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AGENDA 7:00-8:00 am REGISTRATION 7:30 am Early Morning Refreshments 8:30 11:00 am Morning Plenary (Spirit of Pittsburgh Ballroom Convention Center) Mike Wright Director, Health, Safety & Environment Department Robert McAuliffe Director, District 10 Leo Gerard International President Remembering USW/CWA Fatalities Allan McDougall Mike Wright Emergency Response Director, Health, Safety & Environment Department Announcements 11:00 am 12:30 pm LUNCH (on your own) 12:30 2:30 pm Session A Workshops (See page 3) 3:00 5:00 pm Session B Workshop (See page 4) Page 2
TUESDAY (March 10) - Session A (12:30-2:30 PM) Increasing the Effectiveness of Labor-Management Safety and Health Allegheny 1 Committees (Repeats in Session B) From Investigation Teams to Learning Teams A New Approach To Allegheny 2 Incident Investigation (Repeats in Session B) Allegheny 3 Case Studies from OSHA -Investigated Fatalities (Repeats in Session B) Butler East & West Hazard Mapping Part 1 (Repeats in Sessions D and G) Understanding and Using the Tony Mazzocchi Center's (TMC's) Website Cambria East & West and New Media Resources (Repeats in Sessions C, E and G) Crawford East & West Dealing with Workplace Tragedy (Repeats in Session B, C and D) Fayette MSHA-Miner's Representatives (Repeats in Session B) Introduction to Triangle of Prevention (TOP) Program (Repeats in Session Pennsylvania East C) The NIOSH Health Hazard Evaluation Program: How We Can Help You Pennsylvania West (Repeats in Session B) Somerset East & West Working in Temperature Extremes (Repeats in Sessions C, E and G) Washington Incident Investigation Part 1 (Repeats in Sessions E ) Westmoreland West Putting Breast Cancer Out of Work (Repeats in Session C, E and H) Westmoreland East Chemical Hazard Awareness Part 1 (Repeats Sessions E) Convention Center 301 The Counterfeit Conundrum-Identifying A Worldwide Problem (Repeats in Session C) 302 Organizing for Community Based Worker Memorial Day Events 303 An Introduction to Gas Piping, Boiler, and Ovens for Labor-Management Safety Committees (Repeats in Sessions B, C, D, and E) 304 NFPA Combustible Dust Standards (Repeats in Session B) 305 New Worker Awareness Program (Repeats in Session B) 306 Preventing Workplace Violence (Repeats in Session B) 308 Legal Issues in OSHA Inspections (Repeats in Session B) 309 Occupational Health: Is This Stuff Making Me Sick? A Toxicology Review (Repeats in Session F) 310 Industrial Ventilation 101 (Repeats in Session B, C, D, and E) 315 Environmental Laws Important Tools to Improve Workplace Health and Safety 316 Machine Guarding Safety (Repeats in Session B, C, D and E) 317 "See what you see! "Hazard Recognition and Work Area Inspection (Repeats in Session B) 320 Chemical Facility Workplace Safety and Security Page 3
TUESDAY (March 10) - Session B (3:00-5:00 PM) Increasing the Effectiveness of Labor-Management Safety and Health Allegheny 1 Committees From Investigation Teams to Learning Teams A New Approach To Allegheny 2 Incident Investigation Allegheny 3 Case Studies from OSHA -Investigated Fatalities Butler East & West Hazard Mapping Part 2 (Repeats in Session E and H) Cambria East & West Health and Safety on Social Media (Repeats in Sessions D, F and H) Crawford East & West Dealing with Workplace Tragedy (Repeats in Session C and D) Fayette MSHA-Miners Representatives Triangle of Prevention (TOP) Program: Lessons to be Learned (Repeats in Pennsylvania East Session D) Pennsylvania West The NIOSH Health Hazard Evaluation Program: How We Can Help You Occupational Health: Preventing Exposures to Lead at Work (Repeats in Somerset East & West Sessions D, F and H) Washington Incident Investigation Part 2 (Repeats in Sessions F) Infectious Disease Control: Focus on Ebola (Repeats in Sessions D, F, G Westmoreland West and H) Westmoreland East Chemical Hazard Awareness Part 2 (Repeats in Session F) Convention Center 301 Changes to NFPA 70E in 2015 (Repeats in Session D, E and F) 302 Improving Health and Safety Identifying the Problem!!! 303 An Introduction to Gas Piping, Boiler, and Ovens for Labor-Management Safety Committees (Repeats in Sessions C, D, and E) 304 NFPA Combustible Dust Standards 305 New Worker Awareness Program 306 Preventing Workplace Violence 308 Legal Issues in OSHA Inspections 309 Occupational Noise and Its Control (Repeats in Session E) 310 Industrial Ventilation 101 (Repeats in Session C, D, and E) Understanding Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards (CFATS): Our 311 role in preventing our workplaces from being a weapon of mass destruction and knowing if and how these requirements apply to your workplace 315 Environmental Laws Important Tools to Improve Workplace Health and Safety 316 Machine Guarding Safety (Repeats in Session C, D and E) 317 "See what you see! "Hazard Recognition and Work Area Inspection 320 USW Approach to Climate Change: An Update on Climate Policy and How it May Impact Our Jobs, Our Communities and Our Environment MEETINGS: (see monitors, smartphone app and separate handout) Page 4
AGENDA 7:30 am Early Morning Refreshments 8:30 11:00 am Morning Plenary (Spirit of Pittsburgh Ballroom Convention Center) Dr. David Michaels Joe Main Les Leopold Mike Wright Assistant Secretary of Labor Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) Assistant Secretary of Labor Mine Safety & Health Administration (MSHA) Executive Director Labor Institute and the Public Health Institute Director, Health, Safety & Environment Department Announcements 11:00 am 12:30 pm LUNCH (on your own) 12:30 2:30 pm Session C Workshops (see page 6) 3:00 5:00 pm Session D Workshop (see page 7) Page 5
WEDNESDAY (March 11) - Session C (12:30-2:30 PM) Allegheny 1 Looking for Trouble-Experience in the UK and North America (Repeats in Session D) What Gets in the Way of Workers Being Able to Work Safely? The Human Error Allegheny 2 Myths (Repeats in Session D) Allegheny 3 Recordkeeping Overview and Update (Repeats in Session D) Butler East & West Hazard Mapping Part 3 (Repeats in Session F) Understanding and Using the Tony Mazzocchi Center's (TMC's) Website and New Cambria East & West Media Resources (Repeats in Sessions E and G) Crawford East & West Dealing with Workplace Tragedy (Repeats in Session D) Fayette MSHA-Part 48, Training and Retraining Laws (Repeats in Session D) Pennsylvania East Introduction to Triangle of Prevention (TOP) Program Pennsylvania West NIOSH: Hearing Conservation Programs (Repeats in Session D) Somerset East & West Working in Temperature Extremes (Repeats in Sessions E and G) Washington Incident Investigation Part 3 (Repeats in Session G) Westmoreland West Putting Breast Cancer Out Of Work (Repeats in Sessions E and H) Westmoreland East Planning an Emergency Response Part 1 (Repeats in Session G) Convention Center 301 The Counterfeit Conundrum-Identifying a Worldwide Problem 302 Industrial Hygiene for Everyone (Repeats in Session D) 303 An Introduction to Gas Piping, Boiler, and Ovens for Labor-Management Safety Committees (Repeats in Session D and E) 304 Confined Space Safety - New NFPA Safe Practices Guide (Repeats in Session D) 305 New Worker Awareness Program 306 The Role of OSHA Labor Liaisons: Improving Workplace Safety and Health (Repeats in Sessions D, E and F) 308 Litigating OSHA Citations (Repeats in Session D) 309 Occupational Health: Asbestos Awareness - What Is It And How Does It Harm You? (Repeats in Session D) 310 Industrial Ventilation 101 (Repeats in Session D and E) 311 Job Task Analysis (Repeats in Session D) 312 In-Plant Railroad Safety (Repeats in Session D) 315 Organizing for Safer Chemicals (Repeats in Session D, E and F) 316 Machine Guarding Safety (Repeats in Session D and E) 317 Rev-up your Ergonomics Program! Participating in an Ergonomics Program (Repeats in Session D, E and F) 318 USW Fatality and Serious Injury Investigations - A Review of Common Workplace Hazards That Lead to Injuries and Deaths (Repeats in Session D) 321 APRI: Breaking the Chains of Poverty Page 6
WEDNESDAY (March 11) - Session D (3:00-5:00 PM) Allegheny 1 Looking for Trouble- Experience in the UK and North America What Gets in the Way of Workers Being Able to Work Safely? The Human Error Allegheny 2 Myths Allegheny 3 Recordkeeping Overview and Update Butler East & West Hazard Mapping Part 1 (Repeats in Session G) Cambria East & West Health and Safety on Social Media (Repeats in Sessions F and H) Crawford East & West Dealing with Workplace Tragedy Fayette Pennsylvania East MSHA-Part 48, Training and Retraining Laws Triangle of Prevention (TOP) Program: Lessons to be Learned Pennsylvania West NIOSH: Hearing Conservation Programs Occupational Health: Preventing Exposures to Lead at Work (Repeats in Sessions Somerset East & West F and H) Washington Incident Investigation Part 4 (Repeats in Session H) Westmoreland West Infectious Disease Control: Focus on Ebola (Repeats in Sessions F, G and H) Westmoreland East Planning an Emergency Response Part 2 (Repeats in Session H) Convention Center 301 Changes to NFPA 70E in 2015 (Repeats in Session E and F) 302 Industrial Hygiene for Everyone 303 An Introduction to Gas Piping, Boiler, and Ovens for Labor-Management Safety Committees (Repeats in Session E) 304 Confined Space Safety - New NFPA Safe Practices Guide 305 Hazard Identification vs. Risk Assessments (Repeats in Sessions E and F) 306 The Role of OSHA Labor Liaisons: Improving Workplace Safety and Health (Repeats in Sessions E and F) 308 Litigating OSHA Citations 309 Occupational Health: Asbestos Awareness - What Is It And How Does It Harm You? 310 Industrial Ventilation 101 (Repeats in Session E) 311 Job Task Analysis 312 In-Plant Railroad Safety 315 Organizing for Safer Chemicals (Repeats in Session E and F) 316 Machine Guarding Safety (Repeats in Session E) 317 Rev-up your Ergonomics Program! Participating in an Ergonomics Program (Repeats in Sessions E and F) 318 USW Fatality and Serious Injury Investigations - A Review of Common Workplace Hazards That Lead to Injuries and Deaths MEETINGS: (see monitors, smartphone app and separate handout) Page 7
AGENDA 7:30 am Early Morning Refreshments 8:30 11:00 am Morning Plenary (Spirit of Pittsburgh Ballroom Convention Center) Dr. John Howard Director National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Panel: STOP THE KILLING CAMPAIGN Ken Neumann National Director, Canada Stephen Hunt District 3 Director, Canada Nancy Hutchison Secretary-Treasurer Ontario Federation of Labour Charlotte Brody Director of Chemicals and Green Chemistry BlueGreen Alliance Mike Wright Director, Health, Safety & Environment Announcements 11:00 am 12:30 pm LUNCH (on your own) 12:30 2:30 pm Session E Workshops (see page 9) 3:00 5:00 pm Session F Workshops (see page 10) Page 8
THURSDAY (March 12) - Session E (12:30-2:30 PM) Allegheny 2 Finding the Hazards Isn t Enough Organizational Factors Must Be Identified and Addressed (Repeats in Session F) Occupational Health: Commonly Cited OSHA Industrial Hygiene Allegheny 3 Standards (Repeats in Session F) Butler East & West Hazard Mapping Part 2 (Repeats in Session H) Understanding and Using the Tony Mazzocchi Center's (TMC's) Website Cambria East & West and New Media Resources (Repeats in Sessions G) Occupational health: Understanding Occupational Disease and Fayette Workplace Cancer (Repeats in Session F) NIOSH: Occupational Health: Assessing Chemical Exposures In Your Workplace Especially For Chemicals Currently Without Permissible Pennsylvania West Exposure Limits (OSHA Standards) (Repeats in Session F) Somerset East & West Working in Temperature Extremes (Repeats in Session G) Washington Incident Investigation Part 1 Westmoreland West Putting Breast Cancer out of Work (Repeats in Session H) Westmoreland East Chemical Hazard Awareness Part 1 Convention Center 301 Changes to NFPA 70E in 2015 (Repeats in Session F) 302 Improving Health and Safety System Solutions!!! (Repeats in Session F) 303 An Introduction to Gas Piping, Boiler, and Ovens for Labor-Management Safety Committees 304 Fire Resistant Clothing - NFPA 2112 for Flammable Gases, Vapors and Dusts (Repeats in Session F) 305 Hazard Identification vs. Risk Assessments (Repeats in Session F) 306 The Role of OSHA Labor Liaisons: Improving Workplace Safety and Health (Repeats in Session F) 309 Occupational Noise and Its Control 310 Industrial Ventilation 101 311 Effective Health and Safety Committees the Canadian Experience (Repeats in Session F) 315 Organizing for Safer Chemicals (Repeats in Session F) 316 Machine Guarding Safety 317 Rev-up your Ergonomics Program! Participating in an Ergonomics Program (Repeats in Session F) 318 How Wall Street Occupies Health, Safety and the Environment (Repeats in Session F) Page 9
THURSDAY (March 12) - Session F (3:00-5:00 PM) Finding the Hazards Isn t Enough Organizational Factors Must Be Allegheny 2 Identified and Addressed Occupational Health: Commonly Cited OSHA Industrial Hygiene Allegheny 3 Standards Butler East & West Hazard Mapping Part 3 Cambria East & West Health and Safety on Social Media (Repeats in Session H) Occupational Health: Understanding Occupational Disease and Fayette Workplace Cancer NIOSH: Occupational Health: Assessing Chemical Exposures In Your Workplace Especially For Chemicals Currently Without Permissible Pennsylvania West Exposure Limits (OSHA Standards) Occupational Health: Preventing Exposures to Lead at Work Somerset East & West (Repeats in Session H) Washington Incident Investigation Part 2 Westmoreland West Infectious Disease Control: Focus on Ebola(Repeats in Session G and H) Westmoreland East Chemical Hazard Awareness Part 2 Convention Center 301 Changes to NFPA 70E in 2015 302 Improving Health and Safety System Solutions!!! 304 Fire Resistant Clothing - NFPA 2112 for Flammable Gases, Vapors and Dusts 305 Hazard Identification vs. Risk Assessments 306 The Role of OSHA Labor Liaisons: Improving Workplace Safety and Health 309 Occupational Health: Is This Stuff Making Me Sick? A Toxicology Review 311 Effective Health and Safety Committees the Canadian Experience 315 Organizing for Safer Chemicals 317 Rev-up your Ergonomics Program! Participating in an Ergonomics Program 318 How Wall Street Occupies Health, Safety and the Environment MEETINGS: (see monitors, Guidebook app and separate handout) Page 10
AGENDA 7:30 am Early Morning Refreshments 8:00 10:00 am Session G Workshops FRIDAY (March 13) - Session G (8:00-10:00 AM) Butler East Hazard Mapping Part 1 (OVERFLOW) Butler West Hazard Mapping Part 1 Understanding and Using the Tony Mazzocchi Center's (TMC's) Website and Cambria East New Media Resources Fayette Planning an Emergency Response Part 1 Somerset East Working in Temperature Extremes Somerset West Working in Temperature Extremes (OVERFLOW) Washington Incident Investigation Part 3 Westmoreland West Infectious Disease Control: Focus on Ebola (Repeats in Session H) 10:15 am 12:15 pm Session H Workshops FRIDAY (March 13) - Session H (10:15-12:15 PM) Butler East Hazard Mapping Part 2 (OVERFLOW) Butler West Hazard Mapping Part 2 Cambria East Health and Safety on Social Media Fayette Planning an Emergency Response Part 2 Pennsylvania East Putting Breast Cancer Out of Work Somerset East Occupational Health: Preventing Exposures to Lead at Work Somerset West Occupational Health: Preventing Exposures to Lead at Work (OVERFLOW) Washington Incident Investigation Part 4 Westmoreland West Infectious Disease Control: Focus on Ebola Page 11
SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY Award Award Award Award 7:00 AM 7:00-8:00 Registration 7:30 AM 7:30-9:30 Registration Labor Management 8:00 AM Union only 8:00-10:00 Workshop 8:15 Labor Mgt Session 8:30 PLENARY 8:30-11:00 PLENARY 8:30-11:00 PLENARY 8:30-11:00 PLENARY 8:30-11:00 8:45 Union Only Session Labor Mgt Session Labor Mgt Session Labor Mgt Session 9:00 G 9:15 9:30 9:45 10:00 10:00-10:15 Break 10:15 10:15-12:15 Workshop 10:30 Labor Mgt Session 10:45 Announcements Announcements Announcements Announcements 11:00 11:15 H 11:30 11:00-12:30 PM 11:00-12:30 PM 11:00-12:30 PM 11:00-12:30 PM 11:45 LUNCH (YOUR OWN) LUNCH (YOUR OWN) LUNCH (YOUR OWN) LUNCH (YOUR OWN) 12:00 NOON 12:15 CONFERENCE ENDS 12:30 12:45 Workshop Union Only 12:30-2:30 Workshop 12:30-2:30 Workshop 12:30-2:30 Workshop 1:00 12:30-2:30 1:15 A C E 1:30 1:45 2:00 2:15 2:30 2:30-3:00 Break 2:30-3:00 Break 2:30-3:00 Break 2:30-3:00 Break 2:45 3:00 Workshop Union Only 3:00-5:00 Workshop 3:00-5:00 Workshop 3:00-5:00 - Workshop 3:15 3:00-5:00 B D F 3:30 NOTE: REGISTRATION 3:45 3:00-5:00 LABOR MGT 4:00 4:00-8:00 Registration 4:15 Union Only 4:30 4:45 5:00 5:15 Break/Done for Day Break/Done for Day Break/Done for Day Break/Done for Day 5:30 LU, JT or Industry Mtgs LU, JT or Industry Mtgs LU, JT or Industry Mtgs LU, JT or Industry Mtgs 6:00 6:30 RECEPTION 7:00 6:30-8:00 7:30 8:00 8:30 9:00 Page 12