Innovative Safety LLC

Mr. Paine is the former President and CEO of the SINCO Group, Inc., serving in that position for 22 years from 1974 to 1996, during which time he successfully directed the design, manufacturing, marketing, and distribution of a broad spectrum of internationally recognized fall protection and other safety systems and equipment for the construction industry. He resigned his position upon the sale of SINCO in 1996.

During that time, Mr. Paine became 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.

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, and to his frequent lecturing and speaking engagements before such national organizations as The National Safety Council, The American Society of Safety Engineers, The Ironworkers Contractors Insurance Program, and The Governors' Pacific Rim Safety and Health Conference.

Mr. Paine, a native and present resident of Connecticut, received his BA from Union College, Schenectady, New York.

Mr. Pain 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 minimized contractor financial exposure and maximize worker safety. Completing its service menu for the industry, the firm has also created two additional divisions - one dedicated to assisting contractors in developing new standards and legislation, and the other offering legal defense assistance to construction firms on the occasion of the inevitable job accidents.

Mr. Paine puts his vision succinctly, "Today's environment mandates that job-site safety can't be approached on a piece-meal "add-on-from-the-last-job" basis. To be successful and meet regulations, safety procedures and equipment specification and deployment must be analyzed and carefully planned and executed for each construction site. We think we can be the only national firm to bring that capability to the contractor - from A to Z - helping attain the most favorable insurance rating and improving bottom-line operating results . . both financial and in terms of optimum worker safety."

AMERICAN NATIONAL STANDARDS INSTITUTE (ANSI)
	A10 Accredited Standards Committee - Safety Requirements for Construction and Demolition Operations Chairman, A10 Technical Standards Review Standing Committee Member, A10 Procedures and Guidelines Standing Committee Subgroup Liaison member responsible for the following subjects:
		A10.11 Safety Nets A10.14 Safety Belts and Lifelines A10.21 Proper Cleaning and Disposal of Contaminated Work Clothing, Chairman A10.32 Fall Protection Systems for Construction, Chairman A10.34 Public Protection, Chairman A10.37 Debris Nets
	Other Sub Groups involved with the following subjects:
		A10.3 Powder-Actuated Fastening Systems A10.4 Personnel Hoists A10.5 Material Hoists A10.6 Demolition A10.7 Transportation, Storage, Handling and Use of Commercial Explosives and Blasting Agents A10.8 Scaffolding A10.9 Concrete Construction and Masonry Work A10.10 Temporary and Portable Space Heating Devices and Equipment A10.13 Steel Erection A10.15 Dredging A10.16 Tunnels, Shafts and Caissons A10.17 Asphalt Pavement Construction A10.18 Temporary Floor and Wall Openings, Flat Roofs, Stairs, Railings and Toeboards A10.20 Ceramic Tile, Terrazzo and Marble Work A10.22 Rope-Guided and Non-Guided Workmen's Hoists A10.28 Work Platforms Suspended from Cranes or Derricks A10.30 Drilled Caissons A10.31 Digger-Derricks A10.33 Safety and Health Programs A10.35 Hydro Blasting A10.38 Safety Program Elements A10.39 Safety Audits A10.40 Construction Safety and Health Responsibilities of Individuals A10.41 Equipment Operator and Supervisor Qualifications and Responsibilities A10.42 Rigging Supervisor, Riggers, Signalmen Qualifications and Responsibilities
NATIONAL SAFETY COUNCIL (NSC)
	Member, Board of Directors Vice President, Construction Division General Chairman, Construction Section Executive Committee Chairman/ Member, Specialty Construction Division
VETERANS OF SAFETY (VOS)
	President, 1996-1997 Member, Board of Directors Member, Safety, Health and Environmental Resource Center Industrial (SHERCI) Member, SHERCI Marketing Committee Member, VOS Proposed Accredited Standards Committee - Occupational Safety and Health Requirements for General Industry
AMERICAN SOCIETY OF SAFETY ENGINEERS, PROFESSIONAL MEMBER (ASSEE)
	Member, Consultants Division Member, Exhibition Committee Member, Government Relations Committee Speaker on OSHA Reform at 1992, 1993, 1994 and 1995 Professional Development Seminars
INDUSTRIAL SAFETY EQUIPMENT ASSOCIATION (ISEA)
	Member, Fall Protection Group
NATIONAL ERECTORS ASSOCIATION (NEA) NATIONAL CONTRACTORS ASSOCIATION (NCA)
	Member, Safety Committee Chairman, Safety Committee
MEMBER OF SENATOR DODD'S AD HOC COMMITTEE ON OSHA REFORM
MEMBERSHIP IN ADDITIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
	Associated General Contractors of American (AGC) National Association Demolition Contractors Scaffold Industry Association Pre-stressed Concrete Institute Utility and Transportation Contractors Association Steel Erectors Association of America (SEAA) Western State Rigging Contractors Association
RECENT SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
	1996 Veterans of Safety, Central Missouri State University, Warrensburg, MO 1996 Hawaii Governor's Safety Congress, Honolulu, HI "The Economics of Fall Protection" 1995 Professional Development Seminar, Orlando, FL "OSHA Reform" 1993 National Safety Congress, Chicago, IL "U.S. and International Safety Standards" 1993 National Conference on Ergonomics, Safety and Health in Construction, Washington, D.C. "How to Introduce New Technology in the Construction Workplace" Third European/ American Construction Safety Conference, Moderator "U.S./ European Construction Safety & Health Research and Development of New Technology"