Safety Manager

Benson's Bakery offers a competitive and comprehensive benefits package for all full-time employees. We offer vacation, holiday pay, free single coverage health insurance + company paid life insurance, disability insurance, dental and vision insurance, 401K.

Position Summary

Responsible for planning, establishing, implementing, maintaining and administering a variety of health, safety and environmental programs to assure the highest possible degree of safety for employees.

Position Responsibilities/Duties

Responsibilities and accountabilities include, but not limited to:

• Ensure compliance with all company health and safety policies and procedures.
• Plan, develop, implement and conduct safety training for new employee orientation.
• Ensure that quarterly health and safety training and all other specifically required training is provided for all employees.
• Coordinates pre-start health and safety inspections of facilities and employee PPE compliance with appropriate bakery operations supervision/management.
• Ensure all federal, state and local health and safety related laws regulations, rules and codes are observed.
• Ensure that OHSA 300 log of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses is maintained in the required manner. Post annual summary as required.
• Maintain required health and safety documents/files.
• Measure and evaluate the effectiveness of hazard control systems, policies and procedures and recommend changes that reflect improved opportunities to eliminate work place accidents and injuries.
• Conduct periodic health and safety walk-through inspections of all workplace facilities to audit physical conditions and safe work practices. Identify and evaluate hazardous conditions and practices in the work place for correction.
• Conduct near miss and accident/injury investigations to determine causes and to appropriately identify and correct through appropriate bakery operations management level unsafe conditions or unsafe acts. Recommend appropriate discipline for unsafe acts.
• Compile, analyze, interpret and report accident/injury data.
• Responsible for Bakery Operations Workers Compensation Program. Administers routine first aid medical treatment for work related injuries. Evaluates need for doctor visits to help reduce recordable/reportable injuries.
• Directs activities of safety committee.
• Assists in development of health and safety awareness/incentives programs.
• Develop, implement and maintain a health and safety policy handbook and site specific health and safety policies required by law.
• Shall perform other duties as directed by supervision.