Lee DeYoung

• Worlds largest Manufacture of Ammonia, Nitrogen and Urea with 9 production facilities and 23 distribution facilities
• Managed 10 member EHS team for CF Distribution Division 23 sites which distributed product via pipeline, railroad, barge and semi-tanker across US, UK and Canada.
• Nine Sites were OSHA VPP sites.
• Oversaw and managed very complicated challenging EHS Department restructuring
• Participated in and helped implement recommendations from PSM, LOPA and Facility Siting Surveys and Audits through Baker Risk.
• Participated in Site Security Risk Assessments
• Involved in Environmental compliance negotiations with State and Federal Regulators
• Implemented EHS Department Operational Master Plan management tool using quarterly SWOT analysis and Key Metrics to layout quarterly as well as 1, 3 and 5 year EHS Department Plan
• Implemented Slip, Trip and Fall risk management initiative and strategy which eliminated STF Incidents
• Demonstrated creativity and resourcefulness through development of innovative solutions, such as Site digital communication boards.
• Developed and maintained courteous and effective working relationships.
• Cultivated interpersonal skills by building positive relationships with others.
• Represented Distribution on EHS Steering Committee, member of DF Leadership Team.

• 30,000 employees, 49 states, 116 locations Provided strong SME leadership to 30 Regional EHS professionals through strategic planning, relationship building while supporting business priorities and initiatives in 116 locations.
• (87 distribution centers, 9 food production facilities, and 11 public Chefs stores) Successfully developed beneficial alliances between leaders to effectively influence, drive growth and achieve goals.

Key Accomplishments:.

• Responsible for development, management, and monitoring of safety standards/programs within assigned food service market(s) to effectively minimize risks to people, assets, and brands in changing environment.
• Established Corporate EHS online documents control database using Microsoft “Teams”.
• Focused/aligned EHS initiatives with EHS annual plan adjusting strategic direction with new risk trends.
• Developed/Implemented companywide Powered Industrial Truck (PIT) program using risk assessment risk management methodology.
• Developed companywide Lockout Program so it aligned with needs in Operations.
• Oversaw companywide weekly EHS and Transportation communication and EE training materials so they aligned and drove EHS annual plan.
• Worked collaboratively to develop and launch company-wide risk-based new Personal Protection Equipment PPE program,.
• Worked collaboratively with SDS vendor, Operations, IT, Legal and Corporate Communications to launch and maintain online public access to 45000 product SDS's.
• Streamlined/simplified company injury/incident report tracking database using “ProcessMap” Management software and “Tableau” data software.
• Drove significant ergonomic improvements working with Purchasing to reduce product case weights to reduce injuries in food and warehouse services from handling cases.
• Oversaw corporate Emergency Evacuation and Response Team partnering with key stakeholders in operations at each site.
• Conducted site audits for compliance and mitigation.
• Partnered with Corporate Workers Compensation Insurance to lead Data analysis processes by reviewing safety- related claims nationally reporting loss trends and KPIs to leadership for improved Risk Management.
• Assisted in rollout of innovative new companywide stretching program.
• Assisted in development of site Safety Performance Teams to drive site and employee ownership in EHS.
• Assisted in acquisition and integration of competitor's 3000 employees and 13 sites into our EHS systems.
• This resulted in 18% Incident Reduction in 2020.

• Safety, Health, Environmental, Workers Compensation, As Executive Leadership Team member, influenced business leaders to navigate EHS change management through strong strategies and routines, excellent communication, collaboration, team building, mentoring, and coaching safety mindset to obtain culture of participation and engagement.
• Consistently exceeded annual corporate organization EHS goals and initiatives.
• Managed EHS Department employees, workers compensation, and security team.
• Strong focus on guidance and support of safety programs within Nestle International Operating and Developmental Markets.
• Kept site current with Global EHS, local, state, federal, and international laws and regulations impacting EHS and acting as SME to leadership.
• Site was multi-cultural site with over 22 different cultures working within facility.
• Nestle policies/procedures are written as Global EHS which gave me Global EHS mindsets and Best Practices
• Successfully managed multiple complex projects management using project leadership simultaneously.

Key Accomplishments:

• Partnered with each department stakeholder to help influence, inspire and drive Total Incident Rate (TIR) reduction strategy to 0.56 in 2016, 70% reduction since joining site's leadership team in 2013.
• Average annual reduction of 23%.
• Zero “0” Lost Time Injuries in 2014,2015,2016 (1187 days).
• Decreased Workers Compensation costs annually by 20%.
• (78% over 5 years/ Total reduction from $1.1 Million to $233K in 5 years).
• Itasca plant achieved in 2016, 2017, and 2018 lowest TIR for Nestle Confections factories.
• Analyzed past performance measures incident injury data, to develop data driven implementation of effective risk management and mitigation methods, strategies, and routines that impacted KPIs/Metrics in top risk loss areas to drive Zero Injury safety culture mindset as core success keys.
• Developed and lead site's Environmental “Green” sustainability initiatives becoming “Landfill-free” and reduced plant water and electrical energy usage by 3% annually.
• Oversaw site's Recycling program driving it to become “Revenue” source.
• Nestle Continuing Excellence (NCE) management tool used to drive results.
• Established “Behavior-Based Safety” program to drive employee engagement in safety to 80%.
• Implemented “Near Miss” reporting program to correct and prevent injuries before occurring.
• Implemented Safety Mentoring and Coaching audit tool for plant wide use.
• Implemented Executive Leadership team Unsafe Condition Auditing tool.
• Implemented Machine Guarding team trained to determine and prioritize machine guarding risks.
• Implemented “Risk Predication” Program to identify and control risk before performing tasks.
• Implemented “Permit to Work” Program for safe management of high-risk tasks and construction.
• Implemented annually $600k in safety and machine guarding upgrades.
• Implemented $1.3 Million Forklift / Pedestrian guarding separation upgrade to reduce employee/forklift risks.
• Performed Root Cause Analysis methodology on all injuries to investigate, identify and eliminate incident causes which support continuous improvement methodology.
• Launched Safety pillar team as well as lead member of Lean and TPM Pillar Team using Nestle Continuing Excellence (NCE) management tools and networks.
• Managed and oversaw annual internal and external Environmental Management System (EMS) ISO 14001 and ISO 45001 (OHSAS 18001) certification audits.
• Used technical auditing protocols for incident management.
• Reduced magnitude and severity of findings in last 4 years.
• Only 4 recommendations for improvement in 2017.
• Tracked all findings in Intelex EHSQ management software.
• Oversee environmental EPA permits and records.
• Worked with Engineering Dept to resolve complicated environmental compliance exceedance issue through installing ION exchange unit and replacing/upgrading to problematic equipment.
• 1.3 Million.
• Partnered with HR to launch employee Training Matrix with 92% employee completion using “Alchemy” LMS.
• Managed EHS department budget of $900K.
• Develops strong collaborative relationships with Site Leadership/stakeholders, insurance / medical providers, local municipalities, state and federal regulation laws agencies, etc for improved risk management.
• Presented and owned EHS results quarterly to Nestle Corporate President, Vice Presidents, and Directors, Area Directors adjusting strategies quarterly as needed to achieve site and corporate EHS goals.

• Provided safety and health consulting and leadership to operational leadership, 10 safety engineers and 3300 employees in over 100 multicultural locations across United States, Mexico, UK, and China.

Key Accomplishments:

• Developed and managed ATS's Safety and Health Consulting Division, providing Safety, I.H., and Ergonomics services to customers generating over $500,000 in sales in year one.
• Helped develop and implement world-class behavior-based 24/7 safety culture resulting in EMR rate being driven to .66 in 2012 and TIR below 1
• Oversaw development of machine-specific lockout procedures for over 20 locations, safety and guarding audit assessments, I.H.
• Audit surveys, ergonomic assessments, arc flash audits, etc.
• Tracked and analyzed safety Metrics/KPI's, employee engagement, leading indicators, root cause incident analysis, and effectiveness of countermeasures and practice.
• Participated in greenbelt project to improve PPE selection, cost, and risk assessments at all 100 sites.
• Proficient in multi-location safety management tools and data systems including “Industry Safe”, “ClarityNet”, and “Pure Safety” LMS.
• Managed OSHA site inspections and reports, including industrial hygiene co-sampling and settlement negotiation.
• Worked with Business Operations to conduct safety audits/assessments of potential new customer facilities before contract signing to evaluate and mitigate risk(s) and develop operational excellence frameworks.

• Established Safety, industrial hygiene, ergonomics, and environmental consulting company provided EHS services to employers throughout United States.
• Specialized in OSHA defense, equipment guarding, lockout, robot safety, ergonomic evaluations and training, safety program audits and evaluations, industrial hygiene plant surveys, EPA reports, NFPA 70E training, program and roadmap development, etc.
• Responsible 100% for marketing, sales development, product delivery, website development, recruiting, budgeting, tradeshow Key Accomplishments:.
• OSHA 501 course trainer including trainer for OSHA 10/30-hour certification card.
• Conducted plant-wide OSHA mock wall-to-wall safety and industrial hygiene audits for top manufacturers including Archer Daniels Midland-ADM Grain Alcohol Facility, Alcast Company, PTC Alliance, Wheatland Tube Company, Keystone Wire, Mitsubishi Motor Manufacturing, etc and helped develop mitigation EHS roadmaps for such.
• Expert witness representing multiple companies in OSHA defense and citation negotiations dropping fines and citation significantly in all cases.
• Taught ergonomic design courses for management, employees, engineers, and ergonomics committees at companies throughout Midwest, including Ingersoll-Rand facility, Adventis Pharmaceuticals, etc.
• Provided Interim EHS Staffing/Consultant to Local, Regional, and National Companies including: o Safety Manager/ Alcast Company Aluminum Foundry: Reducing recordable injuries by 70% o Ergonomics Consultant/ US Social Security Administration: Consulted in 18 offices throughout US.
• Consultant for U.S.
• Public Health Department /FDIC headquarters in Washington D.C.
• Managed FDIC office ergonomic program in Washington DC reducing CTD/Strains/Sprains by 70% saving 2 million dollars in medical expenses o.

• Safety, Workers Compensation, Fire, 600-employee union facility to ensuring safe workplace through implementation of employee and management engagement metrics, risk assessment, and supervisor safety training.
• Managed team of four direct reports, supervised safety, workman's compensation, and medical employees Key Accomplishments:.
• Successfully represented and defended company in OSHA wall-to-wall inspection.
• Oversaw worker's compensation administrator and settlement agreements.
• Implemented department safety audit program.
• Developed and implemented online safety database for all supervisors to utilize.

• Managed team and provided direction to four safety engineers, two safety interns and one assistant ensuring progressive safety and health programs for multi-cultural state-of-the-art auto assembly plant with over 700 robots and 4300 UAW represented employees.
• Continually engaged and coordinated safety efforts with nine department safety coordinators and supervised activities of 40 security guards.

Key Accomplishments:

• Developed, implemented and managed plants ergonomics program achieving ergonomic injury reductions of 25%, 23%, 18% 9% drop in CTD'S every year after implementation.
• Managed safety and ergonomic projects which lead to cost-saving changes of 8 million dollars in injury costs prevented.
• Managed safety team with focused leadership on “culture of team” by promoting trust, open communication, appreciation, and respect.
• Developed, implemented, and managed safety program developing key data-driven metrics and KPI's that were presented to board of directors and CEO monthly.
• Developed, implemented, and managed industrial hygiene program including IH policies, hazard communication, PPE, respiratory program, MSDS, Hearing Conservation, Testing, and direction, etc.
• Actively engaged with onsite medical and worker compensation team managing health wellness programs and injury cases including Return to Work and Essential Job Function.
• Developed and implemented forklift, machine guarding, robot safety, new equipment acceptance program.
• Participated in Mitsubishi/UAW Labor Contract Negotiations of 3 separate contracts (1990,1993,1997).
• Created, scripted, and produced professional Lockout Robot Safety training video.
• Participated in OSHA inspections and informal conferences as well as testified in worker comp trials.
• Endured 6-month OSHA IH wall-to-wall inspection with "Zero" I.H. citations issued.
• Trained in and applied Kaizen/6 Sigma methodology /continuous improvement.
• 1995 Promotion to Branch Manager of Safety, Industrial Hygiene, and Ergonomics.
• 1994 Promotion to.
• Recognized, documented and advised on removal of hazards

• Conducted approximately 60 safety and health OSHA Industrial Hygiene and Ergonomics inspections ranging from employee complaints to general wall-to-wall inspections of foundries, manufacturing facilities, meatpacking plants, etc.
• Performed full- range industrial hygiene sampling (air, noise, asbestos).
• Specialized in ergonomics inspections.
• Wrote all inspection case files and citations.