Purpose
The
39th Annual Iowa Governor’s Safety & Health Conference: Navigate Safety
will
provide current information on improving occupational safety and health in the
workplace.
Intended Audience
This conference is intended for occupational health nurses, occupational safety and
health professionals, industrial hygienists, safety managers, CEO’s, workers, or anyone
interested in improving workplace health and safety.
Nursing Continuing Education Credits
The University of Iowa College of Nursing is an Iowa Board of Nursing Approved Provider: Number 1. This is a 12.4 contact credit hours program for full conference attendance (6.8 contact credit hours for Wednesday, November 3, 2010 only or 5.6 contact credit hours for Thursday, November 4, 2010 only). The CEU program number is 10 307 93. The University of Iowa College of Nursing and the Heartland Center for Occupational Health & Safety require full-time attendance for CEU award.
This conference is cosponsored by the Iowa Occupational Safety & Health Advisory Council and the University of Iowa Heartland Center for Occupational Health & Safety in coordination with the UI College of Nursing.
Registration fee includes: instruction, program materials, refreshments and lunch. Participants requesting nursing contact credit hours (CEUS) will pay a $10.00 CEU processing fee upon check-in at the conference. Paid receipt will be available at check-in. Reminder to Nurses: the Nursing CEU certification asks for the following information—month of birth, day of birth (not year) and the last four digits of your social security number. Please bring this information will you to the conference.
Educational Objectives—
Wednesday, November 3, 2010
Upon completion of this conference, participants should be able to:
• Relate the “Wingman” concepts of preparation, mutual support and courage in the face of adversity to workplace safety.
• Discuss the process and results from a functional movement screening and a “Sprain and Strain Reduction Program”.
• Outline key training elements involving pre-work warm-up, posture rules and lifting guidelines.
• Identify what it takes to transition from being a safety expert to becoming an effective trainer.
• State the characteristics of an effective safety manager.
• Describe the employment philosophy which intentionally integrates proper hiring protocols within occupational health and safety practices and the tools that work.
• Recall safety regulations relevant to the “guy in the trenches”.
• Describe creative approaches to the “same old boring subjects” and how to change from the “Safety Cop” to the “Safety Coach”.
• Summarize the fundamental elements of a basic safety process including where to start, setting priorities, assessing the current safety culture and implementing change.
• Relate the epidemiologic, financial and prevention strategies for preventing heart disease and diabetes in workers.
• Discuss the hidden cost of obesity and how employers can help stop the obesity epidemic.
• Compare the “Wingman” leadership tools and techniques for creating a safety culture within an organization.
• Summarize nanotechnology and the challenges these very small particles present in terms of anticipation, recognition, evaluation and control in the workplace.
• Relate the vital components of communications – speaking and listening – with an appropriate level of detail.
• Summarize how progressing beyond compliance involves advanced techniques that focus on injury reduction and worker engagement.
• Identify the requirements for roof, railcar, and trailer fall protection.
• Explain the outcome and treatment differences comparing workers’ compensation to non-workers’ compensation patients, and a model that physicians and other members of the work comp care team utilize to prevent medically unnecessary worker disability.
• Describe how the IA FACE program assists employers, employees, self-employed persons, and others in efforts to improve workplace safety and prevent work-related-injury deaths.
• Repeat the critical components for the review and selections of qualified contractors.
• Summarize the legal and scientific aspects of drug and alcohol testing for private sector employers in Iowa.
Educational Objectives—
Thursday, November 4, 2010
Upon completion of this conference, participants should be able to:
• Outline the transformation of an Iowa company from an average safety performer to best-of-the class.
• Describe the lead renovation, remodeling and painting (RRP) rule and its requirements to protect the public (especially children) from lead poisoning.
• Outline the certification requirements for contractors and workers prior to performing renovation, remodeling and painting in pre-1978 homes and child occupied facilities.
• Identify how the OSHA HAZWOPER law is designed to protect workers from the hazards of handling releases of hazardous substance including fuel and solvent releases, gas leaks, handling damaged drums and post-spill cleanup.
• Discuss the Mechanical Integrity (MI) element of OSHA’s Process Safety Management (PSM) Program including regulatory requirements, benefits of a good program, common issues and best practices.
• Summarize techniques used for physical integrity testing of piping systems, tanks, vessels, and structural steel.
• Summarize the tools and process used to link safety with corporate strategy and driving measures of the business.
• Outline the strategic planning process used internationally and domestically to integrate safety into the very fabric of the organization, producing exceptional results.
• Explain various industrial painting application techniques, the hazards associated with each technique and the quality of coating.
• Outline strategies for minimizing paint overspray with each technique presented.
• Distinguish why distracted driving is not defensive driving and the link of just one wrong decision to a crash.
• Identify the steps to audit your safety process.
• Describe benchmarking and operations to increase safety and health.
• Recall control measure strategies from presented case studies with hexavalent chromium exposures in excess of the OSHA permissible exposure limits (PEL) and action level.
• Explain the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) 70E standard for electrical safety in the workplace including short circuit hazards and steps to upgrade for arc flash.
• Choose the appropriate safety indicators to measure and improve your safety program.
• Discuss what motivates employees and ideas to keep them focused on performing their job safely.
• Identify how to navigate the challenges, benchmarking and operations related to safety and health management systems through the OSHA Safety and Health Achievement Recognition Program (SHARP).
• Outline feasible engineering controls required by the 2010 OSHA Hexavalent Chromium standard.
• Discuss elements of safety and health cost controls and how they tie to an organization’s financial position.
Conference Faculty
Joe Allen, BS, Owner & Lead Consultant, Allen Safety LLC, CITY Oklahoma
Kate Benson-Larson, MA, CRC, CDMS, CLCP, Occupational Consultant, EMC Insurance
Companies, Des Moines, IA
Brian Box, Safety Manager, Veyance Technologies, Inc, Mt. Pleasant, IA
Nate Brady, MD, MPH, Occupational Medicine Physician, St. Luke’s Work Well Solutions, Cedar Rapids, IA
Jane M. Burt, BS, Director-Safety Audit and Compliance, MidAmerican Energy Holdings Company, Des Moines, IA
Terry Butler, BS, CSP, Director Environmental, Health and Safety and Mission Support, Vermeer Corporation, Pella, IA
Rick Campbell, Plant Manager, Veyance Technologies, Inc, Mt. Pleasant, IA
Scott Carthey, UAW Safety Representative, John Deere Davenport Works, Davenport, IA Trooper Doug Cutts, Safety & Education, Iowa State Patrol-District 1, Des Moines, IA Dan Deike, BS, Director of Safety, The Waldinger Corporation, Des Moines, IA
Gary Gast, BS, President-Iowa Division, The Waldinger Corporation, Des Moines, IA Rick Hanny, Special Inspections Team Leader, Olsson Associates, Urbandale, IA Dave Havick, MS, CIH, Senior Industrial Hygienist, EMC Insurance, Des Moines, IA Gary Higbee, EMBA, CSP, President/CEO, Higbee & Associates, Johnston, IA
John Izzolena, Director, Environmental Safety & Health, Rockwell Collins, Cedar Rapids, IA Steve Kiefer, BS, Risk Manager, Fareway Stores Inc., Boone, IA
Joe Korpi, Compliance Manager, Environmental Health & Safety, West Central Cooperative Renewable Energy Group Inc,. Ames, IA
Chris Lampe, Instructor STAR4D Certification Program, Process Research Reduction &
Educational Specialist, Iowa Waste Reduction Center, University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, IA
Murray D. Madsen, MBA, Chief Trauma Investigator, Iowa FACE, Associate Director, Great Plains Center for Agricultural Health, The University of Iowa College of Public Health,
Department of Occupational & Environmental Health, Iowa City, IA
Douglas W. Martin, MD, FAADEP, FACOEM, FAAFP, Medical Director, St. Luke’s Center for Occupational Health Excellence, Sioux City, IA
Joe Mullen, Public Service Executive II, Consultation and Education Bureau, Iowa Division of Labor, Des Moines, IA
Jon Nietzel, BA, Senior Safety Consultant, Alliant Energy,
Jens Nissen, Public Service Executive II, Iowa Occupational Safety & Health, Iowa Division of Labor, Des Moines, IA
Colonel Bob “Nunndog” Nunnally, United States Air Force (retired), Atlanta, GA
Pam Rosa, BA, Senior Industrial Hygienist, Consultation & Education, Iowa Occupational Safety & Health, Iowa Division of Labor, Des Moines, IA
Conference Faculty (continued)
Mark Smith, Director of Manufacturing, Almaco, Nevada, IABilly Snead, BS, Director of Safety, Health and Environmental—Rocky Mountain Midwest Division, Old Castle Materials, Des Moines, IA
Ron Snyder, MEd, CET, ASP, President, Environmental Health and Safety Services, Brooklyn, IA
Jerome Spear, MBA, CIH, CSP, JE Spear Consulting LP, Magnolia TX Jeff Springer, Territory Manager, Process Marketing Group, Omaha, NE
Joelle Stolte, Senior Environmental Specialist, Lead Poisoning Prevention Program, Iowa Department of Public Health, Des Moines, IA
Dave Sullivan, Manufacturing Representative, Joe Bertsch Electrical Sales Company, Des Moines, IA
Barbara Tapscott, JD, Employment Law Attorney, Iowa Workforce Development, Des Moines, IA
Jim Withers, MS, CIH, CSP, Manager Industrial Hygiene, Ames Laboratory of US DOE, Iowa State University, Ames, IA
Matt Woody, President, EHS Resource Group LLC, Des Moines, IA
