Chris Thuneman

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Chris Thuneman

MBA, CSP, ASP, OHST

Chris Thuneman, MBA, CSP, ASP, OHST,

Safety Consultant & Principal Officer,

Your Safety Department, LLC,

Professional Summary,

Mr. Thuneman has an extensive background in the industrial safety sector including construction, oil, gas and chemical, mining, life sciences, agriculture, industrial, and general industry areas. For over 40 years he has served large and small corporations in various capacities including President of Your Safety Department, LLC. He has worked in all facets of HSE including incident investigations, workers-compensation, site compliance inspections, job hazard analysis, risk assessments, industrial hygiene assessments, process safety management, drug and alcohol testing, policy, process and procedures development, behavior based safety, root cause analysis, third-party contractor qualification management, record-keeping, safety training, and changing corporate safety cultures, beliefs, attitudes, values and behaviors.

As President at Your Safety Department, LLC, Mr. Thuneman is responsible for developing a safety solution services company providing onsite and online services including safety training, respirator fit testing, spirometry testing, outsourced safety, downloadable written safety programs and safety staffing designed for seamless implementation into existing or developing safety management systems. In this capacity, he has had the opportunity to recommend, plan, and manage change within many client organizations.

Previously as a Corporate Safety Director, Mr. Thuneman led the organizational HSE function for SGS North America with a goal to reduce injury levels, occupational exposures, loss of plant, property and material and, to establish safety as a cultural value in the organization across ten (10) business line in six (6) countries within North America with over 6,000 employees. He aligned the vision with core values, safety processes, and employee behaviors to reduce unsafe exposures, incidents, accidents, illnesses and environmental releases. This reduced TRIR Rates and EMR rating saving millions in cost and in related injuries. He also conducted internal incident investigations for the company and external catastrophic incident investigations for clients, developed and implemented safety management system processes and procedures, developed and conducted safety training to support divisional operations, and audited and inspected company sites to ensure compliance to transportation, storage, shipping and disposal of hazardous materials and waste regulations.

 

Certified Safety Professional

 

 

 

 

 

 

Skills

Confined Space Entry
100%
Hydrogen Sulfide
100%
PEC Safeland / Safegulf
100%
Fall Protection
100%
Trenching and Excavation
100%
Respirator Fit Testing
100%

Education

LeTourneau University
Houston Texas 2004-2006, MBA
Lyon College
Batesville, Arkansas 1977-1981, Political Science, History

Contact Details

Your Safety Department, LLC
91 Eagle Creek Ranch Blvd.
Floresville, Texas 78114
Phone: 888-859-5653

2021 Service Rates

Your Safety Department

Your Safety Department is dedicated to providing the highest level of training to our students in order to enable them to spot hazards, implement appropriate controls and go home safe everyday. We actively motivate our students to participate in safety in order to develop a regenerative safety culture in the workplace.