Job Purpose:

Maintain multiple health and safety initiatives for the client locations. This position will work closely with both Safety and Human Resources to transition all workers compensation claims activities into the safety department. This position will take on a shared responsibility to educate, train and promote hazard recognition as a means of identifying potential threats. This position will also provide 1st responder medical care to employees as well as initiate industrial hygiene surveillance testing.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Assist and support branches with all corporate health and safety initiatives.
• Maintain OSHA 300 Logs for all locations.
• Maintain works compensation activity.
• Maintain contact with injured employees.
• Log injuries as directed, into Company electronic data base for tracking injury data.
• First report of injury and subsequent follow up.
• Work with Human Resources to ensure all medical protocols are in place to adequately support employee medical needs.
• Promote safety through leadership.

Qualifications:

• High School Diploma and 5 years’ experience in an industrial/distribution environment minimum.
• Certifications in areas of health and safety a plus.
• Must be EMT or EMT-P certified or minimum: 1st aid responder.
• Ability to train and lead large or small groups at all levels of the organization.
• Liaison to ensure all corporate initiatives are carried out at all locations.
• Ability to write, interpret and present safety instructions, procedures and policies.
• Intermediate to advanced skills with databases, spreadsheets, presentations and word processing software.
• Excellent skills in communication both verbal and written.
• Preferably bilingual: Spanish