Position Overview:

Provide first aid response, emergency first aid, and follow up care for acute and ongoing occupational injuries or illnesses. Oversee and coordinate medical care of injured workers. Proactively serve as liaison between injured worker, medical provider, and claims adjuster to promote early return to work.

Review, evaluate, and analyze work environments and design programs and procedures to control, eliminate, and prevent occupational disease or injury caused by chemical, physical, biological, or ergonomic factors. May conduct inspections and enforce adherence to laws, regulations, or corporate safety policies governing the health and safety of employees.

4Core

• 1. Provide emergency first response/triage care, first aid treatment, and over-the-counter medications for employees as needed.

• 2. File First Report of Injury (FROI), document worker progress, and work closely with claims adjuster and medical providers to properly manage workers compensation claim.

• 3. Actively promote safety throughout the facility by identifying, mitigating, or suspending activities that pose threats to workers' health or safety.

• 4. Investigate accidents to identify causes or to determine how such accidents might be prevented in the future and recommend measures to help protect workers from potentially hazardous work methods, processes, or materials.

Essential Functions:

Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Provide emergency first response/triage care, first aid treatment, and over-the-counter medications as needed.
• Record vital signs and medical information. Maintain accurate workers compensation claim files and/or first aid files for injured workers.
• Evaluate injured workers and determine fitness for duty to determine whether medical care beyond first aid is required, and to refer to the proper medical professional.
• Coordinate claim management activities with the Workers Compensation Coordinator.
• Collaborate with healthcare professionals to plan or provide treatment for occupational illnesses or injuries.
• Inspect or evaluate workplace environments, equipment, or practices to ensure compliance with safety standards and government regulations.
• Conduct safety training or education programs and demonstrate the use of safety equipment.
• Collaborate with engineers, physicians, industrial hygienists, or other experts to institute control or remedial measures for hazardous or potentially hazardous conditions or equipment.
• Participate in new employee orientation by developing and presenting general safety and other presentations.
• Coordinate "right-to-know" programs regarding hazardous chemicals or other substances.
• Maintain or update emergency response plans or procedures.
• Inspect specified areas to ensure the presence of fire prevention equipment, safety equipment, or first-aid supplies.
• Administer, develop or maintain hygiene programs, such as noise surveys, continuous atmosphere monitoring, ventilation surveys, or asbestos management plants.
• Administer the investigating or monitoring of the adequacy of ventilation, exhaust equipment, lighting, or other conditions that could affect employee health, comfort, or performance.
• Administer the collection of samples of hazardous materials or arrange for sample collection.
• Maintain inventories of hazardous materials or hazardous waste, using waste tracking systems to ensure that materials are handled properly.
• Oversee or conduct audits at hazardous waste sites or industrial sites or participate in hazardous waste site investigations.
• Other duties as assigned
  

Competencies:

• Communication
• Compliance
• Personal Effectiveness / Credibility
• Discretion and Confidentiality
• Collaboration Skills
• Problem Solving
• Training
• Flexibility
• Reliability

Preferred Education and Experience:

• Two years of experience working in a manufacturing environment as an EMT/EMT-P, LPN, or RN
• Bachelor's degree in occupational health, safety or a related field preferred
• CPR/First Aid Certified
• Must be resourceful, diligent, computer literate, with good moral character and good communication skills
• Can work with minimal supervision
• Can work overtime or shifting schedules as required
  

Position Type and Expected Hours of Work:

This is a full-time position. Days and hours of work are Monday through Friday, 3:00 PM to Midnight. Consistent and regular attendance is required as an essential job function. These hours are subject to change based upon company needs.

Work Environment:

This position works in a dynamic industrial environment and requires the ability to walk and work in all parts of the production floor and outside during all weather conditions, as necessary to perform the function of the roles.

Physical Demands:

The employee is occasionally required to sit; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

Other Duties:

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.