Fall Occupational Safety & Health Committee Conference

September 25 - 28, 2011 | Charolette, NC

   
Sunday, SEPT 25

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10:00 AM - 3:00 PM

Benchmark Networking Workshop

   
Monday, sept 26

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7:00 – 8:00 am

Recordkeeping Task Force Breakfast Meeting
Meeting Minutes

   

8:00 – 8:45  am

Welcome

Richard T. (Stick) Williams, Sr. V. P. of Environmental Health and Safety
Duke Energy

 

Kathleen C. Wilmer, Chair, EEI Ocupational Safety & Health Committee
Duke Energy

   

8:45 - 9:45 AM

OSHA Update

Jim Maddux, Occupational Safety & Health Administration

 

 

10:00 - 11:15 AM

Distracted Driving
David Teater, National Safety Council

 

 

11:15 AM - 12:15 PM

Safety Culture – How Leadership Impacts Safety/Culture
Kenneth Frazier, American Electric Power

 

 

1:30 2:30 PM

What’s New In Equipment

2::30 – 5:00 PM

Washington Update

NFPA 70E Update
Kathleen C. Wilme
r, Duke Energy

IH Issues Update
James G. Gartland, Duke Energy

NESC Update
Charles A. Shaw, Alabama Power Co.

Regulatory & Legislative Update
Stephen C. Yohay, Ogletree Deakins|
Charles J. Kelly, Edison Electric Institute 

 

 

Tuesday, sept 27

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7:00 – 8:00 Industry Practices Task Force Breakfast Meeting
Meeting Minutes
Session 1 Session 2
   
8:00 - 9:30 AM Metrics Study & Fatality Prevention
Steve Newell, Mercer-ORC
8:00 - 9:00 AM AIHA Update
Elizabeth Pullen, President, AIHA
       
9:30 - 10:30 AM Health & Wellness for the Aging Worker
Karen Seal, Professional Health Services
9:00 - 9:30 AM EPRI Occupational Health and Safety Studies
James Gartland, Duke Energy
       
1045 -11:30 PM Human Performance – Industry Panel
Moderator: Russell Wright, Luminant
Norma Gruber, PPL Generation LLC
Charlie Sawyer, Progress Energy
9:30 - 10:30 AM Ergonomic Initiatives in the Nuclear Power Industry
Jeffrey Hoyle, The Ergonomics Center of N.C.
       
11:30 - 12:30 PM Translating Research to Practice Through Partnerships
Frank Hearl, NIOSH
10:45 - 11:15 PM Staying in the Game - Body Mechanics & Stretching
David Nota, Body Mechaniques
       
1:30 - 2:45 PM The Value of Medical Standards in Power Generation
Dr. Howard Sandler and Marc Turina,
Sandler Occupational Medicine Associates, Inc.
11:15 - 12:30 PM Industrial Noise Control
Noral D. Stewart, Stewart Acoustical Consultants
2:45 - 3:15 PM Contractor Safety Update
Joe O’Connor, Intec, Inc.
1:30 - 2:30 PM NIOSH Update Discussion
Frank Hearl, NIOSH
       
2:45 - 3:15 PM ET&D Partnership Update
William B. Mattiford, Henkels & McCoy
2:30 - 3:00 PM Formation of a Silica Work Group
Gary Hatcher, American Electric Power
James Gartland, Duke Energy
       
    3:15 - 4:00 PM IH Monitoring Plan Development
James Gartland, Duke Energy
    4:00 - 5:00 PM Updates on I.H. Issues

Statistical Analysis of Industrial Hygiene Data
Andrea Loper, Progress Energy

Responding to a Hexavalent Chromium Leak
- Alex Almaguer, Duke Energy
       
Wednesday, SEPT 28 Return
       
Session 1 Session 2
       
8:00 - 9:00 AM Recordkeeping and Benchmarking Recap
Joe O'Connor, Intec
8:00 - 8:30 AM COPD in Construction Workers
Dr. John Dement, Duke University Medical Center
9:00 - 10:30 AM Accident Panel Review

Michael Byrd, ElectriCities of North Carolina
Employee burned while working from a bucket truck - 2011.

Marie Golson, PECO
Employee death after 60' fall from a utility pole - May, 2011.

Matt McFarland, Consolidated Edison Company of NY
Lineman injury.

Louis P. Renner, Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
Employee death after electrocution while working from a bucket
truck - June 2011.

Rick Rodriguez, TECO Energy Inc
Contractor death after electrocution while working on distribution
lines from a bucket truck - May 2011.
8:30 - 9:00 AM Heat Stress Monitoring Using Heart Rate
Tom Frigon, Arizona Public Service
   
9:00 - 10:00 AM EPRI Welding Study
Jeff Hicks, EPRI
   
10:00 - 10:30 AM Round Table Discussion
Pluses and Deltas
Future Topics for Spring Session