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2010 ASSE/AIHA St. Louis Chapter PDC

Monday, March 8, 2010 - Ameren UE Headquarters

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General Sessions

OSHA Update
Rich Fairfax, CIH - Director Enforcement Programs, Occupational Safety and Health Administration - Washington, DC

Rich's presentation will cover what's new with OSHA, current enforcement data, top violations cited by the agency, and where the agency will be focusing its resources during the current administration. (1 Hour)

Regional Homeland Security: What is Being Planned
Nick Gragnani - Executive Director, St Louis Area Regional Response System (STARRS)

Nick will talk about STARS and how this bi-state organization is planning for emergency response in the St Louis metropolitan region. (1 Hour)

Health and Safety Overview of Welding Hazards
Mike Harris, Ph.D - President, Hamlin & Harris, Inc. - Baton Rouge, LA

This was rated as one of the top 10 PDCs in 2009. (2 Hours)

IH Session

Anticipation, Recognition, Evaluation and Control of Welding Health Hazards
Mike Harris, Ph.D - President, Hamlin & Harris, Inc. - Baton Rouge, LA

This was rated as one of the top 10 PDCs in 2009. (4 Hours)

Safety Sessions

Silicia in Construction: It's Not Just Dust
Dennis S. Gorscak, CIH, CSP - Sr. Industrial Hygiene Consultant, Zurich Insurance Corporation - Stewartstown, PA

Dennis will describe silica with an emphasis on exposures and practical controls. He will also present case studies. (1 Hour)

Distracted Driving / Tips for Fleet Benchmarking
Peter Van Dyne, MA, CSP, CFPS - Sr. Technical Consultant, Liberty Mutual - Milwaukee, WI

Peter's presentation will include more than the usual warnings and statistics about distracted driving. He will offer tips and suggestions about prevention. (1 Hour)

Aerial Life Safety
Gary Riley - St Louis Aerial Platform and Telehandler Training (APT Training)

Gary will be reviewing the different types of aerial lifts and associated hazards and discuss a recent fatality as a result of an aerial life platform turning over. (1 Hour)

Location

Ameren UE Headquarters
1901 Chouteau Ave
St. Louis, MO 63101

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Schedule:

  • 7:00-8:00am - Welcome & Registration
  • 8:00am - Conference Begins
  • 12:00-1:00pm - Lunch (Bandanas BBQ)
  • 5:00pm - Conference Concludes

Cost:

  • $100 for ASSE or AIHA Members (Non-refundable)
  • $125 for Non-Members (Non-refundable)

Registration deadline is March 1, 2010.

Conference Flyer & Registration Form (pdf)
  

President's Corner - February 2010

It was great to see everyone at January’s Membership Appreciation night! It was a nice evening with good food and great company. Pictures are up on the website, and don’t forget to check out our brand new St. Louis ASSE Chapter Facebook page and become a fan today!

After a fun evening in January, it’s time to get back to business. Our February meeting is back at Sybergs and we will hear from Chris Patton with an update from the land of safety and ASSE. Don’t forget to bring along your children’s drawing for our poster contest. We will be voting at the February meeting and our winners will receive a $100.00 check and be submitted to ASSE for entry into their contest as well! See complete rules on our website home page, under my “President’s Corner”.

FREE ADVICE! Well, as we all know, you can get free advice anywhere, whether you want it or not, but this offer is much better. Marion Rupe has over 40 years in the safety field. His experience varies anywhere from defensive driving, insurance, shipping, all the way to fire prevention. He has a great deal of knowledge to share, happy to do so, and is available to anyone who has questions or wants to bounce some ideas off of him. Look for him at our next meeting or email me and I can give you his phone number. One more thing, he is also a great resource to anyone studying for the ASP or CSP (even the dreaded math portion).

We’ll be holding our chapter elections this spring for board members and committee chairs. Let me or AJ know if you’re interested in anything, we have many positions large or small to meet your interests and time availability.

Don’t forget about the PDC in March!

Sheila Schmidt, CSP, ARM
2009-2010 ASSE St. Louis Chapter President

ASSE Oklahoma City Chapter Offers ASP Review Class

The Early Registration deadline is fast approaching for the Oklahoma City Associate Safety Professional (ASP) Review Class with Langlois and Weigand. We have already surpassed the minimum number of attendees so we will be holding the class in Oklahoma City on February 23, 24 and 25. Register now at http://okc.asse.org/ and save. The $450 ASSE member price goes up to $550 and the non-member rate goes from $700 to $800 on January 16, 2010. Don't delay, register today.

If you have any questions, contact Michael Messner, CSP, CFPS - (405) 254-1869 - (800) 444-0049 Ext. 1869 or email: mmessner@usic.com.

3rd Annual ASSE St. Louis Chapter Kids' 'Safety-on-the-Job' 2010 Poster Contest

Celebrating North American Occupational Safety and Health (NAOSH) Week May 2 – 8, 2010 and Occupational Safety and Health Professional Day May 5, 2010

Please read and follow all the rules carefully so that all posters/drawings will be eligible. The posters that best illustrate Safety on the Job will be selected as winners out of each of the five age groups. Before the children begin drawing, we urge you to talk to them about your job and workplace safety and provide examples of what risks occupational safety, health and environmental professionals address every day on the job, and if possible, provide them with examples of workplace situations. Visit www.asse.org/naosh for examples of children's workplace safety posters and ASSE's "Safety Through the Decades" timeline. Have fun and as they say in the in the Wild, Wild, West "Draw Partner".

POSTER CONTEST RULES

  1. Entry is open to ASSE – St. Louis Chapter members' children, grandchildren, nieces and nephews between the ages of 5 and 14. Chapters and members can also sponsor schools and students from their communities, from their workplace, etc. There are five age categories with a first, second, third and fourth place winner from each age category which are: 1) ages 5-6; 2) ages 7-8; 3) ages 9-10; 4) ages 11-12; and, 5) ages 13-14. Children, grandchildren, nieces and nephews of ASSE employees may not enter.

  2. The poster drawing must relate to the theme ‘Safety-on-the-Job’ and should illustrate an example of Safety on the Job/being safe at work. As you know, the description of the workplace is wide-ranging -- it can be at an office, a manufacturing plant, on the road, in a plane, on a train, a ship, a dock, at home, on the football field, a store, fire or police department, construction sites, state capitols, parks, pools, schools, etc. Encourage your children to be creative.

  3. The finished poster must be no larger than 11" x 14". Drawings should be submitted on heavy paper or poster illustration board. Crayons, magic markers or color pencils only should be used. Those larger than 11” x 14” will be disqualified.

  4. Only one entry per child will be allowed. Parents/sponsors are limited to verbal assistance only. All drawings must be an individual effort and be free-hand originals. No traced pictures please.

  5. Each poster must have an official poster contest entry form attached on the back. All information on the entry form must be filled out.

  6. All entries MUST be brought to the Monday, February 8, 2010 Chapter Meeting at Sybergs, 2430 Old Dorsett Road, Maryland Heights, MO (270 & Dorsett.) All entries become the property of ASSE once submitted.

  7. Criteria for judging---creativity and how well the poster expresses the contest theme ‘Safety-on-the-Job’.

  8. Winning posters will be announced in March 2010. All persons in attendance at the February 8, 2010 Chapter Meeting will vote to choose the winners.

  9. Prizes will be awarded to each winner. The first place winner in each age group will receive a $100 check.

  10. All posters will be forwarded by the ASSE – St. Louis Chapter to the ASSE National Poster Contest for judging.

Attached are the Poster Contest Rules for the ASSE National Poster Contest and the ASSE - St. Louis Chapter and the Official Poster Contest Entry Form. If you have any questions please contact ASSE – St. Louis Chapter PR Chairperson Tim Myatt at tmyatt@askbrinkmann.com or 314.575.8443.

16th Annual Earthquakes: Mean Business Seminar

The 16th Annual “Earthquakes: Mean Business” Seminar will take place Friday, February 5, 2010, from 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM in St. Louis, MO. Due to the continued growth in popularity of this seminar, we have moved to a larger venue. The 2010 seminar will be held in the Wool Ballroom on the lower level of the Busch Student Center on the campus of St. Louis University.

This free seminar is a public outreach offering of the regional geoscience, engineering, and emergency management community. It is an effort to showcase the issue of earthquake hazards and earthquake risk in the central United States and how we can better prepare for it. This seminar is appropriate for anyone interested in earthquakes, earthquake risk and mitigation, emergency management, business continuity, or citizen preparedness.

Agenda highlights

  • 7:30 AM Welcome Desk opens
  • 8:00 AM Exhibit area opens
  • 8:30 AM Welcome and Keynote speaker
  • 9:00 AM General session presentations begin
  • 11:45 AM Lunch break
  • 1:15 PM Workshops begin
  • 4:30 PM Workshops conclude

Parking will be available at the Laclede Garage, which is located at the southwest corner of Laclede and Grand (the garage is diagonal from the Busch Center). Seminar attendees will pay a reduced parking rate of $5.00 for the day.

Confirmation notices will be sent via e-mail within 10 business days following your online registration at http://www.gatewayccc.us/earthquake.

Questions concerning the seminar may be sent to tjb0000@swbell.net.

U.S. Department of Labor's OSHA Announces Alliances with the American Society of Safety Engineers St. Louis Chapter

ST. LOUIS, Mo. ― The St. Louis Area Office of the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and The St. Louis Chapter of the American Society of Safety Engineers have formed an alliance to focus on advancing workplace safety and health through the professional development of safety professionals.

“This cooperative alliance clearly illustrates our commitment to safety and health hazard prevention, through information sharing among safety professionals, while promoting best practices and technical knowledge for both the construction and general industries," said Charles E. Adkins, OSHA’s regional administrator in Kansas City, Mo. “Cooperation between OSHA and The American Society of Safety Engineers-St. Louis Chapter will promote new ideas and opportunities to help ensure open dialogue among safety professionals and further enhancing workplace safety."

The St. Louis Chapter of the American Society of Safety Engineers and OSHA will collaborate on training and education programs for accident and injury prevention, as well as delivery media in communicating program information to beneficiaries of such information. The alliance signatories will participate in conferences, forums, stakeholder meetings and other events. For more information about this alliance, contact OSHA’s St. Louis Area Office at 314-425-4249.

At a signing ceremony in St. Louis, William McDonald, Director of the agency’s St. Louis Area Office, represented OSHA. Sheila Schmidt, President of the American Society of Safety Engineers-St. Louis Chapter, represented The American Society of Safety Engineers.
OSHA's safety and health alliances are part of the U.S. Department of Labor's ongoing efforts to improve the safety and health of employees through cooperative partnerships. OSHA currently administers more than 480 alliances throughout the nation with organizations committed to fostering safety and health in the workplace.

Under the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, employers are responsible for providing a safe and healthful workplace for their employees. OSHA’s role is to assure the safety and health of America’s working men and women by setting and enforcing standards; providing training, outreach and education; establishing partnerships; and encouraging continual process improvement in workplace safety and health. For more information, visit www.osha.gov.

St. Louis Chapter Receives ASSE Chapter Stars Award for 2007-08 Chapter Year

The St. Louis Chapter was honored at the Safety 2009 Professional Development Conference as a recipient of the ASSE Chapter Stars Award for the 2007-08 chapter year. The award goes to chapters in the top third percentile amongst the 151 ASSE chapters with regard to the professional development, chapter communication, and superior service to its members.

ASSE Society President Elect Darryl Hill (front row, far right) with the Region V Chapter Stars Award recipients at the Safety 2009 Professional Development Conference in San Antonio. Chris Merli (third from left) represented the St. Louis Chapter at the event.

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Now Available! ASSE St. Louis Chapter Men's and Ladies Polo Shirts

Fill out the attached registration form and mail with payment or bring it to a chapter meeting.