KARINLEE KNELLER

7379 Cross Creeks Dr., Temperance, MI 48182 o 734.224.0279 o

kk6c82fe@westpost.net
BACKGROUND SUMMARY
Highly effective environmental, health, and safety manager with
extensive experience developing and implementing compliance programs
in union and nonunion facilities. Background in regulatory and
enforcement requirements of local, state and federal agencies such as
OSHA, EPA, and DOT. Expertise in:
Incident Investigation
Safety Metric Development
Pollution Control
Water Permitting
Root Cause Analysis

Job Hazard Assessment

Worker's Compensation
Process Safety Management
Air Quality Permitting
Title V and RMP programs
Workplace Safety Systems
Regulatory Compliance
Hazard Mitigation
Training/Development
Hazardous Waste Management
Machine Safety

Six Sigma Greenbelt

Lean Manufacturing
CAREER HISTORY
SSOE, Inc., Toledo, OH 2009
An Architectural and Engineering firm.
Senior Environmental, Safety, and Health, Specialist 4,
Contract employee, employed to complete a variety of environmental
permits. Title V, Air Permits, NPDES, SPCC plans, SWPP plans, AST
registrations and asbestos abatement Safety plans for automotive,
energy aerospace and pharmaceutical companies in Michigan, Tennessee
and North Carolina
SMUCKER BAKING MANUFACTURING, INC., Orville, OH 2007 - 2009
A manufacturer of dessert mixes.
Safety, Health, and Environmental Leader, Toledo, OH
Developed, implemented, and audited safety and environmental programs
at 200 union employee, lean manufacturing facility.
* Developed and implemented program to train hourly staff as leaders
for an employee driven safety program designed to reduce injuries.
Enhanced employee empowerment and accountability by addition of
safety leaders to production teams.
* Achieved zero lost-time injuries during first year training and
implementation period.
* Trained core of 30 staff safety leaders to conduct audits, apply
safety metrics, and conduct incident investigations.
* Decreased OSHA recordable accidents by 53%.

* Redesigned prescription safety glasses program and achieved a cost

savings of $15,000 while doubling the number of prescription
glasses provided.
HOSPICE HEALTH CARE 2005 - 2007
Hospice Health Care Provider
Managed health care of elderly patient in home hospice.
HUHTAMAKI FOOD SERVICE INC., Waterville, ME 2004 - 2005
Global manufacturer of disposable packaging with revenues of $300
million and 3,300 employees.
Safety and Environmental Manager
Supervised staff of two; responsible for developing, implementing, and
auditing safety and environmental programs.
* Provided regulatory required safety training for 400 union
employees. Designed train-the-trainer program to staff in-house
safety fair. Streamlined training process and avoided $80K in
overtime labor.
* Improved action items closure identified in root cause analysis;
80% closed in one month.
* Achieved a 90% reduction in compliance audit deficiencies by
creating employee-directed, safety incentive program to involve
and empower hourly employees to achieve a reduction in lost-time
injuries.
* Reduced injuries 30 % by establishing one-on-one employee safety
training and mentoring program that required personalized safety
improvement program tailored to individual employee's safety
record.
MATHESON TRI-GAS INC., Miamisburg, OH 1999 - 2003
Single source provider of industrial and specialty gases with revenues
of $113 million and 1,000 employees.
Corporate Compliance Manager
Responsible for eight union and non union facilities nationwide.
Produced corporate Safety, Health and Environmental (SHE)
policies/procedures, safety training models/tools, and identified
facility compliance deficiencies. Oversaw the Material Safety Database
Sheet (MSDS) production.
* Created safety incentive program that avoided $500K in medical
expenses and reduced lost-time incidents 80%. Designed database
system that tracked injuries, investigations, and corrective
actions identified in accident investigations and analyses.
* Produced comprehensive and integrated emergency response program
for chemical incidents that saved $100K in training, staffing, and
program development costs.
* Completed unified corporate compliance manual after corporate
merger including comprehensive review and approval by all
divisional managers and branches of administration.

EURAND AMERICA, INC., Vandalia, OH 1997 - 1999

An independent, multinational, oral drug delivery manufacturer with 70
non-union employees.
Environmental Health and Safety Manager
Created Process Safety Management Program
* Achieved zero lost-time injury incidents and decreased OSHA
recordable accidents by 83%; saved $40K in labor by restructuring
safety program and implementation of a return-to-work program.
* Created comprehensive EHS procedure manual consistent with ISO and
GMP documentation requirements. Completed process-hazard analysis
(HAZOP and Job Safety Analysis) in six months to meet regulatory
deadline.
* Prepared Federally Enforceable Operating Permit that avoided
regulatory Title V constraints in plant-wide expansion.
* Reduced compliance audit deficiencies by 90% within a single year
by initiating workplace safety culture.

WOOLPERT, Dayton, OH 1989 - 1997

A professional engineering and architectural consulting firm
Senior Project Manager/Business Development 1992 - 1997
Managed five member staff in $500K project to complete environmental
documentation for six naval bases. Directed industrial environmental
services.
* Realized annual savings of $100K; conducted indoor air-quality
hazard analysis that proved a product line's profit margin was too
small to cover liability and PPE expenses.
* Generated $2 million in year one by developing comprehensive
services for industrial community.
* Conducted emissions inventory for welding, machining, and forklift
 operations and developed emission factors that exempted plant from
Title V requirements.
Additional experience as Senior Environmental Scientist 1989 - 1992
Conducted audits, wastewater studies, storm water management,
OSHA-related health and safety programs, indoor air quality, air
emission assessments, and solid/hazardous waste management for
printing, paper, soap, automotive, plating, and pharmaceutical
industries.
EDUCATION
Ph.D., Biology and Limnology, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH
B. Sc., Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Board Member and Membership Committee Chairperson, Miami Valley Safety
Council

Environmental Committee Education Program Chair, Miami Valley Chamber

of Commerce
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