The processes of analyzing, developing, implementing, administering, and performing ongoing evaluation of programs, practices, and services to promote the physical and mental well-being of individuals in the workplace, and to protect individuals and the workplace from unsafe acts, unsafe working conditions, and violence.

Responsibilities in Occupational Health, Safety, and Security

• Ensure compliance with all applicable federal, state, and local workplace health and safety laws and regulations.
• Determine safety programs needed for the organization.
• Develop and/or select injury/occupational illness prevention programs.
• Implement injury/occupational illness prevention programs.
• Develop and/or select safety training and incentive programs.
• Implement safety training and incentive programs.
• Evaluate the effectiveness of safety prevention, training, and incentive programs.
• Implement workplace injury/occupational illness procedures (for example, worker's compensation, OSHA).
• Determine health and wellness programs needed for the organization.
• Develop/select, implement, and evaluate (or make available) health and wellness programs.
• Develop/select, implement, and evaluate security plans to protect the company from liability.
• Develop/select, implement, and evaluate security plans to protect employees (for example, injuries resulting from workplace violence).
• Develop/select, implement, and evaluate incident and emergency response plans (for example, natural disasters, workplace safety threats, evaluation.

• Knowledge of federal, state, and local workplace health and safety laws and regulations (for example, OSHA, Drug-Free Workplace Act, ADA)
• Knowledge of workplace injury and occupational illness compensation laws and programs (for example, workers' compensation)
• Knowledge of investigation procedures of workplace safety, health, and security enforcement agencies (for example, OSHA)
• Knowledge of workplace safety risks
• Knowledge of workplace security risks (for example, theft, corporate espionage, information systems/technology, and vandalism)
• Knowledge of potential violent behavior and workplace violence condition
• Knowledge of general health and safety practices (for example, fire evaluation, HAZCOM, ergonomic evaluations)
• Knowledge of incident and emergency response plans
• Knowledge of internal investigation and surveillance techniques
• Knowledge of employee assistance programs
• Knowledge of employee wellness programs
• Knowledge of issues related to chemical use and dependency (for example, identification of symptoms, drug testing, discipline)

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