Responsibilities
Joe McGettigan has been with the firm for over 10 years. Our Risk Control Department provides safety and risk control consulting services to clients in a variety of industries including Construction, Public Entity, Hospitality & Gaming, Healthcare and Manufacturing. Services provided by McGettigan include high level ergonomics consulting and other safety services to our Property & Casualty customer base. He also works closely with clients to address issues related to workers’ compensation, general liability, and property exposure issues.
Background
McGettigan has over 30 years of experience in corporate Ergonomics, Safety, and Preventive Health Management. His experience includes serving as Director of Corporate Preventative Health Services for Rohm and Haas Company, a Fortune 500 chemical company based in Philadelphia; founding an ergonomics consulting firm of his own; and working as a Senior Ergonomist globally with ESIS Health Safety and Environmental Services. His extensive knowledge in issues such as manual material handling and ergonomics in virtually any office, lab, health care and manufacturing setting, and trainings in a variety of safety and health topics has helped clients in all of these settings from small worksites up through enterprise wide systems in large Fortune 500 Companies.
McGettigan has developed and implemented corporate safety programs including musculoskeletal injury intervention programs ranging from isolated safety meetings through comprehensive, site-wide ergonomic monitoring and surveillance systems. He has also developed programs in Safe Patient Handling, Office Ergonomics, Back-Care & Conditioning, Manual Material Handling techniques, Train-the- Trainer, Stress Management, and a wide variety of Health/Wellness topics. He has also spearheaded programs using wearable technologies for clients. He formerly served as a technical advisor for the Office Ergonomic Research Committee.
Education
Pennsylvania State University, Bachelor of Science in Health and Physical Education
Temple University, Master of Education in Exercise Physiology
University of Cincinnati, Ergonomics
Professional Designations
Certified Professional Ergonomist (CPE) with the Board of Certified Professional Ergonomists
ASSP Ergonomics Practice Specialty member
