)
  • OSHA 521 Industrial Hygiene
  • Osha 30 hour construction
  • OSHA 511
  • OSHA 501

Education And Other Experience

  • Microsoft Word/Excel/PowerPoint
  • GED or equivalent

Community Service

  • Volunteer for the Special Olympics
  • Assistant Coach Boys Basketball Youth YMCA Iowa

Timeline

Director of Program Development & Training

Iowa Illinois Safety Council
09.2019 - Current

Group Leader – Warehouse

Windsor Windows & Doors
01.2006 - 01.2014

Safety Manager

Windsor Windows & Doors
06.2005 - 09.2024

High School Diploma -

Dmacc
Adam Fairchild