OSHA Training Camp Presenter Bios
David Sarvadi, Esq.
Keller and Heckman LLP
David Sarvadi works with clients in the areas of occupational health and safety, toxic substance management, pesticide regulation, employment law, and product safety. He helps clients open new markets and maintain existing ones by helping them comply with PMN requirements under Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), pesticide registrations under Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), and labeling requirements under the Federal Hazardous Substances Act, and MSDS requirements under the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Hazard Communication Standard (HCS).
In addition to the U.S. regulatory programs, Mr. Sarvadi provides assistance on the risk and hazard communication and related regulatory schemes world-wide, such as the European Union's Dangerous Substances and Dangerous Preparations Directives, and Canada's Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System, and similar programs in developing countries. He is conversant on the related aspects of REACH, the EU's new regulatory scheme for existing chemical substances, and assists companies in preparing for the challenge of organizing Chemical Safety Reviews under that new program. He has more than 30 years experience in preparing MSDS and labels, in preparing safety analyses and evaluating uses, and developing control strategies including specific recommendations for control of hazards from occupational and consumer uses of chemicals.
He represents clients before a variety of federal and state enforcement agencies in legal proceedings involving OSHA citations, EPA Notice of Violations, TSCA consent orders, CPSC Notices, FIFRA Stop Sale Use and Removal Orders, and EEOC Charges of Discrimination.
He was counsel to the National Coalition on Ergonomics from its inception in 1994. He has a strong background in occupational safety and health, having worked as an industrial hygienist for more than 15 years and became a Certified Industrial Hygienist in 1978. Prior to becoming an attorney, he was a principal in a small consulting firm, and managed a corporate industrial hygiene and product safety program for a Fortune 500 company.
David W. Bogart, CSP
President
David W. Bogart Associates
David W. Bogart founded David W. Bogart Associates, Inc. in June of 1988. D.W. Bogart Associates is an Occupational Health and Safety Consulting firm, specializing in the development of individualized Health and Safety Management programs for a variety of industrial and governmental clients. The services provided to the clients include: Workplace Safety Inspections and Audits; Incident Investigations; Workplace Demands Analysis; Risk Assessments, Ergonomic Evaluations; Project Safety Reviews, Machine Guarding surveys and Behavioral Safety Program development. In addition, Mr. Bogart has provided Expert Witness testimony on Product Liability cases.
Prior to founding D.W. Bogart Associates, Mr. Bogart held a variety of positions in private industry. These included: Senior Safety Consultant with M&M PC, a division of Marsh & McLennan; Manager of Accident Prevention and Employees Health at Lederle Laboratories, a division of American Cyanamid; Safety Manager for FMC Corporation's Agricultural Chemicals Division; Safety Engineer at General Motors - Harrison Radiator Division; Resident Field Engineer for Factory Mutual Engineering Association and Senior Loss Control Representative with Liberty Mutual Insurance Company.
Mr. Bogart is an Exam Certified Safety Professional and a Certified Hazard Control Manager. He has degrees in both Industrial and Mechanical Technology.
In addition to other professional accomplishments, he has taught at several community colleges and state universities. He is a professional member of the American Society of Safety Engineers, the Canadian Society of Safety Engineers, the National Safety Council and the National Fire Protection Association. Mr. Bogart has had several articles published in Professional Safety and other safety magazines.
Stefanie M. Corbitt
OSHA Regulatory Specialist/
Product Stewardship Specialist
SSI OSHA
Stefanie Corbitt, President of SSI OSHA, has 12 years experience in safety, health, environmental and product stewardship regulation interpretation, guidance, training, compliance assurance programming and auditing. Prior to founding her own consulting practice in 2005, Ms. Corbitt was OSHA Regulatory Specialist for Keller and Heckman LLP, a regulatory, litigation and corporate law firm with offices in Washington, D.C., Brussels, San Francisco and Shanghai. In that role, she conducted numerous on-site safety, health and environmental regulatory compliance audits, leadership team orientation and training sessions and prepared custom compliance programs for Fortune 500 client companies. These efforts led to improved regulatory compliance assurance. Ms. Corbitt's expertise also includes the preparation, review and audit of product material safety data sheets and labels, for compliance with applicable U.S. , Canadian, European, Australian and other country regulations.
Ms. Corbitt was formerly Environmental, Safety and Health Manager at Carmun International, Inc., a Texas-based manufacturer of beverage dispensing systems, with diverse aluminum casting, machining, metal finishing and assembly operations. She led the creation of the first formal safety and health compliance program for that organization. Stefanie also served as Health Compliance Officer for the State of Virginia , Department of Labor and Industry's Occupational Safety and Health Division. In this capacity, her responsibilities included occupational health compliance auditing across a 17 county region, covering heavy manufacturing through physician offices.
Ms. Corbitt holds a Master of Science Engineering (M.S.E.) in Occupational Safety and Health and Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Biology from West Virginia University , and an Associate of Art (A.A.) in Pharmaceutical Technologies from Frederick Community College. Stefanie is a member of the American Industrial Hygiene Association, American Society of Safety Engineers, American Welding Society, and the American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists. She has completed numerous courses at the OSHA Training Institute in addition to various continuing education courses as offered by AIHA and ASSE.
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