In 1997, Knepper joined the plant in Monaca, Pennsylvania, USA, and became director of operations for the smelter, which at the time operated with 500 employees. He was then promoted to director of operations for Horsehead Resource Development. Knepper restarted and ran the Rockwood plant in Tennessee, USA. He was plant manager of the Waelz Kiln plant in Calumet, Illinois, USA. Knepper contributed to the design and start-up of a French process zinc oxide plant in Mexico. During his time with Horsehead, Knepper worked in various fields of the organization mainly related to operational management positions, in the zinc oxide and Waelz plants. and various predecessor companies in ever increasing levels of responsibility, leaving Horsehead in July 2006 to join US SDR LLC. In this capacity, he was responsible for the successful design, construction, start-up and operation of the SDR Waelz Kiln constructed in Millport, Alabama, USA.įrom 1972 until 2006, Knepper was employed by Horsehead Corp. In July 2006, Knepper was the general manager of US SDR LLC and SDR LLC. 2,408 open jobs for Supervisor recycling operations. Get the right Supervisor recycling operations job with company ratings & salaries. Knepper has 39 years of experience in the zinc industry. Search Supervisor recycling operations jobs. The Department’s Reasonable Accommodation Resource Center converts departmental information and documents into alternative formats, which include Braille and large print. For alternative format requests, please contact the Department at (202) 693-7828 (voice) or (800) 877-8339 (federal relay).Tom Knepper Executive Vice President, Technical Services Department of Labor news materials are accessible at. In this capacity, he was responsible for the successful design, construction, start-up and operation of the SDR Waelz Kiln constructed in Millport, Alabama, USA. OSHA’s role is to help ensure these conditions for America’s working men and women by setting and enforcing standards, and providing training, education, and assistance. Knepper has 39 years of experience in the zinc industry. Under the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, employers are responsible for providing safe and healthful workplaces for their employees. The companies have 15 business days from receipt of the citations and proposed penalties to comply, request an informal conference with OSHA’s area director, or contest the findings before the independent Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission. “Both companies’ failure to comply with fall prevention requirements led to a serious injury that could have been prevented,” said OSHA Birmingham Area Office Director Ramona Morris. OSHA cited Steel Dust for exposing employees to fall hazards, failing to implement their permit space entry program, and not advising Thorpe that the required work involved a permit space entry. The Agency also cited the company for failing to conduct atmospheric monitoring before allowing employees to enter a confined space failing to develop a permit prior to employees entering a confined space and to ensure emergency services were provided when employees entered a permit-required confined space. OSHA cited Thorpe the maximum allowable penalty for exposing employees to fall hazards. Thorpe Plant Services faces $175,528 in proposed penalties Steel Dust’s penalties total $28,270. and Steel Dust Recycling LLC for fall and confined space hazards after an employee was hospitalized following a 30-foot fall at Steel Dust’s Millport, Alabama, facility. operating as Thorpe Plant Services Inc. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Thorpe Specialty Services Corp. Recycling After Employee Hospitalized For Fall Department of Labor Cites Thorpe Plant Services and Steel Dust
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