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<strong>Southern</strong> <strong>Oregon</strong><br />
<strong>Occupational</strong><br />
<strong>Safety</strong> & <strong>Health</strong><br />
<strong>Conference</strong><br />
<br />
Smullin Center • Medford, <strong>Oregon</strong><br />
October 19&20, <strong>2005</strong><br />
Supplemental workshop on October 18 (see inser t)<br />
A joint effort of the American Society of <strong>Safety</strong> Engineers (ASSE), <strong>Southern</strong> <strong>Oregon</strong><br />
Chapter, and the <strong>Oregon</strong> <strong>Occupational</strong> <strong>Safety</strong> & <strong>Health</strong> Division (<strong>Oregon</strong> OSHA).
ASSE<br />
Founded in 1911, the American Society of <strong>Safety</strong> Engineers (ASSE) is<br />
the world’s oldest and largest professional safety organization. With<br />
more than 33,000 members, ASSE has 147 chapters and 60 student<br />
sections nationwide.<br />
The <strong>Southern</strong> <strong>Oregon</strong> Section was formed as a part of Eugene’s<br />
Cascade Chapter in 1990. In October of 1993, the section obtained chapter status.<br />
It is active in enhancing the role of safety professionals in <strong>Southern</strong> <strong>Oregon</strong>.<br />
The <strong>Southern</strong> <strong>Oregon</strong> chapter offers safety professionals, safety personnel, and safety<br />
committee members high-quality safety-and-health training in the form of conferences<br />
and workshops and monthly chapter meetings that feature an educational presentation<br />
on the latest workplace safety-and-health issues. The chapter offers many networking<br />
opportunities with members of the safety community, speakers, and professionals from<br />
the state and national arena.<br />
ASSE mission: to foster the technical, scientific, managerial, and ethical knowledge,<br />
skill, and competency of safety, health, and environmental professionals for the protection<br />
of people, property, and the environment and to enhance the status and promote<br />
the advancement of the safety profession.<br />
For additional information on membership in ASSE’s <strong>Southern</strong> <strong>Oregon</strong> Chapter, please<br />
contact Pamela Ahr, (541) 857-4203, or pamahr@saif.com.<br />
<strong>Oregon</strong> OSHA<br />
<strong>Oregon</strong> OSHA administers the <strong>Oregon</strong> Safe Employment Act (OSEA).<br />
OSEA authorizes enforcement of federal and state occupational-safetyand-health<br />
regulations and provides consultation, educational opportunities,<br />
technical assistance, and creative programs to assist employers and employees in<br />
<strong>Oregon</strong>. <strong>Oregon</strong> OSHA is committed to reducing occupational fatalities, injuries,<br />
and illnesses, thereby reducing human suffering and workers’ compensation costs.<br />
For technical assistance, training opportunities, or information about conferences,<br />
please call (503) 378-3272, or, toll-free, (888) 292-5247, option 1. For consultative<br />
services, call (800) 922-2689 or our Medford office, (541) 776-6030.<br />
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Table of Contents<br />
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ASSE & <strong>Oregon</strong> OSHA ........................................inside front cover<br />
Invitation from ASSE .....................................................................2<br />
Invitation from <strong>Oregon</strong> OSHA .....................................................3<br />
<strong>Conference</strong> information & services<br />
Who should attend ...............................................................4<br />
Registration ..........................................................................4<br />
Refunds ................................................................................4<br />
Lodging ................................................................................4<br />
Continuing education credits ...............................................5<br />
Smoke- & alcohol-free policy ...............................................5<br />
Accommodations for disabilities ..........................................5<br />
Map to the Smullin Center ...................................................5<br />
Schedule at a glance ................................................................ 6-7<br />
Session descriptions<br />
Wednesday ..........................................................................8<br />
Thursday ............................................................................12<br />
Speaker biographies ............................................................. 18-27<br />
Planning committee .......................................... inside back cover<br />
<strong>Conference</strong> registration form ..................................................insert<br />
Tuesday workshop registration form .......................................insert<br />
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Invitation from ASSE<br />
The <strong>Southern</strong> <strong>Oregon</strong> Chapter of the American Society of <strong>Safety</strong> Engineers is proud<br />
to have been a part of the process of creating and planning this regional conference<br />
for the past fifteen years.<br />
Through the partnership with <strong>Oregon</strong> OSHA, our chapter has worked to provide<br />
opportunities for participants to learn more about improving safety and health in the<br />
lives of southern <strong>Oregon</strong> workers. We strive to maintain a high standard of quality in<br />
this conference. Each year we work to improve the planning process and build upon<br />
the success of previous years.<br />
As we review conference history, we see a wide variety of speakers that have presented<br />
at past conferences. Many have spoken at national conferences and are well<br />
known in the “safety and health world.” Joe Estey brought his upbeat presentation<br />
style to inspire us to be creative and think “out of the box.” Anne French challenged<br />
us to change our culture by changing safety behaviors. Last year, Robert Sweetgall,<br />
clad in his walking attire, literally had us “on our feet” as he convinced us that wellness<br />
programs and healthy living doesn’t have to be complicated and expensive.<br />
Dozens of other presenters have come to our conference each year to share inspiring<br />
ideas, educational information, and important compliance information.<br />
The conference is made possible by the strong relationship developed between<br />
<strong>Oregon</strong> OSHA and our chapter. This relationship is strengthened by our conference<br />
planning committee. They are a group of dedicated individuals who donate their<br />
time and energy to the creative process of planning the annual conference. The<br />
process consists of 12 months of preparation and hundreds of hours of planning.<br />
The conference would not be possible without this group of committed individuals.<br />
We are also grateful for the support of local employers who support us through their<br />
sponsorship.<br />
If you have never attended the conference, I urge you to participate. Review the<br />
program to select classes that can assist you or your company gain knowledge to<br />
improve your current programs. The committee strives each year to provide a wide<br />
variety of topics. They include both the important basics to create a good safety<br />
foundation and also new creative topics relevant to our times and current issues.<br />
I am confident you will find value in attending. We hope to see you there.<br />
Connie Gibbs<br />
President<br />
American Society of <strong>Safety</strong> Engineers<br />
<strong>Southern</strong> <strong>Oregon</strong> Chapter<br />
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Invitation from <strong>Oregon</strong> OSHA<br />
<br />
Advancing workplace safety and health for all workers in <strong>Oregon</strong> is the mission of the<br />
Department of Consumer and Business Services, <strong>Occupational</strong> <strong>Safety</strong> and <strong>Health</strong> Division<br />
(<strong>Oregon</strong> OSHA). <strong>Oregon</strong> OSHA recognizes that developing strong partnerships, including<br />
working with the <strong>Southern</strong> <strong>Oregon</strong> chapter of the American Society of <strong>Safety</strong> Engineers, are<br />
vital to help employers transform their ‘safety program’ into a safety and health philosophy<br />
that promotes business growth and keeps workers returning home safely at the end of the<br />
work day.<br />
Workplace injury and illness rates have been falling for the past twelve years in <strong>Oregon</strong><br />
because employers and workers are committed to creating safer places to work. During<br />
that same period, employers have also seen the financial benefit of workers’ compensation<br />
premiums reduced an average of 57 percent, making <strong>Oregon</strong>’s workers compensation rates<br />
35th in the nation for cost during 2002.<br />
Workplace safety and health is a cooperative effort - it’s all about employers, workers and<br />
government joining together to create a climate where workplace safety and health is not<br />
viewed as an expense, but a valued benefit. <strong>Oregon</strong> OSHA is here to be your partner in<br />
ensuring a safe place to work.<br />
Training is an important part of creating safer workplaces – please attend the <strong>2005</strong> <strong>Southern</strong><br />
<strong>Oregon</strong> <strong>Occupational</strong> <strong>Safety</strong> and <strong>Health</strong> <strong>Conference</strong>.<br />
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<strong>Conference</strong> Information & Services<br />
Who should attend<br />
All those responsible for the prevention<br />
of injuries and illnesses in the workplace,<br />
including safety-and-health professionals,<br />
safety committee members, managers,<br />
supervisors, employees, owners, and other<br />
interested persons.<br />
Registration<br />
Registration for some sessions is limited,<br />
so please register early. Registrations will<br />
be accepted by mail and by fax. If you are<br />
faxing registrations, be sure to fax both sides<br />
of the form. Faxes will be accepted only if<br />
accompanied by credit card information. If<br />
space is available, you may register at the<br />
conference.<br />
The fee for the full conference (Wednesday<br />
and Thursday) is $120. One-day (Wednesday<br />
or Thursday) registration fee is $80. Half-day<br />
(Wednesday or Thursday) registration fee is<br />
$50. Registration fees include speaker-handout<br />
materials, refreshment breaks, and lunch<br />
on the days you are registered.<br />
A separate registration form must be completed<br />
for each person registering. If more<br />
than one person from your company will<br />
attend, photocopy the registration form for<br />
each person and use a credit card or issue a<br />
check for the total amount.<br />
Complete the enclosed registration form<br />
and send it with your check or fax it with<br />
credit card information to (503) 947-7462.<br />
Make check payable to:<br />
<strong>Southern</strong> <strong>Oregon</strong> <strong>Conference</strong><br />
PO Box 5640<br />
Salem, OR 97304-0640<br />
All parts of the registration<br />
form must be completed. If not,<br />
forms will be returned for you to<br />
complete before we can process<br />
your registration.<br />
For additional information about the conference,<br />
call the <strong>Conference</strong> Section at<br />
(503) 947-7441, (503) 378-3272, or toll-free<br />
(888) 292-5247, option 1.<br />
Refunds<br />
If you need to cancel your registration,<br />
please submit your request in writing for<br />
review by the conference planning committee.<br />
Substitutions are permissible.<br />
Lodging<br />
Attendees are responsible for making their<br />
own lodging arrangements. The motel offering<br />
a special conference rate is listed below.<br />
You will need to mention that you are calling<br />
for the <strong>Southern</strong> <strong>Oregon</strong> <strong>Conference</strong> room<br />
block. Specify your preference for a nonsmoking<br />
or smoking room. All reservations<br />
received after October 3, <strong>2005</strong>, will be<br />
accepted on a space-available basis.<br />
Comfort Inn South<br />
60 East Stewart<br />
Medford, <strong>Oregon</strong><br />
(541) 772-8000<br />
Rate: $68 plus tax<br />
For a list of other local motels, call<br />
the Medford Chamber of Commerce at<br />
(541) 779-4847.<br />
Pre-registration deadline<br />
October 12, <strong>2005</strong><br />
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Continuing education<br />
credits<br />
If you need CEUs to keep certifications or<br />
licenses current, complete the form provided<br />
in your on-site attendee packet. This<br />
form will be proof of attendance at sessions<br />
you wish to submit for accreditation. Submit<br />
your form — with required signatures,<br />
program descriptions of applicable sessions,<br />
and speaker biographies — directly to your<br />
accrediting organization, and keep a copy<br />
for your records.<br />
Map to<br />
Smullin Center<br />
Smoke- & alcohol-free policy<br />
In keeping with the purpose of the conference<br />
and our commitment to occupational<br />
safety and health, all meeting rooms and<br />
conference activities are smoke-free. No<br />
alcoholic beverages will be provided at any<br />
conference event.<br />
Accommodations for<br />
disabilities<br />
Smullin Center is wheelchair accessible.<br />
Information about additional services for the<br />
disabled is available at the Smullin Center<br />
reception desk.<br />
N<br />
Exit 27<br />
I-5<br />
Black Oak<br />
Drive<br />
Siskiyou Boulevard<br />
Parking<br />
Garage<br />
Smullin<br />
Center<br />
Medical<br />
Center<br />
Drive<br />
S<br />
Murphy<br />
Road<br />
Smullin Center<br />
2825 E Barnett Rd.<br />
Medford, <strong>Oregon</strong><br />
Barnett Road<br />
Rogue<br />
Valley<br />
Medical<br />
Center<br />
Co-sponsorship of this conference by the <strong>Southern</strong> <strong>Oregon</strong> Chapter of the American Society of<br />
<strong>Safety</strong> Engineers and <strong>Oregon</strong> OSHA does not necessarily constitute endorsement or approval<br />
of the content of programs. Employers and employees should review applicable rules and<br />
regulations to ensure that the information they have received is appropriate to their specific<br />
worksite and work situation. ASSE is financially responsible for conference arrangements and<br />
commitments.<br />
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Schedule at a glance<br />
Wednesday, October 19<br />
6:45 a.m. Early-bird Walk<br />
7:30 a.m. Registration and continental breakfast<br />
7:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Exhibits open (Wednesday only)<br />
8:15-8:30 a.m. Welcome<br />
8:30-9 a.m. Keynote: Harnessing Stress Power<br />
9 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Session 1<br />
• Breaking the Chain of Accident Repetition:<br />
Helping “Accident Repeaters”<br />
(9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.)<br />
• What SHARP and VPP Can Do For Your<br />
Company (9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.)<br />
• Making Noise About Noise<br />
• <strong>Safety</strong> Committee Problem Solving<br />
10:30-11 a.m. Break; exhibits open<br />
12:30-1:30 p.m. Lunch (provided); prize drawing;<br />
exhibits open<br />
1:30-4:30 p.m. Session 2<br />
• Black-Belt Leadership: Applying Martial Arts<br />
Methods to Dynamic Leadership<br />
• Arthritis in the Workplace<br />
• Forklift <strong>Safety</strong><br />
• Accident Investigation<br />
2:45-3:15 p.m. Break; exhibits open<br />
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Schedule at a glance<br />
<br />
Thursday, October 20<br />
7:30 a.m. Registration and continental breakfast<br />
8 a.m.-noon Session 3<br />
• Effective <strong>Safety</strong> Accountability Systems<br />
for <strong>Safety</strong> Excellence<br />
• Identity Theft, Drugs in the Workplace<br />
and Impact on <strong>Safety</strong><br />
• Electrical <strong>Safety</strong><br />
• Legal and Cultural Issues in the Workplace<br />
• Improving <strong>Safety</strong> Programs Through Hazard<br />
Assessment and <strong>Safety</strong>-Orientation Training<br />
• Putting the HEALTH into <strong>Occupational</strong> <strong>Safety</strong><br />
and <strong>Health</strong> Programs<br />
9:30-9:45 a.m. Break<br />
Noon-1:30 p.m.<br />
Lunch (provided)<br />
Awards Presentation<br />
(begins at 12:30 p.m. in the Auditorium);<br />
prize drawing follows<br />
1:30-4:30 p.m. Session 4<br />
• Advanced Fall Protection<br />
• Ladder <strong>Safety</strong><br />
• Practical Approach to Ergonomics<br />
• Current Mental <strong>Health</strong> Issues and Their<br />
Impact on the Workplace (1:30-2:45 p.m.)<br />
• Driving <strong>Safety</strong> — Are You Prepared to be<br />
a Defensive Driver?<br />
• Managing the Human Resources Side<br />
of <strong>Safety</strong><br />
2:45-3 p.m. Break<br />
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Session Descriptions<br />
Wednesday, October 19<br />
6:45 a.m.<br />
Early-bird Walk<br />
Continuing the tradition that began in 2004,<br />
this pre-conference sunrise stride starts at<br />
the conference center promptly at 6:45 a.m.<br />
Walk ends at approximately 7:30 a.m.<br />
7:30 a.m.<br />
Registration and<br />
continental breakfast<br />
7:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m.<br />
Exhibits open (Wednesday only)<br />
8:15-8:30 a.m.<br />
Welcome<br />
Jim McNeil<br />
Swanson Group, Inc., Glendale<br />
Michael Wood<br />
Administrator, <strong>Oregon</strong> OSHA, Salem<br />
8:30-9 a.m.<br />
Keynote: Harnessing<br />
Stress Power<br />
Stress contributes to many types of safety<br />
problems, directly leading to accidents and<br />
indirectly affecting morale, communications,<br />
and planning. This presentation focuses<br />
on innovative personal and organizational<br />
strategies and methods for harnessing<br />
stress as a positive force for greater safety,<br />
health, and involvement — as well as<br />
enhanced productivity and motivation.<br />
Robert Pater<br />
Managing Director<br />
Strategic <strong>Safety</strong> Associates, Portland<br />
SESSION 1<br />
9 a.m.-12:30 p.m.<br />
Breaking the Chain of<br />
Accident Repetition: Helping<br />
“Accident Repeaters”<br />
(9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.)<br />
A few “accident repeaters” seem to account<br />
for a large share of injuries. But accident<br />
repetition involves more than a few problem<br />
employees. Accident repetition has<br />
multiple causes – and there are many types<br />
of repeaters. It is possible to significantly<br />
reduce accident repetition by focusing on<br />
a skills-based approach that turns around<br />
patterns of repetition.<br />
This seminar provides a systematic approach<br />
that has been shown to prevent<br />
initial incidents from turning into repeat<br />
problems and break the chain of long-standing<br />
accident repetition.<br />
Objectives:<br />
• Better understand the hidden problems in<br />
accident repetition<br />
• Recognize five kinds of accident repeaters<br />
and three forces in accident causation<br />
• Learn a systematic approach to reducing<br />
multiple incidents<br />
• Explore innovative interventions that break<br />
the chain of accident repetition<br />
Robert Pater<br />
Managing Director<br />
Strategic <strong>Safety</strong> Associates, Portland<br />
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Session Descriptions<br />
<br />
What SHARP and VPP Can<br />
Do for Your Company<br />
(9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.)<br />
This workshop is presented by representatives<br />
from four <strong>Oregon</strong> SHARP companies<br />
who have moved into VPP. They will share<br />
some of the benefits their companies have<br />
realized through their involvement with<br />
these two voluntary compliance programs.<br />
Mark E. Hurliman, CSHM<br />
VPP/SHARP Program Manager<br />
<strong>Oregon</strong> OSHA, Salem<br />
A panel of SHARP and<br />
VPP Sites<br />
Making Noise About Noise<br />
Work-related hearing loss is the number one<br />
cause of nonfatal health problems in the U.S.<br />
It is also one of the most ignored. In many<br />
workplaces, hearing conservation consists<br />
only of providing ear plugs or ear muffs.<br />
This class touches on OSHA requirements<br />
for hearing-conservation programs but focuses<br />
on ideas for training workers to value<br />
their hearing, best practices for effective<br />
hearing-conservation programs, and prevention<br />
of hearing loss. Attendees receive a<br />
sample program and training resources<br />
they can use to educate employees. Covers<br />
techniques to motivate employees to wear<br />
hearing protection and practical noise-engineering<br />
control measures that may reduce<br />
employee exposures.<br />
<strong>Safety</strong> Committee<br />
Problem Solving<br />
Effective safety committees solve problems!<br />
This fun hands-on how-to workshop is<br />
packed with ideas that safety committees<br />
can use to solve problems they identify<br />
in the workplace and safety management<br />
system. Through case study, simulations,<br />
and discussion, the basic steps in the problem-solving<br />
process are applied. Various<br />
problem-solving techniques such as mind<br />
mapping, brainstorming, and instant priorities<br />
are used to solve real-world problems<br />
identified by participants.<br />
Steven J. Geigle, MA, CSHM<br />
Senior <strong>Safety</strong> Education Specialist<br />
<strong>Oregon</strong> OSHA, Portland<br />
10:30-11 a.m.<br />
Break; exhibits open<br />
12:30-1:30 p.m.<br />
Lunch (provided);<br />
prize drawing; exhibits open<br />
Zandra Walton, MSPH, CIH<br />
Industrial Hygiene Team Manager<br />
Liberty Mutual Insurance, Portland<br />
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Wednesday continued<br />
Session Descriptions<br />
SESSION 2<br />
1:30-4:30 p.m.<br />
Black-Belt Leadership:<br />
Applying Martial Arts<br />
Methods to Dynamic<br />
Leadership<br />
Martial arts strategies and principles of<br />
leverage, self-control, motivation, and use<br />
of natural forces have been successfully applied<br />
to leading organizational safety efforts.<br />
This seminar focuses on practical methods<br />
for boosting strategy, leadership power, and<br />
organizational strength.<br />
Topics:<br />
• Martial arts and leadership<br />
• Developing black belt safety<br />
• Three keys to change and development<br />
• Martial arts principles for professional<br />
effectiveness<br />
• Leveraged strategies and techniques for<br />
advancing personal and professional<br />
effectiveness<br />
Robert Pater<br />
Managing Director<br />
Strategic <strong>Safety</strong> Associates, Portland<br />
Arthritis in the Workplace<br />
Arthritis appears in many different forms<br />
and affects workers in many ways. An<br />
understanding of arthritis, the treatments<br />
that are available, and how disease and<br />
treatment affects a worker’s ability to work<br />
is vital to an efficient and harmonious<br />
worksite.<br />
H. Walter Emori, MD, PC<br />
Physician, Rheumatology<br />
Osteoporosis Center, Medford<br />
Janis G. Gubser, OTR/L, CHT<br />
Supervisor, Providence WORKS<br />
Providence Hospital & Medical Center,<br />
Ashland<br />
Forklift <strong>Safety</strong><br />
With more than one million forklifts operating<br />
in the U.S. today, safe operations and<br />
effective operator training are top priorities.<br />
This workshop introduces participants to<br />
OSHA’s powered industrial truck standard<br />
and includes an in-depth review of operator<br />
training. Program discusses safe work<br />
practices and other topics not specifically<br />
addressed in the standard, including center<br />
of gravity, fulcrum point, and seat restraints.<br />
Variable-reach (rough terrain) forklifts and<br />
skid-steer loaders (Bobcats) will also be<br />
addressed.<br />
Craig Hamelund<br />
<strong>Safety</strong> Education Specialist<br />
<strong>Oregon</strong> OSHA, Portland<br />
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Session Descriptions<br />
<br />
Accident Investigation<br />
Fact: In most workplaces, accident investigation<br />
procedures are not as effective as they<br />
can be. The cause: Poor design and performance<br />
of the accident investigation plans.<br />
The solution: Application of the concepts<br />
and principles presented in this workshop.<br />
<strong>Safety</strong> committees required by OAR 437-<br />
001-0765(6)(g) to establish procedures<br />
for investigating incidents and accidents.<br />
This workshop introduces participants to a<br />
proactive six-step event analysis and system<br />
evaluation that emphasizes fact-finding,<br />
surface-and-root-cause analysis, and safety<br />
management system evaluation.<br />
Steven J. Geigle, MA, CSHM<br />
Senior <strong>Safety</strong> Education Specialist<br />
<strong>Oregon</strong> OSHA, Portland<br />
2:45-3:15 p.m.<br />
Break; exhibits open<br />
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Session Descriptions<br />
Thursday, October 20<br />
7:30 a.m.<br />
Registration and<br />
continental breakfast<br />
SESSION 3<br />
8 a.m.-noon<br />
Effective <strong>Safety</strong><br />
Accountability Systems<br />
for <strong>Safety</strong> Excellence<br />
This session is designed for the business<br />
owner, manager, and safety professional<br />
who wants to develop a highly effective<br />
safety-accountability system for his or her<br />
organization. Topics covered:<br />
• Setting clear and attainable activity and<br />
results-based safety goals<br />
• Communicating safety objectives at all<br />
levels of the organization<br />
• Developing a behavior-based safety<br />
program that incorporates safety objectives<br />
• Creating a culture of accountability<br />
through positive feedback<br />
• Incorporating safety into the performance<br />
evaluation system<br />
• The role of progressive discipline in the<br />
accountability system<br />
• <strong>Safety</strong>-incentive systems that really work to<br />
reinforce the accountability system without<br />
discouraging reporting of injuries<br />
Kirk L. Jacobson, ARM, ALCM<br />
Regional Human Resources Manager<br />
Timber Products Company, Medford<br />
Identity Theft, Drugs in the<br />
Workplace and the Impact<br />
on <strong>Safety</strong><br />
Covers identity theft trends; how criminals<br />
accumulate information and how it is<br />
converted for the process of identity theft;<br />
and how criminals use these processes<br />
to distribute the victim’s assets. Effective<br />
countermeasures for protecting assets and<br />
reputation from identity theft are provided.<br />
Today’s drug and alcohol addictions are at<br />
an all time high. The second part of this session<br />
provides an in-depth look at how drugs<br />
and alcohol have affected the workplace<br />
and impacted safety. Intervention measures<br />
to help resolve the drug and alcohol<br />
epidemic are discussed.<br />
Speaker TBA<br />
Electrical <strong>Safety</strong><br />
Using a three-dimensional, high-voltage<br />
demonstration board, Marc explains the<br />
basic properties of electricity; how it is generated<br />
and distributed; and how to work,<br />
play and live safely around it. In addition to<br />
a general discussion of electric safety, this<br />
program addresses the hazards specific to<br />
contractors and others working outdoors<br />
with equipment that may contact overhead<br />
and underground power lines.<br />
Marc Zurcher<br />
Line Foreman<br />
Pacific Power, Medford<br />
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Session Descriptions<br />
<br />
Legal and Cultural Issues<br />
in the Workplace<br />
Part 1: ADA and its Impact<br />
on Today’s Workforce<br />
(8-8:45 a.m.)<br />
Some of the issues to be explored in this<br />
session:<br />
• What is a protected class requiring reasonable<br />
accommodation?<br />
• What is medical profiling?<br />
• When is it good business to practice<br />
discrimination?<br />
Part 2 : Fitness for Duty:<br />
Legal Do’s and Don’ts<br />
(8:45-9:30 a.m.)<br />
What kind of medical exams can an<br />
employer request under current federal and<br />
state law to determine fitness for duty in the<br />
workplace? Is it legal to request a medical<br />
exam after someone has been released to<br />
return to work following medical leave, or<br />
for an aging worker who is no longer able to<br />
perform his or her essential job functions?<br />
Charles E. Bolen<br />
Partner<br />
Hornecker, Cowling, Hassen & Heysell,<br />
Medford<br />
Ryan J. Vanderhoof<br />
Partner<br />
Hornecker, Cowling, Hassen & Heysell,<br />
Medford<br />
Part 3: Bridging the<br />
Generation Gap —<br />
When Generations Collide<br />
(9:45 a.m.-noon)<br />
Generational issues are the newest form of<br />
diversity to hit the business scene, affecting<br />
recruiting, retaining, managing, and motivating<br />
employees. Today, four generations<br />
may be sitting at the same conference table<br />
creating confusion and conflict as each<br />
generation acts from it’s own view of the<br />
world. Generational conflicts are called<br />
“clash points.” Learn how you can diffuse<br />
and even capitalize on the differences<br />
between generations. The session describes<br />
traditionalists, baby-boomers, generation<br />
X-ers, and millennials, (Gen-Y’s), and<br />
discusses new diversity issues based on<br />
the book, “When Generations Collide,”<br />
by Lynne C. Lancaster and David Stillman.<br />
Participants analyze workplace vignettes<br />
and explore the dynamics of four generations<br />
co-existing in the workplace.<br />
Tamara Nordin<br />
Vice President – Human Resources<br />
Pacific Retirement Services/<br />
Rogue Valley Manor, Medford<br />
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Session Descriptions<br />
Thursday continued<br />
Improving <strong>Safety</strong> Programs<br />
Through Hazard Assessment<br />
and <strong>Safety</strong>-Orientation<br />
Training<br />
Identifying and controlling workplace<br />
hazards involves more than simply “looking<br />
for hazards.” Attendees learn to identify<br />
hazards and apply control strategies through<br />
hazard assessment and control, and then<br />
job hazard analysis. Learn how to inform<br />
and train employees on the hazards of their<br />
new jobs and avoid new employees being<br />
injured during the first year of employment.<br />
• Learn to identify hazardous conditions<br />
and practices in the workplace, determine<br />
causes, and recommend control strategies<br />
to reduce or eliminate those hazards<br />
• Learn to recognize which jobs and/or tasks<br />
need a job hazard analysis and how to<br />
complete a JHA<br />
• Understand why we conduct safety<br />
training<br />
• Learn to recognize the elements of an<br />
effective safety training program and the<br />
stages, instruction, and techniques<br />
Ben Carlson<br />
Senior Loss Prevention consultant<br />
Liberty Northwest Insurance, Eugene<br />
John N. Graham<br />
Senior Loss Prevention Consultant<br />
Liberty Northwest Insurance, Medford<br />
Putting the HEALTH into<br />
<strong>Occupational</strong> <strong>Safety</strong> and<br />
<strong>Health</strong> Programs<br />
How well is your workplace managing<br />
employee exposures to chemicals, noise,<br />
ergonomic risks, or biologic hazards? What<br />
is really going to happen if an injured<br />
worker is bloodied? How do you know if<br />
your job site noise levels require controls? If<br />
that container of methyl-ethyl-stinko breaks<br />
open, should you evacuate, or can an<br />
employee safely respond? Do you know if<br />
the gloves you purchased are correct for the<br />
chemicals they’re used with? How do you<br />
handle complaints about air quality or lighting?<br />
At what point should you implement<br />
an ergonomics program? When do you ask<br />
an expert for assistance, and what can you<br />
reasonably do on your own? And what is<br />
the safety committee doing about all this?<br />
<strong>Occupational</strong> health and industrial hygiene<br />
is often hard to get a handle on. This class<br />
is geared toward managers, supervisors<br />
and safety committee members interested<br />
in improving their skills at addressing and<br />
managing occupational health issues.<br />
Karen L. Chase<br />
Senior <strong>Occupational</strong> <strong>Health</strong> Consultant<br />
<strong>Oregon</strong> OSHA, Medford<br />
Noon-1:30 p.m.<br />
Lunch (provided)<br />
Awards Presentation (begins at<br />
12:30 p.m. in the Auditorium);<br />
prize drawing follows<br />
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Session Descriptions<br />
<br />
Awards Presentation<br />
Thursday, October 20<br />
12:30-1:30 p.m.<br />
Smullin Center Auditorium<br />
This is an occasion for ASSE to recognize safety excellence<br />
and improvement and to thank our corporate sponsors for<br />
supporting efforts to provide health-and-safety-education<br />
opportunities in <strong>Southern</strong> <strong>Oregon</strong>.<br />
SESSION 4<br />
1:30-4:30 p.m.<br />
Advanced Fall Protection<br />
This class focuses on gravity as a hazard,<br />
and on identification and elimination of<br />
the hazard for both general industry and<br />
construction. Discusses codes, standards,<br />
regulations and vocabulary, although this<br />
is not a code class. Topics to be covered<br />
include elimination of hazards through<br />
engineering, guarding, and using authorized<br />
work platforms, nets, personal fall-arrest<br />
systems (PFAS), and rescue and retrieval.<br />
Covers field problems and solutions. Individual<br />
attendees may qualify as “competent<br />
persons” upon completion, at the discretion<br />
of their employers.<br />
Walter W. Want<br />
President<br />
Norwest Marketing, Newberg<br />
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Ladder <strong>Safety</strong><br />
This presentation covers ladder accidents<br />
and fatalities, hazards, and the proper use<br />
and inspection of ladders. Upon completion<br />
of the presentation attendees will recognize<br />
the hazards associated with ladders, and<br />
be able to describe methods to control or<br />
minimize those hazards. This program is for<br />
anyone who uses a ladder.<br />
Dave Parsons<br />
Loss Control Consultant<br />
Associated General Contractors,<br />
<strong>Oregon</strong> Columbia Chapter, Wilsonville
Session Descriptions<br />
Thursday continued<br />
Practical Approach to<br />
Ergonomics<br />
This session takes the mystery out of risk<br />
factor analysis and introduces participants<br />
to preferred work methods. Covers how<br />
to develop and implement an effective<br />
ergonomics program. Participants engage<br />
in exercises in historical analysis, risk-factor<br />
analysis, and risk-factor controls.<br />
Dave C. Black, CSP<br />
<strong>Safety</strong> Representative<br />
TOC Management Services, Eugene<br />
Current Mental <strong>Health</strong><br />
Issues and Their Impact<br />
on the Workplace<br />
(1:30-2:45 p.m.)<br />
This workshop will focus on generating a<br />
lively discussion between participants and<br />
panel members on the following topics:<br />
• Mental health trends and their impact on<br />
employees and leaders<br />
• Employee Assistance Program services<br />
available to employers and for “free” EAPs<br />
• The role of EAPs in assisting, coaching,<br />
and supporting supervisors and managers<br />
• Potential impacts of the Mental <strong>Health</strong><br />
Parity Act on employers<br />
• The importance of fostering a partnership<br />
among employers, insurance carriers, and<br />
EAPs in managing mental-health issues<br />
and costs<br />
• The value of EAP clinical effectiveness<br />
metrics to employers<br />
Rebbecca Maese, RN, MA<br />
EHS/EAP Director, <strong>Oregon</strong> Region<br />
Providence <strong>Health</strong> System, Portland<br />
Margy Plein, MS NCC<br />
Counselor, Employee Assistance<br />
Program<br />
Asante, Medford<br />
Andrea Woods, MS, LMFT<br />
Counseling Services EAP Manager<br />
Asante, Medford<br />
1:30-4:30 p.m.<br />
Driving <strong>Safety</strong> — Are You<br />
Prepared to be a Defensive<br />
Driver?<br />
This session offers employees defensive<br />
driving training that covers the following:<br />
• Skid training<br />
• Decision-making<br />
• Creating “soft space” around your vehicle<br />
• Review of cornering lines and turns<br />
• Height-driving adjustments<br />
• Negotiating intersections safely<br />
Bruce Combs<br />
Bend<br />
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Session Descriptions<br />
<br />
Managing the Human<br />
Resources Side of <strong>Safety</strong><br />
This program is for human resource professionals,<br />
supervisors, management and safety<br />
officers and covers the following:<br />
• Violence in the workplace<br />
• Background checks and the Fair Credit<br />
Reporting Act<br />
• Harassment in the workplace<br />
• Injured-worker reinstatement rights<br />
• Compliance with the Americans with<br />
Disabilities Act and leave laws<br />
• Tips on firing a potentially violent<br />
employee<br />
Christine M. Meadows<br />
Attorney at Law<br />
Jordan Schrader, PC, Portland<br />
2:45-3 p.m. Break<br />
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Speakers<br />
Dave C. Black, CSP<br />
<strong>Safety</strong> Representative<br />
TOC Management Services<br />
895 Country Club Drive A-160<br />
Eugene, OR 97401<br />
541-485-7296<br />
dave_black@toc.org<br />
Since 1984, Dave has been the safety representative<br />
in the Eugene field office for TOC<br />
Management Service. He has more than 25<br />
years of experience in industrial safety and<br />
health. Dave trains and advises management<br />
personnel on a variety of workplace<br />
issues, including employee relations,<br />
accident prevention administration, and<br />
OSHA compliance. He helps TOC members<br />
develop and implement their safety plans.<br />
Dave holds a bachelor of science in liberal<br />
arts from the University of <strong>Oregon</strong>, with<br />
course work focused on industrial sociology<br />
and employee relations.<br />
Topic: Practical Approach to<br />
Ergonomics<br />
Charles E. Bolen<br />
Partner<br />
Hornecker, Cowling, Hassen & Heysell<br />
717 Murphy Road<br />
Medford, OR 97504<br />
541-779-8900<br />
www.roguelaw.com<br />
Charles joined the firm in 1996, after<br />
receiving his law degree from Gonzaga University.<br />
He earned his undergraduate degree<br />
from St. Mary’s College of Maryland. He<br />
became a partner is 2002. He specializes in<br />
civil litigation and has substantial experience<br />
with employment disputes, defense of<br />
workers’ compensation claims, and OSHA<br />
claims.<br />
Topic: Legal and Cultural<br />
Issues in the Workplace<br />
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Speakers<br />
<br />
Ben D. Carlson<br />
Senior Loss Prevention<br />
Consultant<br />
Liberty Northwest Insurance Co.<br />
1600 Valley River Drive, Suite 290<br />
Eugene, OR 97401-2129<br />
541-342-1566, ext. 2903<br />
Ben has worked for Liberty Northwest<br />
Insurance since 1986, first in Portland and<br />
Central/Eastern <strong>Oregon</strong>, and then Eugene,<br />
in 1999. He has extensive experience in the<br />
workers’ compensation field, specializing<br />
in claims investigations and loss prevention<br />
consulting. Ben works with employers to<br />
analyze their safety programs and employee<br />
behaviors and recommend improvements.<br />
He also helps employers set up behaviorbased<br />
safety programs to reduce accident<br />
exposure. Ben is the regional coordinator of<br />
Liberty’s newest ergonomic-evaluation software<br />
tool, called “VidLiTeC” (video-based<br />
lifting technique coding system), based<br />
on the research by the Liberty Mutual Research<br />
Center for <strong>Safety</strong> & <strong>Health</strong>. It helps<br />
identify lifting risks and helps employers<br />
make decisions on ergonomic control<br />
alternatives. Ben is a 2004 recipient of the<br />
Liberty Mutual President’s Spirit of Liberty<br />
Award, honoring employees for extraordinary<br />
commitment to customer service and<br />
innovation.<br />
Topic: Improving <strong>Safety</strong><br />
Programs Through<br />
Hazard Assessment and<br />
<strong>Safety</strong>-Orientation<br />
Training<br />
Karen L. Chase<br />
Senior <strong>Occupational</strong> <strong>Health</strong><br />
Consultant<br />
<strong>Oregon</strong> OSHA<br />
1840 Barnett Road, Suite D<br />
Medford, OR 97504-8250<br />
541-776-6016<br />
karen.l.chase@state.or.us<br />
www.orosha.org<br />
Karen has worked in occupational health<br />
and industrial hygiene for <strong>Oregon</strong> OSHA<br />
for 15 years, the past 13 as an occupational<br />
health consultant in the Consultative<br />
Services Section. Her consultative work<br />
covers all aspects of occupational health<br />
for <strong>Oregon</strong> employers, including industrial<br />
hygiene surveys, training, public speaking,<br />
research, and safety and health management.<br />
Her previous occupational health<br />
experience includes work with federal<br />
OSHA and private consulting.<br />
Topic: Putting the HEALTH<br />
into <strong>Occupational</strong><br />
<strong>Safety</strong> and <strong>Health</strong><br />
Programs<br />
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Bruce Combs<br />
60158 Cinder Butte Road<br />
Bend, OR 97702<br />
541-419-6472<br />
Bruce has 23 years of law-enforcement<br />
experience with the Eugene Police Department<br />
and the <strong>Oregon</strong> Police Academy. He<br />
started teaching drivers’ training in 1972. In<br />
1985, Bruce was appointed by the national<br />
Highway Traffic <strong>Safety</strong> Administration to<br />
a national task force for law-enforcement<br />
training standards.<br />
Topic: Driving <strong>Safety</strong> — Are<br />
You Prepared to be a<br />
Defensive Driver?<br />
H. Walter Emori, MD, PC<br />
Physician, Rheumatology<br />
Osteoporosis Center<br />
691 Murphy Road, Suite 105<br />
Medford, OR 97504<br />
541-608-7511<br />
Dr. Emori is a rheumatologist and a member<br />
of several professional societies including<br />
the American College of Rheumatology, the<br />
American Bone and Mineral Society, the<br />
<strong>Oregon</strong> Rheumatology Alliance, and the<br />
American Federation for Clinical Research.<br />
His special interests are the development of<br />
new treatments for arthritis, the diagnosis<br />
and treatment of osteoporosis, the use of<br />
musculoskeletal ultrasonography for the<br />
diagnosis and management of disease, and<br />
the teaching of these interests in third-world<br />
countries.<br />
Topic: Arthritis in the<br />
Workplace<br />
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Steven J. Geigle<br />
MA, CSHM<br />
Speakers<br />
Senior <strong>Safety</strong> Education<br />
Specialist<br />
<strong>Oregon</strong> OSHA<br />
1750 NW Naito Parkway, Suite 112<br />
Portland, OR 97209-2533<br />
503-292-0654<br />
steven.geigle@comcast.net<br />
www.orosha.org<br />
Steve has more than 25 years’ experience as<br />
a safety manager and educator with the U.S.<br />
Air Force, Embry-Riddle University, Utah<br />
State University, and <strong>Oregon</strong> OSHA. Since<br />
1990, Steve has presented hundreds of<br />
workshops throughout <strong>Oregon</strong> as a senior<br />
occupational safety education specialist.<br />
He has also received national recognition<br />
for developing <strong>Oregon</strong> OSHA’s innovative<br />
and popular Internet safety training courses.<br />
Steve is a certified safety health manager<br />
and a member of the Institute for <strong>Safety</strong><br />
<strong>Health</strong> Management.<br />
Topics: <strong>Safety</strong> Committee<br />
Problem Solving<br />
Accident Investigation
Speakers<br />
<br />
John N. Graham<br />
Senior Loss Prevention<br />
Consultant<br />
Liberty Northwest Insurance<br />
925 Town Centre Drive, Suite C<br />
Medford, OR 97504<br />
541-772-1931 x228<br />
John has worked for Liberty Northwest<br />
Insurance in Medford since 1993. He has<br />
been involved in the workers’ compensation<br />
field for over 25 years. His background<br />
includes working with companies to<br />
evaluate and assist in the development and<br />
implementation of workplace safety and accident-prevention<br />
programs. He emphasises<br />
behavior-based safety programs to reduce<br />
accident exposures. John has developed<br />
numerous industrial training programs to<br />
help companies reduce their incident rates.<br />
Topic: Improving <strong>Safety</strong><br />
Programs Through<br />
Hazard Assessment<br />
and <strong>Safety</strong>-Orientation<br />
Training<br />
Janis G. Gubser,<br />
OTR/L, CHT<br />
Supervisor, Providence<br />
WORKS<br />
Prvidence Hospital & Medical Center<br />
158 Beacon Hill Lane<br />
Ashland, OR 97520<br />
541-488-5815<br />
Janis provides consultation services to local<br />
employers regarding exercises, job-site<br />
analyses, and job-site modifications. Some<br />
of Janis’ accomplishments include assisting<br />
in the development of a hand-rehabilitation<br />
program and the establishment of the<br />
injured worker program at Providence. She<br />
often presents lectures on hand rehabilitation.<br />
She received a bachelor’s degree in<br />
occupational therapy from the University of<br />
Puget Sound and a degree in applied physical<br />
education from <strong>Oregon</strong> State University.<br />
Janis is a member of the American Society<br />
of Hand Therapists. She received her certification<br />
from the Hand Therapy Certification<br />
Commission in 1991.<br />
Topic: Arthritis in the<br />
Workplace<br />
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Speakers<br />
Craig Hamelund<br />
<strong>Safety</strong> Education Specialist<br />
<strong>Oregon</strong> OSHA<br />
1750 NW Naito Parkway, Suite 112<br />
Portland, OR 97209-2533<br />
503-229-5910<br />
craig.hamelund@state.or.us<br />
www.orosha.org<br />
Craig graduated in 1993 from Ferris State<br />
University in Big Rapids, Michigan, with a<br />
bachelor’s degree in industrial and environmental<br />
health management. Before moving<br />
to <strong>Oregon</strong>, Craig was a safety compliance<br />
officer for South Carolina OSHA. He began<br />
his career with <strong>Oregon</strong> OSHA in 1995 as a<br />
safety compliance officer in Medford. Craig<br />
joined <strong>Oregon</strong> OSHA’s Education Section<br />
in 1998, conducting safety and health workshops<br />
and training sessions for <strong>Oregon</strong>’s<br />
employers and employees.<br />
Topic: Forklift <strong>Safety</strong><br />
Mark E. Hurliman,<br />
CSHM<br />
VPP/SHARP Program Manager<br />
<strong>Oregon</strong> OSHA<br />
PO Box 14480<br />
Salem, OR 97309-0405<br />
503-947-7437<br />
mark.e.hurliman@state.or.us<br />
www.orosha.org<br />
Mark has worked at dairy farming, commercial<br />
fishing, construction, logging,<br />
and in sawmills. With <strong>Oregon</strong> OSHA, he<br />
was a compliance officer and a consultant<br />
before he was asked to manage the VPP<br />
and SHARP programs. He is a certified<br />
safety-and-health manager with the National<br />
<strong>Safety</strong> Management Society.<br />
Topic: What SHARP and VPP<br />
Can Do for Your<br />
Company<br />
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Speakers<br />
<br />
Kirk L. Jacobson, ARM,<br />
ALCM<br />
Regional Human Resources<br />
Manager<br />
Timber Products Company<br />
PO Box 1669<br />
Medford, OR 97501<br />
541-618-3617<br />
Kirk is the regional human resources<br />
manager for Timber Products Company in<br />
Medford. Prior to that he was a loss-control<br />
consultant for SAIF Corporation. Kirk began<br />
his safety career providing loss-control<br />
services to agriculture employers in <strong>Oregon</strong>.<br />
Prior to joining SAIF, Kirk was a loss-control<br />
consultant for a multi-line insurance<br />
carrier, Royal-Sun Alliance. In addition to a<br />
bachelor’s in business administration, Kirk<br />
has earned an associate degree in risk and<br />
loss-control management. He has extensive<br />
experience and training in human resources,<br />
ergonomics, behavioral safety, safety management<br />
systems, and OSHA regulations.<br />
Kirk takes great pride in delivering training<br />
with real-world application.<br />
Topic: Effective <strong>Safety</strong><br />
Accountability Systems<br />
for <strong>Safety</strong> Excellence<br />
Rebbecca Maese, RN,<br />
MA<br />
EHS/EAP Director,<br />
<strong>Oregon</strong> Region<br />
Providence <strong>Health</strong> System<br />
5251 NE Glisan Street, Suite 200<br />
Portland, OR 97213<br />
503-215-7816<br />
rebbecca.maese@providence.org<br />
Rebbecca has worked at Providence <strong>Health</strong><br />
Systems since 1984 and is currently director<br />
of EHS/EAP program for the <strong>Oregon</strong><br />
region. Rebbecca received a bachelor’s in<br />
nursing in 1973 and a master’s in counseling<br />
psychology in 1979. She has been a nurse<br />
for 32 years in psychiatric and mental health<br />
nursing, oncology, employee health, and<br />
employee assistance programs. She was a<br />
certified clinical nurse specialist in psychiatric<br />
and mental health from 1996-2004. She<br />
is a certified oncology nurse, and a member<br />
of EAPA and the Association for <strong>Occupational</strong><br />
<strong>Health</strong> Professionals. Rebbecca has<br />
been a Sigma Theta Tau national nursing<br />
honor society member since 1984. She also<br />
was on the Lake Oswego Community Emergency<br />
Response Team steering committee<br />
chair from 1995-2000.<br />
Topic: Current Mental <strong>Health</strong><br />
Issues and Their Impact<br />
on the Workplace<br />
<strong>Southern</strong> <strong>Oregon</strong> <strong>Occupational</strong> <strong>Safety</strong> & <strong>Health</strong> <strong>Conference</strong><br />
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Speakers<br />
Christine M. Meadows<br />
Attorney at Law<br />
Jordan Schrader, PC<br />
PO Box 230669<br />
Portland, OR 97281<br />
503-598-7070<br />
info@jordanschrader.com<br />
Christine is a shareholder in the law firm of<br />
Jordan Schrader, PC. An employment and<br />
labor lawyer, with 10 years’ experience in<br />
employment litigation, she regularly advises<br />
clients about human-resources issues and<br />
avoiding employment liability. She speaks<br />
and writes nationally on employment topics.<br />
Topic: Managing the Human<br />
Resources Side of <strong>Safety</strong><br />
Tamara Nordin<br />
Vice President –<br />
Human Resources<br />
Pacific Retirement Services<br />
Rogue Valley Manor<br />
1200 Mira Mar<br />
Medford, OR 97504<br />
541-857-7620<br />
tamara@retirement.org<br />
www.retirement.org<br />
Tamara has been vice-president of human<br />
resources for both Pacific Retirement<br />
Services and Rogue Valley Manor for 16<br />
years. She holds a master’s in business administration<br />
from <strong>Southern</strong> <strong>Oregon</strong> College<br />
and is certified as a senior professional in<br />
human resources by the Society of Human<br />
Resource Management. She is an adjunct<br />
instructor for Northwest Christian College<br />
and <strong>Southern</strong> <strong>Oregon</strong> University where she<br />
teaches human resource management and<br />
organizational development courses.<br />
Topic: Legal and Cultural<br />
Issues in the Workplace<br />
Dave Parsons<br />
Loss Control Consultant<br />
Associated General Contractors,<br />
<strong>Oregon</strong> Columbia Chapter<br />
9450 W Commerce Circle, Suite 200<br />
Wilsonville, OR 97070<br />
503-789-4736<br />
davep@agc-oregon.org<br />
Dave has been involved in occupational<br />
safety and health for 25 years. He has<br />
worked for many companies throughout<br />
the Northwest, helping them create a safety<br />
culture to reduce losses and increase profits.<br />
Dave gained his extensive knowledge of<br />
scaffolding when employed by Ivy Hi-Lift<br />
as corporate risk and safety manager. In<br />
that job, he covered 32 locations in 14<br />
states. Dave is a speaker at many regional<br />
conferences. He is a past president of the<br />
American Society of <strong>Safety</strong> Engineers,<br />
Columbia-Willamette Chapter, and serves<br />
on the National and Region 1 association<br />
committees.<br />
Topic: Ladder <strong>Safety</strong><br />
<strong>Southern</strong> <strong>Oregon</strong> <strong>Occupational</strong> <strong>Safety</strong> & <strong>Health</strong> <strong>Conference</strong><br />
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Speakers<br />
<br />
Robert Pater<br />
Managing Director<br />
Strategic <strong>Safety</strong> Associates<br />
PO Box 80161<br />
Portland, OR 97280-1161<br />
503-977-2094<br />
Robert has presented at corporate and<br />
national conferences worldwide, including<br />
over 18 years for American Society of <strong>Safety</strong><br />
Engineers national events. He is the founder<br />
of the MoveSMART® system, in place in<br />
over 65 countries. His articles on attention<br />
control, leadership and injury prevention<br />
have appeared in professional safety<br />
publications.<br />
Robert is the author of “Leading From<br />
Within: Martial Arts Methods for Dynamic<br />
Business and Management,” “Black Belt<br />
<strong>Safety</strong>: Improving Your <strong>Safety</strong> Leadership<br />
Through Martial Arts Methods,” Industrial<br />
<strong>Safety</strong> & Hygiene News (October 1999),<br />
and has taught select martial arts for 30<br />
years.<br />
Topics: Keynote: Harnessing<br />
Stress Power<br />
Breaking the Chain of<br />
Accident Repetition:<br />
Helping “Accident<br />
Repeaters”<br />
Black-Belt Leadership:<br />
Applying Martial Arts<br />
Methods to Dynamic<br />
Leadership<br />
Margy Plein, MS, NCC<br />
Counselor, Employee<br />
Assistance Program<br />
Asante<br />
2630 East Barnett Road<br />
Medford, OR 97520<br />
541-789-4238<br />
mplein@asante.org<br />
Margy has worked as an intern counselor<br />
for Asante Counseling Services, Providence<br />
Medical Center, and Winterspring Center<br />
for Living With Grief and Loss, in Medford,<br />
and Trinity Respite Center, Ashland. She<br />
is currently a staff counselor for Asante<br />
Employee Assistance Program, Asante<br />
Counseling Service in Medford. Some of<br />
her areas of counseling experiences include<br />
bereavement, anxiety, and depression,<br />
drugs abuse, and marital discord.<br />
Topic: Current Mental <strong>Health</strong><br />
Issues and Their Impact<br />
on the Workplace<br />
<strong>Southern</strong> <strong>Oregon</strong> <strong>Occupational</strong> <strong>Safety</strong> & <strong>Health</strong> <strong>Conference</strong><br />
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Speakers<br />
Ryan J. Vanderhoof<br />
Partner<br />
Hornecker, Cowling, Hassen & Heysell<br />
717 Murphy Road<br />
Medford, OR 97504<br />
541- 779-8900<br />
www.roguelaw.com<br />
Ryan joined the firm in 1999 after clerking<br />
for Lane County Circuit Court Judge<br />
Gregory G. Foote. He received his law<br />
degree from Northwestern School of Law at<br />
Lewis and Clark College and his undergraduate<br />
degree from the University of <strong>Oregon</strong>.<br />
Ryan became a partner with the firm in<br />
<strong>2005</strong>, specializing in employment law and<br />
general litigation.<br />
Topic: Legal and Cultural<br />
Issues in the Workplace<br />
Zandra Walton, MSPH,<br />
CIH<br />
Industrial Hygiene Team<br />
Manager<br />
Liberty Mutual Insurance<br />
650 NE Holladay<br />
Portland, OR 97208<br />
503-736-7517<br />
zandra.walton@libertynorthwest.com<br />
Zandra has been with Liberty Northwest<br />
Insurance for nine years and is currently the<br />
industrial hygiene team manager. She holds<br />
an master’s in public health in industrial<br />
hygiene from the University of Utah and<br />
a bachelor’s in biology/psychology from<br />
Franklin & Marshall College. She has been<br />
certified in the comprehensive practice of<br />
industrial hygiene by the American Board<br />
of Industrial Hygiene since 1997 and is an<br />
active member of both the American Industrial<br />
Hygiene Association and the National<br />
Hearing Conservation Association.<br />
Topic: Making Noise About<br />
Noise<br />
Walter W. Want<br />
President<br />
Norwest Marketing<br />
PO Box 1029<br />
Newberg, OR 97132-8029<br />
503-537-0115<br />
norwestrep@aol.com<br />
Walter has worked as a manufacturers’ sales<br />
representative in the safety industry for<br />
more than 30 years. He developed and has<br />
presented fall protection, confined space<br />
entry retrieval, and personal protective<br />
equipment programs throughout the U.S.<br />
Walter is a professional member of ASSE,<br />
MANA, SEMAA, and the International Society<br />
of Fall Protection. He is a graduate of<br />
New Mexico State University and a former<br />
Air Force pilot who specialized in search-air<br />
rescue as a forward air controller.<br />
Topic: Advanced Fall<br />
Protection<br />
<strong>Southern</strong> <strong>Oregon</strong> <strong>Occupational</strong> <strong>Safety</strong> & <strong>Health</strong> <strong>Conference</strong><br />
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Speakers<br />
<br />
Andrea Woods, MS,<br />
LMFT<br />
Counseling Services<br />
EAP Manager<br />
Asante<br />
2630 East Barnett Road<br />
Medford, OR 97504<br />
541-608-4238<br />
awoods@asante.org<br />
Andrea is a mental health professional who<br />
has provided services in mental health,<br />
substance abuse, dual diagnosis, and EAP,<br />
since 1985. She has held many positions in<br />
her career, including therapist, supervisor,<br />
manager, consultant, educator, and clinical<br />
director. Andrea has worked with diverse<br />
issues in clinic, school, university, hospital,<br />
and private-practice settings. She holds MFT<br />
licenses in California and <strong>Oregon</strong> and is<br />
completing her CEAP credential.<br />
Andrea manages Asante Counseling<br />
Services and Employee Assistance Program<br />
in both Jackson and Josephine counties. At<br />
Asante, Andrea conducts psychotherapy,<br />
supervises staff, provides administrative<br />
management of the program, and is the<br />
lead trainer and consultant to over 35 client<br />
companies.<br />
Topic: Current Mental <strong>Health</strong><br />
Issues and Their Impact<br />
on the Workplace<br />
Marc Zurcher<br />
Line Foreman<br />
Pacific Power<br />
925 South Grape Street<br />
Medford, OR 97501<br />
541-840-9870 (cell)<br />
Marc.Zurcher@Pacificorp.com<br />
Marc has worked for 30 years as a field<br />
operations employee for Pacific Power. His<br />
responsibilities are building and maintaining<br />
overhead and underground power lines<br />
with voltages ranging from 120 volts to<br />
500,000 volts. Marc has 21 years’ experience<br />
instructing the public on safe behavior<br />
around electricity. In 1983, he realized that<br />
his two young boys knew little about electric<br />
safety, so he set about teaching them.<br />
This led to teaching elementary school<br />
students, fire and police departments, ambulance<br />
crews, and state and federal forest<br />
fire crews.<br />
Topic: Electrical <strong>Safety</strong><br />
<strong>Southern</strong> <strong>Oregon</strong> <strong>Occupational</strong> <strong>Safety</strong> & <strong>Health</strong> <strong>Conference</strong><br />
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Notes<br />
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Planning Committee<br />
<br />
Pamela Ahr<br />
SAIF Corporation<br />
Phil Beavers<br />
<strong>Oregon</strong> OSHA<br />
Robert Calkins<br />
City of Medford<br />
Tim Capley<br />
<strong>Oregon</strong> OSHA<br />
Maggie Carrico<br />
Liberty Northwest<br />
Curt Charley<br />
Timber Products<br />
Karen Chase<br />
<strong>Oregon</strong> OSHA<br />
Mona Chisum<br />
Cross Creek Trucking<br />
Don Cole<br />
Curt Crichton<br />
LTM<br />
Linden Crouch<br />
Debbie Dill<br />
SAIF Corporation<br />
Connie Gibbs<br />
SierraPine<br />
Dan Hayes<br />
Kodak<br />
Kirk Jacobson<br />
Timber Products<br />
Lisa Jacobson<br />
City County Insurance<br />
Rob Kanyuch<br />
Providence<br />
Danna Kell<br />
Smullin Center<br />
Carl Lukens<br />
Asante<br />
Joan Majeski<br />
Providence<br />
Chuck McFarland<br />
<strong>Oregon</strong> OSHA<br />
Jim McNeil<br />
Swanson Group, Inc.<br />
Debbie McQueen<br />
Asante<br />
Jeff Smith<br />
Adroit Construction<br />
Betty Wiest<br />
Sabroso<br />
<strong>Southern</strong> <strong>Oregon</strong> <strong>Occupational</strong> <strong>Safety</strong> & <strong>Health</strong> <strong>Conference</strong>
<strong>Southern</strong> <strong>Oregon</strong> <strong>Occupational</strong><br />
<strong>Safety</strong> & <strong>Health</strong> <strong>Conference</strong><br />
PO Box 5640 • Salem, OR 97304-0640