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Erin A Estrada

Lubbock,United States

Summary

Dynamic Safety Director with a proven track record at Independence, TX LLC, excelling in safety program implementation and risk management. Expert in accident investigation and compliance auditing, fostering a robust safety culture. Adept at leading teams and optimizing processes, ensuring a safe and efficient work environment while enhancing employee engagement.

Overview

24
24
years of professional experience

Work History

Safety Director & Plant Manager

Independence, TX LLC
Independence, United States
12.2022 - Current
  • Maintain a safety-driven culture at assigned project job site(s) and/or assigned organizational unit(s). He/she will plan, coordinate, and implement safety, health and environmental protection programs and practices in a construction and excavation environment. Responsible for monitoring and actively mitigating operational, safety, and environmental risks. Interacts with and uses third party insurance and medical care providers. May be assigned to either/both construction and/or mines.
  • To lead, promote, and facilitate continuous improvement activities with production employees to identify improvement methods. Drive the use of best manufacturing practices such as cost savings, waste elimination, and employee performance.
  • Implement approved programs and promote loss prevention, complies with insurance procedures and safety/risk management policies.
  • Execute the organization’s safety training program, ensuring maximum use and efficiency of company resources and talent. Includes delivery, instruction, scheduling and/or conducting new employee orientations, partnering with external outsourced providers.
  • Maintain and apply knowledge of current policies, regulations, and industrial processes.
  • Recommend safety features that will reduce employees' exposure to chemical, physical, and biological work hazards.
  • Ensure the regular inspection of facilities, job sites, machinery, and safety equipment to identify and correct potential hazards, and to ensure safety regulation compliance.
  • Oversee the installation of safety devices on machinery, facilities, job sites and prescription and installation of Personal Protective Equipment.
  • Lead the proper investigation and case management of accidents, injuries, and occupational diseases to determine causes, install preventive measures, report metrics/trends, minimize company and employee losses. Review plans and specifications for construction to determine safety requirements.
  • Report or review findings from investigations, facilities inspections, and environmental testing. Interview employees to obtain information about work environments and workplace incidents.
  • Implement corrective actions. Track and close every incident in order to correct violations and risks to people, property, the public and the organization.
  • Develop and maintain production metrics for quality, production efficiency, delivery, and safety.
  • Team up with other departments to coordinate activities and resolve production issues on a timely basis.
  • Hands-on supervision of daily department operations including: Workflow scheduling; management of staff; monitoring production and quality; managing production processes; and all other activities required to ensure a quality product and on-time delivery.
  • Maintain favorable working relationships with employees through open communication, visibility, and involvement to promote a positive working environment that maximizes safety, employee engagement, productivity, efficiency, and effectiveness.
  • Provide direction, support, and coaching to production leads.
  • Evaluate production schedules and labor requirements to provide work direction, effectively balance labor resources and provide feedback on planning.
  • Develop and implement staffing plans, through capacity and labor planning activities, including writing justifications for additional personnel, and obtaining approval maximize their strengths.

Safety Administrator

Intrepid Potash INC
Carlsbad, United States
09.2012 - Current
  • Develop and communicate safety activity and injury reporting metrics for various facilities and customers within the organization on a weekly, monthly and annual basis.
  • Manage the incident investigation tracking and reporting system. Perform data analysis and develop reports to assist operating units in understanding incidents.
  • Ensure accuracy and consistency in compliance related injury and illness recordkeeping and provide reports to corporate and government agencies.
  • Responsible for training data entry, tracking and generation of related reports for management review. Assist in development, scheduling and planning of safety compliance training, including classroom, field and on-line programs.
  • Maintain and enhance the EHS website and arrange communication of critical safety topics for the organization. Work closely with security team to manage contractor safety orientation process and assist with oversight of the contractor safety program.
  • Provide oversight for powered industrial truck training, including interface with the materials team to ensure compliance.
  • Assist medical team with recordkeeping and development of tracking systems.
  • Coordinate annual assessment of MSHA safety programs using established protocols and processes.
  • Participate on safety teams, committees, safety observations and floor inspections as directed. Serve as a contact for employees on safety related matters.
  • Conduct safety training for new hires and contractors, along with initial/refresher and site-specific compliance training.
  • Communicate with contractors on job performance and inspection updates. Oversee all equipment used by contractors. Inspection and proper used training. Data entry on all contractor man hours.
  • Oversee jobs performed by contract companies. Inspect during job and complete jobs. Train employees and contractors for Surface and Underground visitation.
  • Data entry on all Chemicals brought into plant site and update MSDS sheets for contract companies.
  • Ensures that products and processes meet quality system requirements for standards and regulation appointed by OSHA and MSHA, comply with site-specific environmental, safety, and health requirements to perform work in a safety and environmentally manner.
  • Analyzes and synthesizes information from a variety of stakeholders and sources in a objective, unbiased manner to reach a conclusion, goal or judgment.
  • Communicate with all contractors personal and on-site plant management of all ongoing projects.

Mine Safety and Health Specialist

Mine Safety and Health Administration
Carlsbad, United States
05.2021 - 11.2022
  • This position serves as a specialist (Health, Roof Control, Ventilation, Impoundment or Diesel) and authority on issues and related problems encountered in the mining industry. The incumbent is responsible for matters pertaining to specialty aspects of mining activities, and conducts comprehensive safety and health investigations.

Mining Inspector

Department of Labor- Mine Safety and Health Administration
Carlsbad, United States
07.2015 - 05.2021
  • Conduct on-site inspections or investigations of underground and surface mines in order to identify potential hazardous conditions to the safety and health of workers.
  • Ensure proper mining equipment maintenance and usage.
  • Check mining performance for conformance with safety and health laws and regulations. Issue citations when violations and hazards are identified.
  • Determine how accidents and disasters are caused and prevented.
  • Discuss inspection/investigation findings and provide technical support and assistance to mine management and personnel.
  • Analyzing and evaluating inspection data.
  • Understanding the mining process for different commodities. Enforce and educate the mining Act of 1977 and CFR Title 30. Analyze programs, recognizing solution, identifying root causes and better practices, identify factors, gather pertinent data.
  • Plan and organize work on a regular and under pressure.
  • Communicate effectively orally and in writing, develop policies. Acting on request to vary Federal Standards. Understand to eliminate hazards, educate guidelines and enforcement programs, advising issues and standards, and instructing and guidance related to MSHA standards.
  • Assessing penalties for violations of regulations.
  • Identifying mining methods and practices to improve educate and eliminate hazards.

Electrical Department/Power Crew

Intrepid Potash INC
Carlsbad, United States
09.2009 - 09.2012
  • Maintain and troubleshoot underground electrical equipment and power distribution throughout the mine. Interpret electrical printouts, installation instructions, and work orders.
  • Establish the appropriate procedure to locate and correct electrical problems and determine electrical component replacements.
  • Troubleshoot electrical problems in power circuits 120 - 12,470 volts, in addition to control circuits of various voltages and repair transformers and circuit breakers.
  • Perform high and low voltage splices, terminations and stress cones.
  • Install and maintain high, medium, and low voltage power controls on equipment. Perform work area inspection.
  • Welding and Cutting on structures Haul equipment.
  • Organized cable in working areas.
  • Plan work and design printout of area equipment location Other duties as assigned.

Mine Production Operator

Intrepid Potash INC
Carlsbad, United States
08.2008 - 09.2009
  • Operate continuous miner (machine that cuts ore) in a underground mining operation. Read maps for new developments. Follow ore patterns and take measurement of ore. Operate shuttle car to haul products from miner to feeder belt system. Operate dozer for cleanup, spills and haul equipment. Change bits in miner and move power cables.
  • Operate roof bolter by mounting a 3’ bolt in the roof of the mine. Building Cribs, Cross beams and setting posts. Drilled air hole in new development to relief pressure for ground control. Inspected mine roof daily. Torque bolts on a daily basis to exceed code. Inspect bolts, drill steels, and other hardware used for ground control.
  • Planned and made major air changes which consisted of building and setting up regulators, building and removing stoppings, and constructing overcast. Examined intake and return escape ways daily and reported and corrected hazardous conditions. Maintain area fans and booster fans daily for air quality. Took air reading with anemometers for ensure air quality to better air flow. Install air tube on a regular basis. Maintained curtain and brattice walls to change air path and for new development.
  • Shovel conveyor belt tail section. Maintain area clean up and housekeeping or a daily basis.
  • Perform mine inspections and Implemented safety policies and procedures for crew members. Perform pre-shift inspections on walkways, correct lifting procedures, clean up and rock dusting programs, walking of escape ways, correct bolting procedures, gas testing, roof testing, and safety equipment. Conducted safety meetings to discuss hazardous mine equipment and prevention techniques. Perform “mock” inspections and the training of employees to perform inspections of either their work areas for workplace exams or “mock” MSHA inspections at areas outside their area of responsibility.
  • Items inspected include but are not limited to mobile equipment – completeness of pre-shift examinations, inspections of brakes, the safe and appropriate transportation of persons, safe and proper loading or rigging of materials or equipment, parking brakes working on traveled incline, checking of tire and lug condition, emergency steering, horns, wipers, lights, seatbelts, backup alarms, etc. Other machinery including conveyors, shakers crushers and feeders – check for startup alarm sounding, the adequacy of guarding both in construction and in its ability to guard against any contact with moving parts, whip guards (where appropriate – 7’ or greater from travelways), emergency stop cord inspection (tautness – location – working condition) or railings (location –construction).
  • Haul mining equipment through the mine weekly using dozers, man trips, and tractors. Make trips to and from connecting mines.

Production Mining Labor

West Service INC
Carlsbad, United States
07.2007 - 08.2008
  • Run control room.
  • Adjust process equipment and determines when to start and stop equipment.
  • Perform pre-shift inspections.
  • Preventative maintenance and cleanup.
  • Gather quality samples and ensure that the product is consistent.
  • Operate continuous miner (machine that cuts ore), dozer and shuttle car. Operate roof bolter by mounting a 3’ bolt in the roof of the mine.
  • Change bits in miner and move power cables. Shovel conveyor belt tail section.
  • Bulldoze roadways and the area around the belt feeder.
  • Determine when and how to cut ore and move mining equipment.
  • Maintain ventilation throughout the mine.

Manager of Food and Nutrition Service

Carlsbad Medical Center
Carlsbad, United States
02.2002 - 07.2007
  • Interview, hire, training, oversee, and discipline employees.
  • Manage the inventory and order food and beverages, equipment, and supplies.
  • Oversee food preparation, portion sizes, and the overall presentation of food.
  • Inspect supplies, equipment, and work areas.
  • Ensure employees comply with health and food safety standards and regulations.
  • Investigate and resolve complaints regarding food quality or service.
  • Schedule of staff hours and assign duties.
  • Maintain budgets and payroll records and review financial transactions.
  • Establish standards for personnel performance and customer service.

Education

High school diploma or equivalent -

Carlsbad High School
Carlsbad, NM, United States
05.2003

Skills

  • Safety program implementation
  • Risk management
  • Safety inspections
  • Accident investigation
  • Compliance auditing
  • Process optimization
  • Employee training
  • Excavation safety
  • Leadership skills
  • Effective communication
  • Conflict resolution
  • Decision making
  • Project coordination
  • Regulatory knowledge
  • Team collaboration
  • Safety culture development
  • Traffic safety
  • Industrial hygiene
  • Respiratory protection
  • Hazard identification
  • Noise control
  • Machine guarding
  • Fall protection
  • Workplace inspections
  • Vehicle safety
  • Electrical safety
  • Lockout and tagout procedures
  • Incident reporting
  • Incident investigation
  • Confined space entry
  • Fire and safety guidance
  • Emergency response

Additional Information

Delivers clear, effective communication and takes responsibility for understanding others., Develops and maintains effective relationships with others; relates well to people from varied backgrounds and in different situations; treats others with courtesy, sensitivity, and respect., Carlsbad Medical Center Employee of the year 2003, 2005., Vice President of Carlsbad Medical Center Customer Satisfaction Committee., Hunting Safety Instructor for New Mexico Game and Fish., MSHA Certified Impoundment Inspector., MSHA Certified Respirable Dust Collecting., MSHA Blue Card- Certified Part 46 and Part 48 Trainer., MSHA Part 48 Train the Trainer Certification., Current CPR/First Aid/AED Certified.

References

  • Randy Heine, Hamilton Roofing Co., Owner, (575) 361-8846
  • Raymond Anaya, WIPP, Radcon Tech, (575) 234-8583
  • Roy Hanigan, EOG Oil and Gas, Consultant, (817) 965-4565
  • Chon Armendarez, WIPP, Maintenance Tech, (575) 887-3097
  • Scott Wilbanks, WIPP, Shaft Tender, (575) 361-3679

Languages

  • Spanish, Novice, Novice, Novice
  • English, Advanced, Advanced, Advanced

Job Related Training

  • New Mexico Junior College, Focus 4 Hazard Training
  • New Mexico Junior College, CPR/ First Aid/ AED
  • United States Department of Labor, Certified Mine Safety and Health Inspector
  • Skill Path RNMCC, Administrative Assistants Conference, 01/27/15
  • United States Department of Labor, Pt 46,48 MSHA 5000-23, 08/20/14
  • MSHA Equipment Inspection Ariel Lift, Man Hoist, Cranes
  • ARC Flash Training
  • Emergency Response Training
  • Mine Rescue Team Surface and Underground Fire Response Training
  • Mine Rescue Team Surface and Underground Nuclear Radiation level 2 trained to enter radiation contaminated areas.
  • Impoundments certification
  • Coal dust sampling certified
  • MSHA Blue card for training
  • Completed MSHA entry level mine inspector course (21 weeks) for metal/non-metal and coal mines.

Timeline

Safety Director & Plant Manager

Independence, TX LLC
12.2022 - Current

Mine Safety and Health Specialist

Mine Safety and Health Administration
05.2021 - 11.2022

Mining Inspector

Department of Labor- Mine Safety and Health Administration
07.2015 - 05.2021

Safety Administrator

Intrepid Potash INC
09.2012 - Current

Electrical Department/Power Crew

Intrepid Potash INC
09.2009 - 09.2012

Mine Production Operator

Intrepid Potash INC
08.2008 - 09.2009

Production Mining Labor

West Service INC
07.2007 - 08.2008

Manager of Food and Nutrition Service

Carlsbad Medical Center
02.2002 - 07.2007

High school diploma or equivalent -

Carlsbad High School

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