Bryan Haywood

Current

President at SAFTENG.net LLC

Past

Corporate Safety & Health Manager at SUMCO PHOENIX CORPORATION
Safety & Health Manager at PSARA Technologies
Safety & Health Manager at BFGoodrich Speciality Chemicals

Safety & Health Manager at General Electric Plastics
Safety & Health Manager at Great Lakes Chemical
Safety Engineer at Westvaco

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Education

Murray State University

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Industry

Management Consulting

Websites

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Bryan Haywood’s Summary

An experienced safety professional with over 18 years of experience in safety and emergency response. I began my career as a fire fighter/EMT while attending Murray State University, where I obtained my BS in Occup. S&H. I have developed, implemented, and managed safety management systems for five Fortune 500 companies, achieving OSHA VPP status several times (an additional seven sites as a consultant). I held roles from Safety Engineer to Corporate S&H Manager with these companies. I now run SAFTENG.net and SAFTENG.net LLC Consulting , providing safety consulting services around the world. SAFTENG.net receives over 2 million visits a year with over 7,000 companies and organizations sponsoring SAFTENG.net with Memberships for their employees. In all, more than 20,000 safety professionals in more than 100 countries around the world, as well as regulatory agencies such as OSHA, NIOSH, EPA, U.S. Chemical Safety Board, United Kingdom's Health & Safety Executive, Australia's Work Safe Victoria, British Columbia’s WORKSAFE, and many other government agencies around the world utilize my work on a daily basis. I maintain all my current emergency response cert's in fire, high angle/confined space rescue, and hazardous materials. I have over 6,000 hours of training in these areas from recognized training organizations such as Texas A&M, Louisiana State University, Phoenix Facility on the Nevada Test Site, and the National Fire Academy. My work has been featured in several books and publications, including such recognized publications as: American Institute of Chemical Engineers—Center for Chemical Process Safety (CCPS) publication, Guidelines for Hazard Evaluation Procedures, Third Edition, April 2008; a U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board Safety Bulletin, “Hazards of Nitrogen Asphyxiation,” No. 2003-10-B, June 2003; “Lockout/Tagout,” Process Heating, March 2003.

Bryan Haywood’s Specialties:

Chemical Process Safety (PSM & RMP)
Hazardous Materials & Combustible Dust
OSHA’s Voluntary Protection Program
Incident Investigation / Root Cause Analysis
Emergency Response, Scene Management, & Training
Supervising and Developing Safety Teams
Utilizing Six Sigma (DMAIC) in S&H Management
Safety & Emergency Response Training
Behavior Based Safety
Compliance Auditing
Life Safety / Fire Safety
Dept. of Energy "Q" Level (Top Security) Security Clearance

Bryan Haywood’s Experience

President

SAFTENG.net LLC

(Management Consulting industry)

December 2003 — Present (6 years )

As the leader of SAFTENG.net LLC, I manage day to day functions and business development for this family run business. We are known for our detailed compliance auditing, in-depth knowledge of safety regulations and the ability to apply them in the "real world", extensive proven experience with developing, implementing and managing PSM/RMP management systems, emergency response training and management capabilities, and our Six Sigma Safety Process which uses leading indicators and a score card to drive proactive safety activities. In just five short years we have built a world-wide client list that may be seen at http://www.safteng.net/client_list.htm. With only 7 team members making up the core team, we have over 200 years of experience in the safety and emergency response fields. We have a 99% approval rating from 95% of our clients, and the other 5% give us a rating of 90% or above. You can see some of our client comments on my LinkedIn profile. Bottom line...SAFTENG.net LLC is ALL about making a DIFFERENCE before making a profit!
Corporate Safety & Health Manager

SUMCO PHOENIX CORPORATION

(Chemicals industry)

2003 — 2004 (1 year )

I filled this job under a contract arrangement between SUMCO and SAFTENG.net LLC. Primary goal was the implement my six sigma safety metrics process. In this role I was responsible for all aspects of OSHA compliance, including PSM/RMP., working with 3 US based facilities in raising their level of performance to that of a VPP facility. The key effort was the SAFTENG.net LLC SMART™ safety metrics process that shifts the focus of safety performance to leading indicators rather than lagging indicators such as OSHA rates. The business has seen a reduction of over 50% in both OSHA recordables and Lost-Time injuries. The Cincinnati facility where I was stationed has seen a reduction of over 70%.
Safety & Health Manager

PSARA Technologies

(Management Consulting industry)

2002 — 2003 (1 year )

Safety & Health Consultant for a small family owned EHS consulting firm in Cincinnati, OH.
Safety & Health Manager

BFGoodrich Speciality Chemicals

(Chemicals industry)

1999 — 2002 (3 years )

Responsible for all S&H matters at this 500 employee speciality chemical facility. Major responsibilities included achieving OSHA VPP Certification, managing day-to-day operations within the facility’s OSHA’s Process Safety Management Program, development and implementation of EPA’s Risk Management Plan for the facility, Industrial Hygiene, Contractor Safety, Emergency Response, Responsible Care®, Behavior Based Safety Process (Actively Caring®), Safety Metrics Process, and facility security. Other duties included: facilitating Process Hazards Analysis, Incident Investigation Management, Mechanical Integrity Program for covered process equipment, Training, Crisis Media Manager, Site Emergency Incident Command and safety committee co-chair. While at BFG, the facility was awarded three consecutive President Awards for Safety and the facility’s OSHA Rate and Lost Time Rate dropped by 63% and 71% respectively during my 2+ years of leadership.
Safety & Health Manager

General Electric Plastics

(Public Company; GE; Plastics industry)

1997 — 1999 (2 years )

Responsible for all S&H matters at this 500 employee plastic manufacturing facility in AL. Major responsibilities included achieving OSHA VPP STAR & managing continuing VPP activities, managing day-to-day PSM/RMP operations, development & implementation of EPA’s RMP for the facility, Industrial Hygiene, Contractor Safety, Emergency Response, Safety Incentive Program, Responsible Care®, & Behavioral Based Safety Process (DuPont STOP®) and Security. Other duties included: supervising 7 EHS Professionals, Incident Investigations, S&H Training, Crisis Media Manager, & Emergency Management, safety committees. I lead the effort to obtain OSHA’s highest level of Safety Recognition – VPP STAR, which the facility obtained in two years. I lead the effort to convert the DuPont STOP© process to a site specific Behavior Based Safety Observation Process. The facility’s OSHA Rate and LTA Rate dropped by 70% and 93%; achieving a rate below 2.0 for the first time in the plant’s history.
Safety & Health Manager

Great Lakes Chemical

(Chemicals industry)

January 1995 — December 1996 (2 years )

As the safety and training manager for the Great Lakes Chemical Corporation, I was responsible for the development, implementation, and management of the safety and health process and chemical process-training program for a 150-person chemical manufacturing facility. Major responsibilities included achieving OSHA VPP certification, managing day-to-day operations within the facility’s OSHA’s Process Safety Management Program, Industrial Hygiene, Contractor Safety, Emergency Response, CMA’s Responsible Care®, Drug Testing, and Behavioral Based Safety Process (plant developed own program), Safety Metrics Process, and Security. Other duties included: facilitating and overseeing Process Hazards Analysis, Incident Investigations, Safety & Health Training, Crisis Media Manager, Emergency Management, front-line supervisory safety development, developing operating procedures and training guides for operations and maintenance and setting up a site safety committee.
Safety Engineer

Westvaco

(Chemicals industry)

1993 — 1995 (2 years )

As the site safety engineer for the Westvaco Corporation, I was responsible for development, implementation, and management of the Safety and Health Process for a specialty chemical batch manufacturing facility. Major responsibilities included achieving OSHA VPP STAR certification, development, implementation, and management of OSHA’s Process Safety Management Programs & Tasks, Behavior-Based Safety process (Total Safety Culture®), Industrial Hygiene, CMA’s Responsible Care®, Drug Testing, Contractor Safety, Security, Emergency Response, Safety Incentive Program, Safe Work Practices and Policies, Monthly Safety Audit Programs, and Incident Investigations.