About the Role
The Human Resources Safety Coordinator is responsible in the areas of safety and training related activities in a manner that will incorporate loss prevention programs and techniques, aimed at reducing losses from machinery/equipment, workers’ compensation and general liability accidents, to support the projects of safety and training of the Company.
Responsibilities:
Work with employees and management in a positive and constructive manner to maintain an effective safety awareness culture.
Acts as the Safety Coordinator for the Company Injury & Illness Prevention Program (IIPP) and ensures that all provisions of the IIPP are implemented and adhered to at all times.
Prepares written safety and health programs and policies, evaluating such programs and policies annually to ensure compliance.
Supports corporate and distribution center locations to implement engineering controls to minimize safety and occupational hazards in the workplace
Serves as the Chair member of the safety committee, including its organization, minutes, inspections and action plan to reduce hazards identified during inspection walks.
Advises management and corporate staff personnel of regulatory changes with which the company must comply.
Ensure compliance with OSHA and Cal/OSHA requirements and informational postings. Maintain current information on local, state, and federal safety and health regulations. Notifies Human Resources Manager and Management immediately, if Cal/OSHA arrives to conduct a site visit.
Conducts biweekly facility inspections with staffing agency. Compiles hazard analysis reports for corrective measures to ensure engineering or administrative controls are in place to either eliminate or reduce the hazard.
Develop, implement, and administer an internal hazard/risk assessment and compliance auditing process designed to validate adherence to OSHA standards and practices
Maintain injury and illness records (OSHA Log). Monitor the OSHA statistics (incident rate) monthly and report to Human Resources.
Review and/or establish accident reporting and investigation procedures to evaluate the root cause of injury/accident, and identify measures needed to prevent recurrence.
Work with management team to develop job safety analysis for all employee categories to identify physical job task requirements and establish safe operating procedures to prevent injury or damage.
Responds to all workplace accident emergencies, while monitoring open workers compensation claims by communicating with employees, claims adjuster and occupational physician, as necessary to monitor and develop claim closure.
Maintain relationships with occupational health clinic(s), provide them with the company’s return to work policy and job requirements on an ongoing basis.
Follow-up with employee upon return to work to formally document employee understands his/her work restrictions. Monitor progress on a weekly basis.
Conduct quarterly on-site health and safety inspection visits to distribution centers, providing to training to employees when needed.
Coordinate monthly/annual fire extinguisher inspections for facility and distribution centers.
Ensure HAZCOM/SDS compliance with corporate facility and distribution centers
Ensure corporate facilities and distribution centers are fully stocked with first aid supplies/bloodborne pathogens kits.
Attend seminars and other workshops.
Maintains, develops and implements all hourly employee personnel records and information compilation and retrieval of personnel data, with appropriate confidentiality and timeliness.
Assists with employee activities and compliance.
Other duties, as needed; special projects as assigned.
Requirements:
A minimum of an Associate’s degree from an accredited university, preferably in Safety; Environmental, Health, & Safety (EHS), HR, or a related field.
Minimum 3 years’ experience in Safety
Microsoft Word, Excel and Outlook proficiency
Detailed oriented, accurate, dependable, ability to understand and meet deadlines
Must be able to organize work to meet challenges of a fast paced environment
Able to work independently while maintaining strong communication skills
Able to handle employee information professionally and confidentially.
Bilingual Spanish is a plus.
Education and/or Experience:
Associates degree from a two-year college or university in a related field of study with 3-5 years’ experience as a Human Resources / Safety Coordinator; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
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