2005 Southern Oregon Occupational Safety & Health Conference ...

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
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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