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Plan, implement, and coordinate safety programs, requiring application of engineering principles and technology, to prevent or correct unsafe environmental working conditions.

Currently Employed: 94

Yearly Projected Openings: 0

Typical Hourly Wage: $36.00 - $54.22

Typical Annual Salary: $74,900 - $112,800

• Maintain and apply knowledge of current policies, regulations, and industrial processes.
• Recommend process and product safety features that will reduce employees' exposure to chemical, physical, and biological work hazards.
• Inspect facilities, machinery, and safety equipment to identify and correct potential hazards, and to ensure safety regulation compliance.
• Install safety devices on machinery, or direct device installation.
• Investigate industrial accidents, injuries, or occupational diseases to determine causes and preventive measures.
• Review plans and specifications for construction of new machinery or equipment to determine whether all safety requirements have been met.
• Report or review findings from accident investigations, facilities inspections, or environmental testing.
• Interview employers and employees to obtain information about work environments and workplace incidents.
• Evaluate adequacy of actions taken to correct health inspection violations.
• Review employee safety programs to determine their adequacy.

• Air pollutant samplers
• Air sampling pumps
• Dynamometers
• Physiological recorders
• Sound measuring apparatus or decibel meter

• Analytical or scientific software
• Compliance software
• Computer aided design CAD software
• Computer based training software
• Data base user interface and query software