Aroostook County Safety Symposium

Northern Maine Community College Presque Isle, ME

April 1-4, 2013

Register Online or Download Symposium Brochure and Registration Form

The Aroostook County Safety Directors Association is proud to once again offer the opportunity for a local safety symposium to benefit the businesses and municipalities in Aroostook County.

This year’s conference features extended offerings, running over four days, at a low, affordable price. The cost of the symposium is $30 to pre-register or $40 at the door. You may attend as many or as few sessions as your schedule allows. CEUs are available upon request.

PLEASE NOTE: Pre-registration is required for Forklift - Train the Trainer on April 1 and the 10-Hour OSHA Construction class on April 3-4. You cannot sign up at the door for these two sessions.

Agenda

Monday, April 1, 2013

12:30 - 1:00 PM Registration Edmunds Conference Center Lobby

1:00 - 5:00 PM Afternoon Sessions

Forklift – “Train the Trainer” Joseph L. Bergan, SafetyWorks!
This program will train participants to meet and exceed the certification requirements of 1910.178, as well as present methods to develop and maintain individual programs. Pre-registration required to attend this session. Call 207-623-7922.

Nursing Home Safety Greg Day, Licensing & Inspection Unit, Maine State Fire Marshal’s Office; David Wacker & Steve Greeley, SafetyWorks!
Nursing homes and personal care facilities have one of the highest rates of injury and illness among industries for which lost workday injury and illness (LWDII) rates are tracked. Nursing aides, orderlies, attendants, and staff in the nursing home environment have many health and safety hazards challenging them. This program addresses many of the conditions that cause injuries to staff in these facilities.

Fall Protection Joe Ditzel, NH Bragg, Capital Safety
The new standard clearly identifies the responsibility of an employer to: develop and imple­ment a fall protection policy; provide adequate fall hazard abatement before employees can perform workplace activities; provide and verify that continuous fall protection is available for their employees; have a competent person to supervise all work activities; and deliver the appropriate training functions regarding work at height.

Tuesday, April 2, 2013

8:00 - 8:30 AM Registration Edmunds Conference Center Lobby

8:30 AM Keynote Address Kris Doody, CEO, Cary Medical Center

Kris Doody has a long-standing career at Cary Medical Center. She began at the hospital as a certified nurses aid at the age of 16. She graduated from the nursing program at the University of Maine at Presque Isle in 1983, going back to Cary as an RN in the emergency room and then the operating room. She advanced as the surgical services coordinator at the hospital for several years. Doody earned her Bachelor of Science degree from Regents College in New York in 1994 and her Master in Science in Business from Husson College. She was named CEO of Cary Medical Center in 1999.

9:00 - 10:30 AM Morning Sessions A

Session A1: Bio-Equipment Safety Mike Dugal, Cary Medical Center
When protecting yourself from hazards in a medical environment, personal protective equipment (PPE) is used to help prevent employee exposure; this includes physical, chemical and biological hazards. PPE is used in conjunction with engineering controls, administrative controls and safe operating procedures. Safety with bio-equiment will be discussed.

Session A2: Flagging - "Train the Trainer" Peter Coughlan, Maine Department of Transportation
Are you interested in becoming a flagger certifier? A State-approved flagger certifier accepts the responsibility of administering flagger tests to their own employees and ensuring that those flaggers are capable and qualified to control traffic on Maine DOT work sites.

Session A3: Global Harmonized System & Hazard Communication Sam Knight, SafetyWorks!
Global Harmonized System is replacing the Haz-com program for identifying, labeling and classifying chemicals. The program will cover the new requirements and when they have to be in place.

Session A4: Industrial Air Monitoring Lee Thomas, Oil & Hazardous Materials Specialist II, Maine Dept. of Environmental Protection
Air monitoring can be a challenge in an industrial environment, various instruments and techniques will be discussed as well as how to interpret the information received.

10:45 AM - 12:00 PM Morning Sessions B

Session B1: Crane Standards Mark Heffron, Region 1 OSHA
Serious injury or death can be the result of improper use or the use of cranes having defective or poorly maintained components. The OSHA Crane safety standards will be reviewed. These standards establish uniform requirements to ensure that the hazards associated with the use of cranes in U.S. workplaces are evaluated, safety procedures are implemented, and that the proper hazard information is transmitted to all affected workers.

Session B2: Fire Prevention Plans & Hot Work Safety Management Terese Churchill, CIH, Principal/EHS Consultant for EverGreen Environmental Health & Safety, Inc.
This presentation will outline the elements required to ensure safe management of Fire Safety Hazards and the Hotwork Permit program. Participants will be supplied with a sample Fire
Prevention Plan that can be customized to their sites, along with examples of Hot Work Permit Programs. Real life case studies of fire prevention issues will be discussed. We will also touch on the NFPA 654 standard for Combustible Dust.

Session B3: How to Train People - Best Work Practice Kevin Paradis, CSP
Safety requires a strong commitment within the organization and the dedication of company resources such as staff time and continuously motivating the workforce. Helping people identify the “best work pratcices” will help you make consistent efforts to keep your safety program thriving.

Session B4: Behavior-Based Safety Mike Patenaude, BBS Facilitator, Columbia Forest Products
Showing how employee behavior can reduce injury/OSHA rate at your work site by using a proactive method to remove at-risk behaviors by the worker.

12:00 PM Lunch - Provided in the Campus Dining Commons

1:00 - 2:15 PM Afternoon Sessions C

Session C1: NFPA 70E Joseph Bergan, SafetyWorks!
70E a practical approach to comply with protecting the safety and health of qualified employees working on or near live electrical parts.

Session C2: Emergency Evacuations David Wacker, Director, SafetyWorks!
Learn what’s required in an Emergency Action Plan and how it should be written and tested.

Session C3: Compressed Gas Safety Gene Lynch, Lynox
This program presents information on the safe operation of compressed gas cylinders. Discussion will also include the identification of common problems and solutions associated with the use of compressed gas cylinders.

Session C4: Safety Requirements for Confined Spaces Shane Pierce, Safety and Health Coordinator, Huber
Overview of Subpart J 1910.146 permit required confined spaces, and ANSI Z117.1 safety requirements for confined spaces standard.

2:30 - 3:45 PM Afternoon Sessions D

Session D1: General Safety Audits Bob McNeally & Tom Slattery, SGSA, Inc.
Learn how to perform a safety audit of your facility to provide your employees and sub-contractors with a safe working environment and ensure compliance with state and federal regulations.

Session D2: Lockout - Tagout Peter Noddin, OHST, Twin Rivers Paper
An overview of the essential elements of a hazardous energy control program as required by OSHA standard 29 CFR 1910.147 with an emphasis on identifying tasks requiring Lockout, the inter-relationship between machine guarding and lock-out, adequate written lockout procedures, and the three most common causes of lockout-related accidents since the adoption of the standard 24 years ago.

Session D3: Proper Lifting Ergonomics Dan Clark, MEMIC
Participants will learn the basic anatomy and physiology of the spine and risk factors associated with the development of cumulative trauma disorders with a focus on backs.
We will also learn guiding principles regarding safe lifting & manual material handling.

Session D4: Bloodborne Pathogens Dr. Karandikar, Medical Director - Company MD, Pines Health Services
The presentation will cover the basics of OSHA Bloodborne pathogens standard with a special emphasis on the big three: Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C and AIDS, as they relate to transmission in health care. Also covered will be ways to control bloodborne pathogen infections in health care and allied settings including engineering controls and personal protective equipment.

3:45 - 4:30 PM Closing Comments Bill Coffin, Region 1 OSHA

Bill Coffin, area OSHA director, State of Maine, will elaborate on OSHA’s focus for fiscal year 2013, National Emphasis Program (NEP), Local Emphasis Programs (LEPs) and answer questions.

Wednesday, April 3, 2013

8:00 - 8:30 AM Registration Edmunds Conference Center Lobby

8:30 AM - 4:30 PM 10-Hour OSHA Construction Class (DAY 1) Joseph Bergan and Sam Knight, SafetyWorks!

The OSHA Outreach Construction Training Program provides training for workers and employers on the recognition, avoidance, abatement, and prevention of safety and health hazards in construction workplace. Lunch will be provided. Pre-registration required to attend this session. Call 207-623-7922.

Thursday, April 4, 2013

8:00 - 8:30 AM Registration Edmunds Conference Center Lobby

8:30 AM - 12:30 PM 10-Hour OSHA Construction Class (DAY 2) Joseph Bergan and Sam Knight, SafetyWorks!

Cost to attend

Advanced registration: $30.00/person
At the door: $40.00/person

Lunch will be provided

Click here to Register in Advance before March 28, 2013

For More Information

For more information call: 207-623-7922
OR e-mail: jennifer.marlowe@maine.gov

Sponsored By:

• Cary Medical Center
• Columbia Forest Products
• F.A. Peabody Company
• Huber Engineered Woods
• MEMIC
• Northern Maine Community College
• SafetyWorks!
• Smith & Wesson