Doretha Smith
Texas City,TX
Summary
Safety Professional of 15 years. With experience in Refineries, New construction and warehouses. Organize, detailed-oriented and conscientious with OSHA protocols and safe measures. Able to strategize and prioritize effectively to accomplish multiple tasks and stay calm under pressure. Self motivated to reading OSHA procedures and protocols daily for a better understanding of changing work environments.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Site Safety Manager
McKnight Safety Solutions
08.2023 - Current
- Conduct daily site and Safety Audits
- Monitor and ensure job safety procedures are followed for prevention of accidents.
- Evaluate performance, identify corrective action and implement follow up assessments.
- Plans, implements, and conducts preventative care, safety, and compliance training programs.
- Provides project management team with guidance on health and safety and confirm project site find industry, local, state and federal guidelines and regulations.
- Emergency Action Plan and serve as primary contact for project site injury and
incident notification, investigation and case management. - Maintains a written log of safety inspection activities reports and correspondence.
- Develop and enforce OSH policies
- Direct accident investigation procedures
- Mentored junior safety personnel, providing guidance on best practices and fostering a strong commitment to workplace safety throughout the organization.
- Supported continuous improvement initiatives aimed at enhancing site-wide health and safety performance metrics over time.
Safety Manager
Palacios Marine & Industrial
10.2020 - 08.2023
- Conducted Job Safety Analysis and safety tool box meeting.
- Conduct daily inspection of handrails, ladder cages, and decking.
- Issue directives to get scaffolds repaired or replaced.
- Monitor and ensure job safety procedures are followed for prevention of accidents.
- Collaborated with management to develop company-wide safety policies, procedures, and guidelines.
- Developed and implemented safety programs.
- Reduced accident rates through proactive hazard identification, analysis, and mitigation strategies.
- Inspected job sites and facilities to detect potential health hazards and put corrective measures immediately into effect.
- Developed and executed training programs for employees, improving overall safety awareness and compliance.
- Enhanced workplace safety by implementing comprehensive risk assessments and safety audits.
Safety Lead
Certified Safety
06.2016 - 08.2020
- Ensure compliance with the project Accident Prevention Plan.
- Prepare Activity Hazard Analysis for each definable feature of work on the project.
- Ensure personal protective equipment meets applicable OSHA/EPA requirements and employees are trained on proper use.
- Safety training of all personnel assigned to project and project site visitors.
- Accident and Incident investigations.
- Development and Implementation of Corrective Action Plans.
- Works with project supervision to create safety solutions to safety problems.
- Fosters and maintains a positive safety culture for the project personnel.
- Maintains all safety certifications as required by contract
- Attends and participate in all preparatory and initial quality control phase meetings.
- Conduct weekly safety meetings for all workers.
- Produce a Daily Safety Report of activities performed.
Safety Technician
Brand
10.2009 - 05.2016
- Inspects job site and all scaffold material for defects and safety hazards.
- Conducted Job Safety Analysis and safety tool box meeting.
- Conduct daily inspection of handrails, ladder cages, and decking.
- Issue directives to get scaffolds repaired or replaced.
- Monitor and ensure job safety procedures are followed for prevention of accidents.
- Provide support and materials to assist field personnel to conduct daily/monthly field safety meetings.
- Manage and trained personnel on HSE audit, with structure beams and columns.
- Provide ergonomic training to scaffold workers for Health and Safety to prevent back injuries and to have a safe work environment.
- Provide OSHA 1926 standard training on Fall Protection to Scaffold workers.
- Provided safety inspection on hoist cables, chains and rope to make sure they are color coded and remove broken equipment out of service and provide Safety manager with the audits.
- Effectively communicates safety hazards and mitigates avoidable hazards prior to construction of scaffolding.
- Determines type of scaffold needed.
- Inspects job site and all scaffold material for defects and safety hazards.
- Effectively communicates safety hazards and mitigates avoidable hazards prior to construction of scaffolding.
- Oversight of transport of tubular scaffold or other structural material and erects the scaffold to the dimensions required.
Safety Technician
G.E.A Cooling Towers
10.2008 - 11.2009
- Assured compliance with company health, safety, and environmental issues at a district level.
- Eliminated and control hazardous conditions resulting from human error, equipment and machine operations that may lead to injury and/or property damage.
- Promoted safety awareness and encourage and promote a safe working culture.
- Conducted on site accident investigations to determine root causes for accidents.
- Reported incidents related to employees or property to Safety Departments.
- Conducted employee safety training and meetings to ensure compliance with state and federal guidelines.
Skills
- Workplace inspections
- Safety audits
- Construction safety
- Hazard Identification
- Lockout and tagout procedures
- Safety training development
- Heavy Equipment Operation
- Accident investigation
- Occupational health management
- Personal Protective Equipment
Certification
- NCCER Construction Site Safety Technician (CSST)
- NCCER Construction Site Safety Supervisor (CSSS)
- NCCER Field Safety Certificate
- NCCER Safety Technology
- NCCER Plus Scaffolding
- OSHA 30 Hour Construction
- OSHA 510
- OSHA 500-Updated
- OSHA 511-Updated
References
Available Upon Request
Timeline
Site Safety Manager
McKnight Safety Solutions
08.2023 - Current
Safety Manager
Palacios Marine & Industrial
10.2020 - 08.2023
Safety Lead
Certified Safety
06.2016 - 08.2020
Safety Technician
Brand
10.2009 - 05.2016
Safety Technician
G.E.A Cooling Towers
10.2008 - 11.2009