|
LVALMC Safety Expo 2008
Application
of Safety Committee Certification: Workplace injuries can
lead to significant costs and low employee morale. Learn how to apply on-line
to get your safety committee certified through the Bureau of Worker’s
Compensation, Health and Safety Division (presenter) and reduce your workers’
compensation premiums by 5% each year.
Note: Enrollees in
this session will automatically be registered for “Safety Committee
Operations”, “Hazard Identification” and “Accident Investigation” as part of
the three required courses for committee certification. This
session has a limit of 50 enrollees. Class starts at Safety
Committee Operations: Many factors
can contribute to the successful operation of a safety committee. Management
commitment, employee participation, planning, training, documentation,
communication and follow-up are all essential to the committee’s success.
Learn how to develop and implement these key elements from the Bureau of
PENNSAFE. Hazard
Identification: Identifying
potential workplace hazards is one of the first steps in avoiding worker
injury or illness. Learn techniques for inspecting your workplace, developing
general safety and housekeeping rules, conducting a job safety analysis
(JSAs), identifying needed PPE and reviewing near misses. Accident
Investigation: Unfortunately,
workplace accidents do happen. Through the Bureau of PENNSAFE learn the
reasons and need for conducting a thorough accident investigation, examples
of their causes, procedures and tips for proper investigations. Confined Spaces: Many
workplaces contain spaces that are considered to be "confined"
because their configurations hinder the activities of employees who must
enter the space, work in the space, and exit them. Learn how to classify your confined spaces,
conduct air monitoring and perform rescue operations. The Allentown Fire Department will present an overview of
confined space entry rescue techniques and related rescue safety information.
To complete the session the Lehigh County Special Operations Team in
conjunction with the city of Note: There will be two identical sessions (one
in the morning and one in the afternoon), each lasting approx. 4 hours. A
portion of this session will be conducted outside (observation of rescue
operations), so be prepared to stand for a portion of the class. Drug
& Alcohol Testing and Awareness: The vast majority of drug users are
employed, and when they arrive for work, they do not leave their problems at
the door. Learn about some of the signs and symptoms of drug and alcohol use
and of the different test protocols and techniques utilized for drug testing.
Event
Analysis and Review: This session will give you an overview on what is
an Effective Event Analysis and Review its processes, practices and
guidelines. Information will be shared on how to conduct an event review,
proper handling of discussions and information. Unravel complex situations
with thorough data collection and analysis to find the root cause and make
effective recommendations. Stop the review from becoming a discipline tool.
Employee, supervisor, management and organizational accountability will also
be discussed. Additional information will be shared on how to use the event
review process as a proactive way to stop events. Fall
Protection in Construction and General Industry: In 2005, the
Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported that 767 workers died in fatal
falls, a 7% decline from the series high recorded in 2004. Identifying fall
hazards and deciding how best to protect workers is the first step in
reducing or eliminating fall hazards. Learn how to use any one of the number
of different ways to protect workers from falls including conventional
systems such as guardrail systems, safety net systems and personal fall
protection systems (fall arrest systems, positioning systems and travel
restraint systems) as well as through the use of safe work practices and
training. Note: There will
be two sessions – one for Construction and one for General Industry
workplaces. Fire
Prevention Safety: Fire safety becomes everyone's job at a worksite.
Employers should train workers about fire hazards in the workplace and about
what to do in a fire emergency. Topics
to be discussed during this presentation include general fire safety and
evacuation procedures and portable fire extinguisher education. Hearing
Conservation: Every year, approximately 30 million people in
the Inhalation
Matters – Exposure to Silica: Compliance Management
International will present silica health hazard information and exposure
prevention issues concerning silica exposures across the demolition, construction,
and maintenance industries. Ladder
Safety: Ladders are used in almost every work environment
and their misuse or improper positioning or handling is the leading cause of
falls. Learn how to inspect ladders and utilize safe techniques for ladder
use to prevent potentially serious harm to you and/or your employees. Lockout/Tagout
(LOTO): “LOTO” refers to specific practices and
procedures to safeguard employees from the unexpected energization or
start-up of machinery and equipment, or the release of hazardous energy
during service or maintenance activities. Approximately 3 million workers
service equipment and face the greatest risk of injury if lockout/tagout is
not properly implemented. This presentation will focus on techniques to
safely isolate hazardous energy. NFPA 70E: This presentation
will address the dangers of electric shock, arc flash and arc blast, the need
for proper PPE as per NFPA 70E guidelines, and will offer an overview of the
NFPA 70E consensus standard. Note: This presentation is a full-day commitment
due to the amount of information to be discussed and is intended for those
who work with electricity or those who supervise electrical workers. The NFPA
70E document will be referenced and used throughout this session. This session has a limit of 50 enrollees. OSHA Consultation
Program: OSHA's On-Site
Consultation Service offers free and confidential advice to small and
medium-sized businesses in all states across the country, with priority given
to high-hazard worksites. Consultation services are totally separate from enforcement
and do not result in penalties or citations. Using
a free consultation service largely funded by OSHA, employers can find out
about potential hazards at their worksites, improve their occupational safety
and health management systems, and even qualify for a one-year exemption from
routine OSHA inspections. Learn how to obtain this free
professional safety and/or health (industrial hygiene) service from the PA
OSHA Consultation Program at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. Personal
Safety: Millions of American workers are victims of
workplace violence each year. Violence
can strike anywhere, regardless of the work site and no one is immune. This
presentation will address violence in prevention strategies, threat assessments,
how to protect yourself and other prevention tips for employers and
employees. Preparedness
& Pandemic Influenza: A pandemic is a global disease outbreak. An
influenza pandemic occurs when a new influenza virus emerges for which there
is little or no immunity in the human population, begins to cause serious
illness and then spreads easily person-to-person worldwide. Planning for
pandemic influenza by business and industry is essential to minimize a
pandemic’s impact. The American Red Cross of the Greater Lehigh Valley will
discuss how you can prepare your workplace if an outbreak were to
emerge. Respiratory
Protection: An estimated 5 million workers are required to
wear respirators in 1.3 million workplaces throughout the Scaffolding: An estimated 2.3 million construction workers, or 65 percent of the construction industry, work on scaffolds frequently. Protecting these workers from scaffold-related accidents would prevent 4,500 injuries and 50 deaths every year, at a savings for American employers of $90 million in workdays not lost. Hear the reasons why scaffolds violations are one of the most commonly cited standards by OSHA and what you should be looking for to ensure the safe erection, use and dismantling of these elevated work platforms. |
Safety Expo Home | Safety Expo Schedule | LVSC Team | Registration