TEODORA REYES
Summary
Results-driven Safety/Workers Compensation Supervisor with expertise in EH&S, Workers Compensation, and OSHA Compliance. Proven track record of reducing workplace risks and ensuring regulatory compliance. Skilled in safety training, accident investigation, and promoting quick return-to-work initiatives. Strong communicator and bilingual in English/Spanish.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
Work History
Safety/Workers Compensation Supervisor
Misionero
05.2024 - Current
- Conduct Orientation and Training of Employees: Train and instruct employees so they can perform their work safely
- Know what personal protective equipment is needed for each task and how this equipment must be properly used, stored and maintained
- When there are mandated safety training courses, ensure that your employees take them and that they are appropriately documented
- Enforce Safe Work Practices: It's the supervisors responsibility to enforce safe work practices and procedures; failure to do so is an invitation for accidents to occur
- Workers must be encouraged to identify unsafe or unhealthful workplace conditions or hazards and absolutely not be disciplined for doing so!
- Correct Unsafe Conditions: Supervisors' must take immediate steps to correct unsafe or unhealthful workplace conditions or hazards within their authority and ability to do so
- When an unsafe or unhealthful workplace condition or hazard cannot be immediately corrected, the supervisor must take temporary precautionary measures
- Supervisors must follow-up to ensure that corrective measures are completed in a timely manner to address the hazard
- Prevent Lingering Unsafe or Unhealthful Workplace Conditions or Hazards: Many near miss incidents are caused by unsafe or unhealthful workplace conditions or hazards
- It's the supervisor's responsibility to train and periodically remind employees of what to look for and how to correct or report unsafe conditions or hazards
- If a hazard is identified, the supervisor must act
- Investigate Workplace Accidents: Supervisors are responsible for conducting accident investigations and for ensuring that all occupationally injured employees report to the Occupational Medical Service (OMS) immediately
- Note: NIH Policy requires all injuries, including those sustained by contractors, to be reported to OMS
- OMS works with the division of Occupational Health and Safety to identify hazardous conditions leading to injuries
- The OMS will document and treat any acute injuries
- All facts and opinions regarding the cause of the accident must be compiled and documented on the Workers Compensation Forms (CA-1 or CA-2)
- Supervisors must review the circumstances, sign and submit the forms within 48 hours
- Promote Quick Return to Work: Employees must be encouraged to return to work as soon as possible
- The longer an employee is away from work, the less likely he or she will actually return
- When possible, light or limited duties should be identified and considered, to assist in returning the employee to work
WORKER'S COMPENSATION
D'ARRIGO BROS. CO. OF CALIFORNIA
06.2023 - Current
- This individual is responsible for managing all aspects of workers' compensation claims for all districts, providing timely notification and communication with employees, supervisors, and insurance carrier regarding claims, maintaining OSHA injury/illness logs, assisting in safety training programs, and providing administrative support to the Safety/Workers' Compensation/Training Manager
- Establish and maintain a good rapport with co-workers
- Inspire a safety culture that creates a safe work environment throughout the organization
- Keep current on changes in the Workers' Compensation system in California and AZ
- Manage workers' compensation files for all work injuries in the organization
- Guide, train and advise management on proper injury investigation techniques and completion of incident report forms
- Receive, review and process all injury reports in a timely manner
- Provide customer service to injured employees
- Establish and maintain contact with injured employees and provide assistance with claims and obtaining healthcare
- Communicate with current and prior workers' compensation carriers, management, physicians, and attorneys to provide/gather information as needed to enable appropriate processing of claims
- Assist departments in the determination of appropriate modified duty assignments
- Conduct outreach visits to injured employees and their foreperson
- Maintain OSHA injury/illness logs (300 and 300A)
- Attend claims reviews of open claims with current and past carriers
- Analyze claims and loss control data to identify injury trends and prevention
- Maintain records using company's ERP system
- Prepare required and special reports as needed
- Document translation English/Spanish
- Meeting deadlines with complete accurate work
- Data entry
- Additional functions: Maintain confidentiality of information
- Maintain emotional control under stress; work with frequent interruptions
- Follow safety protocols and emergency procedures
Safety Consultant
TMD Consulting/National Compliance
10.2017 - Current
- Work with Clients on all aspects of Health and Safety such as identifying risks, workers compensation claim management, cost reduction, trending reports, safety audit, investigating/recording incidents, accidents, complaints, and cases of injury/illness, undertaking risk assessments and site inspections, ensuring that equipment is installed correctly/safely identifying potential hazards, determining ways of reducing risks, writing internal health and safety policies/strategies, compiling statistics, drawing up safe operational practices and making necessary changes writing reports, bulletins and newsletters making presentations to groups of employees/managers providing health and safety meetings and training courses for employees with relevant authorities keeping up to date and ensuring compliance with current health and safety regulations
- Conduct risk assessments and audits
- Facilitate employee and supervisory training, develop technical reports, work independently to provide on-site Health and Safety support, communicate with clients and people of varying levels of professionalism, education, etc., understand your clients' needs and build relationships, develop, and implement health and safety program, analyze injury data and produce meaningful reports and recommendations, plan and organize service requests to meet target dates and production goals
Care Manager
IHSS (In Home Supportive Services)
08.2017 - Current
- Recognizing a consumer as an individual: Find out and follow a consumer's likes and dislikes
- Ask how the consumer wants things done
- Get to know and follow a consumer's routines
- Become aware of a consumer's cultural preferences
- Promoting a consumer's autonomy (independence): Be knowledgeable and respectful of consumer's rights
- Promote and work with consumer to ensure highest level of functioning: Encourage consumer's choice
- Ensure consumer participation in all care decisions
- Maintain a consumer's privacy and dignity
- Providing mindful caregiving: Balance the skill and art of caregiving by following the consumer's authorized service plan (Notice of Action)
- Observe the consumer closely, watching for changes in mental, emotional, and physical behavior
- Report changes with care and accuracy to team members (social worker, family members, and doctors) as necessary
- Professional Caregiver Conduct: Be reliable and considerate of the consumer
- Cooperate with team members
- Be effective and efficient with time and supplies
- Follow procedures
- Wear clothing that is appropriate, neat and clean
- Coordinating medical treatment, relationship building with patients, serving as advocates for and champions of the patients' health, and connecting patients with social and community support systems for the continuation of care
- A care manager manages a caseload of assigned patients, assesses over time the health care, educational, and psychosocial needs of the patient/family, and provides client advocacy and referral and liaison activities to address social determinants of health
Education
COMPLETED COURSEWORK - PRE-LAW
CSUMB
Monterey, CaMASTERS OF SCIENCE - DATA SCIENCE
University of Phoenix
Tempe, AZBACHELOR DEGREE - BUSINESS MANAGEMENT
UNIVERSITY OF PHOENIX
01.2019
ASSOCIATE DEGREE - GENERAL EDUCATION WITH TRANSFER STUDIES
HARTNELL COLLEGE
01.2001
Skills
- EH&S Workers Compensation
- Human Resources
- Risk Management
- Safety Training
- Accident Investigation
- OSHA Compliance
- Food Safety
- Accounting
- Graphic Design
- Training and mentoring
Languages
Spanish
Timeline
Safety/Workers Compensation Supervisor
Misionero
05.2024 - Current
WORKER'S COMPENSATION
D'ARRIGO BROS. CO. OF CALIFORNIA
06.2023 - Current
Safety Consultant
TMD Consulting/National Compliance
10.2017 - Current
Care Manager
IHSS (In Home Supportive Services)
08.2017 - Current
COMPLETED COURSEWORK - PRE-LAW
CSUMB
BACHELOR DEGREE - BUSINESS MANAGEMENT
UNIVERSITY OF PHOENIX
ASSOCIATE DEGREE - GENERAL EDUCATION WITH TRANSFER STUDIES
HARTNELL COLLEGE
MASTERS OF SCIENCE - DATA SCIENCE
University of Phoenix
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