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26th Annual National VPPPA Conference
Workshop Description Search Results
The workshops, titles, descriptions and speakers listed below are subject to change. This TENTATIVE information is listed to provide a general idea of the topics presented at the VPPPA national conference. For a final list of workshops and room assignments, please refer to the Onsite Program, which will be distributed during conference check in/onsite registration.Back to Search
9/6/10, 9:40 AM
150 Workshops
Sunday, August 22: 8:00 am – 5:00 pm
Level: Beginner, Track: Other Dept. of Energy VPP
Managing Contractor Transition for DOE VPP Sites
Lessons learned from DOE contractors that have gone through site transitions. No reason to reinvent the wheel come learn from those who have experienced it. The Annual DOE meeting will be held during the afternoon session of the preconference. Plan to attend both the preconference morning session and the Annual DOE meeting during the afternoon session.
Moderator/Speaker: Chris Adolfson, Business Specialist, Idaho National Laboratory, Idaho Falls, ID
Sunday, August 22: 8:00 am – 5:00 pm
Level: Beginner, Track: VPP
VPP Application Workshop
The VPP Application Workshop(R) provides hands-on experience in VPP application development. You will be guided through the VPP application process. Hear from Industry leaders at VPP worksites on what it takes to develop a complete and successful application. You will learn step-by-step how to put together the major components of an application and how to properly write an application by reviewing samples from application submitted by VPP Star worksites.
Moderator: Mark Norton, Assistant Director VPP Coordinator/Consultation Program Manager, Arizona Division of Occupational Safety & Health, Tuscon, AZ
Speaker: Gilbert Aceves, Maintenance Welder/Electrician/ VPP Coordinator, Morton Salt, Long Beach, CA
Speaker: Milford Stern, VPP Coordinator, Virginia Department of Labor & Industry, Roanoke, VA
Speaker: Jack Griffith, SGE, HAMTC Safety Representative, Flour Hanford, Richland, WA
Sunday, August 22: 8:00 am – 5:00 pm
Level: Intermediate, Track: Behavior-Based Safety
The Human Factor: Improve Safety Performance using 4 Simple Techniques
This workshop will change the way you think about safety. This interactive session is not about safety compliance, rules, procedures or engineering - it's about improving personal safety skills so you can avoid incidents before they occur. You will learn the 4 most common errors that lead to most injuries, the 4 states people are usually in when they make these errors&but more importantly, you will learn how to combat these states and errors, and more...
Moderator: Ruth Steeves, Project Manager, SafeStart(TM), A Divsion of Electrolab Ltd., Belleville, ON
Speaker: Gary Higbee, CSP, MBA, President, Higbee & Associates, Johnston, IA
Speaker: Larry Wilson, Vice President, SafeStart(TM), A Division of Electrolab Ltd, Belleville, ON
Sunday, August 22: 8:00 am – 5:00 pm
Level: Beginner, Track: VPP
Annual Self Evaluation Process
Description: This course will provide safety managers, safety staff and safety committee members a detailed approach as to how to perform an annual self-evaluation. In addition to reviewing an evaluation strategy, the training will include the documents required to be reviewed, interview strategies and practice, and how to verify that programs are effective. The training will also cover how to write the annual report, to include rate calculations, goals and objectives and action plan status.
Moderator/Speaker: Paul Esposito, CIH, CSP, CPEA, Vice President, ESIS Global Risk Control Services, Annapolis, MD
Sunday, August 22: 8:00 am – 5:00 pm
Level: Advanced, Track: VPP
Strengthening Star Quality Workshop
Your site has acheived VPP Star, now what' This workshop focuses on continuous improvement, providing informaiton on what OSHA is looking for in VPP re-approvals, how other VPP worksites are maintaining their level of commitment, how VPP sites determine the measurable and intrinsic values of VPP, how to make the most of your annual self evaluation and what evaluation criteria are used to measure management leadership and commitment.
Moderator: Brad Baptiste, OSHA Region VIII VPP Manager, U.S. DOL, OSHA, Denver, CO
Speaker: Anthony Stoner, SGE, Facility Engineer, Integrity Windows and Doors, Fargo, ND
Speaker: Stephen L. Gauthier, SGE, H & S Elected Rep, General Electric Transportation Aircraft Engines/GE Riverworks Plant/Gear Plant, Lynn, MA
Speaker: Debbir L. Clingan, SGE, EH&S Manager, MillerCoors (RMMC), Golden, CO
Sunday, August 22: 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Level: Intermediate, Track: Hazard Prevention & Control
Reducing "Walking Through Life" Injuries Through Employee Awareness
This Hazard recognition workshop will increase employee understanding of the types of injuries that can result from working around and/or with safety hazards. Employees will increase their understanding of how to anticipate, recognize, evaluate and control safety hazards. Further,the "safetystart" job aid to help employees recognize safety hazards and avoid "walking through life" injuries will be introduced, and its use demonstrated in group exercises.
Moderator: Henry E Sparks, Utility Systems Operator, MSA LLC, Richland, WA
Speaker: Curtis J Henning, Painter, MSA LLC, Richland, WA
Speaker: Rocky J Simmons, Union Safety Representative, MSA LLC, Richland, WA
Speaker: Jeffery P Simundson, Safety Engineer, MSA, Richland, WA
Sunday, August 22: 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Level: Intermediate, Track: VPP
OSHA Recordkeeping
OSHA recordkeeping rules are difficult to understand and employers can get into big trouble if they don't interpret them correctly. This presentation will review the OSHA recordkeeping regulations and then focus on the interpretation letters that the Agency has issued in the recent past.
Moderator/Speaker: Patrick R. Tyson, Esq., Managing Partner, Constangy, Brooks & Smith, LLP, Atlanta, GA
Speaker: Neil H. Wasser, Esq., Chairman, Constangy, Brooks & Smith, LLP, Atlanta, GA
Sunday, August 22: 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Level: Intermediate, Track: Ergonomics
Motion is Money - How Ergonomics Can Effect Efficiency & Productivity
The workforce is aging at an alarming rate with fewer skilled employees entering the workforce. With today's economy, profit margins are thinner than ever. Through research and analysis at CNA, we have gained an immense understanding of human factor and ergonomic exposures, job tasks and workforce limitations that impact productivity, efficiency and risk factors. This workshop will focus on motion in the work environment, waste, human interface, and how they're used to enhance productivity, efficiency, and reduce risk factors.
Moderator/Speaker: Brian Roberts, CSP, CIE, National Director Workers' Compensation and Ergonomics, CNA Insurance Co., Dallas, TX
Sunday, August 22: 9:00 am – 4:00 pm
Level: Beginner, Track: DOD
DoD VPP Implementation Workshop
The Department of Defense (DoD) Voluntary Protection Programs (VPP) Center of Excellence (CX) will be presenting a DoD VPP Workshop in conjunction with VPPPAs conference. The purpose of the workshop is to share information on practical and effective VPP implementation approaches for the most commonly occurring VPP implementation gaps at DoD sites pursuing OSHA VPP Star recognition. Specific Safety and Health topics that will be covered from a VPP implementation perspective will include: Meaningful and Effective S&H Goals and Objectives; Involving Employees in S&H Activities and Decision Making; Contractor Selection and Management in a VPP Setting; S&H Trends Analysis, and; an overview of electronic VPP Tools created by the VPP CX.
Moderator: Mark Atkins, Special Assistant for Safety to the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for ESOH, Concurrent Technologies Corporation, Arlington, VA
Speaker: Jeff Anderson, Senior Director, Safety Services, DoD Voluntary Protection Programs Center of Excellence, Johnstown, PA
Speaker: Douglas Meyers, CSP, Principal Safety Professional, DoD Voluntary Protection Programs Center of Excellence, Johnstown, PA
Speaker: Mike Host, Environmental Program Specialist, DoD Voluntary Protection Programs Center of Excellence, Johnstown, PA
Tuesday, August 24: 8:00 am – 9:00 am
Level: Beginner, Track: Ergonomics
Getting Your Two Cents Worth of Office Ergonomics
Office ergonomics continues to be an important part of every organization's ergonomics program. Yet it can also consume enormous amounts of an ergonomist's time and use a disproportionate amount of the organization's resources. How can you implement a state-of-the-art office ergonomics program for as little as two cents per week, per worker' It sounds impossible, but organizations are implementing this process and achieving spectacular results.
Moderator: David C. Alexander, PE, CPE, President, Auburn Engineers, Inc., Auburn, AL
Speaker: Miriam Joffee, PT, CPE, Senior Consulting Ergonomist, Auburn Engineers, Inc., Auburn, AL
Tuesday, August 24: 8:00 am – 9:00 am
Level: Advanced, Track: Management Leadership
Achieving Results With Effective Safety Communication Skills
As people and organizations get better at working safely, there is always the danger of complacency destroying performance. Key to John Drebinger's insightful approach is the premise that safety must be a personal value, and that values don't change when conditions change, even in tough times. Discover new ways to share the importance of this value with others in the most effective way. Find out how to rekindle their vision, passion and energy for helping others work safely along with acknowledging their own accountability for achieving results.
Moderator: Karen Drebinger, Office Manager, John Drebinger Presentations, Galt, CA
Speaker: John Drebinger, Certified Speaking Professional, John Drebinger Presentations, Galt, CA
Tuesday, August 24: 8:00 am – 9:00 am
Level: Intermediate, Track: Training
Relationship and Integration of the 10 CFR 851, ISMS, and VPP
This workshop focuses on the primacy of the 10 CFR 851 Worker Safety and Health Program (851) and its relationship with Integrated Safety Management Systems and the Voluntary Protection Programs (VPP) that exist across the DOE complex. It is essential that all workers understand what 851 is, what their rights and responsibilities under the rule are and that it is a federal, enforceable regulation with primacy. Integration of these programs must be done in a way that maximizes meaningful worker involvement.
Moderator: Donald Elisburg, Consultant, National Clearinghouse for Worker Safety and Health Training, Key Biscayne, FL
Speaker: Deborah Weinstock, Director, National Clearinghouse for Worker Safety and Health Training/ MDB, Inc., Washington, DC
Speaker: Doug Stephens, Program Manager, United Steel Workers (USW)/ Tony Mazzocchi Center for Health, Safety and Environmental Education (TMC), Nashville, TN
Tuesday, August 24: 8:00 am – 9:00 am
Level: Advanced, Track: Construction
Prevention through Design: Designing with Project Safety in Mind
It is a researched fact that humans routinely make mistakes. Thus, most traditional safety interventions (programs, training & behavioral interventions) are doomed to produce less than expected results. One way of minimizing the undesirable outcome of incidents is to identify evaluate and mitigate the risks that typically flow to the worksite from ineffective design. In this session, we will cover methods and tools to design out as many risks as possible and effectively manage the residuals.
Moderator/Speaker: Peter G Furst, President, The Furst Group, San Ramon, CA
Tuesday, August 24: 8:00 am – 9:00 am
Level: Intermediate, Track: Construction
Subcontractor Safety: Eagle or Mouse?
Recognizing that subcontractors/contract workers could be your greatest safety liability at your facility, how do you monitor your subcontractor's safety efforts' How do you pre-qualify your subcontractors' How do you "blend" your subcontractors into your VPP safety culture on short-term jobs' How does your management get involved in subcontractor safety' This program will explore several options to assist you in proper subcontractor selection. Will it be the Eagle or Mouse on your next project'
Moderator/Speaker: Robert J Sagendorf, Sr., CSP.CHST, SGE, Corporate Safety Director, Eii, Inc., Cranford, NJ
Tuesday, August 24: 8:00 am – 9:00 am
Level: Intermediate, Track: Environmental Practices
Using VPP Principles to Drive Environmental Performance Excellencee
This course will outline how to use VPP performance criteria and measurement to enhance and improve environmental excellence. It will provide in-depth, comprehensive environmental management techniques that are proactive, performance-driven and effective. This will be extremely valuable for organizations that are pursuing VPP or have already VPP Star status. Course material will be relevant to today's trends of managing a green friendly ESOH program.
Moderator: Jeffrey Anderson, Director, Safety Services, Concurrent Technologies Corp. (DoD VPP CX), Johnstown, PA
Speaker: Scot Bryant, Environmental Programs Director, Concurrent Technoligies Corp. (DoD VPP CX), Johnstown, PA
Tuesday, August 24: 8:00 am – 9:00 am
Level: Intermediate, Track: General
Humor in Safety
Have your safety presentations become drab and dreary' Tim will show you through utilization of humor and video clips on how to make safety training interesting and maybe even fun! This presentation will also provide information on taking safety home and how safety impacts more than just the workforce; it also impacts the family.
Moderator: Dennis Carnrike, Project Manager, SafeStart(TM), A Divsion of Electrolab Ltd., Belleville, ON
Speaker: Tim Page-Bottorff, Senior Safety Consultant, SafeStart(TM), A Divsion of Electrolab Ltd., Belleville, ON
Tuesday, August 24: 8:00 am – 9:00 am
Level: Intermediate, Track: Worksite Analysis
Beyond JSA -- ANSI Z10 Hazard & Risk Assessment
In July 2005, AIHA and ANSI released AIHA/ANSI Z10-2005, incorporating risk assessment into workplace evaluation. This presentation will focus on: (1) using risk principles to identify, assess and rank safety and health hazards; (2) creating a risk assessment matrix; (3) following risk principles to analyze control measures and make risk control decisions; (4) implementing risk control actions that are aligned with their organization's business goals; and (5) using the risk assessment process to drive employee involvement.
Moderator: R. Thomas Reeves, M.S., Safety Coordinator, Nucor Corporation, Marion, OH
Speaker: Bruce W Main, PE, CPSM, CSP, President, Design Safety Engineering, Inc., Ann Arbor, MI
Tuesday, August 24: 8:00 am – 9:00 am
Level: Intermediate, Track: DOE/EPA/OSHA
Changing the Safety Culture on a Union Construction Site
With over 1,000 craft workers from 14 unions and 500 non-manuals, how do you influence the safety culture at DOE's largest construction site and the world's largest waste treatment plant' We will discuss the variety of cultural challenges and how they might have been avoided with labor and management working together to create a safety culture that is on its way to DOE VPP Star status recognition.
Moderator: Rosendo (RC) C. Briones, Laborer, Bechtel National, Inc., Richland, WA
Speaker: Christopher Ganwich, Laborer, Bechtel National Inc., Richland, WA
Speaker: Gilbert (JR) J. Alaniz, Carpenter, Bechtel National, Inc., Richland, WA
Speaker: Maxwell (Max) K. Hammond, Site Manager, Bechtel National, Inc., Richland, WA
Tuesday, August 24: 8:00 am – 9:00 am
Level: Intermediate, Track: Behavior-Based Safety
Sustainable Safety Cultures
Many companies are focused on creating an improved safety culture and have achieved success in doing so. You may have heard of the book by Marshal Goldsmith titled "What Got You Here Won't Get You There" and the same holds true for maintaining a safety culture. In this session, we will discuss ways to continuously increase the positive factor of your safety culture and ensure that you don't fall into traps that negatively affect your success.
Moderator/Speaker: Terry L. Mathis, CEO, ProAct Safety, The Woodlands, TX
Tuesday, August 24: 8:00 am – 9:00 am
Level: Intermediate, Track: Best Practices
Making the Business Case for Safety
This workshop will discuss how safety professionals can make their efforts relevant to management and use the budgeting process to ensure they have the resources to drive improvement throughout the organization. Attendees will learn the importance of having a champion, developing partnerships, establishing buy-in at different levels and marketing their efforts internally and externally. Finally, information on showing a return on investment to make your business case strong will be presented.
Moderator/Speaker: David Janney, Sr. Associate, System Improvements (TapRooT), Knoxville, TN
Tuesday, August 24: 8:00 am – 9:00 am
Level: Intermediate, Track: Employee Involvement
S.A.F.E. by ZERO
S.A.F.E by ZERO is a program that is intended to create HSE leaders and/or reinforce leadership qualities. Invest the time to instill the beliefs that will change the attitudes and affect the culture where zero injuries (Goal Zero) is possible. Empower your employees with the knowledge necessary to allow them to take effective action to create a cultural change in safety, attitudes and performance.
Moderator: Michael Rochon, USW Local 13-1 Vice President, Shell Oil Co., Deer Park, TX
Speaker: Angie Espinoza, Safety Advisor, Shell Oil Co., Deer Park, TX
Speaker: Doug Halford, Operator/HSE Committee member, Shell Oil Co., Deer Park, TX
Tuesday, August 24: 8:00 am – 9:00 am
Level: Intermediate, Track: Employee Involvement
Community Outreach Safety Exposition
Three VPP Star sites join to present a great way to not only get employees involved in safety and health, but showcase their companies' outstanding achievements in the community as well. This will show you key points to execute a successful expo and how to provide the workers and the community with safety and health information they can use at work and at home.
Moderator: Jenni Morris, VPP Site Coordinator, CH2MHILL Plateau Remediation Company, Richland, WA
Speaker: Chris Adolfson, Business Operations Specialist, Idaho National Labratory, Idaho Falls, ID
Speaker: Owen Berglund, ALARA Chairman, Washington River Protection Solutions (WRPS), Richland, WA
Speaker: Lonny Schmitt, Training Department Supervisor, Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & IMF, Bremerton, WA
Tuesday, August 24: 8:00 am – 9:00 am
Level: Intermediate, Track: Hazard Prevention & Control
Tag It and Bag it! A Unique Way of Identifying & Correcting Hazards
In the quest for VPP Star, the Sherwin-Williams Garland plant has gone through many hazard tracking systems, but none as successful as the pink tag-it and bag-it system. We will show how to identify our target, classify the target and then tag the target for correction later (bag it). This program has proven to increase employee participation, correct hazards in a more timely manner and has been recognized as a best practice.
Moderator: Toby Williams, Store Room Supervisor, The Sherwin-Williams Company, Garland, TX
Speaker: Robert Williamson, Receiving & Shipping Operator, The Sherwin-Williams Company, Garland, TX
Speaker: Gilbert Applegate, Maintenance Mechanic, The Sherwin-Williams Company, Garland, TX
Speaker: Keith Burley, Paint Filler Operator, The Sherwin-William Company, Garland, TX
Tuesday, August 24: 8:00 am – 9:00 am
Level: Advanced, Track: Employee Involvement
Using Employee Perception Surveys to Gain and Maintain VPP Status
In recent years, safety professionals have begun to develop and value a variety of leading or proactive measures that provide a much more strategic and effective way of evaluating and improving occupational safety management systems. One of the most promising proactive measures of a safety program and organizational safety culture is the employee safety perception survey. Conducted in a rigorous way, employee perception surveys can provide a comprehensive and sensitive set of metrics that evaluate and monitor management commitment, supervisor engagement, employee involvement and organizational culture. The survey process itself becomes a substantive employee safety activity with uniquely far-reaching benefits to safety management systems. This presentation will provide a detailed explanation of the role, process, utility and value of employee safety perception surveys in applying for and sustaining VPP status.
Moderator/Speaker: Jonathan D Thomas, Chief Research Consultant, National Safety Council, Itasca, IL
Tuesday, August 24: 8:00 am – 9:00 am
Level: Intermediate, Track: VPP
Make Your Voice Heard For Safety with Congress - Presented by the National Legislative and Regulatory Committee
The VPP program has been a viable program for the past 26 years and we need to keep it growing so we can mentor the companies that dont get it and help them become the companies that get it. It is imperative that we act now and raise our voices to our congressional delegation and let them know that we need their continued support for VPP. Come and hear how you can become a strong voice for VPP with your congressional delegation. Show how much you care by putting your voice to pen.
Moderator: Jack Popp, CSP, Vice President - Technical Service, Hasbro, Inc, East Longmeadow, MA
Speaker: David Sams, Director of Environment, Health & Safety, Verso Paper Corporation, Memphis, TN
Speaker: Buddy Tucker, Business Development Manager, Mundy Company, Pasadena, TX
Speaker: Robert Coble, Senior Technican, Valero Refining, Paulsboro, NJ
Tuesday, August 24: 8:00 am – 9:00 am
Level: Intermediate, Track: Best Practices
Adopting The Globally Harmonized System (GHS) - A Practical Guide to G
GHS is upon us - OSHA is currently considering a proposed alignment of its Hazard Communication Standard with international GHS hazard communication guidelines. GHS will impact the content and format of millions of material safety data sheets and workplace labels, thus affecting how companies protect and prepare employees when dealing with hazardous chemicals. This session will prepare your organization for an efficient GHS implementation and provide a practical roadmap to comply with the new regulations.
Moderator: Scott Williams, Director of Sales, SiteHawk, Smyrna, TN
Speaker: Ruth Mayo, Regulatory Compliance Specialist, SiteHawk, Smyrna, TN
Tuesday, August 24: 10:30 am – 11:30 am
Level: Intermediate, Track: Ergonomics
Designing and Implementing Your Ergonomics Program
This presentation is designed to: (1) identify the key elements of an occupational ergonomics program; then (2) show the details of each element that is necessary for successful results and compliance; and (3) describe the integration and implementation of the key elements, including an action plan.
Moderator/Speaker: David C. Alexander, PE, CPE, President, Auburn Engineers, Inc., Auburn, AL
Tuesday, August 24: 10:30 am – 11:30 am
Level: Intermediate, Track: Management Leadership
Adaption Safety to a Changing Company Culture
As the economy has affected the majority of companies and organizations, safety managers have been adapting their programs to the changing organization and culture within. This presentation focuses on key areas that directly affect an organization's culture, including: downsizing and growth; department modifications; leadership changes; employee aging; generational issues; internal and external perception and regulatory compliance and rulemaking. The presentation will also identify best practices that safety managers can utilize to ensure their safety culture adjusts as the organization transforms.
Moderator: Kevin Watson, Safety and Training Manager, Pike, Mount Airy, NC
Speaker: Kenneth N Flechler, III, Vice President - Environmental, Health & Safety, Pike, Mount Airy, NC
Tuesday, August 24: 10:30 am – 11:30 am
Level: Intermediate, Track: Training
Safety Programs Don't Work...Unless You Do
Many company safety programs fail in providing a meaningful structure beyond initial training. Although training is a vital component, it is only a single element at the beginning of a successful safety program. Once the training is done, the job of implementing, monitoring, correcting, disciplining, mentoring and documenting begins and never ends. Attendees of this session will learn what key items regulatory authorities look for in identifying a sound safety program.
Moderator/Speaker: Robert Vetter, Director of Training, IVES Training Group, Blaine, WA
Speaker: Simon Larkin, Assistant Director of Training, IVES Training Group, Blaine, WA
Tuesday, August 24: 10:30 am – 11:30 am
Level: Beginner, Track: Environmental Practices
Making the Most of the "E" in Your HSE Job
Many health and safety professionals find themselves tasked with environmental responsibilities as a supplemental duty. In this session, you will learn about practical tools and resources that will help you better understand the fields of environmental compliance and sustainable operation. This foundation will help you succeed and help your company be more profitable and more socially responsible.
Moderator/Speaker: Lisa London, Executive Director, The University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX
Tuesday, August 24: 10:30 am – 11:30 am
Level: Beginner, Track: Health & Medical
Heart Protection: Managing and Participating in an AED Program
Cardiac arrest kills more than 230,000 people in the U.S. each year. Is your enterprise ready for cardiac arrest' This workshop surveys the fundamentals of how to initiate, deploy and manage an Automated External Defibrillator (AED) program in your workplace. Topics include: (1) What is Sudden Cardiac Arrest'; (2) AHA Guidelines; (3) How AEDs Work; (4) Is CPR Necessary'; and (5) Training and Maintaining. We will focus entirely on the AED program itself and not on which AED to buy.
Moderator/Speaker: Hank Constantine, Marketing Director, AEDs, ZOLL Medical Corporation, Chelmsford, MA
Tuesday, August 24: 10:30 am – 11:30 am
Level: Intermediate, Track: General
ANSI Z358.1-2009 Emergency Eyewash/Showers - Tepid Water in Workplace
Information about the newly updated standard Z358.1-2009 is presented by one of the committee members who drives the importance of tepid water in the workplace. The presentation includes relevant studies on tepid water and possible, generic solutions for the market needs. Participants will better understand the standard and the gaps that exist in the workplace to meet the standard (15 minute full flush).
Moderator: Sam Sarver, Sales Director, Haws Corporation, Sparks, NV
Speaker: Casey J Hayes, Engineer, Director, Haws Corporation, Sparks, NV
Tuesday, August 24: 10:30 am – 11:30 am
Level: Advanced, Track: Worksite Analysis
Is it Hot in Here or is it Just Me? We May Need a Heat Stress Program
Are you tired of managing heat stress through a process of hoping for a cool summer, providing fluids and managing your team's assessment that global warming began in your facility' We were. So we built a heat stress screening tool that we can tailor to any facility with any distribution of work task descriptions. We'll share our model (bring a flash drive - leave with the goods) and show how you can configure the model to work for you.
Moderator/Speaker: Noel Camp, SGE, Operations Master Black Belt, Safety Leader, Johns Manville, Denver, CO
Speaker: Donald Sexton, SGE, EHS Manager, Johns Manville, Willows, CA
Speaker: Ryan Hubele, SGE, Safety Coordinator, Johns Manville, McPherson, KS
Tuesday, August 24: 10:30 am – 11:30 am
Level: Beginner, Track: DOD
VPP Partnership Puzzle
VPP is designed as a partnership between OSHA and corporate America to encourage strong safety programs and cultures. The program corner stones are employee/union involvement and top management commitment. Because of the organizational structure of the DoD, implementing a ground-up safety program on an Air Force base has unique challenges. Our presentation highlights our partnership with our mentor Valero Oil Refinery and how that relationship significantly contributed to the implementation of VPP at our base. We will discuss the strategy for building onto the already strong Air Force Safety Program foundation by including worker involvement at all levels. Pictorial slides demonstrate with commentary the efforts and involvement of our workers that resulted in numerous VPP successes. We will conclude with a discussion about how a small Air Force base in Southwest Oklahoma using VPP principles is affecting the entire Air Force safety system and how we worked with the Air Force ESOH Office to overcome obstacles encountered within the Air Force system. Our VPP coordinators will be able to answer questions about how we got started, our VPP manning structure and operating rules.
Moderator: David B Dresser, VPP Safety Coordinator, 97 AMW Maintenance Directorate, Altus AFB, OK
Speaker: Marie Johnson, Division VPP Safety Coordinator, 97 AMW Maintenance Directorate, Altus AFB, OK
Speaker: Bonnie Fortuna, Union President, 97 AMW Maintenance Directorate, Altus AFB, OK
Speaker: Larry Wood, VPP Coordinator, Valero Ardmore Oil Refinery, Ardmore, OK
Tuesday, August 24: 10:30 am – 11:30 am
Level: Intermediate, Track: Behavior-Based Safety
Reinforcement Based Safety
This workshop discusses the history of a safety culture change through employee participation. It explains the user-friendly Web site that stores the live constant data being fed by all employees that are doing safety activities and observations at the workplace and at home. This program is employee-driven and has twice been recognized as a best practice by OSHA.
Moderator/Speaker: Johnny A. Collazo, VPP/RBS Site Coordinator, Chevron/Phillips Chemical Company,LP, Port Arthur, TX
Tuesday, August 24: 10:30 am – 11:30 am
Level: Intermediate, Track: Employee Involvement
Union Safety Representative Program
Union safety representatives will share the value of a program that provides them ownership in the safety and health at their site. Attendees will learn how this program developed and how it remains strong through transitions and tough times. This session will cover the selection process, roles and responsibilities, training and maintaining of their craft qualifications. The speakers will address how they are involved with safety concerns/issues and the resolution process.
Moderator/Speaker: Jack Griffith, Union Safety Representative, CH2M HILL Plateau Remediation Company, Richland, WA
Speaker: Jill Molnaa, Union Safety Representative, CH2M HILL Plateau Remediation Company, Richland, WA
Speaker: Mark Whitten, Union Safety Representative, CH2M HILL Plateau Remediation Company, Richland, WA
Tuesday, August 24: 10:30 am – 11:30 am
Level: Intermediate, Track: Employee Involvement
Your Ticket to Ride!
The INL has developed an innovative and exciting safety process and would like to give you a rare glimpse. Our bus drivers demonstrate the process and how they've combined it with their organizational process, the Smith System Defensive Driving® techniques, as well as many others. Learn what works for an established union workforce in changing safety culture as they tell you first hand. Don't miss the bus! Be sure to get your ticket to ride!
Moderator: Bowen Huntsman, VPP Program coordinator, Battelle Energy Alliance-Idaho National Laboratory, Idaho Falls, ID
Speaker: Dusty Hawker, EST Team Chair, Battelle Energy Alliance-Idaho National Laboratory, Idaho Falls, ID
Tuesday, August 24: 10:30 am – 11:30 am
Level: Intermediate, Track: Best Practices
Cradle to Grave Contract Safety Processes
This workshop presents best practices for ensuring worker safety of $1 billion dollars of contracted American Resource Recovery Act funded work. The discussion will include how to influence safety and health aspects during contract development, pre-mobilization, execution and closure.
Moderator/Speaker: Richard O Zzimmerman, CSP, SGE, Senior Principle Scientist, CH2M HILL Plateau Remediation Company, Richland, WA
Speaker: Chris Y Thursby, Principle Safety Specialist, CH2M HILL Plateau Remediation Company, Richland, WA
Tuesday, August 24: 10:30 am – 11:30 am
Level: Intermediate, Track: Hazard Prevention & Control
Implementing an Effective Fall Protection Program
This workshop is targeted but not limited to upper and mid-level managers who are responsible for seeing that an organization has a plan or process in place that will guide their efforts in controlling or eliminating fall hazards in the workplace. The emphasis will be on educating employers and safety managers in charge of an effective fall prevention program - one that involves more than just putting an employee in a harness.
Moderator: MaryJo Jerez, Marketing, Hy-Safe Technology, Union Grove, WI
Speaker: Gerald Cline, Fall Protection Safety Consultant, Hy-Safe Technology, Union Grove, WI
Tuesday, August 24: 10:30 am – 11:30 am
Level: Intermediate, Track: VPP
Contractors Working in Industrial Facilities
This session will cover not only the OSHA compliance requirements for both the contractor and host industrial employer but what is expected when it comes to VPP. What do you need to do for VPP if you are an industrial company having contractors work in and around your facility, what if you are a contractor pursuing VPP and working at non-VPP industrial facilities.
Moderator/Speaker: Ken Koroll, CSP, CHST, Compliance Assistance Specialist, OSHA, Fairview Heights, IL
Speaker: Von Meeks, Safety Supervisor, Marathon IRD, Robinson, IL
Tuesday, August 24: 10:30 am – 11:30 am
Level: Beginner, Track: Employee Involvement
"We're All in this Together", Increasing Employee Ownership in Safety
Sustaining employee ownership in your safety program can be a challenge. Today we are faced with cost cutting, producing more with less and a turbulent economy. This workshop will focus on innovative and proven methods to engage and motivate workers to take charge of safety for themselves and their coworkers. We'll discuss ways to empower employees to hold essential responsibility for safety and recognize them for working together using a fresh approach to achieve great results.
Moderator: Susie Hidalgo, Global Off The Job Safety Lead, Monsanto, St Louis, MO
Speaker: Genelle L Speed-Hale, Biotechnology Farm ESH Lead, Monsanto, Chesterfield, MO
Speaker: Patty Drawbaugh, Technology Ergonomic Specialist, Monsanto, Chesterfield, MO
Tuesday, August 24: 10:30 am – 11:30 am
Level: Beginner, Track: Best Practices
Growing VPP at an "Old School" Large Population, Multi-Mission Site
This workshop provides lessons learned focusing on the best practices we found most effective in transitioning to VPP from a top-down enforcement culture at a large facility with a dynamic, multi-mission environment and a workforce of almost 2,000 personnel. Highlights include discussing those practices that were most effective in focusing leaders, breaking through the mid-level supervisor barrier, gaining employee buy-in and participation and nurturing a safety culture in a high-stress environment.
Moderator: Jeannie Powell, Lead Safety Specialist, McAlester Army Ammunition Plant, McAlester, OK
Speaker: Scott F. Sullivan, Risk Manager, McAlester Army Ammunition Plant, McAlester, OK
Speaker: James D. Hammonds, CSP, Safety Manager, McAlester Army Ammunition Plant, McAlester, OK
Speaker: Duane Bestul, Chairman, Employee Safety Council, McAlester Army Ammunition Plant, McAlester, OK
Tuesday, August 24: 10:30 am – 11:30 am
Level: Intermediate, Track: VPP
Pay It Forward--Be a Mentor!
If you are new to VPP, one of the hardest things to do is figure out where to start. If you are a VPP veteran, you have already been through it, so put your knowledge to use and mentor a newbie through the VPP process. Attendees will learn what is expected of a mentor and what is expected from the company being mentored. All regions are in need of good mentors, so take this opportunity to pay it forward and give back.
Moderator: Staci Cannady, HR Manager, Simmons Manufacturing, Aurora, CO
Speaker: Kelli Heflin, SGE, Regulatory/Safety Manager, Scott's Liquid Gold, Denver, CO
Tuesday, August 24: 10:30 am – 11:30 am
Level: Beginner, Track: VPP
VPP Continues to Bring Value
VPP continues to bring value to business, the workplace and life. Many companies interested in VPP don't apply because they are uncertain of the benefits that the business and workers will realize and the cost and complexity of the program. This workshop will highlight the business benefits of VPP and the safety and health benefits to the employees. The presenters will also discuss the effect of the 2009 revisions to VPP and OSHA's current focus.
Moderator/Speaker: Norman R Deitch, OHST, Vice President, EHS Excellence Consulting, Inc., langhorne, PA
Speaker: Brian Bennett, CSP, President, EHS Excellence Consulting, Inc., Metuchen, NJ
Tuesday, August 24: 1:15 pm – 2:15 pm
Level: Beginner, Track: General
Trends in Workplace Injuries & Fatalities, Bureau of Labor Statistics
VPP members rely on BLS injury and fatality statistics to assess firm performance and pinpoint areas in need of improvement. We will examine trends in the data in terms of the types of accidents and the industries where most injuries, illnesses, and fatalities occur. We will discuss how changes in workforce demographics may affect workplace safety. For example, does an aging workforce influence safety in a positive or negative manner and what does a more diverse workforce mean for safety'
Moderator: Karen Ransom, Branch Chief, US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Atlanta, GA
Speaker: William Wiatrowski, Associate Commissioner, US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Washington, DC
Tuesday, August 24: 1:15 pm – 2:15 pm
Level: Intermediate, Track: Management Leadership
I Hurt and Now What?
When employees indicate they have discomfort, it is tempting to avoid the comment and hope the problem goes away. Instead, by taking swift action, you can easily discern work-related pain from personal medical conditions and minimize workplace injuries. This workshop reviews the elements of an established case management process including the manager's duty to act, assessing workplace hazards, performing fit for duty exams and setting expectations for healing. Focus is on the hazards in the workplace and sustaining employee health.
Moderator: Genelle L Speed, Biotechnology Farm ESH Lead, Monsanto, Chesterfield, MO
Speaker: Patty S Drawbaugh, Technology Ergonomics Specialist, Monsanto, Chesterfield, MO
Speaker: Susie D Hidalgo, PE, Global Off the Job Safety Lead, Monsanto, St.Louis, MO
Tuesday, August 24: 1:15 pm – 2:15 pm
Level: Beginner, Track: Best Practices
Improved Safety Performance, the Milliken Safety WayTM
A proven approach to improved safety performance, the Milliken Safety WayTM is a step by step system that works to engage the entire workforce of an organization. Driven by an uncompromising desire to eliminate all safety incidents, the Milliken Safety WayTM is designed to help lead companies to zero incidents. This proprietary system has been developed and streamlined through benchmarking best practices around the world and involves cultural, daily management changes that become part of the fundamental way work is accomplished. What makes Milliken Safety Way unique is the designed approach for an organic, internal capability which becomes infused into all levels of the organizational. The Safety Way goal is zero incidents through long term sustainable processes. In this presentation, you will be shown some of the Milliken tried and true examples and practices which support a World Class Safety operation.
Moderator: Brenda Burris-Drake, ASF Division Marketing Communications, Milliken & Company, Spartanburg, SC
Speaker: Wayne Punch, Manager Director, Milliken & Company, Spartanburg, SC
Tuesday, August 24: 1:15 pm – 2:15 pm
Level: Intermediate, Track: Construction
Workforce Demographics: Busting the Myth on the Aging Workforce
Seventy Seven percent of the workforce will be 55 or older in 10 years. This session covers the facts about the maturing worker and debunks the perceived risks. Case studies and research will be used to support best practices to improve performance while minimizing risk of loss. Finally, communication and learning techniques will be presented to maximize the performance of the four generations of workers that will be working side by side in the workplace.
Moderator/Speaker: Todd Hohn, CSP, VP of Strategic Resources, PureSafety, Franklin, TN
Tuesday, August 24: 1:15 pm – 2:15 pm
Level: Beginner, Track: Health & Medical
Fixing & Preventing Neck Pain and Headaches
This unique hands-on clinic will teach attendees the root causes of chronic neck pain and headaches. Rick Olderman, physical therapist, personal trainer, Pilates instructor and author, will show how simple it is to fix and prevent neck pain and headaches by demonstrating with volunteers in the audience. Regardless of whether your pain or headaches are from an accident, stress or just gradual onset, you will learn not only how to assess the root causes of your problem and correct them but also how to help your co-workers. This clinic is a must for anyone with pain or those who help people in pain.
Moderator: Kelli Heflin, Regulatory/Safety Manager, Scott's Liquid Gold, Denver, CO
Speaker: Rick Olderman, Physical Therapist, Z-Line Training, Denver, CO
Tuesday, August 24: 1:15 pm – 2:15 pm
Level: Beginner, Track: General
Union Question and Answer
USW and IBEW workers from a large Texas refinery give a brief description of their path to VPP Star status and then open the floor for questions and answers.
Moderator: Rene' A. Petkovsek, Vice President USW Local 13-243, ExxonMobil Beaumont Refinery, Beaumont, TX
Speaker: Mark A. Hidalgo, President USW Local 13-243, ExxonMobil Beaumont Refinery, Beaumont, TX
Speaker: Robert Hill, Chairman Workmen's Committee, ExxonMobil Beaumont Refinery, Beaumont, TX
Speaker: Mark McDougle, Chairman Workmans Committee, ExxonMobil Beaumont Refinery, Beaumont, TX
Tuesday, August 24: 1:15 pm – 2:15 pm
Level: Intermediate, Track: General
Defining & Achieving Excellence
This workshop is designed to engage participants and internalize the concept of excellence, self identify personal and professional gaps and create a new determination to achieve. While there is certainly direct application to safety, there is just as much application to life. Everyone leads something whether it is as a plant manager, safety steward, Little League coach or parent. This entertaining, educational and challenging workshop will benefit anyone who attends.
Moderator/Speaker: David S. Sams, EHS Director, Verso Paper Corporation, Memphis, TN
Tuesday, August 24: 1:15 pm – 2:15 pm
Level: Beginner, Track: DOE/EPA/OSHA
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to VPP
The presenter will share a series of humorous stories from VPP audits and sites. The "teachable moments" from each story will be used to highlight and explain various aspects of the VPP model so that sites can better prepare for VPP in their own workplace.
Moderator/Speaker: Brad G. Baptiste, OSHA VPP Manager, Region VIII, U.S. Department of Labor - OSHA, Denver, CO
Tuesday, August 24: 1:15 pm – 2:15 pm
Level: Advanced, Track: Behavior-Based Safety
Achieving Results by Building a Safety Culture of Accountability
The key to John's insightful safety abd health approach is the premise that safety and health must be a personal value and that values don't change when conditions change, even in tough times. John will use his fun and effective magic to show you how to share this value with your people, give you new communication tools to be effective leaders and help everyone acknowledge their own accountability for achieving a safer workplace with zero injuries to report.
Moderator: Diane Weiss, National Marketing Director, John Drebinger Presentations, Galt, CA
Speaker: John Drebinger, Certified Speaking Professional (CSP), John Drebinger Presentations, Galt, CA
Tuesday, August 24: 1:15 pm – 2:15 pm
Level: Beginner, Track: Employee Involvement
Commitment to Excellence Results in Teamwork
One of the greatest underlying factors in the success or failure of any organization is the power of its people and how well that power is focused toward meeting the organization's objectives. Employees at all levels are empowered to participate in decision-making and improvement activities. Employee-led teams drive the organization to address three key elements: communication, involvement and growth. These three elements can be used as a way to measure your organization's maturity and improve the safety culture.
Moderator: Steve Bunn, Jr., HAZMAT/Hotline/DSA Supervisor, EG&G/Battelle, Stockton, UT
Speaker: Kathy Aragon, SGE, Safety Coordinator III, EG&G/Battelle, Stockton, UT
Speaker: Jolene R Jolley, Quality Control Analytical Inspector, EG&G/Battelle, Stockton, UT
Speaker: Veronica Reilly, Laboratory Monitoring Data Analyst, EG&G/Battelle, Stockton, UT
Tuesday, August 24: 1:15 pm – 2:15 pm
Level: Intermediate, Track: Best Practices
Promoting Excellence and Innovation in Hearing Loss Prevention
In 2007, NIOSH partnered with the National Hearing Conservation Association to create the Safe-in-Sound Award for Excellence in Hearing Loss Prevention (www.safeinsound.us). Its objectives are to recognize organizations that document measurable achievements and share leading-edge information with a broader community. Hearing health practices are evaluated against key performance indicators in a process designed to capture the successes. A description of the strategies used by award winners will be presented.
Moderator/Speaker: Thais C Morata, Director, Safe-in-Sound Awards, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Cincinnati, OH
Tuesday, August 24: 1:15 pm – 2:15 pm
Level: Intermediate, Track: Employee Involvement
Employee Designed Safety Processes
This workshop will interactively explore the pros and cons of "store-bought" versus "home-brewed" safety processes, utilizing research data from several large organizations. "Store-bought" tends to be more elegant, well-packaged and efficient, but are they more effective long-term' Can we justify trading that elegance and efficiency for true ownership, participation and commitment long-term' What would people who have never designed a safety process need to know to successfully design or upgrade one' Come find out.
Moderator/Speaker: Steve Williams, President, Accelerated Development Systems, Inc., Houston, TX
Tuesday, August 24: 1:15 pm – 2:15 pm
Level: Intermediate, Track: Best Practices
Innovative Communications: Building the Health and Safety Culture
Effective communications are essential to engaging and educating employees and contract workers on worksite safety and health programs and the VPP. By implementing innovative techniques and strategies, a framework for effective, long term communications can be established and maintained for VPP certification and beyond. Through these methods, every employee and contract worker gets the important safety and VPP messaging.
Moderator: Nancy Campbell, Enterprise Performance Advancement, Raytheon Missile Systems, Tuscon, AZ
Speaker: Patsy Damer, Executive Adminstrator, Raytheon Missile Systems, Tucson, AZ, AZ
Speaker: Maya Cotrupe, Engineering Planner, Raytheon Missile Systems, Tucson, AZ
Speaker: Carmen Sanchez, Executive Assistant, Raytheon Missile Systems, Tucson, AZ
Tuesday, August 24: 1:15 pm – 2:15 pm
Level: Intermediate, Track: Hazard Prevention & Control
Hexavalent Chromium and Your Health: What's all the Fuss?
In May 2006, OSHA established a final rule on hexavalent chromium exposure for general industry, construction and shipyards. Under this rule, all workplaces that could have an exposure to hexavalent chromium are required to complete a baseline survey of the operations that work with hexavalent chromium. This presentation will give an insight on the revised OSHA standard, as well as a chemistry approach on how laboratories are achieving lower detection limits to account for the lower permissible exposure limit.
Moderator/Speaker: Shaun A. Payne, Project Manager and Supervisor IH Field Services, ICU Environmental, Health and Safety, The Woodlands, TX
Tuesday, August 24: 1:15 pm – 2:15 pm
Level: Beginner, Track: Best Practices
Putting the FUN in a FUNctional Safety and Health Program
The presenter will share some very unique techniques sites have used to make training fun. He will also talk about getting employees involved in the site's wellness program in exciting and enjoyable ways as well as a discussion of creative ways to keep employees involved in the site's safety and health program. Finally, there will be a discussion of ideas on how to tap into the existing creative pool at your site.
Moderator/Speaker: Nancy A. Mugavero, Region V VPP Manager for General Industry, U.S. DOL - OSHA Region V, Chicago, IL
Tuesday, August 24: 1:15 pm – 2:15 pm
Level: Advanced, Track: Best Practices
Safety is our Motto, Armor is our Specialty
The Specific Manufacturing Capability Project produces armor for the Army's M1A2 Abrams Battle Tank. Manufacturing tank armor utilizes leading-edge technology and extreme precision processes. The processes used to manufacture armor are meticulous, hazardous and repetitive. We have achieved a milestone of 4 million safe man hours worked without a day-away-injury. The last day-away-injury occurred on September 26, 2000. Come and learn some practical ways to achieve this goal.
Moderator: Bowen Huntsman, VPP Program coordinator, Battelle Energy Alliance-Idaho National Laboratory, Idaho Falls, ID
Speaker: John Henningsen, Team member, Battelle Energy Alliance-Idaho National Laboratory, Idaho Falls, ID
Tuesday, August 24: 1:15 pm – 2:15 pm
Level: Intermediate, Track: Best Practices
Assessment Interview Techniques
Annual self-assessments allow for routine feedback with workers on the wellness of their safety and health programs, workplace hazards, controls, training and leadership. Employee interviews provide vital information about the wellness of VPP at your site. Our presentation will focus on lessons learned in the interview experience. We will be role-playing to demonstrate we will also discuss both formal and informal interviewing, scheduling, contingencies and assessment publicity.
Moderator: John A McDonald, Jr, ISMS/VPP Coordinator, Washington River Protection Solutions LLC, Richland, WA
Speaker: Elizabeth A Norton, HAMTC Safety Representative, Washington River Protection Solutions LLC, Richland, WA
Speaker: Nancy J Milliken, Manager, Technical Support, Washington River Protection Solutions LLC, Richland, WA
Speaker: John A McDonald, Jr, ISMS/VPP Coordinator, Washington River Protection Solutions LLC, Richland, WA
Tuesday, August 24: 1:15 pm – 2:15 pm
Level: Intermediate, Track: VPP
VPP - The Unionized Site
This workshop will address how a unionized site got started in VPP. It will cover the benefits of VPP and what's in it for the worker. It will also address questions: Why be involved'; What's in it for me'; What's in it for the company' Furthermore, it will discuss what happens when a new company takes over a VPP-recognized site, contract negotiations and VPP, along with when an organization is considering to withdraw from VPP.
Moderator/Speaker: Jack Griffith, Union Safety Representative, CH2M HILL Plateau Remediation Company, Richland, WA
Tuesday, August 24: 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm
Level: Advanced, Track: Other Management Leadership
Building on your VPP Success
Have you ever said, "Achieving VPP is just the beginning of the journey, not the end'" Do you want to sustain zero injuries' Which management commitment element drives the success of the others' Which VPP elements offer the most benefit for long-term success' How do you make these even stronger' Hear first-hand how to mature and integrate these fundamental elements into a long-term strategy for sustainability and continuous improvement.
Moderator/Speaker: Paul Esposito, CIH, CSP, CPEA, VP, ESIS, Annapolis, MD
Tuesday, August 24: 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm
Level: Intermediate, Track: Other Management Leadership
Step-Change Management: Creating and Sustaining Leadership Engagement
Good is the enemy of great (Jim Collins). Many companies have good safety cultures; few have great ones! Great cultures have strong leadership engagement. However, gaining engagement can be seemingly impossible. There are many methods of creating this step-change. This presentation will focus on engagement. The question is, what does "walking the talk" look like' This session will provide concepts, tools and a case study to help create leadership momentum to move your safety culture from good to great.
Moderator/Speaker: Charles B Pettinger, Implementation Manager, DBO2, Christiansburg, VA
Tuesday, August 24: 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm
Level: Beginner, Track: Training
Lights, Camera, Training - Delivering Blockbuster Training with Impact
Scene One: Workers walk into a room, see a PowerPoint and immediately tune out. Scene Two: Trainers attend this workshop and learn different ways to deliver training that would encourage active participation. Scene Three: Your audience will be entertained and walk away with the intended message that is easy to implement.
Moderator: Susie Hidalgo, PE, Global Off The Job Safety Lead, Monsanto, St Louis, MO
Speaker: Genelle L Speed-Hale, Biotechnology Farm ESH Lead, Monsanto, Chesterfield, MO
Speaker: Patty Drawbaugh, Technology Ergonomic Specialist, Monsanto, Chesterfield, MO
Tuesday, August 24: 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm
Level: Beginner, Track: Worksite Analysis
IH for Construction Sites/Contractors/Multi-Worksites
Safety professionals working with contractors often deal with unique industrial hygiene (IH) issues including welding fumes, paint vapors, specialty coatings, adhesives, asbestos, lead and dusts. Contracting companies managing these issues are often faced with multi-employer worksites and high mobility workforces. This presentation will aid the contractor safety professional in identifying, evaluating and controlling IH hazards. In addition, a process for completing a workplace exposure assessment at a multi-employer worksite and addressing VPP requirements will be discussed. Case studies are included in this session.
Moderator: Bill Shaw, CSHO, Vice President of HSE & HR, Evergreen Industrial Services, LaPorte, TX
Speaker: Brad Jones, CIH, Senior Project Manager, ICU Environmental Health and Safety, Nederland, TX
Tuesday, August 24: 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm
Level: Beginner, Track: Construction
Don't Get Caught with Your Hoist Down
Do you have overhead cranes and hoists in your facility' Are your operators trained' What type of inspection program do you follow' Have you completed the required documentation for your crane safety program' The workshop will discuss sling basics: "The right sling for the right job"; OSHA, CMAA and ANSI/ASME B30 regulations as they apply to hoist and crane operators; pre-operational inspection requirements; and operator responsibilities. We will also talk about proper lifting techniques, identifying unsafe situations and basic rigging safety.
Moderator/Speaker: Joe Crews, Corporate Sales and Service Instructor, Columbus McKinnon, High Point, NC
Tuesday, August 24: 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm
Level: Intermediate, Track: General
24/7 Integrated Safety
We have achieved an on-the-job injury rate that is significantly below the industry average by applying an integrated safety management approach to our work. As a proven approach to working safely, it can also help reduce off-the-job injuries. Journey with us through the basics of Integrated Safety Management as it is applied 24/7 to living, working and playing safely.
Moderator: Tim W Tate, VPP Core Team Co-Chairperson, Savannah River Remediation LLC, Aiken, SC
Speaker: Melanie E Gibson, ISM Program Lead, Savannah River Remediation LLC, Aiken, SC
Speaker: Barbara Guenveur, SRS VPP Core Team Chairperson, Savannah River Nuclear Solutions, Aiken, SC
Speaker: Jita Morrison, ISM Verification Project Manager, Savannah River Remediation, Aiken, SC
Tuesday, August 24: 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm
Level: Intermediate, Track: Worksite Analysis
Effective Emergency Management
This workshop will provide attendees with the necessary information to safely and efficiently mitigate an emergency that may occur at their facility. Topics covered include: essentials of emergency management; establishing emergency response goals, objectives, strategies, tactics and priorities; coordinating with municipal responders; pre-emergency planning; drills and exercises; and the incident management system. The speaker is an experienced industrial and municipal fire chief, who will provide attendees with sample plans that can be customized for use at their facility.
Moderator/Speaker: Brian Bennett, PhD, CSP, President, EHS Excellence Consulting Inc., metuchen, NJ
Tuesday, August 24: 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm
Level: Beginner, Track: DOD
Creating a Culture Shift utilizing VPP Concepts
The focus of this presentation is sharing DoD agency experience in attaining VPP status and creating a culture shift. The target audience is anyone considering VPP certification, currently working toward this achievement and maintaining continued growth and success. Examples of management and employee involvement, better business processes, education and ultimate culture shift through integration with strategic planning will be presented. A round table discussion will be utilized to generate open communication among all attendees.
Moderator: Terence Young, Lieutenant, Directorate of Emergency Services, Ft. Detrick, MD
Speaker: Senitta Conyers, VPP Specialist, US Army Garrison- Installation Safety Management Office, Ft. Detrick, MD
Speaker: Kristen Haga, Chair, VPP Steering Committee, Directorate of Family, Morale, Welfare and Recreation, Ft. Detrick, MD
Speaker: Jill Rothhaupt, Union Stewardess, Directorate of Information Management, Ft. Detrick, MD
Tuesday, August 24: 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm
Level: Beginner, Track: Behavior-Based Safety
A Safe Behavior FOUR the Right Reasons - Changing How Employees Value their Personal Safety
This dynamic interactive presentation incorporates humor, relating off-the-job every-day experiences we all encounter, how consistent humans are, why a safe performance is important to your company and making your motivation for safety personal for every attendee. Perhaps the best part of this session is that it serves as the platform of a safety culture. The message is simple, highly effective and easily incorporated into safety meetings, safety trainings, slogans, banners, campaigns, etc.
Moderator: Judy Trent, Training Division Coordinator, DiVal Safety Equipment, Buffalo, NY
Speaker: Dale Lesinski, QSSP, Vice President, DiVal Safety Equipment, Buffalo, NY
Tuesday, August 24: 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm
Level: Intermediate, Track: Behavior-Based Safety
The Fast Track to Behavior Change Excellence
This pro-active, how-to workshop addresses optimizing occupational safety, health and environmental practices. Bill energizes and educates his worldwide audience with dynamic, research-based knowledge that works! Learn how to replace unsafe behaviors with safe ones, promote and reward individual responsibility for safety, identify unsafe conditions and eliminate injury hiding. Learn to encourage and reinforce safe work habits. Participants will leave with specifics for gaining immediate, measurable change.
Moderator/Speaker: Bill Sims, Jr., President, The Bill Sims Company, Irmo, SC
Tuesday, August 24: 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm
Level: Beginner, Track: Employee Involvement
VPPPA Safety & Health Achievement Program
As a recipient of the 2009 VPPPA Safety & Health Achievement Program, I would like to share information about the process from application to the awards ceremony with anybody interested in applying for the award. I will focus on all the steps involved, getting your application recognized and not being discouraged if you are not selected upon first application. I will also touch on the benefits of the recognition from your company and community if you win and the importance of a good safety culture at your worksite to succeed.
Moderator/Speaker: Robert L Vogel, Safety Representative/Unit Operator, Tesoro Corporation, Mandan, ND
Tuesday, August 24: 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm
Level: Intermediate, Track: Employee Involvement
What's in it for Me?
What is a safety culture' Where can I get one' How do I keep the team thinking about safety 24/7' What's in it for me' Whether you are a manager or employee, come listen to both employees and managers from union and non-union worksites to find the answers to these questions and others that plague all industries and worksites.
Moderator: Brent Waters, Lab Chemist, Clean Harbors, El Dorado, AR
Speaker: Jimmy Jennings, Facility Technician, Clean Harbors, El Dorado, AR
Speaker: Jonathan Mitchell, Lab Chemist, Clean Harbors, Waynoka, OK
Speaker: Jerald Huber, Director - Internal Regulatory Training, Clean Harbors, Columbia, SC
Tuesday, August 24: 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm
Level: Beginner, Track: Other OSHA HazCom Compliance
HazCom Compliance - Fact & Fiction
The Hazard Communication Standard (HazCom) remains among the most frequently cited OSHA violations and is the governing standard for material safety data sheets (MSDS). With regulatory enforcement now being a bigger priority for OSHA, it's more important than ever to be compliant. In this presentation, you'll learn the facts about MSDS compliance and the benefits that electronic MSDS management technology provides as it relates to employee safety, time and cost-savings and reducing the risk/liability associated with meeting stringent compliance standards.
Moderator/Speaker: Chuck Haling, VP of Sales, MSDSonline, Chicago, IL
Tuesday, August 24: 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm
Level: Advanced, Track: Ergonomics
Successful Office Ergonomic Solutions
How do you set up an office work environment properly when employees come in all shapes and sizes' This interactive session identifies both common and unique risk factors, addresses the toughest challenges and shares innovative, low-cost solutions. An office worksite analysis will be completed based on ergonomics principles, addressing workstation set-up, design and its effect on employee posture and work habits. Useful handouts will be given to utilize when attendees return to their worksite.
Moderator/Speaker: Marjorie Werrell, PT,CIE,CPEE, Ergonomist, ERGOWORKS Consulting,LLC, Gaithersburg, MD
Tuesday, August 24: 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm
Level: Intermediate, Track: Best Practices
Next-Level Approach to Safety - Tapping Discretionary Effort
This next-level approach goes way beyond "compliance." You'll learn exactly how to structure and communicate your efforts to inspire workers to want to actively support and promote performance improvement. Based upon several breakthrough successes (including an 87.5% sustained performance improvement over a 30-month period), you'll learn a simple leveraged approach that: (1) eliminates the "us-vs. them" mentality and (2) instills in the worker an internal desire to be proactively accountable in moving organizational culture to new levels of performance.
Moderator/Speaker: Tim Autrey, CEO, Practicing Perfection Institute, Inc., Swanzey, NH
Tuesday, August 24: 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm
Level: Intermediate, Track: Best Practices
Effective Area Teams - Highlighting Team Building Skills
The goal of this session is to showcase effective project completion along with monthly responsibilities of team members. These include monthly PPE audits, training of new team members and implementation of new PPE in the workforce. We will also focus on how to build a strong team where members feel a sense of responsibility toward each other.
Moderator: Vicky A Glazer, EHS Tech., General Electric Healthcare, Waukesha, WI
Speaker: John Kolb, Tech., General Electric Healthcare, Waukesha, WI
Speaker: Joel J Glazer, MRB Controller, General Electric Healthcare, Waukesha, WI
Tuesday, August 24: 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm
Level: Intermediate, Track: Best Practices
Lab Best Practices for Hazards, Work Control and Process Improvement
Battelle's priority is to protect our workers, the community and the environment. Our best practices are used to describe the process of developing and following a standard way of doing business that multiple organizations can use for management strategy and safe laboratory practices. Battelle's experience in dealing with high hazard chemicals, including sampling and analysis for the safe destruction of chemical weapons, provides a unique level of experience, which can be beneficial to other laboratories for improving their safe practices.
Moderator: Veronica Reilly, Battelle VPP Chair, Monitoring Data Analyst, Battelle Memorial Institute, Stockton, UT
Speaker: Dawn Fifield, Operations Analytical Support Manager, Battelle Memorial Institute, Stockton, UT
Speaker: Ryan Russell, Monitoring Manager, Battelle Memorial Institute, Stockton, UT
Speaker: Heath Taylor, Quality Control Analytical Manager, Battelle Memorial Institute, Stockton, UT
Tuesday, August 24: 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm
Level: Beginner, Track: VPP
Meeting OSHA Recordkeeping Requirements
Learn the importance of injury and illness recordkeeping for OSHA compliance and its pivotal role within an effective safety and health management system. Review useful tools and resources OSHA offers online. OSHA is implementing a Recordkeeping National Emphasis Program (NEP). Come find out what OSHA has learned from this initiative and how you can be better prepared for the recordkeeping review when OSHA visits your worksite.
Moderator: Patrick Showalter, Team Leader, Office of Partnerships & Recognition, U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA, Washington, DC
Speaker: Brad G. Baptiste, VPP Manager, Region VIII, U.S. DOL, OSHA, Denver, CO
Speaker: David Schmidt, Director, Office of Statistical Analysis, U.S. DOL, OSHA, Washington, DC
Wednesday, August 25: 8:00 am – 9:00 am
Level: Advanced, Track: Ergonomics
New Developments in Strain and Sprain Injury Prevention
The objective of this presentation is for attendees to better understand why strain and sprain injuries continue to occur despite their efforts (e.g. assessments, programs and training). We explain the relationship between four critical areas for achieving sustained reductions: cumulative trauma, body mechanics, employee belief systems and the process of changing physical habits. We review practical approaches and lessons learned in addressing these key areas. The session involves hands-on demonstrations that attendees can use upon return to their sites.
Moderator/Speaker: Bobby Greene, MS, CSP, Vice President, Business Health Resources, McKinney, TX
Wednesday, August 25: 8:00 am – 9:00 am
Level: Intermediate, Track: Management Leadership
Cop or Coach? How Supervisors Can Make A Difference
Do your leaders manage only for compliance' Or do they also coach for performance' Supervisors play a key role in organizations. They directly impact workplace safety in a way that neither managers nor workers can. Supervisors are often promoted into their positions with little or no training in interpersonal communication or coaching. Teaching supervisors to become safety coaches can have a significant impact on accidents, as well as help supervisors to become better overall influencers of workplace behavior.
Moderator/Speaker: Terry L. Mathis, CEO, ProAct Safety, The Woodlands, TX
Wednesday, August 25: 8:00 am – 9:00 am
Level: Intermediate, Track: Other Management Leadership
The 10 E's in Safety Leadership
The 10 E's in safety leadership are: expectation, explanation, example, engineering, education, execution, enforce, encouragement, embrace and excitement. Safety leadership through influencing people is the foundation of the presentation, which produces a reduction or elimination of injuries through a concerted effort by all, management and employees.
Moderator/Speaker: Britt L Howard, CSP, EH&S Manager, Hess Corporation, Woodbridge, NJ
Wednesday, August 25: 8:00 am – 9:00 am
Level: Advanced, Track: VPP
Keeping the Mojo Workin' (no, the Mariner Moose will not be attending!)
Dan, Steve and David will provide a 30 minute overview presentation on the Fluor construction activities at the Hanford environmental clean-up project in Southeastern Washington State; including how the first construction VPP site in the DOE complex was put together; the lessons learned and pitfalls experienced over three (3) contract and seven (7) management changes; and how each entity crafts, line management, and HSE - handled these changes. Each will also speak to what they've done in their individual domains to keep the mojo workin' . Afterward, each will participate in a panel discussion of the finer points, especially the details of lessons learned (the dirty laundry so to speak) - in response to questions and comments from the attendees.
Moderator/Speaker: Daniel Palmer, Program Administrator, Fluor Corporation, Greenville, SC
Speaker: Steve Maki, Pipefitter Journeyman, Fluor Federal Services, Richland, WA
Wednesday, August 25: 8:00 am – 9:00 am
Level: Intermediate, Track: Construction
Attaining VPP for Construction via the OSHA Challenge Program
This workshop will explain how OSHA's Challenge Program can be used to reach VPP Star status for the mobile workforce/construction. Brandenburg Industrial Service Company utilized this program to fine-tune its safety program in order to make the VPP application process successful. The session will address Brandenburg's experience with the Challenge Program and it's three-step approach to VPP Star status.
Moderator/Speaker: Andrew G Youpel, coodinator, VPP Safety Manager, Brandenburg Industrial Service Company, Chicago, IL
Wednesday, August 25: 8:00 am – 9:00 am
Level: Intermediate, Track: Environmental Practices
Safety of the Environment
As a short introduction into the program, we will describe: our safety organizational structure, which was designed to involve 100% of the site (cited a best practice by OSHA); our annual Safety Fair, which o involves 100% of the groups on site; topics are chosen by each group and presented in a variety of creative ways. As a result of the annual fair, one group chose to highlight the environment and our Green Team was formed. The rest of the presentation will describe the awareness topics used to create site interest in environmental topics and reducing the site's carbon footprint. Topics that will be discussed are: environmental awareness game regarding recycling; promotional items; energy reduction projects; increasing recycling and recycling awareness; reducing the use of non-recycling materials, such as Styrofoam; awareness around energy savings; giveaways; and other ideas workshop participants can take back to use at their sites.
Moderator: Marianne M. Krawiec, HSE Advisor, Infineum, USA L.P., Linden, NJ
Speaker: Carole Hoffmann, Technical Representative, Infineum USA L.P., Linden, NJ
Wednesday, August 25: 8:00 am – 9:00 am
Level: Beginner, Track: Health & Medical
Rewards of Workplace Wellness
This presentation will share our refinery's journey from offering limited wellness initiatives to having a fully implemented wellness program. It will demonstrate that healthier employees can impact a company's bottom line by affecting productivity and safety. Components of a successful program will be presented, including tools and available resources, regardless of budget. With the government currently considering financial incentives for businesses with evidence-based programs, this seminar will give you the foundation to take that first step.
Moderator: Tim Fabek, Chairperson of Safety, Health & Environmental Action Team, ExxonMobil - Joliet Refinery, Channahon, IL
Speaker: Cheryl Nelson, RN, BS, COHN-S, CCM, Occupational Health Consultant, ExxonMobil, Channahon, IL
Speaker: Jill Lundin, MS, Wellness Center Director, ExxonMobil - Joliet Refinery, Channahon, IL
Wednesday, August 25: 8:00 am – 9:00 am
Level: Beginner, Track: Worksite Analysis
The Layered Approach to Hazard Recognition
An effective system to identify hazards before the start of a task includes: (1) the initial planning; (2) the formal hazard recognition technique such as job hazard analysis, permitting, etc.; and (3) a final safety check by the employee(s) performing the task, such as the 10-second drill, looking for differences and out-of-view observations. This session explains this layered approach using pictures and examples.
Moderator/Speaker: David F Coble, CSP, President, CTJ Safety Associates, Cary, NC
Wednesday, August 25: 8:00 am – 9:00 am
Level: Beginner, Track: DOD
The Hanscom Air Force Base VPP and the Union
The presentation focuses on the importance of union participation in VPP. Included will be information on the efforts and strategies that were taken to achieve Star status. Also included are examples of processes, questions raised and benefits of playing an active role in changing the VPP culture.
Moderator: Galen B Williams, Sr, 66th Air Base Wing Director of Safety, 66th Air Base Wing, United States Air Force, Hanscom AFB, MA
Speaker: Lawrence Jones, Local R1-8 President, National Association of Government Employees, Bedford, MA
Speaker: Italia M Minchello, Local R1-8 Chief Steward, National Association of Government Employees, Bedford, MA
Wednesday, August 25: 8:00 am – 9:00 am
Level: Intermediate, Track: Behavior-Based Safety
Zero-Injury Culture: When Zero is Not Enough
Many organizations mistake the zero-harm goal as simply an extension of injury reduction goals of the past. In reality, there are too many examples of organizations with low injury rates that continue to have fatalities, recordkeeping violations, etc. Zero-harm performance is about creating an environment where injuries are not acceptable. This session provides a practical look at what zero-harm performance really looks like and outlines key actions organizations need to take to get there.
Moderator/Speaker: Jim Spigener, Vice President, Behavioral Science Technology (BST), Ojai, CA
Wednesday, August 25: 8:00 am – 9:00 am
Level: Intermediate, Track: Behavior-Based Safety
Safety Communications: Borrowing Techniques from the Ad Industry
Boost your safety communications efforts with proven techniques from the advertising industry. Learn how to: (1) design content that compels attention; (2) combine text, photos and videos for maximum effect; (3) understand why you need "hard" and "soft" messages; (4) incorporate non-safety items for maximum engagement; and (5) identify the "shelf life" of your messages. You will leave this course with a clear understanding of the power of visual communication in building safety awareness at your worksite.
Moderator: Jude Carter, Director of Marketing, The Marlin Company, Wallingford, CT
Speaker: Frank Kenna, III, President, The Marlin Company, Wallingford, CT
Wednesday, August 25: 8:00 am – 9:00 am
Level: Intermediate, Track: VPP
Process Safety Management (PSM): Enforcement Trends, Best Practices
OSHA recently completed a National Emphasis Program (NEP) to verify compliance with the Process Safety Management of highly hazardous chemicals standard. An OSHA field enforcement official will discuss reasons behind the NEP, lessons learned and areas of concern identified during the inspections. This workshop will emphasize the requirements of a PSM site applying for VPP and the requirements during annual self-evaluations. Come hear how one VPP site is implementing model PSM practices.
Moderator: Lloyd Boom, Occupational Safety & Health Specialist, U.S. DOL, OSHA, Washington, DC
Speaker: Mike Marshall, Safety Engineer, Office of General Industry, U.S. DOL, OSHA, Washington, DC
Speaker: Kevin Rockwell, VPP Coordinator, Houston South Area Office, Region VI, U.S. DOL, OSHA, Houston, TX
Speaker: Mark Nightengale, VPP Coordinator, Repcon, Inc., Corpus Christi, TX
Wednesday, August 25: 8:00 am – 9:00 am
Level: Advanced, Track: Training
Techniques for Fun and Effective Safety Meetings.
Learn how to communicate effectively and develop the skills and confidence that will deliver results when conveying your next safety message. Discover how to have a great safety meeting that will celebrate your successes and create a road map to a more productive and a safer year. John Drebinger will give you the techniques and secrets he uses to have fun safety meetings that will excite your people to want to work safely.
Moderator: Karen Drebinger, Office Manager, John Drebinger Presentations, Galt, CA
Speaker: John Drebinger, Certified Speaking Professional, John Drebinger Presentations, Galt, CA
Wednesday, August 25: 8:00 am – 9:00 am
Level: Intermediate, Track: Employee Involvement
Brian's Story
This motivational talk is also a call to action for employees to get involved in their site's safety process. I will talk about the preventable accident that killed my son, Brian, while he was working a summer job when home from college. This is a very high impact presentation.
Moderator/Speaker: Jeff Bell, Owner, Jeff Bell Safety Presentations, Yulee, FL
Wednesday, August 25: 8:00 am – 9:00 am
Level: Beginner, Track: Best Practices
Are You Prepared?
EG&G and Battelle operate the U.S. Army's Tooele Chemical Agent Disposal Facility (TOCDF) located in Tooele, Utah, and eliminate chemical weapons of mass destruction with the highest priority of safety. This workshop will be an overview of EG&G's and Battelle's Emergency Preparedness Program. Due to unique challenges of operating in a remote location, it is imperative to have an effective, robust and self-reliant emergency preparedness program that is capable of responding to potential chemical agent or industrial-related events.
Moderator/Speaker: Ryan Whitehouse, Emergency Preparedness Administrator, EG&G/Battelle, Stockton, UT
Speaker: Steven L Bunn, Jr, Hazmat/Hotline/DSA Supervisor, EG&G/Battelle, Stockton, UT
Wednesday, August 25: 8:00 am – 9:00 am
Level: Intermediate, Track: Employee Involvement
Using Your Inspections to Foster Employee Involvement
It's no secret that employee involvement is a cornerstone for a successful safety program. This presentation will demonstrate how your safety observations can provide the channel through which you can foster increased participation with your hourly workers. Learn why hourly workers should do inspections, what they should get out of it, what trends they should look for, how they can leverage the information they collect and why having multiple inspectors is beneficial for the organization.
Moderator/Speaker: Cary Usrey, Implementation Manager, DBO2, Oakdale, PA
Wednesday, August 25: 8:00 am – 9:00 am
Level: Beginner, Track: Best Practices
Improving an Effective Safety and Health Inspection Program
This workshop will highlight aspects of an improved inspection program, using the PDCA (Plan, Do, Check, Act) model. Plans for improvement generated a revised inspector training program, provided mentors for those who were new to conducting inspections, revised the inspection documentation and developed a detailed plan to ensure that all areas of the approximately 600 acre site were inspected. An annual review process was established to continually improve the program, complete with quarterly reports to the safety committees on inspection findings.
Moderator/Speaker: Stuart R Mirowitz, MS, CIH, CSP, SGE, Sr Safety Engineer, Pfizer, Pearl River, NY
Speaker: William W. Taylor, MS, EIT, SGE, Sr. Project Engineer, Pfizer, Pearl River, NY
Wednesday, August 25: 10:30 am – 11:30 am
Level: Intermediate, Track: Ergonomics
Ergonomic Improvement through Joint Union & Management Teams
This presentation will share the ergonomics improvements achieved through the collaboration of union/management teams at the world's largest and best game and puzzle manufacturer, Hasbro's East Longmeadow site, whose ergonomics process has been recognized as a best practice during an OSHA VPP onsite evaluation. This presentation will be beneficial to both union and non-union attendees. Elements of the presentation will include: (1) brief introduction; (2) commitment, leadership, collaboration; (3) employee involvement; (4) ergonomics teams, history, progress, future goals; (5) partnership with external organizations; (6) ergonomics improvement examples; and (7) Q&A.
Moderator: Jack Popp, CSP, SGE, VP Technical Services, Hasbro East Longmeadow, E. Longmeadow, MA
Speaker: Joseph Kessler, SGE, Ergonomics Engineer, Hasbro East Longmeadow, East Longmeadow, MA
Speaker: Scott Trudell, President, Local 224 RWDSU, East Longmeadow, MA
Wednesday, August 25: 10:30 am – 11:30 am
Level: Intermediate, Track: Other Management Leadership
Developing a Leading Metric Dashboard to Measure Safety
Measuring things other than incident rates is critical to achieving world class safety, especially for sites with close to zero incidents! Hear how leading companies are helping management and safety committees better measure the continuous improvement of safety efforts with the Deming approach of measuring up-stream activities and progress, as well as specific program inputs and output.
Moderator/Speaker: Paul Esposito, VP, ESIS, Annapolis, MD
Speaker: Steve Waller, Safety manager, Constellation Energy, baltimore, MD
Wednesday, August 25: 10:30 am – 11:30 am
Level: Intermediate, Track: Training
Breathing Life into Your Presentation: Using Games to Teach
Are your trainees really paying attention' The answer to that question is critical to the success of any training session. This presentation will explore the use of games to engage, motivate and energize your trainees. We'll address how you can enhance your training through the use of a game and show you how games can be an effective teaching tool to introduce or review any topic. We will also discuss the use of audience response pads in this session.
Moderator/Speaker: John L Dillon, Paramedic/ Instruction designer, C3 SoftWorks, Minneapolis, MN
Wednesday, August 25: 10:30 am – 11:30 am
Level: Intermediate, Track: Construction
Electrical Safety 101 - For Your Company and Your Contractors
The question you are afraid to ask: Is my company's electrical safety program ready for a VPP evaluation' If I am ready, are my contractors ready' The presentation will be given by an OSHA VPP team member and an SGE who is an electrical contractor for a company that is a VPP Star site. Photographs showing best and poor practices will be shared and NFPA 70E will be discussed. Bring your questions; we will bring the answers.
Moderator: Kelli Heflin, PhD, Regulatory/Safety Manager, Scott's Liquid Gold, Denver, CO
Speaker: Chris Matthewson, CHST, OSHA Region VIII Labor Liaison, OSHA, Denver, CO
Speaker: Chuck Soderquist, Safety Supervisor, Sturgeon Electric Company, Inc., Henderson, CO
Wednesday, August 25: 10:30 am – 11:30 am
Level: Intermediate, Track: General
OSHA's Recordkeeping NEP - What's It All About?
OSHA initiated a National Emphasis Program (NEP) on recordkeeping to assess the accuracy of injury and illness data recorded by employers effective September 30, 2009, through September 30, 2010. This session is designed to provide attendees with the following: (1) An understanding of the scope and application of OSHA's Recordkeeping NEP; (2) An overview of the specific auditing techniques to be used by the OSHA compliance officers during their recordkeeping inspections; and (3) Review of findings from Recordkeeping NEP inspections from September 30, 2009.
Moderator/Speaker: Kathy Harkey, CEO, ICU Environmental Health & Safety, The Woodland, TX
Speaker: Michael R. Lastie, CSP, Manager of Safety Services, ICU Environmental Safety and Health, The Woodland, TX
Wednesday, August 25: 10:30 am – 11:30 am
Level: Intermediate, Track: Worksite Analysis
Safeguard Analysis: Raising the Bar on Your Worksite Analysis Program
This workshop is an introduction to safeguards (barriers) that protect targets (people/assets/environment) from hazards (energy). Through safeguard analysis, organizations discover missing safeguards and the opportunity to strengthen existing ones. After a brief introduction to the concept, attendees will participate in a hands-on analysis of a video taken at a worksite. Finally, a discussion on how to involve employees and integrate the concept into your worksite analysis element and hazard recognition training will be presented.
Moderator/Speaker: David Janney, Sr. Associate, System Improvements (TapRooT), Knoxville, TN
Wednesday, August 25: 10:30 am – 11:30 am
Level: Beginner, Track: DOD
Hanscom Air Force Base: The Journey to Becoming a VPP Star Site
Hanscom Air Force Base started its VPP journey in May 2006 and was awarded VPP Star status in August 2009. This workshop focuses on key information, strategies and lessons learned for DoD agencies and industry that will assist in meeting VPP requirements.
Moderator/Speaker: Galen B Williams, Sr, MS, Director of Safety, 66th Air Base Wing Safety Office, Hanscom AFB, MA
Speaker: Shelly R Barton, Safety Superintendent, 66th Air Base Wing Safety Office, Hanscom AFB, MA
Speaker: Kevin F Gilmartin, Chief of Public Affairs, 66th Air Base Wing, Hanscom AFB, MA
Wednesday, August 25: 10:30 am – 11:30 am
Level: Intermediate, Track: General
Is Safety about Achieving Success or Avoiding Failure?
Safety has been defined as a lack of accidents for so long that we have lost sight of the objective. Does a lack of accidents show safety success or is it simply luck or normal variation' Explore what safety might look like other than simply the lack of accidents. Learn the 10 signs that safety is at work in your organization and how to tell if the accidents are responding to your efforts or other forces.
Moderator/Speaker: Terry L. Mathis, CEO, ProAct Safety, The Woodlands, TX
Wednesday, August 25: 10:30 am – 11:30 am
Level: Advanced, Track: Behavior-Based Safety
Strategic Safety Thinking/Going Beyond Behavior-Based Safety
Much has been said about behavior and its role in certain accidents and injuries. However, very little has been said about the thinking taking place at the time of the unplanned event. This workshop will rely on 17 years of research data to examine the possibility of going beyond behavior-based safety by actually improving the quality of thinking that precedes behavior. Attendees will come away with practical strategies to upgrade their current safety process.
Moderator/Speaker: Steve Williams, President, Accelerated Development Systems, Inc., Houston, TX
Wednesday, August 25: 10:30 am – 11:30 am
Level: Intermediate, Track: Employee Involvement
Get Your Employees Involved in the Annual OSHA VPP Evaluation
This workshop will show ways to involve individual employees and teams in the annual OSHA VPP program evaluation, including the use of goals/accomplishments reviews, surveys, interviews, trend analyses, suggestions and others. Using employee involvement as a means to improve the quality of these reviews also drives greater ownership and accountability by the employees. Techniques to incorporate a highly transient and mobile workforce will also be emphasized.
Moderator/Speaker: Joseph Pagendarm, EHS Manager, General Electric, Newburgh, NY
Speaker: Chris Hetzer, Facility Technician, General Electric, Newburgh, NY
Wednesday, August 25: 10:30 am – 11:30 am
Level: Advanced, Track: Employee Involvement
Techniques to Help People Take Personal Responsibility for Their Safety
Discover how to effectively motivate employees to take personal responsibility for their own safety on and off the job. John Drebinger will show you how to reach the seasoned worker by breaking through the mindset of: "We have heard it all before." Learn how to teach others to effectively approach people in a positive way when sharing safety concerns with each other. This fun and informative workshop will help you have a more productive workplace with zero injuries to report.
Moderator: Karen Drebinger, Office Manager, John Drebinger Presentations, Galt, CA
Speaker: John Drebinger, Certified Speaking Professional, John Drebinger Presentations, Galt, CA
Wednesday, August 25: 10:30 am – 11:30 am
Level: Intermediate, Track: Hazard Prevention & Control
Ensure Safe Production (ESP) - Driving Operational Excellence
"Ensure Safe Production" (ESP) performance is measured by proactively monitoring defined variables. These variables can be instrumented tags or non-instrumented tags (i.e. lab information, operator performed testing, field monitoring tasks, etc.). This work process provides specified actions for dealing with target deviations and limit excess such that reactive overload is minimized. This work process provides a single repository of process variable information, which clearly defines conflict-free limits and targets, consequences of deviations from the limit and specific operator response.
Speaker: Jerry Nelson, Operator/VPP Committee member, Shell Oil Co., Deer Park, TX
Wednesday, August 25: 10:30 am – 11:30 am
Level: Advanced, Track: Hazard Prevention & Control
A Multifaceted Approach to Workplace Hazard Identification & Analysis
The purpose of this workshop is to explore methods and techniques utilized for hazard identification at large and diverse facilities to reduce injury and illness potential. This multifaceted approach has proven to be an effective technique for identifying non-conformance with requirements and for determining residual risk at a facility with over 6,500 personnel. Techniques to be discussed include workplace inspections, job hazard assessments, accident investigations, employee reports, facility risk assessments and OSH management system audits.
Moderator/Speaker: Angela M Laws, CSP, REM, Environmental Engineer, Federal Aviation Administration, Mike Monroney Aeronautical Center, Oklahoma City, OK
Wednesday, August 25: 10:30 am – 11:30 am
Level: Beginner, Track: Best Practices
ANSI Z359 - Fall Protection Standard Updates
The ANSI Z359 standard, released in late 2007, provides organizations with a detailed overview of how to plan and implement a comprehensive, managed fall protection program. This presentation will summarize and clarify the 400+ page standards document and how the standards may impact your safety program. The presentation will also provide an overview of the additional sub-sections made effective in November 2009 - ANSI Z359.6, .12 and .13 standards, which focus on active fall protection systems.
Moderator/Speaker: Thom Kramer, P.E., C.S.P., Principal, LJB Inc., Dayton, OH
Wednesday, August 25: 10:30 am – 11:30 am
Level: Beginner, Track: Training
Hand and Power Tool Safety
The program is designed to bring in broken and modified tools. We will discuss why they broke or why they were modified. Either way the idea is to create an atmosphere of using tools safely and always choose the right tool for the job.
Moderator: Charles D Allen, Account Executive, Snap-On Industrial, Kenosha, WI
Speaker: Robert Leitz, National Accounts Manager, Snap-On Industrial, Kenosha, WI
Wednesday, August 25: 10:30 am – 11:30 am
Level: Beginner, Track: Best Practices
Achieving VPP Star in a Hazardous Industry
This session will discuss how a steel mill in Alabama found its way to safety excellence in an industry that is inherently dangerous. Utilizing team member participation and management commitment, steel workers talk about their journey to VPP Star. The team will discuss how to get front-line team members involved and discover the difference between compliance and going above and beyond. The session will also include identification of actual "show stoppers" and what the mill did to educate the team using a special "audit process" that we discovered during our journey.
Moderator/Speaker: George Stephenson, Safety Coordinator, Nucor Decatur, Decatur, AL
Speaker: Patrick Vaughn, Locomotive Operator, Nucor Decatur, Decatur, AL
Speaker: Tim Reeves, Safety Engineer, Nucor Decatur, Decatur, AL
Wednesday, August 25: 10:30 am – 11:30 am
Level: Intermediate, Track: VPP
Process Safety Management and VPP
Process Safety Management (PSM) is an important part of achieving VPP status, even if you are not required to meet PSM per the regulations. This session will cover: what is PSM'; how should PSM be applied to non-PSM sites for VPP' ; and how do PSM sites need to enhance the PSM program to achieve VPP'
Moderator: Terry J Schulte, Region IX Chair Person, VPP Coordinator, Valero refining Co. - Benicia, Benicia, CA
Speaker: Colleen Kraus, Process Safety Design Director, Valero Energy Corporation, Benicia, CA
Wednesday, August 25: 10:30 am – 11:30 am
Level: Beginner, Track: Training
How to Become a Special Government Employee (SGE)
Learn what it takes to become a VPP Special Government Employee (SGE) and participate on OSHA VPP onsite evaluations. SGE qualifications, application and training requirements and responsibilities will be reviewed. An OSHA VPP manager and experienced SGEs will share the benefits of this unique program.
Moderator: Diane Price, Program Analyst, Office of Partnerships & Recognition, USDOL OSHA, Washington, DC
Speaker: Carla Slaughter, Program Analyst, Office of Partnerships & Recognition, USDOL OSHA, Washington, DC
Speaker: Christi Griffin, VPP Manager, USDOL OSHA, Atlanta, GA
Speaker: Melva Luckie Oni, Corporate Safety & Training Specialist, CIBA Corporation, Atlanta, GA
Wednesday, August 25: 1:15 pm – 2:15 pm
Level: Beginner, Track: Ergonomics
Ergonomics for the Aging Workforce
The silver workforce is not just a concept anymore - it is a reality. This session will explore the dynamics of an aging workforce and the role ergonomics can play in maximizing its potential. Participants will understand the impact on workers' output as they age and how to ergonomically design for an aging workforce to reduce potential for injury.
Moderator/Speaker: Josh Kerst, CPE, CIE, Vice President & Ergonomics Engineer, Humantech, Ann Arbor, MI
Wednesday, August 25: 1:15 pm – 2:15 pm
Level: Advanced, Track: Other Management Leadership
Exceptional People
There is a growing body of data that suggests the success of any safety process may hinge on just a few people in a particular organization. These people have influence that goes beyond a strong personal commitment to safety and they seem to be able to transfer some of this to others. They can be at any level of the organization, but they are few and far between. What are their attributes and can this be developed in others'
Moderator/Speaker: Steve Williams, President, Accelerated Development Systems, Inc, Houston, TX
Wednesday, August 25: 1:15 pm – 2:15 pm
Level: Beginner, Track: Training
Spice it Up! - Easy Ways to Turn Your Safety Training from Bland to Great
During this lively and fast-paced session you'll learn how to conduct fun, memorable and effective safety meetings. Richard Hawk, the leading expert in bringing fun to the safety field, will share easy techniques to capture and keep an adult audience's attention. You'll also find out how to make any subject, even ones that are usually considered mundane, interesting and exciting.
Moderator/Speaker: Richard Hawk, President, Richard Hawk Inc., Bridgeton, NJ
Wednesday, August 25: 1:15 pm – 2:15 pm
Level: Intermediate, Track: Construction
Creating "What Good Looks Like" in Construction Safety
Going through expansions and major projects in 2003 and 2005 at Marathon Petroleum's Detroit Refinery, we learned many lessons to help guide the process of building a world-class HESS management system for major construction. Now, 17 months into the Detroit Heavy Oil Upgrade Project (DHOUP) mega-project, the systems and culture are in place to share "What Good Looks Like" (WGLL) in construction safety.
Moderator/Speaker: Samuel H Windom, Detroit Heavy Oil Upgrade Project Safety Coordinator, Marathon Petroleum Company LLC, Detroit, MI
Wednesday, August 25: 1:15 pm – 2:15 pm
Level: Intermediate, Track: Other Developing an Safety Management System Plan
Developing a Safety Management System
Every day, workplace injuries, illnesses and fatalities cause immeasurable pain and suffering to employees and their families. Effective Safety Management Systems (SMS) have proven to be a decisive factor in reducing work-related injuries and illnesses and will result in reduced injury-related costs. The critical elements of an effective SMS will be discussed. Learn the techniques that will benefit your company's health and safety program: Management Commitment and Employee Involvement; Worksite Analysis; Hazard Prevention and Control; and Health and Safety Training.
Moderator/Speaker: Rick E Infante, CSP, SGE, Sr. Health & Safety Leader, Florida Power & Light, Juno Beach, FL
Wednesday, August 25: 1:15 pm – 2:15 pm
Level: Beginner, Track: DOE/EPA/OSHA
The CSHO Diaries: Tales from the Field
Ever wonder what it's like to be an OSHA compliance officer' Ever read the VPP Policy and Procedures Manual and wondered who wrote this stuff' This interactive workshop describes real life experiences with performing inspections, conducting VPP onsite evaluations and writing VPP policies from a former OSHA CSHO and national office team leader. Learn valuable do's and don'ts for an OSHA visit. There may even be a few surprises!
Moderator/Speaker: Jennifer M Paolillo-Kim, MPH, President, VPP Solutions, Alexandria, VA
Wednesday, August 25: 1:15 pm – 2:15 pm
Level: Beginner, Track: Behavior-Based Safety
The Kevin Bailey Story
Learn from someone else's mistake! After nearly losing his life in a work related-accident, Kevin Bailey suffered immeasurable physical pain and caused emotional pain for his family. Kevin is a nationally recognized speaker presenting to companies across the U.S. Kevin's presentation emphasizes the importance of safety in the work place, while focusing on job complacency, risk taking and attitude. Kevin's story will change the way you view your own role in safety.
Moderator: Dee Ann Haney, CSP, SGE, EHS, United Space Alliance, Houston, TX
Speaker: Kevin Bailey, Owner, SAFE, Jefferson, OH
Wednesday, August 25: 1:15 pm – 2:15 pm
Level: Intermediate, Track: Employee Involvement
GE Healthcare Employee Involvement Successes
This workshop presents an overview of employee engagement activities that we have conducted at our sites over the past few years. We will discuss the program implementation, real-life examples and program successes. Some ideas included are: "Make it Home Safely"; "Casino Safety"; "Extreme Makeover: Plant Edition"; employee housekeeping audits; EHS multi-shift teams; etc. Examples will be provided on CD-ROM or flash drive for attendees to take with them and utilize.
Moderator/Speaker: James Ostberg, EHS Manager, GE Healthcare, Warrensville Heights, OH
Speaker: Scott Danna, EHS/Facility Manager, GE Healthcare, Aurora, OH
Wednesday, August 25: 1:15 pm – 2:15 pm
Level: Beginner, Track: Employee Involvement
Employee Involvment and Lean Six Sigma
This workshop provides information on using Six Sigma processes to involve employees in conducting root-cause analysis and determining corrective actions for accidents and near misses. This best practice has helped us enhance employee participation and take advantage of their experience and skills in solving problems. The Lean Six Sigma process helps us document cost avoidance steps and savings that enhance our ability to provide a quality product at the lowest price.
Moderator/Speaker: James Hammonds, CSP, Installation Safety Manager, McAlester Army Ammunition Plant, McAlester, OK
Speaker: Jeannie Powell, Lead Safety Specialist, McAlester Army Ammunition Plant, McAlester, OK
Wednesday, August 25: 1:15 pm – 2:15 pm
Level: Intermediate, Track: Hazard Prevention & Control
Electrical Maintenance as a Safety Issue
Electrical power system faults can create tremendous energy, often in the millions of watts. When these systems are designed, they are engineered to operate quickly to clear short circuits and provide coordinated tripping of protective devices. Time, tampering and a misunderstanding of how these systems perform create huge safety hazards for workers. This workshop will discuss what is needed for a safe electrical system, how systems become unsafe and how to create a safer electrical working environment.
Moderator/Speaker: James R White, Training Director, Shermco Industries, Irving, TX
Wednesday, August 25: 1:15 pm – 2:15 pm
Level: Intermediate, Track: Lockout/Tagout
Avoid Mistakes that Comprise 2009's 3rd Highest Dollar Value in OSHA
This workshop is based on Keith Davis' published series of articles regarding LOTO and OSHA. Module 1 - "Best and Worst LOTO Practices" based on what's in use in industry today. Module 2 - "Demystifying OSHA Requirements" OSHA LOTO requirements will be translated from the voluminous 1910.147 standards to understandable language. Module 3 - Harnessing Technology to Ease the Process" - attendees will be taught how to devise a good procedure and then how to use technology to keep consistently high-quality LOTO.
Moderator: Shelly Vitanza, Marketing Director, Application Factory, Beaumont, TX
Speaker: Keith Davis, President and CEO, Application Factor, Beaumont, TX
Wednesday, August 25: 1:15 pm – 2:15 pm
Level: Beginner, Track: Best Practices
Turning the Corner with Vehicle Safety
Vehicle safety is a priority in many industries. As companies seek to cut costs via air travel, more vehicles are on the road for business travel. Driving to and from work may be the most hazardous task your employees do every day. This workshop will include various ways to impact driver safety at your site. Fun promotions, policy considerations and meaningful metrics will be featured along with ways some businesses are benchmarking their success.
Moderator: Patty S Drawbaugh, Technology Ergonomic Specialist, Monsanto, Chesterfield, MO
Speaker: Genelle L Speed-Hale, Biotechnology Farm ESH Lead, Monsanto, Chesterfield, MO
Speaker: Susie Hidalgo, PE, Global Off the Job Safety Lead, Monsanto, St Louis, MO
Wednesday, August 25: 1:15 pm – 2:15 pm
Level: Intermediate, Track: Best Practices
How to Win in a Down Economy
Now more than ever, as company resources and budgets shrink, the EHS value proposition needs to align more closely with the overall company strategic plan. During this session, we will discuss methods whereby EHS objectives can be successfully integrated into the everyday business processes. We need to change the paradigm of the question: "What do we cut'" to "How can the EHS team strengthen the business'" Using sound business acumen principles, EHS can positively affect the bottom line of the business.
Moderator/Speaker: Mike Vigezzo, VPP Coordinator, GE, Fairfild, CT
Wednesday, August 25: 1:15 pm – 2:15 pm
Level: Beginner, Track: VPP
Promoting Safety and Health Excellence - the Ford/UAW Story
A panel of representatives from the Ford Motor Company and the International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America (UAW) join Region V OSHA officials to discuss lessons learned from the Ford/UAW/OSHA National Strategic Partnership. Attendees will gain insight on how to maintain and improve upon effective safety and health management systems, particularly during times of economic downturn and uncertainty. Ford and the UAW will discuss how this partnership with OSHA promoted safety and health excellence.
Moderator: Cathy Oliver, Director, Office of Partnerships and Recognition, U.S. DOL, OSHA, Washington, DC
Speaker: Julie Evans, Team Leader, Cooperative and State Programs, Region V, U.S. DOL, OSHA, Chicago, IL
Speaker: Christopher Peterson, CIH, CSP, Manager, Occupational Health & Safety and Joint Programs, Ford Motor Company, Detroit, MI
Speaker: Rubin Flores, Assistant Director, National Ford Department, United Auto Workers (UAW, Detroit, MI
Wednesday, August 25: 1:15 pm – 2:15 pm
Level: Beginner, Track: Environmental Practices
Driving Sustainability within GE's Global Portfolio of Corporate Office
This presentation will include video footage of ecomagination educational forums and community events, as well as a live demonstration of the eco2 software package. Attendees at this presentation will not only learn about a wide variety of best practices and tools, they will also learn about challenges and opportunities associated with implementing a site-level sustainability program.
Moderator/Speaker: Irene Santoscoy, EHS Compliance Program Manager, Corporate Properties & Services Operation General Electric Company, King of Prussia, PA
Speaker: Todd Nass, Project Manager, GE CP&SO, Fairfield, CT
Wednesday, August 25: 1:15 pm – 2:15 pm
Level: Intermediate, Track: Training
Calling All Mentors!!
Join us for this unique guided networking opportunity with other mentors and companies seeking a mentor. This session will utilize a discussion format and address issues, best practices and challenges faced by a mentor and give mentees a better idea of how to proceed with a mentoring relationship. Being a mentor isn't rocket science, but it is an art! Sharpen your skills and share your experiences with others!
Moderator/Speaker: Staci Cannady, HR Manager, Simmons Manufacturing, Aurora, CO
Speaker: Kelli Heflin, SGE, Regulatory/Safety Manager, Scott's Liquid Gold, Denver, CO
Wednesday, August 25: 1:15 pm – 2:15 pm
Level: Intermediate, Track: VPP
How VPP has Improved Management and Union Committment to Safety
VPP improved relationships between management and union at our site, which positively impacted safety within our work area, opened communications and resulted in everybody working for one cause.
Moderator: Artha James Williams, 1st VP LOCAL 1482, FLEET SUPPORT DIVISION, barstow, CA
Speaker: artha james williams, 1st VP local 1482, fleet support, barstow, CA
Wednesday, August 25: 2:45 pm – 3:45 pm
Level: Beginner, Track: VPP
OSHA Challenge Update
This workshop will highlight the OSHA Challenge Program, which helps large and small employers implement effective safety and health management systems and reduce injuries and illnesses. The panel will discuss program basics and benefits, success stories and the role of Challenge Administrators.
Moderator/Speaker: Patrick Showalter, Team Leader, Office of Partnerships & Recognition, U.S. DOL, OSHA, Washington, DC
Speaker: Chuch Barbour, Safety Specialist, Boeing Company, Houston Products Support Center, Houston, TX
Speaker: Cindy Lewis, Outreach Program Coordinator, OSHA Challenge Administrator, Gulf Coast Safety Institute, College of the Mainland, Texas City, TX
Wednesday, August 25: 2:45 pm – 3:45 pm
Level: Advanced, Track: Management Leadership
Get Out of Your Chair! Manage Safety Already
Do your managers spend more time in their office chair then managing safety with their teams' Are you looking for unique, innovative ways to get your managers more educated, involved in and accountable for safety' Leadership engagement is paramount in any safety program and is critical in assuring employee health in the workplace. This presentation will identify distinct methods to increase interaction with your managers and their employees on safety and assist your managers in becoming safety champions.
Moderator: Susie D Hidalgo, PE, Global Off the Job Safety Lead, Monsanto, St. Louis, MO
Speaker: Patty S Drawbaugh, Technology Ergonomic Specialist, Monsanto, Chesterfiled, MO
Speaker: Genelle L Speed-Hale, Biotechnology Farm ESH Lead, Monsanto, Chesterfield, MO
Wednesday, August 25: 2:45 pm – 3:45 pm
Level: Beginner, Track: Employee Involvement
Turnaround Safety Excitement
Are you having trouble making safety exciting in your Turnarounds' Have you been asked to create a different environment and just don't know where to start' We want to share our model for generating genuine excitement about safety in turnarounds. We have developed a trade-show format that includes all employees and really works for us- and we want to share!
Moderator: Gary C Chapman, Jr, Safety Awareness Team Chairman, ExxonMobil Chemical Baton Rouge Plastics Plant, Baton Rouge, LA
Speaker: Emily A Guidry, Safety Awareness Team Secretary, ExxonMobil Chemical Baton Rouge Plastics Plant, Baton Rouge, LA
Speaker: Curt D Lyons, Safety Awareness Team Member, ExxonMobil Chemical Baton Rouge Plastics Plant, Baton Rouge, LA
Speaker: Mickey R Guidry, Safety Awareness Team Member, ExxonMobil Baton Rouge Plastics Plant, Baton Rouge, LA
Wednesday, August 25: 2:45 pm – 3:45 pm
Level: Intermediate, Track: Construction
OSHAs Region V experience with the VPP Mobile Construction Program
The workshop will cover Region V's experience with OSHA's development and implementation of the Mobile Workforce Demonstration for Construction pilot program from its inception to its current stage. Come and hear how the Designated Geographical Area concept was understood and implemented in practice and how Region V developed its policies and procedures to successfully advance the Mobile program.
Moderator/Speaker: James C. Dillard, VPP for Construction Manager, OSHA-Chicago Regional Office, Chicago, IL
Wednesday, August 25: 2:45 pm – 3:45 pm
Level: Beginner, Track: Health & Medical
Fixing & Preventing Back Pain and Injuries
This unique hands-on clinic features live evaluation and treatment of members of the audience with back pain. Live treatment of back pain is a powerful teaching tool for employees suffering with their own back pain by removing the mystique of this problem and showing the very real and solvable biomechanical reasons it exists. The audience will watch assessments and treatments and ask questions along the way. This is a must for anyone with back pain or whose employees have back pain!
Moderator: Kelli Heflin, Regulatory/Safety Manager, Scott's Liquid Gold, Denver, CO
Speaker: Rick Olderman, Physical Therapist, Z-Line Training, Denver, CO
Wednesday, August 25: 2:45 pm – 3:45 pm
Level: Intermediate, Track: Other Process Safety Management
Development of a PSM Network
This is a presentation and discussion of Valero Energy Corporation's proactive response to the findings from the Baker Panel Report of the 2005 BP Texas City incident, the development of a corporate-level PSM and Reliability Group, process safety metrics development and cultural change to risk-based decision making.
Moderator: Johnny VanBuskirk, Safety & Health Specialist/SGE, Valero Ardmore Refinery, Ardmore, OK
Speaker: Charles McCurley, PSM Supervisor, Valero Ardmore Refinery, Ardmore, OK
Speaker: John Shriver, HS&E Director/SGE, Valero Ardmore Refinery, Ardmore, OK
Wednesday, August 25: 2:45 pm – 3:45 pm
Level: Intermediate, Track: Behavior-Based Safety
Finding Your Focus
At the core of the session are behavior-changing tips and techniques that will transform you and your employees and help them make less mistakes that lead to accidents, re-work, frustration and a host of other problems. You'll discover what it takes to heighten awareness, which will sharpen a person's ability to come up with new ideas, improve productivity and eliminate waste. You'll also learn practical ways to improve your concentration and stop having that voice in your head distract you.
Moderator/Speaker: Richard Hawk, President, Richard Hawk Inc., Bridgeton, NJ
Wednesday, August 25: 2:45 pm – 3:45 pm
Level: Advanced, Track: Behavior-Based Safety
Take Safety and Operational Excellence to a Higher Altitude!
This workshop features an open discussion about leadership at all levels creating and maintaining a culture of safety and operational excellence in the workplace. Former U.S. Air Force fighter pilot and international airline pilot Jeff Espenship discusses methods in taking quality, productivity and safety to higher altitudes. Cockpit video/audio will underscore the various behavior-based topics such as situational awareness, complacency ("The Silent Killer"), short cuts and snap decisions.
Moderator/Speaker: Jeff Espenship, Owner / USAF Fighter PIlot, Target Leadership, Kennesaw, GA
Speaker: Wes Sharp, Safety Speaker / Marine F-18 Fighter Pilot, Target Leadership, Kennesaw, GA
Wednesday, August 25: 2:45 pm – 3:45 pm
Level: Intermediate, Track: Employee Involvement
Accountability & Responsibility
As safety professionals, we have taught our people, given them PPE, disciplined them and even fired them, and we still find employees NOT following the rules. What are we doing wrong' We have failed to tell them "WHY." This seminar shows you how to get even the most skeptic employee to become an active participant in your safety program and how to maintain that enthusiasm. This seminar is entertaining and very informative.
Moderator/Speaker: Hap Pigsley, Safety Consultant, Hap Pigsley Consulting, LLC, Oconomowoc, WI
Wednesday, August 25: 2:45 pm – 3:45 pm
Level: Intermediate, Track: Employee Involvement
Easy Even a Caveperson Can Do It!
The Flintstones have a secret! Why do some teams interface as a comfortable stone age "family," while others are mired in prehistoric mud' How can you infuse a Wilma and Betty attitude of support into your team' What moves teams out of the rubble and into the driver's seat' What should be the bedrock of your team' Can you move a fledgling team past the Pebbles and Bam Bam stage to effective maturity' Come and have a yaba-daba-do good time.
Moderator: Bowen Huntsman Huntsman, VPP Program coordinator, Battelle Energy Alliance-Idaho National Laboratory, Idaho Falls, ID
Speaker: Melanie Shirling-Powell, Safety Team Chair, Battelle Energy Alliance-Idaho National Laboratory, Idaho Falls, ID
Wednesday, August 25: 2:45 pm – 3:45 pm
Level: Beginner, Track: Hazard Prevention & Control
Hazard Management - Eight Layers of Protection
This ConocoPhillips, Lower 48 E&P workshop is intended to educate workers on the "eight layers of protection" that will prevent them from being injured while working on location. It is also intended to establish the expectation that workers will utilize the safety systems that are in place in their daily operations.
Moderator/Speaker: Mike Bertrand, CSP, Safety Supervisor, ConocoPhillips, Franklin, TX
Speaker: Kurt Paton, Safety Supervisor, ConocoPhillips, Aguilares, TX
Wednesday, August 25: 2:45 pm – 3:45 pm
Level: Intermediate, Track: Hazard Prevention & Control
Static Electricity: The Hidden Danger in Hazardous Areas
Electrostatic charge is an unfortunate by-product of many industrial operations and processes and presents a fire and explosion hazard in flammable liquid vapor and exposable dust atmospheres (hazardous locations). The session covers the consequences of a static spark in a hazardous atmosphere and talks about safely avoiding the occurrence of a static spark with proper design, controls and use of grounding and bonding techniques.
Moderator/Speaker: Graham Tyers, President, CEO, Newson Gale Inc, Jackson, NJ
Wednesday, August 25: 2:45 pm – 3:45 pm
Level: Beginner, Track: Best Practices
SafetyStart Prior to Every Task
SafetyStart is a self-check method before, during and after performing tasks. We all need to take time prior to every task we undertake and think about what hazards are involved and what defenses are in place. Complicated jobs have a pre-job briefing; however, many times workers are injured doing simple jobs that don't require a high level of scrutiny prior to starting. This process can even apply to simple jobs like driving a vehicle.
Moderator: Lanette K Adams, Manager Performance Assurance, HPM Corporation - MSA, Richland, WA
Speaker: Henry E Sparks, Utility Systems Operator, HPM Corporation - MSA, Richland, WA
Speaker: Rocky J Simmons, Union Safety Representative, MSA LLC, Richland, WA
Speaker: John J Jeskey, Director, Union Safety Reps, MSA, LLC, Richland, WA
Wednesday, August 25: 2:45 pm – 3:45 pm
Level: Intermediate, Track: Best Practices
Opportunities through Shared Intent: Green Building and Health/Safety
Health and safety has been identified as under-recognized in the green building movement, yet the intent and approach of each are not so dissimilar. This workshop explores synergies between green building, LEED certification and health and safety. It also identifies opportunities to integrate elements of health and safety into the green building process using case study examples to illustrate the presented concepts.
Moderator: Kathy Moore, Account Manager, TheAcademy.com, San Antonio, TX
Speaker: Alan Scott, Training Manager, Sr. Consultant, Green Building Services, Inc., Portland, OR
Wednesday, August 25: 2:45 pm – 3:45 pm
Level: Beginner, Track: Training
Roadway Safety Program
Highway work zones are some of the most dangerous work sites in construction. Each year over 100 construction workers are killed on the highways. Many are killed by traffic but many are also being run over or backed over by construction vehicles, electrocuted by overhead power lines, crushed in trenches and injured by falls. They also face numerous health hazards from noise and silica to heat stress and ergonomic hazards. This training program was developed to orient workers to these hazards and provide best practices to reduce the risks. The program was developed by a joint labor/management partnership through a series of grants from OSHA and FHWA. It is available in many formats- as a computer program, print materials for workers, and a poster-sized version for toolbox talks in the field. The program is trilingual- English, Spanish and Portuguese. It also includes a compliance mode which displays relevant standards. It covers all the major hazards in road construction in 21 modules. Each module includes interactive computerized demonstrations to graphically show the risks. Advanced modules also cover topics like proper set up of the work zone. This presentation will review the training program and its many features.
Moderator: Omar Lopez, Safety and Spanish Training Specialist, American Road & Transportation Builders Association, Washington, DC
Speaker: Brad Sant, Vice President for Safety, American Road and Transportation Builders Association, Washington, DC
Speaker: Emmitt Russell, Safety Director, International Union of Operating Engineers, Washington, DC
Speaker: Travis Parsons, Senior Safety Specialist, Laborers Health and Safety Fund of North America, Washington, DC
Wednesday, August 25: 2:45 pm – 3:45 pm
Level: Intermediate, Track: VPP
Redefining Refining: DRIVE-ing the Pursuit of MVPP STAR
VPP status means you "walk the walk," your employees know it and they never fail to shoulder the responsibility that comes with it. Marathon's Detroit Refinery achieved a commitment to safety they never thought possible with the Detroit Refinery Investment in the Value of its Employees (DRIVE) program. This program helped to solidify their bid for MVPP certification by helping them incorporate all five elements into a workable system that is still in use today.
Moderator/Speaker: Todd L Habets, CSP, HESS Professional, Site MVPP Coordiantor, Marathon Petroleum Company, LLC, Detroit, MI
Wednesday, August 25: 2:45 pm – 3:45 pm
Level: Beginner, Track: Hazard Prevention & Control
Arc Flash Testing, NFPA 70E and OSHA Update
Updates on innovations in arc flash gear, changes in ASTM standards, OSHA standards and 2009 NFPA 70E will be presented by the world's leading arc flash tester. Important principles on clothing provided to employees make this the most unbiased presentation on arc flash. The workshop features principles of layering, eliminating melting clothing you didn't know you were using and information on fire resistant clothing and what standards need to be used to assure you get the "right stuff" will be discussed along with how you can comply with labeling requirements from NFPA and NEC.
Moderator/Speaker: Drake Drobnick, Consultant, e-Hazard.com, Louisville, KY
Wednesday, August 25: 2:45 pm – 3:45 pm
Level: Beginner, Track: Training
Using Social Networking Tools for Safety & Health Training
All trainers need new ways to reach their dynamic audience. Social networking sites can be used to supplement traditional SH&E training and communication by giving real-time answers and multi-media demonstrations of SH&E solutions. This session will provide a look into how SH&E professionals can use social networking as a new tool for training and communications.
Moderator/Speaker: Cindy Lewis, Outreach Program Coordinator, Gulf Coast Safety Institute/College of the Mainland, Texas City, TX
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