Tubelite Inc. named Dok Stevens-Dehring environmental health and safety (EHS) manager for the company’s Michigan and Texas facilities.
She is responsible for ensuring occupational safety and environmental compliance, preventing and reducing chances of injuries, and leading lean and ergonomic improvement initiatives.
With more than 20 years of EHS experience, Stevens-Dehring initially joined Tubelite as its safety coordinator and was promoted to a management position. Before joining Tubelite, she worked in Fort Dodge, Iowa, as the EHS manager at Cargill Inc.’s corn milling division.
Prior to this, Stevens-Dehring worked for Kraft Foods/Oscar Mayer; ConAgra Foods Inc., Viking Fire Protection Inc. and Knoll Inc. Previously located in Michigan, she held positions with White Lake Lando Inc., Philip Environmental and Wonder Makers Environmental Services Inc.
Stevens-Dehring also volunteered as a member of local emergency planning committees in Wisconsin and Iowa, and as a Muskegon County Hazmat Team member in Michigan. She has authored two books and published multiple professional articles. She served on the federal committee that established permissible exposure limits for extremely low frequency EMF emissions from Dopplar radar units at airport facilities.
Stevens-Dehring graduated from Western Michigan University with a master’s degree in environmental hydrogeology and a bachelor’s degree in environmental science, English and biology. She is educated and certified in TapRooT incident investigation and root cause analysis, OSHA general industry rules, incident commander training, ergonomics, chemical security awareness, airborne fiber counting NIOSH 58 and microsopical identification of asbestos. She also is a SafeStart-certified trainer, a NIOSH-approved spirometry technician, formerly a Certified Worker’s Compensation Professional and a member of the American Society of Safety Engineers.