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Wednesday, May 13, 2009 9:00 am - 3:30
pm
Doubletree Hotel (former Clarion)– 1117 Williston
Rd., Burlington
Registration
has closed. Walk-in's are welcome!
Sponsors: The Partnership In Safety (VT-Small Business
Development Ctr., Project WorkSAFE & Green Mountain
Coffee Roasters’ Foundation); and the Vermont
Safety & Health Council
Silver: Wilner-Greene Associates
Platinum Sponsors: MEMIC &
VELCO
8:00 am - 9:00 am Registration/refreshments
9:00 am - 9:30 am Welcome: Pat Moulton-Powden –
Commissioner, VT Dept. of Labor; Pauline Singley –
President, Vermont Safety & Health Council; Norm
James – Project RoadSafe Update
9:30 am - 10:30 am Presentation: “Managing Contractor
Safety through Contract Documents” – Jack
Schill, Manager Industrial Hygiene and Environmental
Operations, Black & Veatch Corp.
10:20 am - 11:00 am Break (vendor tables)- Leave your
business card for raffle
11:00 am - 12:00 pm Presentation: Materials Handling
Ergonomics Tool demonstration - Melvin D. Trefethen,
Chief Ergonomist, Maine Employers Mutual Insurance Co.
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm LUNCH – 12:30pm Governor’s
Safety Awards(no cost registration
for Awards by emailing: pcrawford@vtsbdc.org)
1:15 pm – 2:15 pm Panel Discussion: “Supervisors
as Safety Leaders” – How to
Prepare Supervisors for a Safety Team Leadership Role:
Tom O’Rourke, Edlund Co.; Michael Dargie, WICOR
Safety Mgr.; Kevin Robbins, Plant Support Services Supervisor,
STO Corp.; Jim Manley, VT EHS Manager, Pike Industries;
Moderator - Doug Robie, Safety & Risk Mgmt. Dir.,
DEW Construction
2:15 pm – 3:15 pm Presentation: “Healthy
Employees/Safer Employees: Wellness, Incentives and
ROI” – Heidi Joyce, Senior Health Promotion
Consultant, Vermont League of Cities & Towns
3:15 pm Vendor Raffle
TOPIC DESCRIPTIONS:
9:20 am - 10:20 am Presentation: “Managing Contractor
Safety through Contract Documents” – This
talk will shed light on H&S issues for construction
& maintenance operation contracts for those H&S
professionals who have limited experience with these
issues. By following the project sequences in construction,
Jack Schill, CIH, CSP, will address the H&S issues
that should be considered to ensure safety and successful
project. At the end of this talk, businesses using construction
and maintenance sub contractors will understand how
contract documents can be a powerful tool in managing
the contractors' H&S, and contractors will have
an insight into what documents are needed to better
manage their safety practices in the future.
11:00 am - 12:00 pm Presentation: “Materials
Handling Ergonomics Tools demonstration” - While
many manual material handling tasks are evaluated using
intuition, several tools have been developed to quantify
these tasks. Using these tools can help identify the
specific hazards associated with a task so that effective
corrective action can be taken. This session will discuss
the nature of manual material handling tasks, review
the several tools that are available to evaluate MMH
tasks and give an example of a quantitative tool used
to evaluate a MMH task. Tools will be provided to attendees.
1:15 pm – 2:15 pm Panel Discussion: “Supervisors
as Safety Leaders”
Safety and Health professionals agree that one of the
keys to preventing injuries is having supervisors who
know safety is a major part of their job. Supervisors
who are held accountable for safety and actively promote
a safe work culture with the employees they supervise
are critical to a successful safety and health program.
How companies train, prepare, and hold accountable supervisors
for this role varies among companies. This panel will
give you a variety of approaches from different companies
and business sectors on how to manage this challenge.
We would like you to make this an interactive discussion;
your questions and comments will help others improve
their supervisors’ safety performance
2:15 pm – 3:15 pm Presentation: “Healthy
Employees/Safer Employees: Wellness, Incentives and
ROI” Heidi will discuss best practice guidelines
for workplace wellness programs and their return on
investment. She will also share information about VLCT’s
incentive-based wellness program called the Leader.
Over the past three years, the Leader has returned over
1 million in health insurance premiums to VLCT Health
Trust members.
SPEAKER BIOS:
Jack Schill has 30 years of experience in the environmental
safety and health field, spanning VOSHA compliance,
petrochemical industry, pharmaceutical/food industry,
hazard waste operations, and consulting. In additions
to being certified in industrial hygiene, safety, and
EH&S auditing; he is also a Fellow at the American
Industrial Hygiene Association, active on ANSI A-10
Constriction Safety Committee in standard development,
past chair of the AIHA Construction Technical Committee,
and officer for numerous local EH&S professional
organizations. Over the past 18 years he has managed
the EH&S for HAZWOPER projects, many involving Superfund
sites. More than ten years ago he assumed the responsibility
of developing and managing industrial hygiene programs
for heavy construction projects; more than half dozen
that went to VPP Star stats. He has presented at national
conferences on the subject of industrial hygiene in
construction operations numerous times.
Mel Trefethen CSP, CEA is the Chief Ergonomist for
MEMIC Indemnity Company. Mel has 20 years experience
in occupational safety consulting. He is a Certified
Safety Professional and a Certified Ergonomic Associate.
Mel holds a Bachelors Degree from Keene State College
and is currently a Masters candidate at the University
of Massachusetts-Lowell.
Tom O’Rourke, is an Environmental Health &
Safety Administrator for Edlund Company, and is also
the Emergency Coordinator for the Plant. He currently
has a VT Waste Water License, and is a Plating Technician
(Control Chemistry on a Nickel Plating Line). He also
does all the Safety & Ergo Training, as well as
refresher training for HAZWOPER operations. He is frequently
a resource for plant Supervisors for many aspects of
production related activities, and is team leader for
two departments.
Doug Robie, DEW Construction Corp, is Safety Director/Risk
Manager. He has over 10 years in education, 30 years
in construction and the last 10 years with DEW.
Kevin Robbins, has worked for Sto Corp. for 15 years
in a number of positions including Planner, Quality
Assurance, and Color Specialist. Current responsibilities
are HR, Quality Assurance, Regulatory Affairs, and Safety,
and responsibility for all safety training including
helping Sto Corp. facility in Rutland earn SHARP certification
in 2008. Currently he is working on the ISO 14001 environmental
and safety program and we should have our certification
after our registration audit in February 2009. He is
also a licensed Wastewater Technician and am responsible
for the Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plan (SWPPP)
in Rutland.
Heidi Joyce, VLCT Sr. Health Promotion Consultant.
Heidi has been with the Vermont League of Cities and
Towns for almost 15 years. She works with the VLCT Health
Trust and VLCT PACIF (Property and Casualty Inter-municipal
Fund) and has a Bachelor’s Degree in Exercise
Science. She is certified by the American Council on
Exercise (ACE) as a Clinical Exercise Specialist, Fitness
Instructor, Personal Trainer, and Lifestyle and Nutrition
Consultant and has been in the wellness field for 30
years. Heidi previously presented wellness workshops
with NLC in Orange Beach, Denver, and San Diego
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