Ronald Miller

Certified Safety Professional

(Certificate no. 9812)

Ronald Miller, CSP has an extensive environmental, occupational health and safety management background and is an accomplished trainer and presenter. After graduating from the University of Maryland, College Park, with a Bachelor of Science degree in industrial technology/education for industry, he began his career with the engineering group of Aetna Casualty and Surety as a Loss Control Engineer. In this position he assisted insured clients with the implementation of effective safety programs. This period also provided him with extensive knowledge of fire protection systems and the newly begun Occupational Safety and Health Administration.

He went on to work with Avon Products, New York, NY, a specialty chemical manufacturer with world-wide operations, as a safety engineer. During this time, he developed a Flammable and Combustible Liquids Handling Procedure. This work included a major upgrade to the handling of thousands of gallons of ethyl alcohol including fire safety and detection systems world-wide which he project managed for the US facilities. Due to his successful work with this and other projects he was promoted to Corporate Manager, Environmental, Health and Safety Compliance. A primary accomplishment was the reduction of the company’s workers compensation costs by $4 million dollars over four years. This was implemented through the development and roll-out of a safety management system that included senior management support and commitment, employee involvement and a new safety metric methodology. These measurements included the completion of hazard recognition activities by all employees. At this time the EPA Superfund Law and associated hazardous waste programs were active. Accordingly he was directly involved in the negotiations of several PRP (Potential Responsible Party) Committee deliberations. These activities reduced the PRP liabilities by obtaining releases from the hazardous waste site actions and delisting of a facility in Puerto Rico.

Mr. Miller later became the Director, Safety, Health and Environmental Affairs with Scientific Atlanta, Atlanta, GA where he managed the EH&S programs for this multi-state electronics and metal fabrication firm. During this tenure, he expanded on his safety management system to include Health Services, industrial hygiene and environmental management. While at Scientific Atlanta, he was able to develop and implement an ergonomics program that successfully reduced the ergonomics losses and associated costs. Also developed was an extensive hazardous waste management system to ensure reduction of waste and compliance with EPA standards.
He was recruited to become the Director, Safety & Industrial Hygiene for the $2.5 billion Consumer Products Business of James River Paper, a pulp & paper manufacturer, converter and related products company. While at James River he wrote the Division’s Safety Manual including an extensive safety management approach with targets for performance improvement and management accountability.

After relocating to the Chicago area, Mr. Miller became the Director, Safety & Environmental Affairs for Release International (later Rexam Release), a multi-million dollar multi-state silicone release liner manufacturer. At this time, he implemented an activity-based safety management system including, job safety analyses, job behavior observations and safety metrics targeting activity completion. This was an extension of the previous system components implemented at earlier companies.

During the time Rexam Release was exiting the release liner business, Mr. Miller joined the National Safety Council as Principal Consultant providing on-site training & consulting. During this period he worked with companies like Honda of America Manufacturing, assisting them with the improvement of their safety management systems. After two years he was promoted to Director, Training & Consulting Services, during which he expanded the on staff consultant number from three to six and increased the consulting and training impact of the Occupational Safety and Health department.

After eight years, and an opportunity to relocate to the coast of North Carolina closer to family, Mr. Miller established a safety training and management business, Beacon Safety Consulting, LLC. Through this firm he provides safety training and safety management program assessments and audits. Beacon Safety Consulting, LLC is located in Wilmington, NC.

Some of his clients include American Airlines; UPM Blandin Mill; Kaiser Bellwood Extrusion; City of Wilmington, NC; and the National Safety Council. He has also participated in webcasts and audio conferences for Business 21 Publishing and Business & Legal Reports.