In Loss Prevention, Retail Safety Specialists assist in divisional safety improvement efforts.  This includes working to reduce the frequency of workers’ compensation and general liability incidents for a determined number of stores within each division.  These Specialists also ensure compliance with Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) regulations.  The Retail Safety Specialists report to the Divisional Retail Safety Supervisor in their division. 
 
Responsibilities include the following:Responsible for leading efforts to reduce the frequency and severity of Workers’ Compensation and General Liability incidents in assigned stores within the Jacksonville DivisionAssisting the Divisional Retail Safety Supervisor (DRSS) in contributing to the achievement of net profit objectives by exposing, identifying and responding to incidents, actions or conditions that threaten financial performance or Publix reputation relative to customer and associate safety which includes Workers’ Compensation (WC) and General Liability (GL) in roughly half of the retail locations within the DivisionAssisting the DRSS in working with Retail Leadership including the Regional Directors, District and Store Managers and Retail Business Units (RBUs) including the Retail Coordinators (RCs) and Retail Improvement Specialists (RISs) to communicate safety plans, updates and safety KPI performance results for the roughly half of the Division’s Regions, Districts and RBUsOccasionally representing Publix in sensitive matters that may include Consumer Regulations, OSHA or other regulatory inspections and interacting with governmental agencies or other public forumsConducting investigations of serious injuries and preparing detailed and comprehensive reports, and Interfacing with and supporting regulatory investigations and unannounced inspections by OSHA and/or processing served notification from OSHA via formal correspondence, phone, and fax