OSHA #7410 Managing Excavation Hazards
presented by the University of Washington, Pacific Northwest OSHA Education Center
The performance of trenching and excavation work has long been recognized as inherently dangerous. In this one-day course, students will learn about the role and responsibility of the employer to assign a competent person to the excavation site and arm that person with the knowledge to perform the work properly. Topics include the understanding and application of definitions relating to OSHA’s Excavation Standard (Subpart P), excavation hazards and control measures, soil analysis techniques, protective system requirements and emergency response.
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WORKPLACE VIOLENCE: Best Practices for Prevention and Resilience
presented by the University of Washington Northwest Center for Occupational Health and Safety, Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences and The Rutgers School of Public Health, Center for Public Health Workforce Development and the New York / New Jersey Education and Research Center
Recent estimates indicate that workers in the healthcare and social assistance services experience workplace violence-related injuries at an estimated incidence rate of four times higher than all workers in the private sector. In addition to injuries, workplace violence has a significant impact on the emotional well-being of healthcare workers. This course will offer an overview of the risk factors associated with workplace violence, new research on the psychosocial impact on workers, strategies for building resilience and the effectiveness of interventions for preventing workplace violence. Participants will gain the ability to identify risk factors associated with workplace violence, obtain support through employer/supervisor resources and build their own resilience with stress reducing and coping strategies.
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10 Ways Social Media and Technology Can Help Safety Pros Save Lives!
presented by Sherry Hayes-Peirce, Social Media and Technology Strategist for the Health and Safety Industry
Increasingly health and safety professionals are being tasked with creating new ways for communicating safety messages using social media or technology. For many safety pros this is challenging and this 1-day session will help attendees discern, develop and design a plan for getting it done. With over 3 Billion social media users it is likely that sharing health and safety messages via one of the portals will expand the reach of messages. This can boost implementation of safety practices and save lives. An interactive planning session incorporating ways to share safety training, assessment and implementation using social media will be a part of the day. The second half of the day will be focused on providing examples of new emerging technological tools to help keep employees safe including Drones, Apps, (AI) artificial Intelligence, (VR) Virtual Reality, Live and Streaming Video, PPE and Games.
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Incident Investigation
presented by Evergreen Safety Council
How do you create your own incident investigation team? What does the team need to be effective? What are the benefits of incident/near miss investigations? Students will be guided through the steps of an investigation, such as immediate actions to be taken after an incident, determining the facts of an incident, establishing the cause of an incident, and how to use that information to make meaningful corrective actions in the workplace to help make the workplace a safer place to work.
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