Robert Synnett

Robert J. Synnett, or “Safety Bob” as he’s known on jobsites throughout America, is the president of Safety Management Consultants, an occupational safety consulting firm he started over 20 years ago in Columbia. He has over 38 years of professional workplace safety experience, starting his career in professional safety just after his graduation from the University of South Carolina in 1981. Since that time, Mr. Synnett has created and managed numerous award-winning company safety programs. He is an OSHA safety training expert, and he has been an Authorized OSHA safety trainer for nearly 30 years. He has also created numerous safety videos and DVD programs that are used in plants and on jobsites and projects nationwide. His DVD training program “Safety Bob’s Construction Safety Orientation” has become a nationwide best-selling program. Mr. Synnett has also been published extensively, and his articles have been featured in several national safety publications.