Gabe Garcia
Gabriel (Gabe) Garcia, Safety and Health Consultant
As a health and safety consultant for USF SafetyFlorida, Gabe performs site interventions/inspections focused on OSHA standards and best practices for workplace safety and health management systems. He develops and conducts programmatic training and evaluates safety and health program management activities for small, privately owned companies. These businesses rely on Gabe for technical support and hazard control assistance. In return, he provides the business owners with comprehensive reports outlining ways to improve and enhance safety and health management systems. Gabe assists clients in Spanish throughout the state. He also provides emergency management technical assistance in support of USF SafetyFlorida’s Hurriplanner.
Based in Miami, Gabriel Garcia serves employers in South Florida. Mr. Garcia earned his Professional Certificates in General Industry, Construction and Maritime from the University of South Florida OSHA Training Institute. Mr. Garcia started his Health and Safety career in 1981 in the US Air Force and continued with the Florida Department of Health (FDOH).
Since then, he has put together over 30 years of Public Health, Environmental Health, Occupational Health and Safety and Emergency Management experience, including working for both the 482nd Medical Squadron and 482nd Civil Engineers as their safety manager and the FDOH as its Emergency Coordinator.
His experience in health and safety allowed Mr. Garcia to develop a facility assessment form which was adopted Air Force wide in 1991. In 2006, Mr. Garcia used his experience in emergency management to develop the hurricane safety plan template which is currently being used by USF as the HurriPlanner, to facilitate small businesses in developing their own emergency plan.
Currently, Mr. Garcia is the course chairman for the USF OSHA Training Institute’s OSHA 7600 Disaster Site Worker. He is also an authorized OSHA outreach trainer for the construction industry and general industry 10- and 30-hour classes.