Environmental Health & Safety
Professional Services in Water Quality Diagnostic and Treatment and Safety, Environmental Engineering & Development Division
SAFETY RITE, INC is an Environmental and Occupational Health Engineering Consulting Services group with two divisional concentrations: Environmental Health and Occupational Health.
Our Professional Services concentration in this division includes Water Quality Diagnostic and Treatment and Safety, Environmental Engineering & Development. We have a cadre of professional practitioners led by an esteemed Environmental Geochemist, Geomicrobiologist, and Planetary Scientist, Dr. Ruth Blake, Ph.D.
We are supported by a team from environmental consultants and engineering to remediation contractors who have served government agencies, medical facilities, school districts, non-profit agencies, and commercial and residential clients.
With a thorough understanding of optimal Environmental Health requirements such as water, people, and the physical environment, they conduct fact-finding and corrective exercises from the analysis of Lead, Asbestos, PCBs, Mold, and Multi-Metals to numerous other subjects.
We are committed to providing quality services with the expertise of a knowledgeable staff, good practices, and strict adherence to our in-house quality assurance program that meets all regulatory requirements.
We provide validated results in a manner that responds to our customer’s needs while developing new skills and technology to meet the demand of future markets. We promote mutual respect, teamwork, and creativity in a healthy and safe environment while providing the leadership, training, and education necessary for employees to fulfill their responsibilities.
Our operations perform analysis according to USEPA and Standard Methods to meet Federal and State compliance and perform informational tests for quality control. Our Chief Technical Officer is a distinguished multi-award recipient with several fellowships; Environmental Geochemist, Geomicrobiologist, and Planetary Scientist hold national and multiple state certifications to provide regulatory testing to meet customers’ needs.
Dr. Blake has over twenty years of experience in the laboratory, field/ocean research, teaching, and publishing. She has delivered more than eighty invited lectures across four continents and leads large and diverse research groups and laboratory facilities.
Her skills and expertise include:
- Aqueous geochemistry, experimental & analytical chemistry, microbiology (P, S, As, Se, Fe, Zn)
- Chemical analysis and interpretation of natural and experimental systems (water, minerals, soils/sediment, carbon nanotubes) and water-rock-microbial interactions using various analytical instruments, including ICP-MS, isotope mass spectrometry, light microscopy, SEM, XRD, and XRF.
- Development of novel stable oxygen isotope methods– now used worldwide– for tracing sources and transformations of inorganic phosphate (e.g., fertilizers, waste-water treatment effluent), organic phosphorus pollutants, herbicides (e.g., RoundUp), and pharmaceuticals (e.g., phosphonate antibiotics) and other oxyanions (arsenic, selenium, sulfate); discovered DNA Thermometry and phosphoforensics
- Several team members successfully participate in the USEPA Proficiency Testing Program and laboratory management systems. They also contribute to industry associations and are industry experts frequently sought after for educational seminars on water quality and testing topics.
Officers
Mr. J.A. Marsh – President & Chief Executive Officer
Dr. Michele Alexander, AUD, CCC-A, CPS/A – Chief Operations Officer
Dr. Ruth Blake, Ph.D. – Chief Technical Services Officer
Mr. Mark-Anthony N. Williams, MBA, MS, CSP, CSHM – EHS Management and Compliance Professional Executive
Dr. Omar Danner, M.D., FACS. – Director of Healthcare Services
Professional Operations
Leadership Cadre
Dr. Michele Alexander, AUD, CCC-A, CPS/A – Chief Operations Officer
DOCTOR OF AUDIOLOGY. Professional Leader of hearing conservation programs for occupational clinics and manufacturing plants: calibrating audiometers, performing booth backgrounds checks, making OSHA recordability determinations for STSs, issuing medical referrals, performing necessary otologic exams or audiometric screenings, onsite consults/interviews with employees, ensuring compliance of OSHA required policies, implementation and medical surveillance of industrial hearing conservation programs.
Professional Practice:
- BLS for Healthcare Providers (AED AND CPR) Program
- Licensed to Practice Audiology in Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Michigan, Mississippi, Nevada, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Wyoming
- Certificate of Clinical Competence
Dr. Ruth Blake, Ph.D. Chief Technical Services Officer
Environmental Geochemist, Geomicrobiologist, and Planetary Scientist.
Graduate of the prestigious Yale University.
Most recently, a University’s Sciences Divisional Director
Over twenty years of experience in the laboratory, field/ocean research, teaching, and publishing
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Journal Editor, Invited Lecturer across four continents
Professional Practice:
- Aqueous geochemistry, experimental & analytical chemistry, microbiology (P, S, As, Se, Fe, Zn)
- Chemical analysis and interpretation of natural and experimental systems (water, minerals, soils/sediment, carbon nanotubes) and water-rock-microbial interactions using various analytical instruments, including ICP-MS, isotope mass spectrometry, light microscopy, SEM, XRD, and XRF.
- Developed novel stable oxygen isotope methods– now used worldwide– for tracing sources and transformations of inorganic phosphate (e.g., fertilizers, waste-water treatment effluent), organic phosphorus pollutants, herbicides (e.g., RoundUp), and pharmaceuticals (e.g., phosphonate antibiotics) and other oxyanions (arsenic, selenium, sulfate); discovered DNA Thermometry and phosphoforensics
Mark-Anthony N. Williams, MBA, MS, CSP, CSHM
EHS Management and Compliance Professional Executive
Highly skilled Safety Security & Emergency Management, Concentration: Occupational Safety & Safety Management and Compliance leader with over six years of experience in improving and developing processes that create safe working environments and adhere to EHS laws and protocols. Dynamic, results-driven professional who is effective at leading and motivating cross-functional teams. EHS subject matter expert with a demonstrated ability to design and institute global EHS strategies.
Proven success in monitoring, interpreting, and applying solutions to fulfill requirements of OSHA/EPA/DOT laws, regulations, and industry-standard best practices.
He has distinguished himself in designing, launching, and implementing EHS Safety Management Systems, procedures, and processes across multiple sites for global companies.
Professional Practice:
- Risk Assessments & Mitigation
- Worker’s Comp Management
- Injury and Risk Reporting
- Continuous Safety Improvement
- EHS Team Development
- Environmental/Safety Training
- Project Management
- Contractor Safety Management
- Regulatory Audits & Compliance
- Environmental Permitting
- Disaster and Crisis Management
- Hazardous Waste Management
Dr. Omar Danner, M.D., FACS. – Director of Health Sciences
Professor of Surgery
Executive Master of Business Administration Graduate
Professional Practice:
Specialty Boards:
American Board of Surgery #04758
Surgery
Re-Issued: 12/08/2011
Expires: 7/01/2023
Subspecialty Boards:
American Board of Surgery #002029
Surgical Critical Care
Re-Issued: 10/17/2013
Expires: 7/01/2024
Fellowship: The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
UPMC Department of Surgery
Fellowship: Advanced Minimally Invasive Bariatric, General and Foregut Surgery
The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Department of Surgery
Special Certifications:
▪ Certified Lean Six Sigma in Healthcare Black Belt, Grady Health Systems, August 2018
▪ Certified Six Sigma Black Belt, August 2018
▪ Lean Six Sigma Green Belt, Lean Purple Belt, and EWO Orange Belt (Lean Six Sigma Facilitator)
▪ Lean Six Sigma Green Belt (LSS Practitioner) (Received Certification 11/2016); Grady Health System