Safety Manager

Safety
Manager.

Defined.

 1)  Conduct
periodic (several times per week) review of safety behaviours and
conditions as a method for tracking trends.
 2)  Review and interpret
safety trends within specific projects and company wide.
 3)  Assist
with job hazard analysis especially in the pre-bid planning phase and
anytime the scope changes.
 4)  Provide or obtain consultation
regarding chemical hazards identification in work areas, which may
affect your workers.
 5)  Review and interpret MSDS materials for the
employees.
 6)  Facilitate a Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) needs
assesment and provide recommendations.
 7)  Conduct periodic review of
tasks plans and the pre-task planning process to asses actual
practices with planned practices.
 8)  Asses crew job functions with
regard to their potential for developing a cumulative trauma injury
(ergonomics).
 9)  Conduct incident and accident investigations
lessons learned with the outcome of providing feedback to the
project.
10) Facilitate communications between crew members, foreman,
general foreman, project managers and other appropriate parties.

11) Facilitate collaborative efforts for solving problems.

12) Comprehend and help ensure that work restrictions identified in
the Return to Work Policy are honored by all parties.
13) Assure
that there is uniform interpretations and implementation of OSHA and
other appropriate regulatory agency regulations.
14) Facilitate the
availability of appropriate safety training for managers and crew
members.

The Safety Manager/Representative must be able to
function as a "competent person" in all safety areas
which are applicable to the scope of work being performed. Examples
of these areas of competence may include but are not limited to the
following:
 

 1)  Confined Space

 2)  Lock Out Tag Out

 3)  Fall
Protection

 4)  Scaffold Erection

 5)  Lift Operation
(forklifts/cranes...)

 6)  Hazcom
 7)  First Aid and CPR
 8)  Emergency Evacuation Procedures
 9)  Crises management / Serious
Accident Protocol
10) Teaching and coaching skills
11) Excavation/Trenching
12) Rigging
13) Electrical Safety
14) Recordkeeping
15) Ergonomics