Safety Coordinator

Yazoo Mills, Inc.•Hanover, PA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Yazoo Mills, Inc., a leading manufacturer of paper tubes and cores, is seeking a Safety Coordinator for its Hanover facility. This role supports the Health & Safety Manager in promoting health and safety awareness, developing policies, conducting audits, identifying hazards, measuring safety performance, and ensuring compliance with state and federal laws. The goal is to foster a strong safety culture, reduce workplace hazards and accidents, and achieve zero loss time injuries. The position involves supporting various safety programs, investigating incidents, leading risk assessments, and providing employee training and feedback.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree in Occupational Health and Safety, Chemical, Environmental Engineering / Science or equivalent related field/ work experience.
Minimum 2 years’ safety work experience, Industrial / Manufacturing preferred.
Understanding of OSHA, NFPA, ANSI/RIA, ISO 10218 and other regulatory standards.

Nice To Haves

Manufacturing experience.
College education in related field.
ASP, GSP, OHST or related field.
Intermediate proficiency with Microsoft Office (Word, Excell, Power Point) and Teams.
Safety Certifications; SMP, CIT, STS is a plus.

Responsibilities

Promote health and safety awareness and education.
Support the Health & Safety Manager with policies/procedures to ensure a safe work environment across all facilities.
Perform audits and identify potential hazards.
Measure safety performance and ensure compliance with state/federal health and safety laws.
Support company-wide safety culture to ensure no hazard is missed or overlooked.
Support all health and safety practices/procedures for risk/injury reduction to achieve zero loss time injuries.
Support all health and safety programs such as lockout/tagout, hazardous communication, machine guarding, electrical safety, etc.
Audit and measure performance; safety metrics should reflect the reduction of risks/injuries.
Investigate accidents/incidents to find causes and add prevention measures.
Participate in employee involvement programs such as project teams, committees, and internal training.
Lead risk assessment activities for their area of responsibility by driving prioritized corrective and preventative actions to eliminate/reduce environmental, health or safety risks.
Motivate and coach employees through good communication and frequent performance feedback.
Identify and coordinate additional training as needed.
Lead safety training sessions for employees on proper procedures, emergency response, and personal protective equipment (PPE) usage.
Maintain safety training/equipment inspections/injury records.
Oversee PPE/Safety Shoes & SDS Programs within the company and keeps in compliance with current regulations.
Maintain new hire orientation training and safety critical audits.
Maintain disaster and emergency response plans for all facilities.
Maintain continued safety education to stay current with regulations and/or certifications.
Maintain SDS program for site to include contacting manufacturers for SDS and entering SDS into KPA Safety Software System.
Maintain availability of labeling for chemicals in the plant.
Manage the hearing conservation program for all facilities.
Follow up on inspection recommendations and verify completion.
Stay current with new and pending safety legislation and anticipate regulatory requirements.
Perform other job-related duties as assigned.