Associate Professor

Department of Industrial Engineering & Technology
Phone: 903-468-8682
Fax: 903-886-5960
Email: Ben_Cranor@tamu-commerce.edu

Education:

1978 PhD, Industrial Hygiene, University of Oklahoma, Health Sciences Center, Department of Environmental Health and Human Ecology, Oklahoma City, OK.

1973 MPH, Masters of Public Health (Air Quality Control), University of Oklahoma, Health Sciences Center, Department of Environmental Health, Oklahoma City, OK.

1970 BS, Funeral Service Education (OK Merit System Classified as Public Health), Minor-Public Health and Business Administration, Central Oklahoma University, Edmond, OK.

Experience (last 5 years):

2004-present Assistant Professor (Ad-Interim), Department of Industrial Engineering and Technology, Texas A&M University – Commerce, Commerce, TX.

2004-present Adjunct Instructor (Part-time), Texas Engineering Extension Service, Texas A&M University System (the OSHA Training Institute Southwest Education Center), Mesquite, TX.

1987-present President, BEN D. CRANOR, Ph.D., Inc., P.O. Box 1768, Forney, TX (industrial hygiene and environmental consulting).

2002-2004 Training Program Manager, Texas Engineering Extension Service, Texas A&M University System, (the OSHA Training Institute Southwest Education Center), Mesquite, TX.

1999-2004 Adjunct Instructor (Part-time), Department of Industrial Engineering and Technology, Texas A&M University – Commerce, Commerce, TX.

1998-2002 Associate Instructor, Texas Engineering Extension Service, Texas A&M University System.

Awards and Accomplishments (last 5 years):

2004 At Ft. Rucker, AL, I developed and taught 30 graduate level courses in safety and risk management, environmental and occupational law, and leadership. As a result, I graduated more graduate-level risk managers for the US Army than all other US colleges and academies combined between 1999 and 2004.

2003 Instructor of the Year 2003, US Army Safety Center, Safety and Occupational Health Training, Department of the Army (Dr. Brenda Miller, signatory), Ft. Rucker, AL.

2002 Director’s Award for Outstanding Program Contribution, awarded by the Director of the OSHA Training Institute Southwest Education Center, (Teresea Madden-Thompson signatory), Texas Engineering Extension Service, Mesquite, TX.

001 Distinguished Service Award for 2001, for Outstanding Service and Contribution, (Dr. Kem Bennett, signatory), Texas Engineering Extension Service, Texas A&M University System, College Station , TX .

Publications (last 5 years)

1. Cranor, B., “Criteria for Accepted Practices in Safety, Health and Environmental Training,� American National Standards Institute, Z490.1 Committee Member, ANSI Z490.1-2001, 2000-2001.

Presentations (last 5 years)

1. Cranor, B., Crain, J. “OHS Management Systems And Strategic Planning�, American Industrial Hygiene Association, Anaheim, California, May 25, 2005. (Approved Presentation).

2. Cranor, B., “Saving Lives with Colors, Cameras and Storytelling,� (Invited Presentation) International Society of Mine Safety Professionals, Reno, NV, May 18 and 19, 2005 (Two presentations of the same topic).

3. Cranor, B., “How to Conduct a Safety Training Needs Assessment,� (Invited Presentation) Texas Safety Association, 66th Annual Conference, San Antonio, TX, March 22, 2005.

4. Cranor, B., “How Does Overtime Affect Safety?� (Invited Presentation) Texas Safety Association, 66th Annual Conference, San Antonio, TX, March 22, 2005.

5. Cranor, B., “Harvesting Awareness: Telling the Best Kept Secret,� MSIT Program Marketing and Student Recruitment Plan, Texas A&M University – Commerce, College of Business and Technology, December 2, 2004.

6. Cranor, B., “Mistakes Leaders Make,� (Invited Presentation) Printpack, Inc., Mesquite, TX, October 15, 2004.

7. Cranor, B., “The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership,� (Invited Presentation) Printpack, Inc., Mesquite, TX, October 14, 2004.

8. Cranor, B., “The 10 Greatest Mistakes Leaders Make,� (Invited Presentation) National Guard Bureau Southeast Regional Safety Conference, Savannah GA, August 26, 2004.

9. “Spill Prevention Control and Countermeasure Plans,� Stewart-Stephenson, Houston, TX, March 2001.

10. “ARE U Cn? As an Accident Analysis Tool,� Stewart-Stephenson, Houston, TX, March 2001.

11. Cranor, B., “Safety Beliefs,� (Invited Presentation) Nabholz Annual Safety Meeting, Rogers and Conway, AR, August 25 and 26, 2001.

12. Cranor, B, “OSHA Update – Where have we been and where are we going?� (Invited Presentation) American Water and Wastewater Association Annual Meeting, Denver, CO, June 13, 2000.

Teaching (Current):

Assistant Professor, Texas A&M University-Commerce, from August 2004 to current, teaching;

IT202 Industrial Safety Management - online
IT303 Industrial Communications - online and classroom
IT340 Quality Management & Improvement - classroom
IT397 Construction Safety Management - online
IT509 Contemporary Ergonomics - online cohort
IT520 Risk Analysis - online cohort
IT530 Industrial Hygiene and Safety Technology - online
IT570 Legal Aspects of Occupational and Environmental Health - online
IT597 Ethics for Managers and Engineers - classroom
MGT589 Data Mining and Analysis - online
MGT597 Industrial Hygiene and Safety Management - online

Teaching (Other University):

Faculty-of-Record and Visiting Scholar, Texas A&M University-Commerce, Ft. Rucker, AL, 1999 to August 2004, teaching some or all of the following courses.

IT509 Ergonomics - classroom
IT520 Risk Analysis - classroom
IT530 Industrial Hygiene and Safety Technology - classroom
IT540 Systems Analysis & Design - classroom
IT550 Life Safety & Hazard Control - classroom
IT570 Legal Aspects of Occupational & Environmental Health - classroom

Prior Funding (last 5 years):

Awarded over $1.2 in eight grants involving the creation and management of new education and training programs during 2001-2004.

2004-Texas General Revenue Grant Fund - Texas Engineering Extension Services (TEEX), College Station, TX. TEEX will develop training for underrepresented county workers throughout Texas; $100,000.

2003-Susan B. Harwood - OSHA Grant

Texas Engineering Extension Service (TEEX), College Station, TX. TEEX will develop training materials for employers and workers with minimum to moderate experience on fall hazards in the construction and maintenance of telecommunication towers. Materials will address the most dangerous tasks and job duties in the industry, identify hazards, and methods to abate those hazards; $195,718.

2003-Susan B. Harwood - OSHA Grant

Texas Engineering Extension Services (TEEX), College Station, TX. TEEX will develop training materials in a photo-example format on the most common or most dangerous safety and health hazards in land-based oil and gas field operations. More than 1,000 photos with color-coded borders and English or Spanish captions will help convey the message regarding hazard recognition. The photo training materials will supplement existing OSHA oil and gas well drilling and servicing e-Tool by showing hazards in more detail; $226,311.

2003-Susan B. Harwood - OSHA Grant

Oil an Gas Workers Safety Training (Renewal Grant)
Texas Engineering Extension Service (TEEX), College Station, TX., $150,000

2003-Texas General Revenue Grant Fund - Texas Engineering Extension Services (TEEX), College Station, TX. TEEX will develop training for underrepresented county workers throughout Texas; $195,000.

2002-Susan B. Harwood - OSHA Grant

Texas Engineering Extension Service (TEEX), College Station, TX. TEEX will train high school Vo-tech teachers throughout OSHA Region 6 in the #500 Construction and #501 General Industry trainer courses so they can teach the 10-hour outreach versions to students in work/study programs. The 10-hour construction and general industry courses will be translated into Spanish. TEEX will provide 250 scholarships to teachers to attend the trainer courses; $312,034.

2002-Susan B. Harwood - OSHA Grant

HARD-TO-REACH WORKERS (Renewal Grant)
Texas Engineering Extension Service (TEEX), College Station, TX., $150,000.

2001-Susan B. Harwood - OSHA Grant

Texas Engineering Extension Service (TEEX)
TEEX will make safety training more accessible to hard-to-reach non-English speaking construction workers in the residential construction industry. A one-year program to recruit and train experienced bilingual construction company employees and other qualified individuals to become authorized OSHA 500 construction outreach instructors will be implemented. The new trainers will conduct training for other construction workers. Training materials will be translated into Spanish. Geographical coverage: Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas; $200,000.

1971-1977-Environmental Protection Agency - Region VI - Multi-jurisdictional Air Quality Control Administrative Grant. Oklahoma City-County Health Department, 19 city and county air pollution control regional agency support grants. Ranged from approximately $150,000 to $500,000 per year for seven years

Certifications (last 5 years):

2002 CIH--Certified Industrial Hygienist, American Board of Industrial Hygienist, (Certificate No. 1452), Lansing, MI 48917, re-certified, December 2002.

2002 CSP—Certified Safety Professional, Board of Certified Safety Professionals (Certificate No. 14604), Savoy, IL, August, 1996, re-certified, December 2002.

2001 CUSA—Certified Utility Safety Administer (telecommunication specialty), CUSA, National Safety Council'€™s Utilities Division certification program.

2000 CTT—Certified Technical Trainer, issued by The Chauncey Group International, a subsidiary of Educational Testing Service, as a collaborative effort of the Information Technology Training Association, Inc. (ITTA) and the Computer Education Management Association (CedMA).

Continuing Education (last 5 years):

2005 Hazard Communication Workshop, Safety Management Services and Texas A&M University-Commerce Safety Office, Commerce, TX.

2004 Update for General Industry Outreach Trainers , OSHA Training Institute Southwest Education Center, The Texas A&M University System, Texas Engineering Extension Service in partnership with the United States Department of Labor, Mesquite, TX.

2004 Update for Construction Industry Outreach Trainers, OSHA Training Institute Southwest Education Center, The Texas A&M University System, Texas Engineering Extension Service in partnership with the United States Department of Labor, Mesquite, TX.

2003 OSHA 309A, Electrical Standards, OSHA Training Institute Southwest Education Center, The Texas A&M University System, Texas Engineering Extension Service in partnership with the United States Department of Labor, Mesquite, TX.

2003 Dynamic Communications Workshop, Ken Davis Communications, Atlanta, GA; in Orlando, FL.

2003 Leadership, The Texas A&M University System, Texas Engineering Extension Service, Mesquite, TX.

2003 United States Army Emergency Planning for Disaster Response, Emergency Services Training Institute, The Texas A&M University System, Texas Engineering Extension Service, Atlanta, GA.

2003 Hydrogen Sulfide (H 2S) Instructor Development Course, OSHA Training Institute Southwest Education Center, The Texas A&M University System, Texas Engineering Extension Service, Mesquite, TX.