Occupational Health Specialist

Occupational Health & Safety Specialist — Precision Steel Group

Pittsburgh, PA | June 2023 – Present

• Orchestrated 18 site-wide hazard assessments across 3 manufacturing plants using VelocityEHS, identifying 45 critical safety risks and implementing controls that lowered incident rates by 34%.
• Evaluated chemical exposure data for 250 production workers using Cority, leading to the redesign of ventilation systems and a 48% reduction in airborne contaminant levels.
• Configured industrial hygiene monitoring equipment and tracked noise dosimeter results across 5 departments, implementing hearing conservation plans that protected 140 employees.
• Standardized safety onboarding and led 14 interactive safety workshops, increasing employee OSHA compliance exam passing scores to 98% and reducing new-hire incident rates by 60%.

Associate Health & Safety Specialist — Vanguard Manufacturing Corp

Erie, PA | July 2021 – May 2023

• Designed and introduced a mobile-first safety audit program using SafetyCulture, resulting in the detection and remediation of 85 safety infractions within the first 6 months.
• Investigated 22 minor and major workplace accidents, utilizing root-cause analysis to author safety bulletins that decreased reoccurring operational incidents by 40%.
• Organized and maintained EHS compliance records for a facility of 350 staff members, ensuring 100% on-time submission of annual OSHA Form 300 logs to federal regulators.
• Audited personal protective equipment (PPE) inventory and established a vendor replacement schedule, cutting replenishment costs by 22% while guaranteeing 100% gear compliance.

Occupational health and safety, Risk assessment, Incident investigation, Industrial hygiene, OSHA compliance, ISO 45001 alignment, Chemical safety, Noise dosimetry, Emergency response planning, SafetyCulture, Cority, VelocityEHS

EHS Management Software Implementation

Role: Lead Safety Coordinator

Tools: VelocityEHS, Microsoft SharePoint

Led the software migration for 3 corporate sites, training 85 supervisors and centralizing safety data to reduce inspection times by 25%.

Industrial Ergonomics & Physical Re-design

Role: Ergonomic Specialist

Tools: Cority, NIOSH Lifting Equation software

Re-engineered 4 assembly lines using NIOSH lifting guidelines, reducing musculoskeletal complaints by 55% over a 12-month period.

• Associate Safety Professional (ASP) (2023)
• OSHA 30-Hour General Industry Card (2021)

• Languages: English (Native), Spanish (Conversational)
• Volunteer Work: Community health and safety volunteer coordinator (2022 – Present)
• Availability: 2 weeks notice