Thomas E. Burns, PE, CSP, CPE |
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EDUCATION:Master Industrial Engineering (Safety / Ergonomics Specialty) Auburn University, 1996B.S. Industrial Engineering, University of Arkansas, 1969 |
REGISTRATIONS AND CERTIFICATIONS:Board Certified Safety Professional (CSP) - No.6822Registered Professional Engineer - Texas (P.E.) - No. 49708 Registered Professional Engineer - Oklahoma (P.E.) - No. 19230 Certified Professional Ergonomist (CPE) Authorized OSHA General Industry Outreach Trainer |
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (HFES)Arkansas Academy Industrial Engineering American Society Safety Engineers (ASSE), President East Texas Chapter 1981-82 Texas Chemical Council Occupational Safety Committee (1978-1990) .. |
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:Books:Serious Incident Prevention, How to Sustain Accident Free Operations in Your Plant or Company, Edition 1, 1999, Gulf Professional Publishing Serious Incident Prevention, How to Sustain Accident Free Operations in Your Plant or Company, Edition 2, 2002, Gulf Professional Publishing Chapter: Serious Incident Prevention, Chapter 17, The Values Based Safety Process, Improving Your Safety Culture with Behavioral-Based Safety, 2003, John Wiley & Sons, Inc. |
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EXPERIENCE:More than thirty five years experience including ten years consulting experience specializing in safety engineering, ergonomics, human factors, and safety management. Additional experience includes serving as Director, Plant Protection and Senior Engineer, Plant Protection with safety responsibilities in a large chemical manufacturing facility and operating management and engineering positions responsible for the handling, storage, and shipment of hazardous materials, pipeline operations, and the manufacture, storage, and shipment of bulk plastic materials..Areas of experience include: Accident investigations and cause analysis, accident prevention programs, ergonomic assessments, human factors analysis, biomechanics, lifting safety, manual material handling, human and machine interfaces, behavioral safety, warnings and instructions, risk assessment, premises safety (stairs, ramps, walkways), hazardous material safety (rail tank car and tank truck loading, drum filling, storage tanks, pipelines, underground salt dome storage caverns, transportation safety), emergency response planning, OSHA regulatory compliance, Process Safety Management (PSM), OSHA Voluntary Protection Program (VPP), EPA risk management plans, railroad safety, fire protection, confined space entry, lock-out procedures, fall hazards, excavations, fork-lifts and other powered industrial trucks, cranes and hoists; machine guarding, bulk storage silos, pneumatic transfer equipment, training program development, ISO certifications. Experience includes litigation support and expert witness for accidental death, injury, and OSHA regulatory compliance cases. Public hearing testimony has been provided regarding OSHA and other regulatory issues |
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ACADEMIC COURSES TAUGHT:University of Texas Tyler: Fire Loss Control, 2002 Accident Prevention, 2000 Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, Barksdale AFB Industrial Safety, 2002 Northeastern State University, Tahlequah, OK Applied Safety Engineering, 1998 Industrial Hygiene, 1998 Safety Administration and Programs, 1998 Occupational Ergonomics, 1999 Process Safety Management, 1999 |
SELECTED SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS AND SEMINARS INSTRUCTED:Recent Organizations Served: OSHA Southwest Training Institute (Texas A&M University System), ASSE, Applied Ergonomics Conference, Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center (Texas A&M University System), Midlands Federal Safety and Health Council, Behavioral Safety Now Conference, Oklahoma Safety Council, Blue Ridge Conference on Leadership Technical Subjects Addressed: Prevention of Serious Incidents, Ergonomics, Behavioral Safety, OSHA General Industry Train-the-Trainer Courses, Advanced Safety Management, Hazardous Materials Management, Chemical Safety Management, Systems Safety, Quantified Methods in Safety Management, Plant Safety and Security for Process Industries. |
TOPICS OF SELECTED SEMINARS AND COURSES COMPLETED: |
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| Product Safety Ergonomics American Disabilities Act (ADA) OSHA General Industry Standards OSHA Construction Standards Mobile Crane Safety Power Line Safety Welding Safety |
OSHA Process Safety Management Hazardous Material Control and Consequence Analysis Hazardous Material Emergency Response Security Risks and Vulnerability - Chemical Plants Security Vulnerability Analysis - Water Utilities Environmental Health Transportation Safety DOT Hazardous Material Rules |
EPA Risk Management Plans EPA SARA Regulations Static Electricity Salt Dome Cavern Well Operations Petroleum Refining Hazardous Waste Operations Fire Protection |