This is administrative safety work developing, modifying and implementing an occupational safety program for a City department or providing technical and consultative support to departments by analyzing and evaluating safety conditions as part of the City's centralized Risk Management Unit.

An employee in this class designs and implements occupational safety programs designed to control operational and environmental work hazards, analyzes a variety of factors that impact on employee safety, investigates for compliance to governmental and occupational safety policies and procedures, and evaluates the department's disability and worker's compensation claims. The employee may supervise others engaged in safety analysis, investigation or inspection. Work is performed under the direction of an administrative or technical superior.

ALLOCATING FACTORS: (The following conditions must be met for a position to be approved for this class.)

• Positions must either administer a departmental occupational safety program or carry out occupational safety program investigations and analyses in the City's centralized Risk Management Unit.

• Administers, modifies and implements directly or through others, a departmental occupational safety and health program; analyzes occupational safety policies, practices, and procedures to minimize environmental, occupational and working condition hazards and accidents; administers departmental boards that assess causes and preventability of motor vehicle accidents; makes recommendations to eliminate accident causes and occupational hazards; meets with appropriate officials to analyze, develop, implement, and promote safety policies, practices and procedures.
• Provides technical and consultative support services to operating departments on occupational safety issues and programs as part of the City's centralized Risk Management Unit; performs analysis of accident data to identify safety hazards and develop safety programs, provides guidance on development of right-to-know programs; develops workplace safety inspection plans; evaluates fire safety programs; conducts supplemental accident investigations; designs engineering or work practice controls; develops hazard control programs; conducts job hazard analyses; conducts research using such sources as the National Safety Council Library, the Public Risk Management Association Library, the Regional OSHA Library, and technical safety and occupational health textbooks/journals; investigates various safety issues affecting the safety and health of the citizens of the City of Philadelphia.
• May supervise a staff in the analysis, investigation and/or inspection of department facilities, equipment, and operational processes for compliance to governmental occupational safety standards, policies, and practices; analyzes work environment and processes for occupational safety and/or health hazards for effectiveness of protective equipment, for safety effectiveness of storage procedures, and adequacy of fire prevention and protection measures with the appropriate professional, supervisory, managerial and technical officials; recommends modifications of work environment and/or tasks to eliminate hazardous conditions.
• Administers departmental occupational safety training program; may instruct and make presentations to department officials, supervisors and employees in occupational safety and accident prevention principles, practices and procedures; represents the department at occupational safety group meetings, seminars and safety committee meetings; prepares and distributes safety education and information materials.
• Administers through others the department's disability and worker's compensation claim activities; investigates employee injury claims alleged to be service-connected to determine nature, extent, cause, existence of negligence, and circumstances surrounding the injury; makes recommendations on the disposition and validity of employee's disability claim; serves on department review panel that recommends appropriate action on disability claim; recommends appropriate corrective, preventive or disciplinary measures; prepares material for and represents the department at the appropriate administrative, legal or union hearings; testifies as required.
• Prepares a variety of manuals and statistical reports on departmental occupational safety and health conditions, impact of corrective measures implemented, and accident characteristics; analyzes data for accident trends in specific environmental, physical or occupational area; reviews research and statistical studies and publications to keep abreast of current occupational safety and health policies and practices.
• Performs related work as required.

KNOWLEDGE OF:

• the principles, practices, goals and programs of an occupational safety program.
• the principles and practices of administration and management as applied to the implementation, operation, coordination and promotion of a departmental occupational safety program.
• the current principles, practices and techniques of occupational safety analysis and assessment.
• job analysis as applied to developing and implementing occupational safety practices.
• the operational, environmental and uman factors that impact on occupational safety.
• the established occupational safety and health standards, codes and regulations.
• the potential causes of and remedial measures for environmental, fire and operational hazards pertaining to occupational safety.
• the motor vehicle code of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania as it applies to the operations of a diversified automotive fleet.
• the worker's compensation laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
• computer software applications associated with safety program activities.

ABILITY TO:

• direct and administer an occupational safety and health program in a City department.
• plan, assign, review and evaluate the activities of a staff of technical, professional and/or clerical employees directly or through subordinates.
• analyze environmental conditions and operational practices to recommend measures to insure occupational safety.
• prepare and present effectively comprehensive oral and written reports.
• enlist the cooperation of departmental officials to effect sound occupational safety practices.
• establish and maintain effective working relationships with administrative and operational officials, City employees, and others.

EDUCATION:

• Completion of a bachelor's degree program at an accredited college or university.

AND

GENERAL EXPERIENCE:

• Two years of experience in personnel or occupational safety administration, industrial engineering, or the investigation of compensation claims regarding work related injuries.

AND

SPECIFIC EXPERIENCE:

• One year of experience in personnel or occupational safety administration or industrial engineering which has involved investigating, analyzing and evaluating program practices, operational or industrial processes and employee injuries as they relate to industrial safety.

Or any equivalent combination of education and experience determined to be acceptable by the Personnel Department which includes the specific experience and a bachelor's degree as an educational minimum.

NOTE: Possession of an Advanced Safety Certificate (ASC) issued by the National Safety Council plus an Associate's degree from an accredited college or university can be substituted for the bachelor's degree requirement.

PHYSICAL AND MEDICAL REQUIREMENTS

• Ability to physically perform the duties and to work in the environmental conditions required of a position in this class.

LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS AND/OR CERTIFICATES

• Possession of a valid proper class motor vehicle operator's license issued by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania prior to and during tenure of employment as an Occupational Safety Administrator I, if required by work assignment.

PAY RANGE: EP21
Class Established: 3/1984

Latest Spec. Revision:
  CSC: 5/1997 ; Ad Board: 6/1997

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