FOURTH ANNUAL
ASSE/WSIA Safety Professional Development Conference 2010
"Occupational Exposures from the Safety Perspective"
Embassy Suites Hotel - Lynnwood
20610 44th Avenue West
Lynnwood, Washington 98036
Thursday, September 16, 2010
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| Facilitators: |
Carol Sangster (ASSE-PSC), Chubb Insurance
Herb Sherburne, Specialty Safety Services |
| 8:00 - 8:30am |
Registration & Continental Breakfast |
| 8:30 - 8:45am |
Welcome & Updates
Bill Yahn, CSP, Puget Sound ASSE Chapter Past President
Wells Fargo Insurance Services
Katrina Zitnik, President,
Washington Self-Insurers Association
Costco Wholesale Corp.
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| 8:45 - 9:45am |
Highlights from H&S Consultants
- Tips for Engaging CEO to Frontline
Gordon Coffey, Health & Safety Consultant
Specialty Safety Services, Inc.
Herb Sherburne, Health & Safety Consultant
Specialty Safety Services, Inc.
www.mysafetyguy.org
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| This dynamic duo will present the fundamental best management practices they've gleaned respectively from over 25 years of supervising, training, advocating, and consulting for workplace safety. "Lessons Learned" will be shared to demonstrate integration of these practices into daily company operations. |
| 9:45 - 10:00am |
Break |
| 10:00am - 12:00pm |
"Safety & Health Strategic Planning = Good Risk Management" and Workshop
David Steinbacher, M.P.H. CSP, Director-Environmental Health & Safety
ZymoGenetics, Inc
www.zymogenetics.com |
Dave will do an encore of his well-received presentation as debuted for the joint ASSE-RIMS meeting from January 2010. As a bonus, a collaboration workshop follows his presentation to assist in drafting your own strategic plan for Environmental Health & Safety. This presentation is based on Dave's October 2009 Professional Safety Magazine article "SH&E Strategic Planning: A Maturity-Criticality Approach to Continuous Improvement." Key objectives covered in his planning approach includes: streamlined goals/benefits; fundamentals for SH&E strategic planning; risk-based SH&E evaluations and prioritization; and a Maturity-Criticality Rating Scheme for Risk Ranking to provide targeted input for strategic planning which supports continuous improvement results. |
| 12:00 - 1:00pm |
Lunch |
| 1:00 - 2:00pm |
Production & Profits Through Safety
- Employee Input, a Case Study
John Von Lossow, Safety Director
McKinstry, Inc.
www.mckinstry.com |
| John will relay the benefits of engaging your workforce on a regular basis to readily anticipate, prevent, and mitigate the "Next Upset Condition." He'll share how his cross-section team developed and uses their "Accident Mapping" techniques for job site and maintenance shop interventions. When initially implemented, these efforts resulted in a dramatic turn-around in behavior, safety, and increased productivity. |
| 2:00 - 3:00pm |
The Fundamentals of Human Performance
Jeffrey (Gunny) Evans, Senior Safety Trainer
Bechtel Nation, Inc.
www.hanfordvitplant.com |
| Gunny will outline the philosophy, principles and tools for Human Performance Improvement in order to be proactive in reducing human error rates, and the consequences of human error that results in occurrences. He will specifically identify three key principles of human performance, and differentiate between error and violation. Gunny will demonstrate why behavior and results are important in defining human performance. |
| 3:00 - 3:15pm |
Break |
| 3:15 - 4:15pm |
Alternate Training Techniques for Next Generation Workforce: Gen X and Gen Y
Adam Gerson, Occupational Safety & Health Manager
Occupational Safety & Health Administration, Region X (USDOL)
www.osha.gov/oshdir/r10.html |
| Competing for employees' attention spans, Adam will describe effects from technology advancements and the "Gamer Generation" interaction preferences. He will provide us with a tour of alternate training technique options, which includes the use of "virtual simulators." Some simulators will be demonstrated, and includes one for Construction Equipment Operators. Adam will also cover other applications for virtual training (e.g. - work place hazard reviews, emergency incident response, and regional coordination.) |
| 4:15 - 4:30pm |
Closing Remarks, Q&A and Adjourn
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Why Attend the ASSE/WSIA
Safety Professional Development Conference?
This is the fourth jointly sponsored meeting between the Puget Sound Chapter of ASSE and the Washington Self-Insurers Association. Both organizations are committed to promoting safety, and to ensuring a sound system of self-insurance in Washington state.
Find out what is being done to help the bottom line through strategic planning of safety and health, inclusion of employee input for safety in a production setting, understanding the fundamentals of human performance, and alternate training techniques for the next generation of workers. Don't miss out!
Continuing Education Credit Hours
ASSE Society grants 0.6 CEUs for this event. WSIA will award 6.0 CEC credits toward the Washington Workers' Compensation Profession (WWCP) requirements.
Accommodations
Please reserve your room at the Embassy Suites Hotel - Lynnwood right away. Space is limited! WSIA has secured a special rate of $154.00 per night (King bed) single or double occupancy, $174 per night (double beds) single or double occupancy. Availability is good through September 1, 2010. Please be sure to mention you are with WSIA (or Washington Self-Insurers) to secure the room rate.
Embassy Suites Hotel - Lynnwood
20610 44th Avenue West
Lynnwood, Washington 98036
(800) 362-2779
Cancellation
A cancellation fee of $75 will be charged for written, emailed or faxed cancellations received by September 10, 2010. This is to offset the cost of room rental, reserved meals, and conference material production.
No credit will be given for cancellations made after
September 10, 2010.
A confirmation will be sent for each paid registration received through
September 10, 2010. |
WSIA Fall Conference - Member Rate Extended to ASSE Members
On Friday, September 17th, 2010 is WSIA's Fall Conference. The conference topic is “Injury Predictors-Spanning the globe of Washington industry.” WSIA is extending it's member rate to ASSE members to attend this conference. We hope you will take advantage of this opportunity.
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