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Mr. Paine founded Innovative Safety in October 1996 to continue his hands-on involvement and input in construction safety practices, legislation, and new safety equipment. A significant focus of the firm's mission centers on helping clients analyze specific job-site safety problems and developing a
targeted plan and equipment schedule to minimize contractor financial exposure and maximize worker safety. Mr. Paine is the former President and CEO of The SINCO Group, Inc., serving in that position for 22 years from 1974 to 1996. Mr. Paine is widely recognized as an expert in active and passive fall arrest concepts and systems, and had extensive experience as a leader and member of many industry and governmental advisory committees addressing safety standards and regulations. Mr. Paine additionally founded a Union Ironworker Construction Company, which operated throughout the United States, doing installation of fall protection products, specialty rigging, personnel and debris netting systems and other related construction activities. This background served as the catalyst to his legislative activities where he was influential in proposing new and revised safety legislation before the U.S. Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources. Recent speaking engagements have included presentation of papers or Keynoter at
the following: 13th Annual Construction Safety Conference Exposition, February, 2003; National Association of Reinforcing Steel Contractors Annual Conference, January, 2003; Boston Steel, January 2003; keynote speaker at the 17th Annual Mid-Atlantic Region Safety and Loss Control Expo June 2001; conference paper on "Fall Protection in the New Millennium" at the 2000 Hawaii Governors Safety Congress, Honolulu, HI; has taught a class for the past five years at the Ironworkers' Apprentice Training, Program, San Diego University, San Diego, CA. Mr. Paine has published in the New
Jersey Constructor, Spring, 2003, and is the author of, "Elevated Work
Platforms and Scaffolding: Job Site Safety Manual", 2004.
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