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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, 9:35 AM
71 Workshops for "Tuesday, August 24"
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
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