2005 Southern Oregon Occupational Safety & Health Conference ...
2005 Southern Oregon Occupational Safety & Health Conference ... 2005 Southern Oregon Occupational Safety & Health Conference ...
Session Descriptions Thursday continued Improving Safety Programs Through Hazard Assessment and Safety-Orientation Training Identifying and controlling workplace hazards involves more than simply “looking for hazards.” Attendees learn to identify hazards and apply control strategies through hazard assessment and control, and then job hazard analysis. Learn how to inform and train employees on the hazards of their new jobs and avoid new employees being injured during the first year of employment. • Learn to identify hazardous conditions and practices in the workplace, determine causes, and recommend control strategies to reduce or eliminate those hazards • Learn to recognize which jobs and/or tasks need a job hazard analysis and how to complete a JHA • Understand why we conduct safety training • Learn to recognize the elements of an effective safety training program and the stages, instruction, and techniques Ben Carlson Senior Loss Prevention consultant Liberty Northwest Insurance, Eugene John N. Graham Senior Loss Prevention Consultant Liberty Northwest Insurance, Medford Putting the HEALTH into Occupational Safety and Health Programs How well is your workplace managing employee exposures to chemicals, noise, ergonomic risks, or biologic hazards? What is really going to happen if an injured worker is bloodied? How do you know if your job site noise levels require controls? If that container of methyl-ethyl-stinko breaks open, should you evacuate, or can an employee safely respond? Do you know if the gloves you purchased are correct for the chemicals they’re used with? How do you handle complaints about air quality or lighting? At what point should you implement an ergonomics program? When do you ask an expert for assistance, and what can you reasonably do on your own? And what is the safety committee doing about all this? Occupational health and industrial hygiene is often hard to get a handle on. This class is geared toward managers, supervisors and safety committee members interested in improving their skills at addressing and managing occupational health issues. Karen L. Chase Senior Occupational Health Consultant Oregon OSHA, Medford Noon-1:30 p.m. Lunch (provided) Awards Presentation (begins at 12:30 p.m. in the Auditorium); prize drawing follows Southern Oregon Occupational Safety & Health Conference 14
Session Descriptions Awards Presentation Thursday, October 20 12:30-1:30 p.m. Smullin Center Auditorium This is an occasion for ASSE to recognize safety excellence and improvement and to thank our corporate sponsors for supporting efforts to provide health-and-safety-education opportunities in Southern Oregon. SESSION 4 1:30-4:30 p.m. Advanced Fall Protection This class focuses on gravity as a hazard, and on identification and elimination of the hazard for both general industry and construction. Discusses codes, standards, regulations and vocabulary, although this is not a code class. Topics to be covered include elimination of hazards through engineering, guarding, and using authorized work platforms, nets, personal fall-arrest systems (PFAS), and rescue and retrieval. Covers field problems and solutions. Individual attendees may qualify as “competent persons” upon completion, at the discretion of their employers. Walter W. Want President Norwest Marketing, Newberg Southern Oregon Occupational Safety & Health Conference 15 Ladder Safety This presentation covers ladder accidents and fatalities, hazards, and the proper use and inspection of ladders. Upon completion of the presentation attendees will recognize the hazards associated with ladders, and be able to describe methods to control or minimize those hazards. This program is for anyone who uses a ladder. Dave Parsons Loss Control Consultant Associated General Contractors, Oregon Columbia Chapter, Wilsonville
- Page 1 and 2: Southern Oregon Occupational Safety
- Page 3 and 4: Table of Contents ASSE & Oregon OS
- Page 5 and 6: Invitation from Oregon OSHA Advanc
- Page 7 and 8: Continuing education credits If you
- Page 9 and 10: Schedule at a glance Thursday, Oct
- Page 11 and 12: Session Descriptions What SHARP an
- Page 13 and 14: Session Descriptions Accident Inve
- Page 15: Session Descriptions Legal and Cul
- Page 19 and 20: Session Descriptions Managing the
- Page 21 and 22: Speakers Ben D. Carlson Senior Los
- Page 23 and 24: Speakers John N. Graham Senior Los
- Page 25 and 26: Speakers Kirk L. Jacobson, ARM, AL
- Page 27 and 28: Speakers Robert Pater Managing Dir
- Page 29 and 30: Speakers Andrea Woods, MS, LMFT Co
- Page 31 and 32: Planning Committee Pamela Ahr SAIF
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 />
<strong>Southern</strong> <strong>Oregon</strong> <strong>Occupational</strong> <strong>Safety</strong> & <strong>Health</strong> <strong>Conference</strong><br />
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