General Workshops
Round 1
Thursday, 9:00 - 10:15 am
Round 1
Thursday, 9:00 - 10:15 am
Hazard Recognition
Peter Gentles and Jack Tussey
Grant Room
This session is designed to enhance hazard identification skills and awareness in the workplace and at home. Participants will learn the where, when, why, and how to identify unsafe conditions in areas most often left out of worksite inspections.
Pre-Employment and Post Offer Performance Testing
Jake Davis, OT, CHT and Tyler Henson, OT, CHT
Shelby Room
This session addresses how pre-employment and post offer performance testing can help reduce injury for new employees as well as retain them. Pre-employment and post offer performance testing helps to identify which potential employees are capable of performing physically demanding jobs before they step foot on site for employment. This may help employers reduce worker's compensation claims and job site injuries. Participants will be able to:
- Identify what is pre-employment and post offer performance testing;
- Discuss how these tests can help reduce work site injuries, primarily in newer employees;
- Discuss the background and training for performing pre-employment and post offer testing; and
- Identify why it is important to have a qualified healthcare or other professional perform these tests.
Red Lines: It’s Time to Draw a Line in the Sand
Davey Sullivan, Logan Barr, and Chris Breetz
Taylor Room
What are Red Lines? Red Lines are behaviors that are never acceptable and situations that we never put ourselves in or expect others to put themselves in. What are Red Lines designed to do? Accelerate excellence in safety by establishing a baseline, creating a process, and ensuring implementation of safety Red Lines across your company. Are we really leading our team in the safest manner possible, or does production sometimes trump safety without us even realizing it? Do we currently make a safety stand only after a teammate is injured? How can your team recognize what lines should be drawn in the sand and send that safety message throughout your division? This session focuses on:
- Mitigating high SIF potential hazards;
- Challenging your teams to think differently;
- Make a step change in safety;
- Clearly defined, specific, video-tape-able, and auditable;
- Application beyond your division to expand corporate-wide;
- Achievability (although it may be difficult);
- Expectation of 100% perfect compliance;
- "Best implemented" versus "best marked";
- Committed to providing the necessary resources (including capital); and
- Sustained through audits.
Safety Planning for Disasters
Todd Schulkers
Russell Room
This session addresses assigning safety officer roles to city and county staff during a disaster. This presentation presents lessons learned during the last two (2) national disasters in the Commonwealth including assisting staff from harm from many dangers often found at disasters. Learn who and how to assign an appropriate safety officer to disaster responses. Identify hazards and develop safety plans for each city or county department. Participants will:
- Understand the importance, roles, and responsibilities of a city or county safety during a disaster;
- Review lessons learned from previous disasters in the Commonwealth;
- Learn how to assign the correct person for the various dangers facing city or county staff during a disaster; and
- Engage in actual drafting safety plans for the incident action plan.