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WALTER CHUN, PhD., CSP, CHSP, CHST

EXPERIENCE   
Over fifty years of experience in the management of various regulatory and managerial programs in various industries.  This experience included management responsibilities and oversight of construction projects; USDOL-OSHA and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) compliance and program management; and 50+ years of experience in the management consulting business.  Significant experience includes: (1) Previous USDO-OSHA Area Director; (2) Environmental, Safety and Health Director/Manager for various companies; (3) Life Safety Code Surveyor for regulatory healthcare compliance; (4) experienced instructor, trainer, OSH mentor, teacher of a wide variety of topics; and (5) President of an independent business providing management consultation.

Management consulting work included the evaluation, auditing, and assessments of managerial programs within companies of various industries.  The consulting work included recommendations for the abatement and mitigation of risks for the company.  Consulting work included the healthcare, construction, general industry, ship repair and specialized industries. 

Experience in the evaluation of various litigation cases as an expert witness is included in the consulting work discussed above.  Testified and/or was deposed in over 50 civil cases and qualified as an expert witness.  Testimony in a precedent setting construction claim case before the Federal Court of Claims was recognized by the Federal Judge.  The Judge, on the record, stated,

“And also, the Court's been impressed by -- in the documents but also in person in terms of what appears to be his ethical conduct. The court in no way believes this witness is shaded or, you know, tilted his testimony no matter for any amount of money, much less, 90 buck as hour or whatever he's being paid as a consultant for this case.

I want to be very clear with counsel on that and be very clear on the record. And I will say that in the written opinion. I think he's done, as I said yesterday,  you know, and hindsight sight has the benefit of  everything, but this gentleman probably should have been  the project manager from the beginning, whether the  government thought he was competent or not.  He's certainly demonstrated to the court, not only by his knowledge, but also by his demeanor, that he would have been well suited to manage this entire project with the government, perhaps we wouldn't here today if that had happened.”

CERTIFICATIONS

• Certified by the Board of Certified Safety Professionals.  Certification No.  10471.
• Certified Healthcare Safety Professional by the Board of Hazard Control Managers, No. 778. 
• Construction Health and Safety Technician (CHST) #C1178
• OSHA 500 Instructor Construction Safety Training (Expires: 07/28/2025)
• OSHA 501 Instructor General Industry Safety Training (Expires: 07/21/2025)

EDUCATION

B.S. in Occupational Safety and Health Engineering, Columbia Southern University; February 1997

M.S. in Occupational Safety and Health Engineering, Columbia Southern University; August 1998

PhD in Occupational Safety and Health, Columbia Southern University; March 2001

 ORGANIZATIONS
Professional Member of the American Society of Safety Professionals (ASSP)
            Member of the Veterans of Safety (VOS)
            Member of the American Industrial Hygienist of America (AIHA).
            Member of the Certified Healthcare Safety Professionals (CHSP)
           

SAMPLE OF CONSTRUCTION PROJECT EXPERIENCE

June 1998 to Present
President of OSHCON, INC. a consulting company offering services for the evaluation, auditing, assessments and overview of the management.  Services are customized for each client and can include such services as:

• Assessment of the culture of the company
• Assessment of the managerial effectiveness from the top down
• Evaluation of the business efforts to monitor performance
• Development and assessment of performance indicators
• Assessment of risk management procedures, programs, policies and procedures
• Assessment of compliance with various regulatory standard, e.g., healthcare, environmental protection, workplace safety and health, quality control, etc.
• Development and evaluation of dashboard indicators for the business

May 1997 to June 1998 Safety and Security Manager for a 120 bed hospital in Hawaii.  
After a year the work with the hospital was converted to consultation work with OSHCON, INC.  Work with this hospital included two successful surveys with the Joint Commission accreditation.  The implementation of policies, procedures and programs in compliance with the Joint Commission’s Environment of Care standards included the coordination and management of all departments within the hospital.

1993 to 1996                                   
As the ES&H Deputy Manager for Raytheon Services Nevada I managed the environmental, safety and health program for the Nevada Test Site and Pacific Operations.  Developed and implemented safety and health programs for Johnston Island and trained managers and supervisors on the legal aspects of OSHA inspections; conducted mock OSHA inspections and evaluated the implementation of the safety and health programs.  Also developed and coordinated the environmental programs to bring about EPA compliance on the island.  Environmental work included the studies of the hazardous waste sites, remediation of these sites, monitoring of the environment around these sites, and shipment of hazardous waste off Johnston Island.  (24 hazardous waste site management units)  As the ES&H Deputy Manager reviewed and approved the final acceptance of the Las Vegas (Dept of Energy) spill facility, and the bomb remediation facility for compliance with OSHA, DOE and EPA regulations.
As the Senior Environmental, Safety and Health Representative for Bechtel Nevada, managed the environmental, safety and health program for the support services at the Nevada Test Site and remote locations.   NOTE:  From 1995 to 1996, the work place remained the same (except for the Pacific areas) however, I worked for Bechtel after they took over the contract from Raytheon. 

1991 to 1993
Pacific Area Director for the U.S. Dept of Labor, OSHA.  Managed the Area Office for the Pacific, which included Hawaiian Islands, Guam, Commonwealth of the Marianas, American Samoa, Johnston Island, Wake Island and all federal agencies in the Pacific.  Conducted inspections throughout the Pacific; conducted training and seminar sessions for employers as well as employees and various labor unions; gave speeches on various OSHA matters and safety and health topics; conducted accident investigations; participated in legal proceedings related to contest of citations, informal conferences, testified as a subject matter expert; and  monitored the State of Hawaii's safety and health program by meeting with State officials and conducting analytical studies of their performance and evaluating their programs.  Worked in joint inspections and task forces with other federal agencies such as EPA, FBI and Dept of Interior.

1981 to 1991
Safety Director for Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard.  This position included work in all naval nuclear facilities.  Established the data base for workplace exposures to chemical stressors, e.g. asbestos, lead, welding fumes, arsenic, etc.; established the shipyard ergonomic program; started the behavior based management modules to change behaviors related to unsafe work places; reduced accident rates to less than the national average and showed a consistent decline in injuries/illnesses for a five year period; and established working safety and health committees in each of the five production shops.

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1 U.S. Court of Federal Claims, case number 1:07-CV-00777, Metcalf Construction Company vs. the United States of America.  This is a construction claim of ~$28M for a project for the military family housing in Hawaii.

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