Wednesday, May 16, 2012
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
G23: Achieving and Maintaining OSHA VPP Star
103A - Fort Worth Convention Center
General Session - VPP
This workshop will explain the processes used by the ExxonMobil Lube Plant in Beaumont to achieve
"STAR" status and the programs in place to maintain it. Find out how we deal with a wide range of hazards such as conveyors, blending and mixing kettles, and tank car loading/unloading on a daily basis. See the great programs we use for employee involvement. You won't want to miss this informative workshop.
DJ Estrello
- Speaker
SHE Advisor
ExxonMobil Beaumont Complex
Aaron Gibson
- Speaker
Operator A
ExxonMobil Beaumont Complex
James Green
- Speaker
Warehouse Operator
ExxonMobil Beaumont Complex
Meekie Moseley
- Speaker
Operator A
ExxonMobil Beaumont Complex
Robert Stewart
- Speaker
Warehouse/Package Operator
ExxonMobil Beaumont Complex
Eric Niederstadt
- Speaker
SHE Advisor
ExxonMobil Beaumont Complex
G6: Application of Lean & Six Sigma Principles to Safety Management Systems
202B - Fort Worth Convention Center
General Session - Worksite Analysis
Better, faster, smarter is a motto often heard in modern manufacturing as a key to beating the competition; but, how is this achieved within the world of safety and occupational health without recklessly endangering the workforce? This workshop focuses on leveraging safety processes and resources to maximize safety while controlling cost.
Kevin Martin
- Speaker
Safety Engineer
Corpus Christi Army Depot
Jamie Villanueva
- Moderator
Safety Specialist/VPP Manager
Corpus Christi Army Depot
I64: Best Performance Indicators
100 - Fort Worth Convention Center
Interactive Discussion - Best Practices
A team of Department of Energy personnel conducted a benchmarking project with commercial nuclear facilities across the country. They focused on facilities that had make remarkable turnarounds in just 18-24 months! Investigation showed the primary foundation for such fantastic improvements the performance indicators! The team took the common ones that would work at most any site, and did a pilot projects that worked! So if you have been looking for a set of leading proven performance indicators, this presentation will give you a set that will work for you!
Bertha Cassingham
- Speaker
Safety Programs Manager
Washington TRU Solutions, LLC
G15: Combustible Dust Hazard Analysis and Control
102 - Fort Worth Convention Center
General Session - Hazard Prevention & Control
This workshop will include a brief introduction into combustible dust: how is it defined, and what are the hazards. The status of OSHA's combustible dust rulemaking will be discussed, and it will be compared to NFPA standards. The necessary steps for ensuring compliance with OSHA and NFPA will be discussed. This will include: conducting a process hazard analysis for combustible dust; selecting engineering controls; requirements for procedural controls; training requirements; and hazard communication requirements.
Brian Edwards
- Speaker
Director of Engineering
Conversion Technology, Inc.
G19: Developing an Electrical Multi-Employer Worksite Protection Program
201C - Fort Worth Convention Center
General Session - Worksite Analysis
You are the host of many electrical contractors, and their electrical/non-electrical subcontractors who work at your sites on a daily basis. During your large planned outages you bring in additional electrical/non-electrical contractors in to perform maintenance & repairs on your sites electrical equipment. You are subject to OSHAs Multi-Employer Worksite Policy CPL 02-00-124 and have a completely different set of responsibilities and risks to mitigate. You need to start asking questions and obtaining data from each contractor to protect your company, or yourself. You must know what your site hazards are, as well as how your contractor plans to mitigate those hazards. You must understand what the civil and possible criminal impacts could be if you are visited by an OSHA compliance officer after an accident or worse a death on the worksite. This presentation will provide an overview of OSHAs Multi-Employer Worksite Policy CPL 02-00-124, as well as details on how to prevent regulatory multi-employer worksite issues with contractors that routinely work at your site, and those contractors who periodically work on site.
Mike Moore
- Speaker
Vice President
Shermco Industries
I59: Effective Training Techniques
202C - Fort Worth Convention Center
Interactive Discussion - Training
Training is such an integral component of any employer’s safety and health program and ensuring that employees understand and not merely from a linguistic standpoint is sometimes challenging. In the December ASSE 2011 article entitled, “Conducting an Effective Needs Assessment”, uncovered the amount of money employers spend on training. The article indicated that in 1992, Broad & Newstrom reported an estimated $50 Billion was spent each on formal training, with another $90-120 Billion on less structured training. ASTD estimates in 2010 US organizations spent $125.88 Billion dollars on training. The techniques discussed in this presentation discuss Blooms Taxonomy, ANSI Z 490.1; Criteria for Accepted Practices in Safety, Health & Environmental Training, and two ASSE Professional Safety magazines articles that cover training, and share a personal story while working in the scaffold industry how the “Maestro’s” experience, knowledge, respect, influence, a! nd trust play an integral role in the mentoring of safe behavior and the fostering of a safe work environment.
Mark Hernandez
- Speaker
CAS
USDOL-OSHA
G20: Empowering Members of Employee-Driven Safety Teams
204A - Fort Worth Convention Center
General Session - Employee Involvement
In this seminar, attendees will learn the innovative tactics used by an aerospace engineering company's safety team to increase the involvement and awareness of employees and empower team members.
William Goodman
- Speaker
Project Lead - Shuttle Archives; Safety Team Co-Chair
ESCG
Lily Simle
- Speaker
Engineering Specialist and Safety Team Chair
ESCG
G12: Ergonomics & Technology: The Future
203B - Fort Worth Convention Center
General Session - Ergonomics
Ergonomics & Technology: The Future is designed to increase ergonomic awareness in and out of the workplace by exploring new technology such as tablets, readers and smart phones, their use and place in the work environment as well as the ever changing workplace including trends in the office and telecommuting. The presentation will look at the principals of ergonomics, the consequences of neglecting an office ergonomics program, creative, cost-effective approaches to proactively address ergonomic problems, and workstation design through innovative office furniture.
Jerome Congleton
- Speaker
Professor
Texas A&M University Health Science Center School Rural Public Health
A52: Exceptional People 2012
201B - Fort Worth Convention Center
Advanced Session - Other
Over the past seventeen years we have come across several people who have a high degree of personal power and influence and used this power as a force to reduce injuries in their organizations. In this workshop we will explore the attributes of these "exceptional people" including the source of their personal power and the motivation that allows them to accomplish things that others can't.
Steve Williams
- Speaker
President
Accelerated Development Systems, Inc.
G29: HCS Compliance – Best Practices
101 - Fort Worth Convention Center
General Session - Best Practices
The Hazard Communication Standard (HCS) remains among the most frequently cited OSHA standards. With enforcement being a bigger priority and GHS alignment in the works, understanding and meeting compliance is more important than ever. This presentation provides a brief overview of the regulation, touches on the impact of the proposed alignment with GHS and shares some easy-to-implement best practices for helping your organization meet OSHA's HCS requirements, including best practices for managing your written plan, providing proper employee training, and utilizing efficient MSDS and chemical management systems.
Glen Trout
- Speaker
President & CEO
MSDSonline
Chuck Haling
- Speaker
VP-Sales
MSDSonline
G13: Hidden Hazards and How They Can Bite You
103B - Fort Worth Convention Center
General Session - Hazard Prevention & Control
Recognition of hidden potential occupational hazards that are right in front of you and overlooked during your daily routine. Review of over 35 years expeience conducting occupational risk assessment and worker exposure assessments.
Gerry Luther
- Speaker
Partner
Caliche, Ltd
I76: Management VPP Question & Answer Session
202A - Fort Worth Convention Center
Interactive Discussion - Management Commitment
This session provides an opportunity for Site Leadership, from Front Line Supervisors to Senior Managers, to dialogue with Senior Management from long time VPP STAR Worksites from a variety of Petrochemical facilities, both Union and non-Union worksites. VPP success stories, as well as trials, will be communicated. Questions will be entertained from the floor.
Jonathan Yarbrough
- Speaker
Process Division Manager
ExxonMobil Corporation, Beaumont Complex
Mark Theriac
- Moderator
Safety Advisor
ExxonMobil Corporation, Beaumont Complex
Keith Cascarelli
- Speaker
Maintenance Manager
ExxonMobil Corporation, Beaumont Complex
Gerald Frey
- Speaker
Plant Manager
ExxonMobil Corporation, Beaumont Complex
Louis Davis
- Speaker
Plant Manager
ExxonMobil Corporation, Beaumont Complex
I85: OSHA VPP COORDINATORS WORKSHOP
105 - Fort Worth Convention Center
Interactive Discussion - DOE/EPA/OSHA
A very informative interactive question and answer session with the Region VI OSHA VPP Coordinators. This is your chance to get answers to any question you have about VPP and what goes on during an audit from the Region VI VPP experts.
Mike Maddox
- Moderator
CORPORATE VPP DIRECTOR
NuStar Energy
I55: P.A.S.T. The Future of Safety
203A - Fort Worth Convention Center
Interactive Discussion - Behavior-Based Safety
The P.A.S.T. is the Motiva Port Arthur Refinery's Behavior based Safety team. The team was formed in 2007. The Team is ran by Labor, fully supported by management. The difference is this is a non observation based Team. Team make up, 3 Motiva personnel: One full time hourly facilitator, rotated yearly between the three unions. 1 hourly employee (1 month), 1 salary employee (1 Week).
Dan Aleksandrowicz
- Moderator
Site VPP Representative (Labor)
Motiva Enterprises, LLC
Lisa Durso
- Speaker
P.A.S.T. Facilitator USW 13-423
Motiva Enterprises, LLC
Steve Arnaud
- Speaker
Health/Safety Committee-IBEW
Motiva Enterprises, LLC
Bill Heiner
- Speaker
VPP Site Representative (Management)
Motiva Enterprises, LLC
G39: Raising the Bar on Safety Leadership
104 - Fort Worth Convention Center
General Session - Best Practices
This workshop provides insight into Marathon's Texas City Refinery and our journey toward improving our overall safety culture through our Safety Leadership initiative.
Shane Moser
- Speaker
HES Manager
Marathon Petroleum Company
Connie Bradley
- Speaker
Division Manager
Marathon Petroleum Company
G38: Teaching Supervisors to be Safety Coaches
204B - Fort Worth Convention Center
General Session - Behavior-Based Safety
Supervisors influence worker behavior perhaps more than any other level in an organization. Yet most supervisors have not received formal training on coaching and effective performance feedback skills. Supervisors are in a unique position to facilitate the creation of a culture that focuses on safety excellence. Discover steps to take supervisors from cops to coaches, identify how to transfer these strategies throughout the workplace; ensuring more effective safety supervision methodologies.
Shawn Galloway
- Speaker
President, COO
ProAct Safety, Inc.
G36: The Kevin Bailey Story
200 - Fort Worth Convention Center
General Session - Behavior-Based Safety
Kevin Bailey is one of the most sought after safety speakers in the country. He nearly lost his life in a work-related accident, causing emotional pain for his family. In his motivational presentation Kevin shares the contributing factors, how it effected his life and most importantly…what could have prevented it! Kevin's message has touched thousands of lives, after hearing his story you will have a fresh outlook on being part of the safety team.
Kevin Bailey
- Speaker
Owner
SAFE
I74: Who is Knocking on the Door?
203C - Fort Worth Convention Center
Interactive Discussion - Best Practices
The workshop will outline site preparation for “The Knock on the Door” OSHA’s onsite visit. There will be an open discussion on preparing your site for the VPP’s teams’ audit, focusing on making your site shine. We will also look at the dreaded “knock on the door” for an inspection, on ways that your site can make the inspection process a little easier to handle.
Russ Hargiss
- Speaker
Health and Safety Manager
Clean Harbors
Michelle Clayton
- Speaker
Supervisor
Clean Harbors
Jonathan Mitchell
- Speaker
Chemist
Clean Harbors
1:45 PM - 2:45 PM
G31: 5 Ways EH&S Managers Can Take the Lead in Sustainability
201A - Fort Worth Convention Center
General Session - Environmental Practices
Sustainability is the key for EH&S managers unlocking value for their company and creating effective safety programs. EH&S managers are uniquely positioned to be sustainability leaders, to promote a safer environment for employees and the community, to simplify compliance and save revenue. This workshop explores the avenues available to EH&S managers for integrating a sustainable safety program and philosophy. From embracing technology to making insightful resource management considerations, this session touches on a range of areas where EH&S managers can take the lead in sustainability, including MSDS/chemical management, incident management, training, and environmental and regulatory reporting.
Glenn Trout
- Speaker
President & CEO
MSDSonline
Chuck Haling
- Speaker
VP-Sales
MSDSonline
G23: Achieving and Maintaining OSHA VPP Star
103A - Fort Worth Convention Center
General Session - VPP
This workshop will explain the processes used by the ExxonMobil Lube Plant in Beaumont to achieve
"STAR" status and the programs in place to maintain it. Find out how we deal with a wide range of hazards such as conveyors, blending and mixing kettles, and tank car loading/unloading on a daily basis. See the great programs we use for employee involvement. You won't want to miss this informative workshop.
DJ Estrello
- Speaker
SHE Advisor
ExxonMobil Beaumont Complex
Aaron Gibson
- Speaker
Operator A
ExxonMobil Beaumont Complex
James Green
- Speaker
Warehouse Operator
ExxonMobil Beaumont Complex
Meekie Moseley
- Speaker
Operator A
ExxonMobil Beaumont Complex
Robert Stewart
- Speaker
Warehouse/Package Operator
ExxonMobil Beaumont Complex
Eric Niederstadt
- Speaker
SHE Advisor
ExxonMobil Beaumont Complex
A49: Bullet Proof Employees - How to Remove the Kevlar
203A - Fort Worth Convention Center
Advanced Session - Behavior-Based Safety
We have all experienced what it is like to work with a bullet proof employee. That one guy who thinks, "it can never happen to me", so he puts himself and others in harms way with his careless actions. This presentation will discuss the fallacy of their logic, our failed approaches, and a better way to create sustained safety.
Mike Allen
- Speaker
Partner
The RAD Group
G4: Debunking the Complacency Myth
203C - Fort Worth Convention Center
General Session - Employee Involvement
This session will review the idea that complacency is a misnomer and that safety processes must look to engage employees rather than blaming them for "not-paying-attention". Consider this: In safety we often use language like be safe all the time, always pay attention, better safe than sorry, if it can happen, it will, always watch where you are going and safety is common sense. How many of us can really maintain a state of hyper-vigilance for that long? Can we really expect our employees to be on the verge of a nervous breakdown all the time? How much fun is it to work in an environment where this kind of language is commonplace? This session will discuss how safety management practices must transition from one that blames employees for being complacent and not paying attention to a safety system founded on of full employee engagement.
Christopher Goulart
- Speaker
Director
RCI Safety
I65: Electrical Safety Urban Legends
201C - Fort Worth Convention Center
Interactive Discussion - Hazard Prevention & Control
Energized work is fine as long as you wear the proper PPE. The JHA is the cover-all if something happens at the worksite. 480 volts is less of a hazard than medium voltage. These are some of the urban myths we here day in and day out from highly experienced, but certainly unqualified electrical workers. This presentation will cover the myths that seem to plaque the safety manager when it comes to protecting the electrical worker.
Mike Moore
- Speaker
Vice President
Shermco Industries
G37: Flash Fire Hazard: Assessing FRC Compliance for Your Workers
101 - Fort Worth Convention Center
General Session - General Industry Safety & Health
In 2010, OSHA issued a memo requiring the use of FRC for most oil and gas workers. At this point, it is unclear what the parameters behind appropriate FRC for these tasks should be. To offer protection to employees against an unpredictable hazard, employers must carefully weigh FRC options before choosing their final option. This presentation will focus on three levels of flash fire compliance and offer guidance into the protective capabilities offered by each:
1. Garments that meet the requirements of NFPA 2112.
2. Garments made from materials that have been flash fire tested, but do not fully meet the requirements of NFPA 2112.
3. Garments that meet the ASTM D6413 requirement, but have not been flash fire tested.
In addition to discussing the above compliance options, this presentation will outline the safety benefits of closed-loop FRC tracking.
Robert Whittenberger
- Speaker
President
Tyndale
G21: How Safety Professionals can become coaches in the VPP Processes
102 - Fort Worth Convention Center
General Session - Best Practices
This workshop will delineate different roles that the safety professional can play in the VPP Process. Topics covered will include: From Cop to Coach,Three Ways to Hazard Recognition, Motivating Programs, The Office Areas, Bringing in the Big Dogs, Marketing Marketing Marketing
Richard Savage
- Speaker
Safety Consultant
Concurrent Technologies Corp
G33: How's My Driving
204B - Fort Worth Convention Center
General Session - Hazard Prevention & Control
Every year thousands of employees are injured due to distracted driving or driving under the influence. Don’t become a statistic. Drinking and the workplace are rarely a good mix. And when it comes to safety, it’s an especially bad idea to mix the two. Alcohol is a factor in up to one in four workplace accidents. Heavy drinkers are two to three times more likely to be involved in industrial accidents than non-problem drinkers. Even after alcohol has left your bloodstream, the risk of accidents remains heightened. In one study, airline pilots performed routine tasks in a simulator: 1)Before drinking any alcohol, one in 10 could not perform all the tasks correctly. 2)With a BAC of 100mg%, nine out of 10 could not perform all the tasks correctly. 3)After 14 hours, when all the alcohol had left their system, two-thirds still could not perform all the tasks correctly. In Texas, more people are killed in DUI crashes than in any other state. The state also is one of the worst states in the percentage of fatalities involving a drunk driver. Texas does not require ignition interlocks to be installed in the vehicles of all convicted drunk drivers.
Monte Atchley
- Speaker
Safety Technician-EMT
NRG-Texas Limestone Power Plant
Victor Villarreal
- Speaker
VPP Coordinator
NRG-Texas Limestone Power Plant
G22: Injury and Illness Recordkeeping Fundamentals
103B - Fort Worth Convention Center
General Session - DOE/EPA/OSHA
An overview of OSHA injury and illness recordkeeping.
Rex McKinney
- Speaker
Industrial Hygienist
OSHA
I56: Learn by Doing: A Slip, Trip and Fall Simulator Experience
203B - Fort Worth Convention Center
Interactive Discussion - Best Practices
The mission of Los Alamos National Laboratory is to anticipate, innovate, and deliver science and technology that matters. In this presentation, LANL ESH&Q trainers discuss how their application and use of technology coupled with a kinetic learning module (learn by doing) and a fall arrest system is helping to address one the most common industrial safety challenges: slips, trips and falls. Learn how the blend of HPI and BBS combined with an interactive simulator experience is being used to address slip trip and fall events at Los Alamos.
Maryrose Montalvo
- Moderator
BBS ATOMICS Facilitator
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Bethany Rich
- Speaker
VPP Program Manager
Los Alamos National Laboratory
James Kleinsteuber
- Speaker
BBS ATOMICS Facilitator
Los Alamos National Laboratory
G25: Life Goes On
200 - Fort Worth Convention Center
General Session - Behavior-Based Safety
This presentation talks to the millions of dedicated men and women whoever made an error in judgment. Colt will show how one can achieve way more than you think you can as long as you understand that only you have the ability to pass or fail in life. After all, Colt has been in a wheelchair for 13 years resulting from a fall in which he did not have his safety belt on. He became a world class bodybuilding champion and safety speaker. Now how did he do that?
Colt Wynn
- Speaker
Motivational Speaker
Phoenix Safety Management, Inc. dba Charlie Morecraft & Associates
I73: Power Tool Safety: Tools, Torque, and the Impacts
105 - Fort Worth Convention Center
Interactive Discussion - Best Practices
General overview of power tools and how to select a proper tool, based on the job requirement. Torque is briefly discussed and how it also plays into proper tool selection, along with the pitfalls of making an error in selection. Tool inspection is reviewed with demo products used as visual references for hands-on training and discussion.
Charles Allen
- Moderator
Account Executive
Snap-on Industrial
Bobby Leitz
- Speaker
National Account Manager
Snap-on Industrial
I79: Project Safety Management
202C - Fort Worth Convention Center
Interactive Discussion - Best Practices
CertifiedSafety would like to share insight and case studies on how to incorporate safety management techniques into projects without impacting safety, budget and schedule. We hope to convey the point that safety and productivity are not competing interest.
Shannon Posey
- Speaker
HSE Manager
CertifiedSafety
A48: Re-certification Made Simple: Perspectives on Preparation and Presentation
104 - Fort Worth Convention Center
Advanced Session - Worksite Analysis
Evaluations can prove to be very rewarding by providing an opportunity to highlight VPP successes, unless you have lost track of time. This discussion will allow us the opportunity to share our idea of success and methods of visual expressions that will make your re-evaluation successful and memorable in a positive way. What improvements have we made that impact safety? Have we continued to improve training opportunities for all of our employees? Because you recognize the importance of the VPP process these are just a few of the questions you might have. Being part of the VPP family for twenty years has presented some challenging opportunities. How did we keep track of everything and then present that information for evaluation while highlighting continuous improvement? Can we really demonstrate years of success in a manner that is both accurate and different? Join our site re-evaluation team for this knowledge sharing opportunity.
Karen Saurage
- Speaker
Safety Supervisor
Georgia Pacific
Paul Vallet
- Speaker
VPP Facilitator/Shipping Loader
Georgia Pacific
A51: Redefining the Proactive Limits in Safety
201B - Fort Worth Convention Center
Advanced Session - Behavior-Based Safety
In this workshop we will go beyond Behavior Based Safety to explore factors like impulse driven actions. We have all witnessed people engage in actions or behaviors the were in conflict with what that persons values. By the end of this workshop you will have a better understanding of why this happens.
Steve Williams
- Speaker
President
Accelerated Development Systems, Inc.
G40: Taking Control of the Noise Problem – Reducing the Costs of Noise Exposure
202D - Fort Worth Convention Center
General Session - Hazard Prevention & Control
Despite the prevalence of hearing protection, hearing loss continues to afflict millions of American workers. Discover the costs of noise exposure and how those costs are reduced with diminishing noise exposure. Find out why hearing conservation programs alone are inadequate and discover the benefits of engineering controls. Tour the engineering control process including measurement, methods of control, and how planning can maximize effectiveness while minimizing costs.
Hans Umhoefer
- Speaker
Industrial Hygiene Supervisor
Total Safety
Ismael Salinas
- Moderator
Lead IH Technician
Total Safety
I62: The Yellow Brick Road of Hazard Analysis to Safety Land of Oz
100 - Fort Worth Convention Center
Interactive Discussion - Worksite Analysis
Skit approach using a number of costumed characters to present actual hazard analysis, risk management assessment, and situational awareness based on a walk down the yellow brick road to Oz (land of safety perfection!) with the myriad of hazards along the way. Fun way to demonstrate basic principles in hazard recognition, risk management, situational awareness, hazard controls, and employee involvement.
Bertha Cassingham
- Speaker
Safety Programs Manager
Washington TRU Solutions, LLC
Rick Fuentes
- Speaker
USW Officer
Washington TRU Solutions, LLC
Kevin Miller
- Speaker
USW VPP Ombudsman
Washington TRU Solutions, LLC
Monte Autry
- Speaker
USW Safety Representative
Washington TRU Solutions, LLC
I75: Union VPP Question & Answer Session
202A - Fort Worth Convention Center
Interactive Discussion - Employee Involvement
Seasoned Refinery Union Committeemen field VPP related questions from the floor and provide practical answers based on their collective years of experience with the implementation of VPP Principles and three successful recertifications. From making application preparations to achieving STAR Worksite status to sustaining STAR status for 15 years, these elected Union Leaders are able to present the benefits of Union involvement in the Voluntary Protection Program for its membership.
Chris Dent
- Moderator
Machinist
ExxonMobil Corporation, Beaumont Refinery
Rene Petkovsek
- Speaker
A Operator and President USW Local 13-243
ExxonMobil Corporation, Beaumont Refinery
Robert Hill
- Speaker
A Operator and Chairman USW Local 13-243
ExxonMobil Corporation, Beaumont Refinery
Mark McDougle
- Speaker
Electrician and Chairman IBEW Local 2286
ExxonMobil Corporation, Beaumont Refinery
I58: Using Electronic Binders for Your Audit
204A - Fort Worth Convention Center
Interactive Discussion - Best Practices
Streamline your annual self-evaluation and do away with paper binders at your next OSHA on-site audit. Learn how to turn a flash drive into an interactive document review tool at your next OSHA/VPP approval or re-approval audit.
Charles Campbell
- Speaker
VPP Coordinator
Valero Three Rivers Refinery
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
A53: Achieving Safety Excellence in a Lean Environment
204A - Fort Worth Convention Center
Advanced Session - General Industry Safety & Health
Today, Lean is more than a set of tools for efficiency; it is a stark business and economic reality. Organizations that are not lean by choice will become so by necessity. The question is, should safety be put on the back burner till better times? The answer is a definite NO! Safety excellence need not be resource intensive or inefficient. With some innovative thinking and new tools, the quest for safety excellence can be ongoing in even the worst of times. Learn where the new thinking in safety is going and some examples of organizations that are continuously improving their safety results and modifying their existing safety programs for greater impact.
Shawn Galloway
- Speaker
President, COO
ProAct Safety, Inc.
I82: Confine Space
104 - Fort Worth Convention Center
Interactive Discussion - General Industry Safety & Health
To discuss and understand OSHA Permit-Required Confine Space - 1910.146
James Stephens
- Speaker
Op-Tech
Entergy, Nelson Plant
G26: Cultivating a Safe Workplace Through the Utilization of a Plant Safety Committee
202B - Fort Worth Convention Center
General Session - Best Practices
The Tyco Stafford workshop will focus on the creation and implementation of an employee-empowered safety committee to encourage employee involvement and accountability in safe practices within the company. The workshop will focus on what a plant safety committee is, creating an autonomous, employee-run safety committee, the duties and practices of an effective safety committee, how a safety committee can improve the overall safety culture in your facility, and how management commitment directly impacts the effectiveness of the safety committee.
Willie Handy
- Speaker
Shipping
Tyco Flow Controls
Frank Watson
- Speaker
Machinist
Tyco Flow Controls
Robert Saenz
- Speaker
Plant Safety Committe
Tyco Flow Controls
Mark DeWeese
- Speaker
EHS Manager
Tyco Flow Controls
G46: Documentation, Documentation, Documentation
203A - Fort Worth Convention Center
General Session - Challenge
Rule 1: Document everything. Rule 2: Review and implement Rule 1 continuously. Documentation is the proof that you are doing what you say you are doing. So, what needs to be documented? How much is too much? Too little? Is electronic documentation acceptable? We’ll cover the answers to these questions and give anyone starting out in their pathway to VPP a guideline on how to start collecting the documentation that you need to be successful at your VPP site visit.
Cindy Lewis
- Speaker
Outreach Program Coordinator
GULF COAST SAFETY INSTITUTE - COLLEGE OF THE MAINLAND
G34: Duration and Energy of Flash Fires and Evaluation of FR Clothing
101 - Fort Worth Convention Center
General Session - Best Practices
This paper will discuss the recent advances in protective performance testing of flame resistant clothing, focusing on new groundbreaking research on the duration and energy of actual hydrocarbon flash fires outdoors. This research, conducted at TEEX, was able to quantify how long these events last and how much energy they release, and HD video of the work will be used extensively. The second section covers the largest and most comprehensive hydrocarbon flash fire burn series ever conducted at an independent lab. This testing ran for 4 years at the University of Alberta, and involved several hundred flash fires. An instrumented maniken predicted extent, severity and location of any resultant body burn injury, allowing detailed analysis of protective performance. Most major FR fabric types and weights were examined at multiple exposure levels, including meta-aramids, meta-aramid/rayon blends, FR cottons, FR cotton/polyamide blends, Polybenzimidizole and its blends with para-aramid and para-aramid/rayon, disposables, outerwear, and more. Extensive video coverage accompanies the data, and post-exposure garment samples will be shown as well. The importance and mechanisms of FR clothing will be highlighted through video of non-FR garments in flash fires, and an examination of body burn injury. Relevant standards, such as ASTM F-1930, and NFPA 2112 & 2113 will be discussed, as will the new NFPA 70E (electric arc) standard. Attendees will leave with the most current, independent and comprehensive protective performance information available
Scott Margolin
- Speaker
International Technical Director
Westex
I63: Employee Incident Culpability
100 - Fort Worth Convention Center
Interactive Discussion - Employee Involvement
Have you ever had an incident, and you are trying to determine if it was the employees fault, or an organizational weakness? What if the employee simply says, I threw the wrong switch? Does that make it their fault or not? Providing consistency in these decisions has a significant impact on your safety culture. People need to feel that they can step forward and state they made a mistake. Yet management still needs ways to determine actual culpability. Our site uses this culpability tool as part of our Human Performance Improvement program and it has made a world of difference in ensuring consistency and accuracy to prevent the blame game. It also greatly improves the focus when starting a causal analysis for an incident.
Bertha Cassingham
- Speaker
Safety Programs Manager
Washington TRU Solutions, LLC
Rick Fuentes
- Speaker
USW Officer
Washington TRU Solutions, LLC
Sam Fierro
- Speaker
Safety Programs Manager
Washington TRU Solutions, LLC
Caroline Urioste
- Speaker
Safety Programs Manager
Washington TRU Solutions, LLC
G30: GHS & HCS Crash Course: What You Need to Know Now!
201A - Fort Worth Convention Center
General Session - DOE/EPA/OSHA
The changes to OSHA’s Hazard Communication Standard (HCS), as part of the alignment with the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals (GHS), impact more than 5 million U.S. workplaces, primarily in the areas of SDS formatting, chemical classification, labeling elements and worker training. With HCS continuously landing on OSHA’s most frequently cited standards list and the agency taking a tougher stance on enforcement, compliance with HCS, including understanding the effects of the GHS alignment, is crucial. Receive an overview of HCS and GHS, learn best practices for compliance, and find out how to prepare your organization to reduce costs and streamline compliance with the modified HCS.
Glen Trout
- Speaker
President & CEO
MSDSonline
Chuck Haling
- Speaker
VP-Sales
MSDSonline
I68: Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals (GHS) and it's relation to VPP
201C - Fort Worth Convention Center
Interactive Discussion - General Industry Safety & Health
An Overview of the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals (GHS) and it's relation to VPP. Information would be provided on how to incorporate GHS into an existing hazard communication program.
Shawna Smith
- Speaker
Safety Specialist
Concurrent Technologies Corporation
Lori Schroth
- Speaker
Safety and Occupational Health Specialist
Concurrent Technologies Corporation
I78: Hazard Identification & Resolution Through Safe Work Practice Teams
202A - Fort Worth Convention Center
Interactive Discussion - Hazard Prevention & Control
Experienced Safe Work Practice Team (SWPT) Leaders discuss the advantages of this practical team concept that equips and empowers workers to identify hazards in their workplace, develop resolution plans, prioritize and steward the items to closure with management support. Also discussed will be the role of management sponsors, assigned to support each SWPT, who help the SWPT by removing "barriers" and ensuring timely resolution of the hazards identified.
Curtis Foster
- Speaker
A Operator / RSOI Audit Team
ExxonMobil Beaumont Complex
Mark Theriac
- Moderator
Safety Advisor
ExxonMobil Beaumont Complex
Perrion Barbour
- Speaker
Operator / SWPT Leader
ExxonMobil Beaumont Complex
G27: Hogan’s Alley: Real Life Hazard Recognition 2.0
200 - Fort Worth Convention Center
General Session - Hazard Prevention & Control
Hogan’s Alley; Real Life Hazard Recognition 2.0, improves on last year’s workshop. This presentation illustrates a real life, site-specific hazard recognition process that can be tailored to both industrial and non-industrial worksites. We will discuss four different methods of implementing a “Hogan’s Alley” at your workplace. This workshop will show how your employee’s will benefit from real life hazard identification by increasing employee knowledge to your safety programs.
Billy Merritt
- Speaker
I&C Technician / VPP Coordinator / SGE / CSHO
NRG Texas, Greens Bayou Plant
Zachary Loessin
- Speaker
Welder / S&H Co-Chairperson
NRG Texas, Greens Bayou Plant
Emanuel Vogel
- Speaker
I&C Technician / Safety Representative / SGE / CSHO
NRG Texas, Cedar Bayou Plant
I69: Industrial Hygiene in the VPP Application Process
103B - Fort Worth Convention Center
Interactive Discussion - Worksite Analysis
This will be an overview of Industrial Hygiene sampling strategy, contractor obligations and common misconceptions regarding Industrial Hygiene in VPP.
Susan Monroe
- Speaker
Regional Industrial Hygienist
US Dept of Labor/OSHA
Rex McKinney
- Speaker
Regional Industrial Hygienist
US Dept of Labor/OSHA
G43: Management Commitment
203B - Fort Worth Convention Center
General Session - Challenge
Does your management team “walk the walk” and “talk the talk”? This session will cover some examples of how you can help your management team understand the requirements for OSHA Challenge and VPP and how you can document those activities that they may already be doing.
Cindy Lewis
- Speaker
Outreach Program Coordinator
GULF COAST SAFETY INSTITUTE - COLLEGE OF THE MAINLAND
I70: Medical Issues and Emergencies in The Workplace Can You Identify Them. What Would You Do
102 - Fort Worth Convention Center
Interactive Discussion - Health & Medical
Medical Issues and Safety in the Workplace: What do you do when your co-worker faces a medical emergency? How would you like to be able to respond confidently in an emergency? This workshop is the ultimate VPP vision: caring for your co-workers health, safety, and well-being. A certified Emergency Medical Technician and members of a safety committee will train you to respond in emergency situations through role-playing and scenarios depicting stroke, heart attack, stings, bites, food allergy reactions.
Ben Luttrell
- Speaker
Electrician
Jacobs Technology Inc.
Walter Fabian
- Speaker
EMT NASA Fire Department
Jacobs Technology Inc.
Eva Cuevas
- Speaker
QA Engineer
Jacobs Technology Inc.
Cheerie Patneaude
- Speaker
Public Affairs Coordinator/Support
Jacobs Technology Inc.
I84: OSHA Area Directors Meeting
105 - Fort Worth Convention Center
Interactive Discussion - DOE/EPA/OSHA
Come meet with your OSHA Area Representatives
Bill Klingbeil
- Coordinator
VPP Manager
OSHA
G35: Reduce Expense and Liability with Lockout/Tagout Automation
201B - Fort Worth Convention Center
General Session - Best Practices
This workshop was developed from a series of articles published by Keith Davis regarding LOTO methods and the application of technology to increase accuracy and decrease expense through automation. Mr. Davis draws upon 20+ years of experience to provide attendees with valuable discussion and examples of LOTO excellence and the use of special tagging materials as well as database, web, and wireless technologies to achieve it.
Keith Davis
- Speaker
President
Application Factory, Inc.
I60: Safety Culture and Safe Behavior &Two Approaches to Safety Achieving Safety Excellence
203C - Fort Worth Convention Center
Interactive Discussion - Behavior-Based Safety
In many circles, Behavioral Safety and Safety Culture are considered synonymous. In reality, they are distinctly different. Safety Culture acts as a foundation for the actions of employees. Behavioral Safety works from the employee level up. Safety Cultural is driven from the top down. Both represent deliberate attempts to enhance workplace safety in a very strategic manner. Behavioral Safety relies on process related metrics to measure success. Safety Culture is measured using perception surveys, focused interviews, or behavioral observations. Scientific literature provides information about the power of a Behavioral Approach to Safety indicating reductions in injury frequency and severity can range between 25% and 40% after one year of application. Safety Culture Evaluations are known to be the most reliable indicator of safety performance and optimization of the safety culture has been shown to lead to marked improvements to injury rates, severity rates, employee morale, productivity, and the measured quality of work. When combined in a deliberate and thoughtful manner, Behavioral Safety and Safety Culture create the most effective approach to safety. This session will outline the similarities and differences of Safety Cultural and Behavior Based Safety. Then a means of combining them seamlessly will be described. This new methodology will show how the interrelatedness of Safety Culture and Behavioral Safety align for this very logical combination. If the foundational basis for culture is clearly defined, the reinforcement of safe behaviors is an organizational norm, and employees are fully engaged then the outcome is World-Class Safety. This session is a must-see for organizations looking for something truly different in the world of workplace safety and health!!!
Christopher Goulart
- Speaker
Director
RCI Safety Consulting
G24: Suspension Trauma / Orthrostatic Incompetence
204B - Fort Worth Convention Center
General Session - General Industry Safety & Health
This workshop will provide employees and employers with important information on the hazards associated with suspension trauma, the different scenarios that can cause suspension trauma, and how proper treatment of a suspension trauma patient is vital to avoid a fatality. It will discuss signs and symptoms of suspension trauma, what a person can do in the event they become suspended and are in need of prompt rescue.
Raymond Engelhardt
- Speaker
Safety Specialist
NRG Energy, W. A. Parish Plant
G2: The Bad Breath of Safety: Take a CERT...
202C - Fort Worth Convention Center
General Session - Behavior-Based Safety
All too often you find that the word safety comes with a shocking, bitter aftertaste. There have been many methods to try and tame the halitosis of safety but to no avail. Employees still find ways to make safety taste even worse by their poor behavior, improper attitudes and the I-HAVE-DONE-THIS-A-MILLION- TIMES complacent, stance. Tim will present information that will wipe that safety bad breath right out of their mouths. He will give the attendees something fresh to chew on that tastes good and gives others something to talk about. You will be introduced to the CERT’s that can be used to help create skills in employees to finally achieve the refreshing taste of safety!
Tim Page-Bottorff
- Speaker
Senior Safety Consultant
SafeStart(R), A Division of Electrolab Ltd.
G8: Worker Fatigue - A Safety Dilemma
103A - Fort Worth Convention Center
General Session - Best Practices
Employee fatigue has been proven to be a key factor in many catastrophic accidents. Mental and physical fatigue can be caused by many factors including sleep deprivation, drugs, shift work, time of the year, sleep disorders, drugs and alcohol, personal lifestyles, age, etc. We will examine the various elements of fatigue in the workplace and present solutions to this new, and old, safety dilemma A review of ANSI/API Recommended Practice 755, Fatigue Risk Management Systems for Personnel in the Refining and Petrochemical Industries, First Edition, April 2010.
Henry Smahlik, CSP, CIH
- Speaker
Manager, EH&S Consulting & Training
Hagemeyer North America
Thursday, May 17, 2012
8:30 AM - 9:30 AM
G31: 5 Ways EH&S Managers Can Take the Lead in Sustainability
201A - Fort Worth Convention Center
General Session - Environmental Practices
Sustainability is the key for EH&S managers unlocking value for their company and creating effective safety programs. EH&S managers are uniquely positioned to be sustainability leaders, to promote a safer environment for employees and the community, to simplify compliance and save revenue. This workshop explores the avenues available to EH&S managers for integrating a sustainable safety program and philosophy. From embracing technology to making insightful resource management considerations, this session touches on a range of areas where EH&S managers can take the lead in sustainability, including MSDS/chemical management, incident management, training, and environmental and regulatory reporting.
Glenn Trout
- Speaker
President & CEO
MSDSonline
Chuck Haling
- Speaker
VP-Sales
MSDSonline
G6: Application of Lean & Six Sigma Principles to Safety Management Systems
202B - Fort Worth Convention Center
General Session - Worksite Analysis
Better, faster, smarter is a motto often heard in modern manufacturing as a key to beating the competition; but, how is this achieved within the world of safety and occupational health without recklessly endangering the workforce? This workshop focuses on leveraging safety processes and resources to maximize safety while controlling cost.
Kevin Martin
- Speaker
Safety Engineer
Corpus Christi Army Depot
Jamie Villanueva
- Moderator
Safety Specialist/VPP Manager
Corpus Christi Army Depot
A49: Bullet Proof Employees - How to Remove the Kevlar
203A - Fort Worth Convention Center
Advanced Session - Behavior-Based Safety
We have all experienced what it is like to work with a bullet proof employee. That one guy who thinks, "it can never happen to me", so he puts himself and others in harms way with his careless actions. This presentation will discuss the fallacy of their logic, our failed approaches, and a better way to create sustained safety.
Mike Allen
- Speaker
Partner
The RAD Group
G4: Debunking the Complacency Myth
203C - Fort Worth Convention Center
General Session - Employee Involvement
This session will review the idea that complacency is a misnomer and that safety processes must look to engage employees rather than blaming them for "not-paying-attention". Consider this: In safety we often use language like be safe all the time, always pay attention, better safe than sorry, if it can happen, it will, always watch where you are going and safety is common sense. How many of us can really maintain a state of hyper-vigilance for that long? Can we really expect our employees to be on the verge of a nervous breakdown all the time? How much fun is it to work in an environment where this kind of language is commonplace? This session will discuss how safety management practices must transition from one that blames employees for being complacent and not paying attention to a safety system founded on of full employee engagement.
Christopher Goulart
- Speaker
Director
RCI Safety
G37: Flash Fire Hazard: Assessing FRC Compliance for Your Workers
101 - Fort Worth Convention Center
General Session - General Industry Safety & Health
In 2010, OSHA issued a memo requiring the use of FRC for most oil and gas workers. At this point, it is unclear what the parameters behind appropriate FRC for these tasks should be. To offer protection to employees against an unpredictable hazard, employers must carefully weigh FRC options before choosing their final option. This presentation will focus on three levels of flash fire compliance and offer guidance into the protective capabilities offered by each:
1. Garments that meet the requirements of NFPA 2112.
2. Garments made from materials that have been flash fire tested, but do not fully meet the requirements of NFPA 2112.
3. Garments that meet the ASTM D6413 requirement, but have not been flash fire tested.
In addition to discussing the above compliance options, this presentation will outline the safety benefits of closed-loop FRC tracking.
Robert Whittenberger
- Speaker
President
Tyndale
I68: Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals (GHS) and it's relation to VPP
201C - Fort Worth Convention Center
Interactive Discussion - General Industry Safety & Health
An Overview of the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals (GHS) and it's relation to VPP. Information would be provided on how to incorporate GHS into an existing hazard communication program.
Shawna Smith
- Speaker
Safety Specialist
Concurrent Technologies Corporation
Lori Schroth
- Speaker
Safety and Occupational Health Specialist
Concurrent Technologies Corporation
I61: Hall of Comic Book Safety Heroes
100 - Fort Worth Convention Center
Interactive Discussion - General Industry Safety & Health
Walk Through a Hall of Heroes (based on comic book Heroes) and their views approaches to safety to give you some unique ideas on setting up an inexpensive safety event that is heavy on interactive employee involvement.
Bertha Cassingham
- Speaker
Safety Programs Manager
Washington TRU Solutions, LLC
Rick Fuentes
- Speaker
USW Officer
Washington TRU Solutions, LLC
Kevin Miller
- Speaker
USW VPP Ombudsman
Washington TRU Solutions, LLC
Bobby Franco
- Speaker
USW Safety Representative
Washington TRU Solutions, LLC
G33: How's My Driving
204B - Fort Worth Convention Center
General Session - Hazard Prevention & Control
Every year thousands of employees are injured due to distracted driving or driving under the influence. Don’t become a statistic. Drinking and the workplace are rarely a good mix. And when it comes to safety, it’s an especially bad idea to mix the two. Alcohol is a factor in up to one in four workplace accidents. Heavy drinkers are two to three times more likely to be involved in industrial accidents than non-problem drinkers. Even after alcohol has left your bloodstream, the risk of accidents remains heightened. In one study, airline pilots performed routine tasks in a simulator: 1)Before drinking any alcohol, one in 10 could not perform all the tasks correctly. 2)With a BAC of 100mg%, nine out of 10 could not perform all the tasks correctly. 3)After 14 hours, when all the alcohol had left their system, two-thirds still could not perform all the tasks correctly. In Texas, more people are killed in DUI crashes than in any other state. The state also is one of the worst states in the percentage of fatalities involving a drunk driver. Texas does not require ignition interlocks to be installed in the vehicles of all convicted drunk drivers.
Monte Atchley
- Speaker
Safety Technician-EMT
NRG-Texas Limestone Power Plant
Victor Villarreal
- Speaker
VPP Coordinator
NRG-Texas Limestone Power Plant
G22: Injury and Illness Recordkeeping Fundamentals
103B - Fort Worth Convention Center
General Session - DOE/EPA/OSHA
An overview of OSHA injury and illness recordkeeping.
Rex McKinney
- Speaker
Industrial Hygienist
OSHA
I56: Learn by Doing: A Slip, Trip and Fall Simulator Experience
203B - Fort Worth Convention Center
Interactive Discussion - Best Practices
The mission of Los Alamos National Laboratory is to anticipate, innovate, and deliver science and technology that matters. In this presentation, LANL ESH&Q trainers discuss how their application and use of technology coupled with a kinetic learning module (learn by doing) and a fall arrest system is helping to address one the most common industrial safety challenges: slips, trips and falls. Learn how the blend of HPI and BBS combined with an interactive simulator experience is being used to address slip trip and fall events at Los Alamos.
Maryrose Montalvo
- Moderator
BBS ATOMICS Facilitator
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Bethany Rich
- Speaker
VPP Program Manager
Los Alamos National Laboratory
James Kleinsteuber
- Speaker
BBS ATOMICS Facilitator
Los Alamos National Laboratory
G25: Life Goes On
200 - Fort Worth Convention Center
General Session - Behavior-Based Safety
This presentation talks to the millions of dedicated men and women whoever made an error in judgment. Colt will show how one can achieve way more than you think you can as long as you understand that only you have the ability to pass or fail in life. After all, Colt has been in a wheelchair for 13 years resulting from a fall in which he did not have his safety belt on. He became a world class bodybuilding champion and safety speaker. Now how did he do that?
Colt Wynn
- Speaker
Motivational Speaker
Phoenix Safety Management, Inc. dba Charlie Morecraft & Associates
I85: OSHA VPP COORDINATORS WORKSHOP
105 - Fort Worth Convention Center
Interactive Discussion - DOE/EPA/OSHA
A very informative interactive question and answer session with the Region VI OSHA VPP Coordinators. This is your chance to get answers to any question you have about VPP and what goes on during an audit from the Region VI VPP experts.
Mike Maddox
- Moderator
CORPORATE VPP DIRECTOR
NuStar Energy
G39: Raising the Bar on Safety Leadership
104 - Fort Worth Convention Center
General Session - Best Practices
This workshop provides insight into Marathon's Texas City Refinery and our journey toward improving our overall safety culture through our Safety Leadership initiative.
Shane Moser
- Speaker
HES Manager
Marathon Petroleum Company
Connie Bradley
- Speaker
Division Manager
Marathon Petroleum Company
I80: SAFE 4 THE RIGHT REASONS
202C - Fort Worth Convention Center
Interactive Discussion - Behavior-Based Safety
A basic understanding of human behavior and why we do the things we do is the foundation of how to motivate employees in avoiding accidents and to value safety. This session addresses the upstream struggle that safety professionals face trying to get employees to adopt and value safe behavior. Dale offers a fresh approach and his ability to make his message personal for every employee is the key to his effectiveness. Dale’s ability to incorporate audience participation, fun, humor, real world situations that everyone can relate to and the ability to uncover each and every attendee’s personal motivation for safety has made this session a favorite at National and Regional Conferences, and major corporations from coast to coast.
Dale Lesinski
- Speaker
Vice President
DiVal Safety Equipment
I77: Tools & Techniques of the Comprehensive Loss Prevention System
202A - Fort Worth Convention Center
Interactive Discussion - Behavior-Based Safety
The Loss Prevention System (LPS) overcomes the negative features of traditional safety programs and addresses safety in a systemic way. It focuses on behavior, but also targets conditions and organizational factors. It engages all employees in the effort to reduce incidents and loss proactively. Learn to use the simple yet profound tools and techniques within LPS (Last Minute Risk Assessment, Job Safety Analysis, Observation Program) that will improve safety performance as well as positively impact Health, Reliability and Revenue.
Ronnie Baker
- Speaker
Personnel Safety Advisor / LPS Coordinator
ExxonMobil Corporation, Beaumont Complex
Mark Theriac
- Moderator
Safety Advisor
ExxonMobil Corporation, Beaumont Complex
Tim Romero
- Speaker
Personnel Safety Advisor / LPS Coordinator
ExxonMobil Corporation, Beaumont Complex
I58: Using Electronic Binders for Your Audit
204A - Fort Worth Convention Center
Interactive Discussion - Best Practices
Streamline your annual self-evaluation and do away with paper binders at your next OSHA on-site audit. Learn how to turn a flash drive into an interactive document review tool at your next OSHA/VPP approval or re-approval audit.
Charles Campbell
- Speaker
VPP Coordinator
Valero Three Rivers Refinery
G44: Contractor Safety in the Challenge/VPP World
201B - Fort Worth Convention Center
General Session - Challenge
Contractor selection and management seem to be one of the most “challenging” areas of VPP for many companies. A systematic selection, management and removal process has proven successful for those able to maintain VPP Star status. Company and Contractor representatives will discuss contractor safety programs from both sides using the Challenge/VPP requirements to explain how they modified and improved their programs to gain success in VPP.
Cindy Lewis
- Speaker
Outreach Program Coordinator
GULF COAST SAFETY INSTITUTE - COLLEGE OF THE MAINLAND
G8: Worker Fatigue - A Safety Dilemma
103A - Fort Worth Convention Center
General Session - Best Practices
Employee fatigue has been proven to be a key factor in many catastrophic accidents. Mental and physical fatigue can be caused by many factors including sleep deprivation, drugs, shift work, time of the year, sleep disorders, drugs and alcohol, personal lifestyles, age, etc. We will examine the various elements of fatigue in the workplace and present solutions to this new, and old, safety dilemma A review of ANSI/API Recommended Practice 755, Fatigue Risk Management Systems for Personnel in the Refining and Petrochemical Industries, First Edition, April 2010.
Henry Smahlik, CSP, CIH
- Speaker
Manager, EH&S Consulting & Training
Hagemeyer North America
I66: Would You Watch Out For My Safety?
102 - Fort Worth Convention Center
Interactive Discussion - Training
Everyone says people should be, "their brother's keeper", yet seldom do they give them effective ways of doing so. Because people feel uncomfortable "correcting" someone else they choose to say nothing allowing a possible injury. Join John Drebinger to discover 5 reasons people will want to watch out for the safety of others. Learn ways they can share safety with others and feel comfortable doing so. Finally learn how to motivate people to respond in a way that will have everyone watching out for the safety of others.
John Debringer
- Speaker
Certified Public Speaker
John Drebinger Presentations
Sandie Gilbert
- Moderator
Editor
John Drebinger Presentations
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
G34: Duration and Energy of Flash Fires and Evaluation of FR Clothing
101 - Fort Worth Convention Center
General Session - Best Practices
This paper will discuss the recent advances in protective performance testing of flame resistant clothing, focusing on new groundbreaking research on the duration and energy of actual hydrocarbon flash fires outdoors. This research, conducted at TEEX, was able to quantify how long these events last and how much energy they release, and HD video of the work will be used extensively. The second section covers the largest and most comprehensive hydrocarbon flash fire burn series ever conducted at an independent lab. This testing ran for 4 years at the University of Alberta, and involved several hundred flash fires. An instrumented maniken predicted extent, severity and location of any resultant body burn injury, allowing detailed analysis of protective performance. Most major FR fabric types and weights were examined at multiple exposure levels, including meta-aramids, meta-aramid/rayon blends, FR cottons, FR cotton/polyamide blends, Polybenzimidizole and its blends with para-aramid and para-aramid/rayon, disposables, outerwear, and more. Extensive video coverage accompanies the data, and post-exposure garment samples will be shown as well. The importance and mechanisms of FR clothing will be highlighted through video of non-FR garments in flash fires, and an examination of body burn injury. Relevant standards, such as ASTM F-1930, and NFPA 2112 & 2113 will be discussed, as will the new NFPA 70E (electric arc) standard. Attendees will leave with the most current, independent and comprehensive protective performance information available
Scott Margolin
- Speaker
International Technical Director
Westex
I63: Employee Incident Culpability
100 - Fort Worth Convention Center
Interactive Discussion - Employee Involvement
Have you ever had an incident, and you are trying to determine if it was the employees fault, or an organizational weakness? What if the employee simply says, I threw the wrong switch? Does that make it their fault or not? Providing consistency in these decisions has a significant impact on your safety culture. People need to feel that they can step forward and state they made a mistake. Yet management still needs ways to determine actual culpability. Our site uses this culpability tool as part of our Human Performance Improvement program and it has made a world of difference in ensuring consistency and accuracy to prevent the blame game. It also greatly improves the focus when starting a causal analysis for an incident.
Bertha Cassingham
- Speaker
Safety Programs Manager
Washington TRU Solutions, LLC
Rick Fuentes
- Speaker
USW Officer
Washington TRU Solutions, LLC
Sam Fierro
- Speaker
Safety Programs Manager
Washington TRU Solutions, LLC
Caroline Urioste
- Speaker
Safety Programs Manager
Washington TRU Solutions, LLC
G20: Empowering Members of Employee-Driven Safety Teams
204A - Fort Worth Convention Center
General Session - Employee Involvement
In this seminar, attendees will learn the innovative tactics used by an aerospace engineering company's safety team to increase the involvement and awareness of employees and empower team members.
William Goodman
- Speaker
Project Lead - Shuttle Archives; Safety Team Co-Chair
ESCG
Lily Simle
- Speaker
Engineering Specialist and Safety Team Chair
ESCG
G30: GHS & HCS Crash Course: What You Need to Know Now!
201A - Fort Worth Convention Center
General Session - DOE/EPA/OSHA
The changes to OSHA’s Hazard Communication Standard (HCS), as part of the alignment with the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals (GHS), impact more than 5 million U.S. workplaces, primarily in the areas of SDS formatting, chemical classification, labeling elements and worker training. With HCS continuously landing on OSHA’s most frequently cited standards list and the agency taking a tougher stance on enforcement, compliance with HCS, including understanding the effects of the GHS alignment, is crucial. Receive an overview of HCS and GHS, learn best practices for compliance, and find out how to prepare your organization to reduce costs and streamline compliance with the modified HCS.
Glen Trout
- Speaker
President & CEO
MSDSonline
Chuck Haling
- Speaker
VP-Sales
MSDSonline
G21: How Safety Professionals can become coaches in the VPP Processes
102 - Fort Worth Convention Center
General Session - Best Practices
This workshop will delineate different roles that the safety professional can play in the VPP Process. Topics covered will include: From Cop to Coach,Three Ways to Hazard Recognition, Motivating Programs, The Office Areas, Bringing in the Big Dogs, Marketing Marketing Marketing
Richard Savage
- Speaker
Safety Consultant
Concurrent Technologies Corp
I69: Industrial Hygiene in the VPP Application Process
103B - Fort Worth Convention Center
Interactive Discussion - Worksite Analysis
This will be an overview of Industrial Hygiene sampling strategy, contractor obligations and common misconceptions regarding Industrial Hygiene in VPP.
Susan Monroe
- Speaker
Regional Industrial Hygienist
US Dept of Labor/OSHA
Rex McKinney
- Speaker
Regional Industrial Hygienist
US Dept of Labor/OSHA
G45: Lessons Learned on the way to VPP
103A - Fort Worth Convention Center
General Session - Challenge
Learn from companies that have successfully used the OSHA Challenge Program to gain VPP Star status on how they did it. They’ll discuss lessons learned and what they needed to do to get ready for their VPP site visit after completing the OSHA Challenge Program.
Cindy Lewis
- Speaker
Outreach Program Coordinator
GULF COAST SAFETY INSTITUTE - COLLEGE OF THE MAINLAND
I70: Medical Issues and Emergencies in The Workplace Can You Identify Them. What Would You Do
202B - Fort Worth Convention Center
Interactive Discussion - Health & Medical
Medical Issues and Safety in the Workplace: What do you do when your co-worker faces a medical emergency? How would you like to be able to respond confidently in an emergency? This workshop is the ultimate VPP vision: caring for your co-workers health, safety, and well-being. A certified Emergency Medical Technician and members of a safety committee will train you to respond in emergency situations through role-playing and scenarios depicting stroke, heart attack, stings, bites, food allergy reactions.
Ben Luttrell
- Speaker
Electrician
Jacobs Technology Inc.
Walter Fabian
- Speaker
EMT NASA Fire Department
Jacobs Technology Inc.
Eva Cuevas
- Speaker
QA Engineer
Jacobs Technology Inc.
Cheerie Patneaude
- Speaker
Public Affairs Coordinator/Support
Jacobs Technology Inc.
G32: OUR SAFETTY MEETINGS STINK!
202C - Fort Worth Convention Center
General Session - Training
Safety meetings & training play an important role in keeping your employees safe. Are your meetings effective? Most people given the charge of employee safety have never been trained on public speaking or how to plan and run an effective meeting. This session will address the challenges of adult learners, key components to effective meetings & training, tips on public speaking, most common mistakes that doom safety meetings & 10 take away ideas that can be used immediately at your company.
Judy Trent
- Speaker
Training Division Coordinator
DiVal Safety Equipment
A48: Re-certification Made Simple: Perspectives on Preparation and Presentation
104 - Fort Worth Convention Center
Advanced Session - Worksite Analysis
Evaluations can prove to be very rewarding by providing an opportunity to highlight VPP successes, unless you have lost track of time. This discussion will allow us the opportunity to share our idea of success and methods of visual expressions that will make your re-evaluation successful and memorable in a positive way. What improvements have we made that impact safety? Have we continued to improve training opportunities for all of our employees? Because you recognize the importance of the VPP process these are just a few of the questions you might have. Being part of the VPP family for twenty years has presented some challenging opportunities. How did we keep track of everything and then present that information for evaluation while highlighting continuous improvement? Can we really demonstrate years of success in a manner that is both accurate and different? Join our site re-evaluation team for this knowledge sharing opportunity.
Karen Saurage
- Speaker
Safety Supervisor
Georgia Pacific
Paul Vallet
- Speaker
VPP Facilitator/Shipping Loader
Georgia Pacific
G35: Reduce Expense and Liability with Lockout/Tagout Automation
201B - Fort Worth Convention Center
General Session - Best Practices
This workshop was developed from a series of articles published by Keith Davis regarding LOTO methods and the application of technology to increase accuracy and decrease expense through automation. Mr. Davis draws upon 20+ years of experience to provide attendees with valuable discussion and examples of LOTO excellence and the use of special tagging materials as well as database, web, and wireless technologies to achieve it.
Keith Davis
- Speaker
President
Application Factory, Inc.
G28: Reinforcement Based Safety
201C - Fort Worth Convention Center
General Session - Behavior-Based Safety
This workshop explains a history of a safety culture change through employee participation. It explains the user friendly website that maintains constant live data being fed by the employees that are performing safety activities and observations at the workplace and at home. This program is employee driven and has twice been recognized as a best practice program by OSHA.
Johnny Collazo
- Speaker
VPP Site Coordinator
Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP
Harold Neeley
- Speaker
HR Manager
Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP
A50: SafetyCompass - The Skills for Redirecting Unsafe Behavior
203A - Fort Worth Convention Center
Advanced Session - Behavior-Based Safety
The best and safest organizations are pushing past traditional BBS theories and looking more into Human Factors and how people can be used to strengthen the systems in which we all work. The greatest tool that people have to affect change is to perform an intervention that can change behavior in the moment and then fix the system in such a way that the behavior changes sustainably. The RAD Group has developed a set of skills that all employees can use to change behaviors immediately and then diagnose and fix systems so that behaviors don't occur in the future.
Michael Allen
- Speaker
Director of Business Development
The RAD Group
I60: Safety Culture and Safe Behavior &Two Approaches to Safety Achieving Safety Excellence
203C - Fort Worth Convention Center
Interactive Discussion - Behavior-Based Safety
In many circles, Behavioral Safety and Safety Culture are considered synonymous. In reality, they are distinctly different. Safety Culture acts as a foundation for the actions of employees. Behavioral Safety works from the employee level up. Safety Cultural is driven from the top down. Both represent deliberate attempts to enhance workplace safety in a very strategic manner. Behavioral Safety relies on process related metrics to measure success. Safety Culture is measured using perception surveys, focused interviews, or behavioral observations. Scientific literature provides information about the power of a Behavioral Approach to Safety indicating reductions in injury frequency and severity can range between 25% and 40% after one year of application. Safety Culture Evaluations are known to be the most reliable indicator of safety performance and optimization of the safety culture has been shown to lead to marked improvements to injury rates, severity rates, employee morale, productivity, and the measured quality of work. When combined in a deliberate and thoughtful manner, Behavioral Safety and Safety Culture create the most effective approach to safety. This session will outline the similarities and differences of Safety Cultural and Behavior Based Safety. Then a means of combining them seamlessly will be described. This new methodology will show how the interrelatedness of Safety Culture and Behavioral Safety align for this very logical combination. If the foundational basis for culture is clearly defined, the reinforcement of safe behaviors is an organizational norm, and employees are fully engaged then the outcome is World-Class Safety. This session is a must-see for organizations looking for something truly different in the world of workplace safety and health!!!
Christopher Goulart
- Speaker
Director
RCI Safety Consulting
G24: Suspension Trauma / Orthrostatic Incompetence
204B - Fort Worth Convention Center
General Session - General Industry Safety & Health
This workshop will provide employees and employers with important information on the hazards associated with suspension trauma, the different scenarios that can cause suspension trauma, and how proper treatment of a suspension trauma patient is vital to avoid a fatality. It will discuss signs and symptoms of suspension trauma, what a person can do in the event they become suspended and are in need of prompt rescue.
Raymond Engelhardt
- Speaker
Safety Specialist
NRG Energy, W. A. Parish Plant
G2: The Bad Breath of Safety: Take a CERT...
203B - Fort Worth Convention Center
General Session - Behavior-Based Safety
All too often you find that the word safety comes with a shocking, bitter aftertaste. There have been many methods to try and tame the halitosis of safety but to no avail. Employees still find ways to make safety taste even worse by their poor behavior, improper attitudes and the I-HAVE-DONE-THIS-A-MILLION- TIMES complacent, stance. Tim will present information that will wipe that safety bad breath right out of their mouths. He will give the attendees something fresh to chew on that tastes good and gives others something to talk about. You will be introduced to the CERT’s that can be used to help create skills in employees to finally achieve the refreshing taste of safety!
Tim Page-Bottorff
- Speaker
Senior Safety Consultant
SafeStart(R), A Division of Electrolab Ltd.
G36: The Kevin Bailey Story
200 - Fort Worth Convention Center
General Session - Behavior-Based Safety
Kevin Bailey is one of the most sought after safety speakers in the country. He nearly lost his life in a work-related accident, causing emotional pain for his family. In his motivational presentation Kevin shares the contributing factors, how it effected his life and most importantly…what could have prevented it! Kevin's message has touched thousands of lives, after hearing his story you will have a fresh outlook on being part of the safety team.
Kevin Bailey
- Speaker
Owner
SAFE
I75: Union VPP Question & Answer Session
202A - Fort Worth Convention Center
Interactive Discussion - Employee Involvement
Seasoned Refinery Union Committeemen field VPP related questions from the floor and provide practical answers based on their collective years of experience with the implementation of VPP Principles and three successful recertifications. From making application preparations to achieving STAR Worksite status to sustaining STAR status for 15 years, these elected Union Leaders are able to present the benefits of Union involvement in the Voluntary Protection Program for its membership.
Chris Dent
- Moderator
Machinist
ExxonMobil Corporation, Beaumont Refinery
Rene Petkovsek
- Speaker
A Operator and President USW Local 13-243
ExxonMobil Corporation, Beaumont Refinery
Robert Hill
- Speaker
A Operator and Chairman USW Local 13-243
ExxonMobil Corporation, Beaumont Refinery
Mark McDougle
- Speaker
Electrician and Chairman IBEW Local 2286
ExxonMobil Corporation, Beaumont Refinery
G18: Using Electronic Message Boards for Improved Safety Awareness
105 - Fort Worth Convention Center
General Session - Best Practices
Strong communication is a key success factor in any Safety & Health Management System. Many companies are exploring electronic message boards, plasma screens and digital signage as a way to engage workers and improve safety awareness. Companies continually underestimate what it takes to develop, deploy and maintain an effective workplace digital signage program. In this session, The Marlin Company, the workplace communication experts, will address the key challenges and offer proven solutions. This session will cover: Getting started: why, who, where and how. Identifying the stakeholders. Measuring the true cost. Understanding content: source, quantity, quality and creation. Avoiding the blank screen syndrome. The Myth of Do It Yourself
Jude Carter
- Speaker
Director of Marketing
The Marlin Company
1:15 PM - 2:15 PM
G1: A Star is Born
201A - Fort Worth Convention Center
General Session - Behavior-Based Safety
The scope of this workshop is to give an idea about getting your co-workers involved in the Behavior Based Safety Program. We will give illustrations of desired safety behaviors and undesired safety behaviors through the use of video. Come, let us entertain and give valuable information for your Behavior Based Safety Program. You can really be a star when working safely.
Leonard Carter
- Speaker
Process Technician
DSM Nutritional Products
Deor Hernandez
- Speaker
Business Coordinator
DSM Nutritional Products, Inc.
Rodney McWhorter
- Speaker
Business Coordinator
DSM Nutritional Products, Inc.
Fred Ruefenacht
- Coordinator
Process Technician
DSM Nutritional Products, Inc.
Sandy Picard
- Coordinator
Process Technician
DSM Nutritional Products, Inc.
Jimmy Pena
- Coordinator
Process Technician
DSM Nutritional Products, Inc.
I64: Best Performance Indicators
100 - Fort Worth Convention Center
Interactive Discussion - Best Practices
A team of Department of Energy personnel conducted a benchmarking project with commercial nuclear facilities across the country. They focused on facilities that had make remarkable turnarounds in just 18-24 months! Investigation showed the primary foundation for such fantastic improvements the performance indicators! The team took the common ones that would work at most any site, and did a pilot projects that worked! So if you have been looking for a set of leading proven performance indicators, this presentation will give you a set that will work for you!
Bertha Cassingham
- Speaker
Safety Programs Manager
Washington TRU Solutions, LLC
G15: Combustible Dust Hazard Analysis and Control
203C - Fort Worth Convention Center
General Session - Hazard Prevention & Control
This workshop will include a brief introduction into combustible dust: how is it defined, and what are the hazards. The status of OSHA's combustible dust rulemaking will be discussed, and it will be compared to NFPA standards. The necessary steps for ensuring compliance with OSHA and NFPA will be discussed. This will include: conducting a process hazard analysis for combustible dust; selecting engineering controls; requirements for procedural controls; training requirements; and hazard communication requirements.
Brian Edwards
- Speaker
Director of Engineering
Conversion Technology, Inc.
I82: Confine Space
104 - Fort Worth Convention Center
Interactive Discussion - General Industry Safety & Health
To discuss and understand OSHA Permit-Required Confine Space - 1910.146
James Stephens
- Speaker
Op-Tech
Entergy, Nelson Plant
G26: Cultivating a Safe Workplace Through the Utilization of a Plant Safety Committee
202B - Fort Worth Convention Center
General Session - Best Practices
The Tyco Stafford workshop will focus on the creation and implementation of an employee-empowered safety committee to encourage employee involvement and accountability in safe practices within the company. The workshop will focus on what a plant safety committee is, creating an autonomous, employee-run safety committee, the duties and practices of an effective safety committee, how a safety committee can improve the overall safety culture in your facility, and how management commitment directly impacts the effectiveness of the safety committee.
Willie Handy
- Speaker
Shipping
Tyco Flow Controls
Frank Watson
- Speaker
Machinist
Tyco Flow Controls
Robert Saenz
- Speaker
Plant Safety Committe
Tyco Flow Controls
Mark DeWeese
- Speaker
EHS Manager
Tyco Flow Controls
I59: Effective Training Techniques
202C - Fort Worth Convention Center
Interactive Discussion - Training
Training is such an integral component of any employer’s safety and health program and ensuring that employees understand and not merely from a linguistic standpoint is sometimes challenging. In the December ASSE 2011 article entitled, “Conducting an Effective Needs Assessment”, uncovered the amount of money employers spend on training. The article indicated that in 1992, Broad & Newstrom reported an estimated $50 Billion was spent each on formal training, with another $90-120 Billion on less structured training. ASTD estimates in 2010 US organizations spent $125.88 Billion dollars on training. The techniques discussed in this presentation discuss Blooms Taxonomy, ANSI Z 490.1; Criteria for Accepted Practices in Safety, Health & Environmental Training, and two ASSE Professional Safety magazines articles that cover training, and share a personal story while working in the scaffold industry how the “Maestro’s” experience, knowledge, respect, influence, a! nd trust play an integral role in the mentoring of safe behavior and the fostering of a safe work environment.
Mark Hernandez
- Speaker
CAS
USDOL-OSHA
G12: Ergonomics & Technology: The Future
203B - Fort Worth Convention Center
General Session - Ergonomics
Ergonomics & Technology: The Future is designed to increase ergonomic awareness in and out of the workplace by exploring new technology such as tablets, readers and smart phones, their use and place in the work environment as well as the ever changing workplace including trends in the office and telecommuting. The presentation will look at the principals of ergonomics, the consequences of neglecting an office ergonomics program, creative, cost-effective approaches to proactively address ergonomic problems, and workstation design through innovative office furniture.
Jerome Congleton
- Speaker
Professor
Texas A&M University Health Science Center School Rural Public Health
A52: Exceptional People 2012
201B - Fort Worth Convention Center
Advanced Session - Other
Over the past seventeen years we have come across several people who have a high degree of personal power and influence and used this power as a force to reduce injuries in their organizations. In this workshop we will explore the attributes of these "exceptional people" including the source of their personal power and the motivation that allows them to accomplish things that others can't.
Steve Williams
- Speaker
President
Accelerated Development Systems, Inc.
G41: From None to Some: Employee Involvement
204B - Fort Worth Convention Center
General Session - Challenge
Learn how OSHA Challenge companies went from having no employee involvement to getting employees actively engaged in the safety process and programs.
Cindy Lewis
- Speaker
Outreach Program Coordinator
GULF COAST SAFETY INSTITUTE - COLLEGE OF THE MAINLAND
I78: Hazard Identification & Resolution Through Safe Work Practice Teams
202A - Fort Worth Convention Center
Interactive Discussion - Hazard Prevention & Control
Experienced Safe Work Practice Team (SWPT) Leaders discuss the advantages of this practical team concept that equips and empowers workers to identify hazards in their workplace, develop resolution plans, prioritize and steward the items to closure with management support. Also discussed will be the role of management sponsors, assigned to support each SWPT, who help the SWPT by removing "barriers" and ensuring timely resolution of the hazards identified.
Curtis Foster
- Speaker
A Operator / RSOI Audit Team
ExxonMobil Beaumont Complex
Mark Theriac
- Moderator
Safety Advisor
ExxonMobil Beaumont Complex
Perrion Barbour
- Speaker
Operator / SWPT Leader
ExxonMobil Beaumont Complex
G47: Heat Stress Prevention…Responsibilities and Prevention and Effects
101 - Fort Worth Convention Center
General Session - General Industry Safety & Health
This presentation discusses heat related illnesses. We will discuss the weather factors that have contributed to outdoor heat illness that were caused by some of the temperature records set during last summer’s heat wave. We will then discuss the effect of heat on the body and the effect it has on productivity. This heat stress program will include preventive measures that can and should be taken to reduce the risk of heat illnesses and the cost to business. We will conclude by discussing the effects of heat on our lives away from work including all ages of our families.
Robert Manuel
- Moderator
Rotating Equipment Specialist
Huntsman Corporation, Port Neches Performance Products
Cindy Aaron
- Speaker
Utilities Operations Trainer
Huntsman Corporation, Port Neches Performance Products
Mark Davis
- Speaker
Safety Specialist
Huntsman Corporation, Port Neches Performance Products
G27: Hogan’s Alley: Real Life Hazard Recognition 2.0
200 - Fort Worth Convention Center
General Session - Hazard Prevention & Control
Hogan’s Alley; Real Life Hazard Recognition 2.0, improves on last year’s workshop. This presentation illustrates a real life, site-specific hazard recognition process that can be tailored to both industrial and non-industrial worksites. We will discuss four different methods of implementing a “Hogan’s Alley” at your workplace. This workshop will show how your employee’s will benefit from real life hazard identification by increasing employee knowledge to your safety programs.
Billy Merritt
- Speaker
I&C Technician / VPP Coordinator / SGE / CSHO
NRG Texas, Greens Bayou Plant
Zachary Loessin
- Speaker
Welder / S&H Co-Chairperson
NRG Texas, Greens Bayou Plant
Emanuel Vogel
- Speaker
I&C Technician / Safety Representative / SGE / CSHO
NRG Texas, Cedar Bayou Plant
G5: Identifying and Cultivating Safety Leaders
103A - Fort Worth Convention Center
General Session - Employee Involvement
The goal of this workshop is to provide other companies with the tools they need to identify potential safety leaders in their workforce and show them how it is both possible and beneficial to integrate safety throughout their entire organization by using their most valuable resources---employees. In order to do so, we will outline the specific qualities safety leaders should possess. From there we will teach techniques to nurture and develop newly identified safety leaders to further maximize the safety culture in each organization.
Kelly Hebert
- Moderator
VPP Site Representative
Savage Services
Russ Shinert
- Speaker
Safety Director
Savage Services
Eric Adamson
- Speaker
Vice President of Safety
Savage Services
Jimmy Ricks
- Moderator
Manager
Savage Services
Dale Henderson
- Moderator
Lead Safety Specialist
Savage Services
I55: P.A.S.T. The Future of Safety
203A - Fort Worth Convention Center
Interactive Discussion - Behavior-Based Safety
The P.A.S.T. is the Motiva Port Arthur Refinery's Behavior based Safety team. The team was formed in 2007. The Team is ran by Labor, fully supported by management. The difference is this is a non observation based Team. Team make up, 3 Motiva personnel: One full time hourly facilitator, rotated yearly between the three unions. 1 hourly employee (1 month), 1 salary employee (1 Week).
Dan Aleksandrowicz
- Moderator
Site VPP Representative (Labor)
Motiva Enterprises, LLC
Lisa Durso
- Speaker
P.A.S.T. Facilitator USW 13-423
Motiva Enterprises, LLC
Steve Arnaud
- Speaker
Health/Safety Committee-IBEW
Motiva Enterprises, LLC
Bill Heiner
- Speaker
VPP Site Representative (Management)
Motiva Enterprises, LLC
G40: Taking Control of the Noise Problem – Reducing the Costs of Noise Exposure
202D - Fort Worth Convention Center
General Session - Hazard Prevention & Control
Despite the prevalence of hearing protection, hearing loss continues to afflict millions of American workers. Discover the costs of noise exposure and how those costs are reduced with diminishing noise exposure. Find out why hearing conservation programs alone are inadequate and discover the benefits of engineering controls. Tour the engineering control process including measurement, methods of control, and how planning can maximize effectiveness while minimizing costs.
Hans Umhoefer
- Speaker
Industrial Hygiene Supervisor
Total Safety
Ismael Salinas
- Moderator
Lead IH Technician
Total Safety
G38: Teaching Supervisors to be Safety Coaches
204A - Fort Worth Convention Center
General Session - Behavior-Based Safety
Supervisors influence worker behavior perhaps more than any other level in an organization. Yet most supervisors have not received formal training on coaching and effective performance feedback skills. Supervisors are in a unique position to facilitate the creation of a culture that focuses on safety excellence. Discover steps to take supervisors from cops to coaches, identify how to transfer these strategies throughout the workplace; ensuring more effective safety supervision methodologies.
Shawn Galloway
- Speaker
President, COO
ProAct Safety, Inc.
I72: The Challenges to Finding and Retaining Qualified Electrical Workers
201C - Fort Worth Convention Center
Interactive Discussion - Behavior-Based Safety
Electrical workers must be qualified to operate, repair and maintain the complex machines that create our electricity. The machines required to generate the electricity have some inherent hazards that must be communicated to the workers. The electric reliability standards in America are becoming increasingly more demanding and enforcement and penalties are at a premium. The aging American workforce and the rapidly declining amount of new workers entering the labor pool, the changing American work ethic, and the rising costs of keeping these workers on staff is creating some challenges for the aging electrical generating infrastructure. These same challenges not only face America, but also the balance of the industrialized world. What does the future look like for these resources, and what does the make-up of the worker look like who will operate and maintain these generation facilities in the next five to ten years? How do we properly train the workers who are entering the electric generation workforce?
Mike Moore
- Speaker
Vice President
Shermco Industries
G7: Using the National Weather Service StormReady Program for Better Response
103B - Fort Worth Convention Center
General Session - Best Practices
StormReady is a National Weather Service program, and sites have to go through an application process to achieve that Designation. StormReady, a program started in 1999 in Tulsa, OK., helps arm Americas communities with the communication and safety skills needed to save lives and property before and during the event, according to the NWS. StormReady communities are better prepared to save lives from the onslaught of severe weather through better planning, education and awareness. After going through the application process and meeting the requirements to achieve the StormReady designation, the McKee Weather Team successfully met the requirements and is now recognized as a StormReady Supporter by the NWS. In this workshop we would discuss the necessary equipment and software needed to build your own weather station. The make up of a weather team for your site and establishing the protocols for the team. The training needed to breakdown the radar images. The relationship building with the community and the National Weather Service. The cost savings that come from not having to shut down production, from storm warnings that aren't affecting your area.
Roger Marrs
- Moderator
Safety Coordinator
McKee Foods Corporation
Rex Wren
- Speaker
Network Analyst
McKee Foods Corporation
Mike Parish
- Speaker
Safety Technician
McKee Foods Corporation
Steven Piltz
- Moderator
Meteorologist in Charge
National Weather Service
G17: Visual Communication Made Easy
105 - Fort Worth Convention Center
General Session - Employee Involvement
8 Proven Strategies for Engaging Your Employees: Strong communication is a key success factor in any Safety & Health Management System. Managers everywhere are looking for more effective ways to engage their employees. Building safety awareness and engagement in an ongoing process that requires continual reinforcement, variety and creativity. In this session you will learn how to incorporate visual communication for maximum results. In this session, The Marlin Company, the workplace communication experts will: Explain why your employees aren't hearing you and what you can do about it. Examine the Whole Person Concept and how it affects your ability to reach your employees. Identify 8 proven strategies for engaging your employees and getting them to focus on what matters most to you.
Jude Carter
- Speaker
Director of Marketing
The Marlin Company
I66: Would You Watch Out For My Safety?
102 - Fort Worth Convention Center
Interactive Discussion - Training
Everyone says people should be, "their brother's keeper", yet seldom do they give them effective ways of doing so. Because people feel uncomfortable "correcting" someone else they choose to say nothing allowing a possible injury. Join John Drebinger to discover 5 reasons people will want to watch out for the safety of others. Learn ways they can share safety with others and feel comfortable doing so. Finally learn how to motivate people to respond in a way that will have everyone watching out for the safety of others.
John Debringer
- Speaker
Certified Public Speaker
John Drebinger Presentations
Sandie Gilbert
- Moderator
Editor
John Drebinger Presentations
2:45 PM - 3:45 PM
I83: 20 PLUS YEARS SAFETY PHILOSOPHY
102 - Fort Worth Convention Center
Interactive Discussion - Best Practices
Interactive presentation. Objective of program is to think before you perform a task " If I do this task 7 days a week, 52 weeks a year, for 20+ years, is there a significant likelihood an accident will occur"? If the answer is yes. then stop and re-evaluate. If the answer is no then you may proceed. Presentation includes power point and several interactive videos.
RANDALL ROYALL
- Moderator
EH&S Specialist
Chevron Phillips Chemical Co LP
STEVEN MATT
- Speaker
Operator
Chevron Phillips Chemical Co LP
JO ANN HATCHER
- Speaker
Administrative Assistant
Chevron Phillips Chemical Co LP
G10: Achieving and Maintaining Star Mobile Workforce as a Contractor
200 - Fort Worth Convention Center
General Session - VPP
Basic Industries, Ltd. was the first "Soft Craft" contractor in the United States to achieve the VPP Star Mobile Workforce designation. As a contractor with as many as 30 active worksites at a time, it was a real challenge to meet and maintain the four elements of VPP. We did so systematically and want to share our learned lessons so others can develop and/or use these lessons to help facilitate their own successes.
S. Mark Gottlich
- Speaker
Corporate Director of H.S.E.
Basic Industries, Ltd.
Casey Scevers
- Speaker
Regional Safety Manager
Basic Industries, Ltd.
Darren James
- Speaker
Regional Safety Manager
Basic Industries, Ltd.
A53: Achieving Safety Excellence in a Lean Environment
204A - Fort Worth Convention Center
Advanced Session - General Industry Safety & Health
Today, Lean is more than a set of tools for efficiency; it is a stark business and economic reality. Organizations that are not lean by choice will become so by necessity. The question is, should safety be put on the back burner till better times? The answer is a definite NO! Safety excellence need not be resource intensive or inefficient. With some innovative thinking and new tools, the quest for safety excellence can be ongoing in even the worst of times. Learn where the new thinking in safety is going and some examples of organizations that are continuously improving their safety results and modifying their existing safety programs for greater impact.
Shawn Galloway
- Speaker
President, COO
ProAct Safety, Inc.
G42: From Some to Fun!: Employee Involvement – Part 2
204B - Fort Worth Convention Center
General Session - Challenge
Join us to discover how employee involvement can be fun! Learn how companies are using the Challenge Program and VPP to get employees to see that safety can be fun.
Cindy Lewis
- Speaker
Outreach Program Coordinator
GULF COAST SAFETY INSTITUTE - COLLEGE OF THE MAINLAND
G47: Heat Stress Prevention…Responsibilities and Prevention and Effects
101 - Fort Worth Convention Center
General Session - General Industry Safety & Health
This presentation discusses heat related illnesses. We will discuss the weather factors that have contributed to outdoor heat illness that were caused by some of the temperature records set during last summer’s heat wave. We will then discuss the effect of heat on the body and the effect it has on productivity. This heat stress program will include preventive measures that can and should be taken to reduce the risk of heat illnesses and the cost to business. We will conclude by discussing the effects of heat on our lives away from work including all ages of our families.
Robert Manuel
- Moderator
Rotating Equipment Specialist
Huntsman Corporation, Port Neches Performance Products
Cindy Aaron
- Speaker
Utilities Operations Trainer
Huntsman Corporation, Port Neches Performance Products
Mark Davis
- Speaker
Safety Specialist
Huntsman Corporation, Port Neches Performance Products
G13: Hidden Hazards and How They Can Bite You
103B - Fort Worth Convention Center
General Session - Hazard Prevention & Control
Recognition of hidden potential occupational hazards that are right in front of you and overlooked during your daily routine. Review of over 35 years expeience conducting occupational risk assessment and worker exposure assessments.
Gerry Luther
- Speaker
Partner
Caliche, Ltd
G5: Identifying and Cultivating Safety Leaders
103A - Fort Worth Convention Center
General Session - Employee Involvement
The goal of this workshop is to provide other companies with the tools they need to identify potential safety leaders in their workforce and show them how it is both possible and beneficial to integrate safety throughout their entire organization by using their most valuable resources---employees. In order to do so, we will outline the specific qualities safety leaders should possess. From there we will teach techniques to nurture and develop newly identified safety leaders to further maximize the safety culture in each organization.
Kelly Hebert
- Moderator
VPP Site Representative
Savage Services
Russ Shinert
- Speaker
Safety Director
Savage Services
Eric Adamson
- Speaker
Vice President of Safety
Savage Services
Jimmy Ricks
- Moderator
Manager
Savage Services
Dale Henderson
- Moderator
Lead Safety Specialist
Savage Services
I73: Power Tool Safety: Tools, Torque, and the Impacts
105 - Fort Worth Convention Center
Interactive Discussion - Best Practices
General overview of power tools and how to select a proper tool, based on the job requirement. Torque is briefly discussed and how it also plays into proper tool selection, along with the pitfalls of making an error in selection. Tool inspection is reviewed with demo products used as visual references for hands-on training and discussion.
Charles Allen
- Moderator
Account Executive
Snap-on Industrial
Bobby Leitz
- Speaker
National Account Manager
Snap-on Industrial
I79: Project Safety Management
202C - Fort Worth Convention Center
Interactive Discussion - Best Practices
CertifiedSafety would like to share insight and case studies on how to incorporate safety management techniques into projects without impacting safety, budget and schedule. We hope to convey the point that safety and productivity are not competing interest.
Shannon Posey
- Speaker
HSE Manager
CertifiedSafety
A51: Redefining the Proactive Limits in Safety
201B - Fort Worth Convention Center
Advanced Session - Behavior-Based Safety
In this workshop we will go beyond Behavior Based Safety to explore factors like impulse driven actions. We have all witnessed people engage in actions or behaviors the were in conflict with what that persons values. By the end of this workshop you will have a better understanding of why this happens.
Steve Williams
- Speaker
President
Accelerated Development Systems, Inc.
I67: Safety Is Forever
203B - Fort Worth Convention Center
Interactive Discussion - Hazard Prevention & Control
Hazard Prevention & Control Safety Is Forever- Is an eye-opening revelation of just how much safety is apart of our everyday life whether we are in the workplace or at the homeplace. This presentation is a perfect blend of safety awareness, hazard recognition, and behavioral safety.
Cardell Brown
- Speaker
Sr. EHS Specialist, CBSS,SSH
SafetyPAL
Adell Brown
- Speaker
Director of Training
SafetyPAL
I71: Safety Role Playing
201C - Fort Worth Convention Center
Interactive Discussion - Behavior-Based Safety
Like a finely tuned actor we hear the worker tout the company safety line, No Accident Today, No Way, but what does that mean in that workers mind? Does the meaning of the phrase mean the same for him, as it does the crew manager, the safety manager, the accountant, purchasing or even the plant manager? We hear everyone tout their safety program, procedures and training, but are those programs really up to the standards that they should be? A well defined safety strategy does not just involve a written plan & routine training, but it must have an honest meaningful reason for its very existence, or it is all a waste of time. What is the real reason we promote a safe and healthful workplace?
Mike Moore
- Speaker
Vice President
Shermco Industries
A54: Strong Reporting Culture as Stepping Stone to Continuously Drive Safety Performance Improvement
100 - Fort Worth Convention Center
Advanced Session - Worksite Analysis
This session will review the leading indicator research findings drawn from analyzing a large Energy industry data set. The measurable leading factors that have been found to be uniquely strong in the organizations with top-level Safety lagging performance. We will review some examples of creative technology solutions to reach out to front-line workers and leaders to engage them directly in the reporting process. we will demonstrate a process for implementing practical, "actionable" leading metrics in each key area to drive line manager / leadership behavior and ultimately improve HSE performance outcomes.
Kip Carter
- Speaker
EHSS Solution Engineer
IHS
I74: Who is Knocking on the Door?
203C - Fort Worth Convention Center
Interactive Discussion - Best Practices
The workshop will outline site preparation for “The Knock on the Door” OSHA’s onsite visit. There will be an open discussion on preparing your site for the VPP’s teams’ audit, focusing on making your site shine. We will also look at the dreaded “knock on the door” for an inspection, on ways that your site can make the inspection process a little easier to handle.
Russ Hargiss
- Speaker
Health and Safety Manager
Clean Harbors
Michelle Clayton
- Speaker
Supervisor
Clean Harbors
Jonathan Mitchell
- Speaker
Chemist
Clean Harbors