Lloyd Hicks

Employment         1/2003-Present          Hicks Safety Services        Rural Hall, NC

                                    Consultant

Perform Safety and Health consultative services to industries and construction companies. This includes on-site visits, noise, air and environmental monitoring, incident investigations, and record keeping assistance. Provide training to employers and employees in all aspects of construction; from forklift, heavy equipment and machines to mobile cranes.

Projects include: Power Plants working for Duke Energy as owner’s representative, site safety, orientation, and monitoring; working for a mechanical contractor (Performance Mechanical Inc, Long Beach Generation, Long Beach CA $38 Million generator retrofit, waste water treatment plant) as site safety rep and noise-environmental monitoring, and for a heavy construction contractor (Taylor & Murphy Construction, Progress Energy Roxboro NC, $1.5 Million moving fly ash building waste water retention ponds) as site safety rep. Hospital Building Site working for various contractors (Foothills Rebar, Wayne Brothers Inc; $25 Million concrete and formwork, excavation, footers and retaining walls. Commercial / Mixed Use $.5 Million-$45 Million working for contractors including prime contractors responsible for entire site safety, subcontractors included site prep, rebar / footers / concrete floors, steel erection, electricians, mechanical/HVAC, process piping, plumbers, machine installation and startup. Heavy Highway sites working for bridge builders $1.2 Million- $ $65 Million(responsible for subsurface excavation, footers, structures, decking, rebar, concrete) including program development / implementation, training consisting of mobile crane, rigging, OSHA 10-Hour, fall protection, site specific training. Heavy Civil/Utility $100,000- $50 Million contractors performing site work including road construction, storm water collection, water/sewer, curb and gutter/ sidewalks and driveways, including program development / implementation and training including; trenching and excavation, confined space, site specific training.   

 10/2000-1/2003     H. B. Rowe & Co., Inc             Mt. Airy, NC

                                     Safety Director

   Responsible for the safety, environmental and blasting for heavy

   highway/site prep. Construction Company including;                

                                       Implementation of all programs and policies, perform onsite safety

                                       surveys and inspections, incident investigations, sub-contractor

                                       inspections, blasting as needed, all safety training including

                                       OSHA 10 Hour. Projects range from $200,000-$45 million

                                     1/1997-10/2000      Southern Blasting Services Inc.     Rhonda, NC

                                     Safety Director/Blaster

   Responsible for the safety, environmental and blasting for an      

   explosives company, including; Implementation of all programs

                                       and policies, perform onsite safety surveys and inspections,

                                       incident investigations, perform all safety training including

                                       OSHA, DOT, and MSHA.  I was also responsible for regulations

                                       regarding magazine sites and dealing with regulators including;

                                       BATF, city and county fire marshals, and state fire marshals in

                                       five states.

                                     2/1995-1/1997         Piedmont Explosives/DYNO            Olin, NC

                                     Transportation Specialist

                                        Responsible for the safe transportation of explosive materials in

                                        three states, assist Blaster-in-charge once on-site in safe loading

                                        and detonation of the materials.

                                     02/1988-12/1994   Surry County Emergency Services Mt. Airy, NC

                                     EMT-Paramedic

                                      Respond to emergency and non-emergency calls for assistance,

                                      providing care as necessary.  Calls included medical, rescue,

  haz-mat, and fire.

               06/1986-10/1989   Hicks Waterstoves & Mechanical Mt. Airy, NC

  Installation Technician

Installed and repaired heating and air conditioning systems.      

Performed mechanical and ventilation service at local industries.

Education                     1983-1987              North Surry High School           

                                                                     Mt. Airy, NC                                                   

                                       Graduated

                                       1987-1990              Surry Community College        

                                                                      Dobson, NC

                                       Emergency Medical Tech.-Paramedic-Firefighter-Haz-Mat

                                       1997-Present

                                       Various Dept. of Labor and other safety related courses

Summary of qualifications   

                                       Manager of Environmental Safety and Health

                                       OSHA authorized Instructor

                                       MSHA authorized Instructor

                                       National Safety Council Instructor:

                                       First-Aid/CPR Instructor

                                       Flagger Safety certification Instructor

    NC Independent Carolina Star Accessor

    Virginia Dept. Mines Certified Surface Foreman

    Virginia Dept. Mines Certified Blaster

                                        Blasting Safety Instructor

                                        Defensive Driving

                                        Specialized instruction in Heavy/Highway Construction

                                       Certified Mobile Crane Instructor

                                       Certified Rigging Safety Instructor

                                       Volunteer Fire Fighter/EMT