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AIHce 2005 Top Ten PDC

Sponsoring Committee: Safety Committee

Introductory Course | 2.0 Safety CM Point/1.6 CEU/COC Points | Saturday & Sunday |
8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. | Fee: $610/$710 | Limit: 30

Learning Aids: An arithmetic/scientific calculator with square root function is required.

Objectives: Upon completion, the participant will be able to:

• Gain a fundamental understanding of engineering design principles and management principles of electrical safety including the application of OSHA's newly adopted NFPA 70E electrical safety requirements
• Discuss the basic principles of electricity including current and electrical circuits
• Identify the hazards of electricity to the human body   Implement engineering control principles of electrical hazards (including hazardous locations, wiring protection and design, grounding, workspace, electrical equipment, temporary wiring, and cord and plug equipment)
• Explain the requirements when working on or near energized equipment when utilizing PPE, insulating equipment and barriers, approach boundaries, and energy control procedures
• Identify the regulatory requirements for electrical safety under OSHA and the NEC, (NFPA 70E)
• Implement the training requirements for qualified persons
• Develop a company electrical safety program including electrical system inspection
• Demonstrate the skills learned in this course through "hands-on" laboratory sessions on basic principles, reverse polarity, and energy control.

Outline:

• Engineering principles
• Principles of electricity
• Hazards of electricity
• Engineering controls (standards)
• Hazardous locations
• Wiring protection
• Grounding
• Workspace
• Electrical equipment
• Temporary wiring
• Cord and plug equipment
• Lab 1: Basic principles
• Lab 2: Reverse polarity
• Management principles
• Review of day one and questions
• Personnel protection
• Energy control
• Regulatory requirements
• Electrical safety program
• Training
• Lab 3: Energy control
• Miscellaneous work practices
• Questions, wrap-up, and review of quizzes

Description: Worker injuries resulting from lacking or inadequate electrical safety controls can be debilitating and even fatal. It is the responsibility of the health and safety professional to recognize electrical hazards and suggest methods of control. Basic electrical safety is an introductory course for the safety professional. It provides the professional with how-to issues as well as a unique, direct focus, and explanation of principles and visual skills. The course's content covers the basic principles to comply with OSHA and NEC standards. The course's objectives provide a chronological sequence for implementation of electrical hazard control and management.

Instructor: Paul Zoubek, CSP, CIH, Occupational Services Inc, San Diego, CA

 PDC 702
Construction Safety: Hazard Recognition and Management

Sponsoring Committee: Construction Committee

Introductory Course | 2.0 Safety CM Point/1.6 CEU/COC Points | Saturday & Sunday |
8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. | Fee: $610/$710 | Limit: 30

Prerequisites:  This course assumes the attendee has minimal safety experience with construction regulatory standards or best safety practices in construction

Objectives: Upon completion, the participant will be able to:

• Recognize safety concerns in specific construction operations and take appropriate action to remedy hazards
• Recognize motorized equipment used at construction sites and describe their safety concerns
• Describe basic principles of work zone protection
• Identify typical operations and common hazards of the construction trade
• Describe hazard control methods for welding and other fire hazards
• Describe current initiatives to control construction hazards.

Outline:

• Confined Spaces
• Construction Management
• Cranes
• Demolition
• Electrical
• Excavation
• Fall Protection
• Hazard
• Energy Control
• Health Hazards
• Job Hazard Analysis
• OSHA Construction Programs
• Rigging
• Stairs & Ladders
• Steel Erection
• Tools
• Vehicles
• Material Handling
• Work Zone Protection

Description:  This course prepares industrial hygienists to recognize and deal with the most common and serious safety concerns in specific construction operations such as falls, excavations, electrical hazards, cranes, scaffolding, hand tools and take appropriate action to remedy hazards.  The emphasis is on safety rather than on health hazards.  Means of integrating safety into the construction contract process will be discussed.  The course will also describe common tools, such as checklists and permits, used to manage a successful construction safety program.  The OSHA 10 hour Construction Safety Outreach card (Yellow Card) is issued upon successful completion of the 16 hour course.

Additionally demonstrations, such as how to don personal fall arrest systems or use lockout/tagout equipment, will be used throughout the course to increase the participants’ understanding of equipment commonly used in construction. Cases studies will be used to underscore a point by bringing it to a personal level. 

Instructors: Jack Schill, CIH, CSP, Black & Veatch, Belvidere, VT; Ramon Thomas, CIH, CSP, Hamon Corporation, Somerville, NJ; Ram Suga, CIH, CSP, Bechtel Jacobs, Knoxville, TN; Steven Fess, CIH, CSP, Xerox EHS Workplace Safety, Webster, NY; J. Conlon, CSP, Frontier Refining Inc., Cheyenne, WY

 PDC 703
Creation, Measurement and Communication of EHS Business Value

Advanced Course | 2.0 IH CM Point/1.6 CEU/COC Points | Saturday & Sunday |
8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. | Fee: $610/$710 | Limit: 40

Prerequisites: This course is intended for those EHS professionals who have responsibility for planning, developing, managing, tracking and reporting the status of EHS initiatives and programs.

Learning Aids: At least one of each five team members must have a PC compatible computer to work through the examples.

Objectives: Upon completion, the participant will be able to:

• Describe tangible and intangible values commonly used to make business decisions
• List key value factors used in their organization to make decisions
• Conduct a Value Priority Analysis to determine value factor ranking using the provided software
• Incorporate Value Priority in an assessment of EHS issues using the provided spreadsheets
• Use Balanced EHS Scorecard techniques to develop effective objectives and targets
• Conduct financial analysis of EHS objectives using the provided software
• Develop a management-level presentation of objectives and targets using the provided presentation template
• Develop a chart to track and manage objectives and targets using the provided software

Outline:

• Introductions, Team Assignments and Workshop Strategy
• Workshop 1 – EHS Business Value
• Workshop 2 – Identifying Value Creation Opportunities
• Value Creation Workshop 3 – Create your Team Business Values
• Group Reports
• Value Prioritization Workshop 4 – Value Prioritization Exercise
• Value-Weighted Risk Assessment Process Workshop 5 – Value-Weighted Risk Assessment
• Group Reports
• Value Measurement Introduction to the Balanced Scorecard
• Assignments and Adjourn
• Review of Day One
• Workshop 6 - Developing an EHS Balanced Scorecard
• Group Reports and Discussion
• Financial Assessment Measures Workshop 7 – Conducting a Financial Assessment
• Group Reports
• Value Communication Workshop 8 – Developing and Presenting the Proposal
• Using 3-IN-One Charts to Communicate Project Status Workshop 9 – Building a 3-in-1 Chart
• Adjourn

Description: This course is intended for those EHS professionals who have responsibility for planning, developing, managing, tracking and reporting the status of EHS initiatives and programs.  Participants will be divided into teams to work on one of several provided EHS case studies, which will be used throughout the course.  The teams will: Identify EHS and other values in their organizations; Conduct a value prioritization; Use the results to assess EHS issues; Use Balanced Scorecard principles to develop EHS objectives; Conduct a financial analysis of selected objectives; Use a presentation template to develop a management presentation; Use 3-in-One Charting to communicate their project status.  All software tools will be provided to participants for their future use. 

The course will include lectures to present and explain each component of the process, followed by hands-on workshops to use the tools and techniques.  The class will be divided into teams of 4-5 participants, which will stay together and work on the same case study for the two days.  At the conclusion of each workshop, one or more teams will be called on to present their results.  At the conclusion of the course, the materials developed by each of the teams will be collected and distributed post-conference to all participants.

Instructors: David Downs, CIH, CSP, QEP, CPEA, EHS Management Partners Inc, Shorewood, MN; William Heim, CIH, CSP, Seagate Technology, LLC, Bloomington, MN

 PDC 704
Emergency Response Planning For Businesses

Intermediate Course | 2.0 IH CM Point/1.6 CEU/COC Points | Saturday & Sunday |
8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. | Fee: $610/$710 | Limit: 30

Prerequisites: The following FEMA Independent Study Courses (which can be taken free of charge at http://training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/IS/crslist.asp) should be completed prior to attending this course:

• IS-800 National Response Plan (NRP), An Introduction
• IS-700 National Incident Management System (NIMS), An Introduction

IS-700 National Incident Management System (NIMS), An Introduction:  On February 28, 2003, President Bush issued Homeland Security Presidential Directive-5. HSPD-5 directing the Secretary of Homeland Security to develop and administer a NIMS. NIMS provides a consistent nationwide template to enable all government, private-sector, and nongovernmental organizations to work together during domestic incidents.  IS-700 introduces NIMS and takes approximately three hours to complete. It explains the purpose, principles, key components and benefits of NIMS.

Learning Aids: Participants should bring a copy of their current emergency preparedness and business continuity plan and/or a listing of related plans currently in place (fire safety plan, IT continuity plan, evacuation plan, emergency communication plan, and security plan). Laptop computers may aid in participation (though not mandatory).

Objectives: Upon completion, the participant will be able to:

• Describe general principles of emergency preparedness and business continuity plans
• Develop a company-specific business rationale for developing an emergency preparedness plan
• Assess the hazards and risks within their facilities
• Develop a plan of action to contain the risk
• Write a formalized plan
• Develop training exercises for their facilities
• Discuss local, state and federal resources
• Work with local authorities to ensure their plan will provide adequate response.

Outline:

• Overview and Perspectives
• NRP and NIMS (implications for business)
• The Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (implications for business and its support for NFPA 1600)
• The American National Standard on Disaster/Emergency Management and Business Continuity Programs (NFPA 1600): Hazard Identification
  • Risk Assessment and Impact Analysis, including how to use ERPGs in determining risk
  • Hazard Mitigation
  • Resource Management
  • Mutual Aid
  • Planning
  • Direction
  • Control and Coordination
  • Communications and Warning
  • Operations and Procedures
  • Logistics and Facilities
  • Training, Exercises, Evaluations and Corrective Actions
  • Crisis Communication and Public Information
  • Finance and Administration
• AIHA: the available resources for emergency planning through our professional organization
• AIHA: what is the AIHA doing in the field of emergency response (committees and task forces)
• Conclusions and Final Questions

Description: This course provides a review of the implications of the NRP and the NIMS, the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004, and the American National Standard on Disaster/Emergency Management and Business Continuity Programs (NFPA 1600).  It also reviews the use of ERPGs in planning for catastrophic chemical release.  This course will enable participants to bring back the tools to their team to develop and exercise an effective Disaster/Emergency Management and Business Continuity Program. 

The NRP specifies how the resources of the Federal Government will work in concert with State, local, and tribal governments and the private sector to respond to Incidents of National Significance. The NRP is predicated on the NIMS. Together the NRP and the NIMS provide a nationwide template for working together to prevent or respond to threats and incidents regardless of cause, size, or complexity.  This course introduces you to the NRP, including the concept of operations upon which the plan is built, roles and responsibilities of the key players, and the organizational structures used to manage these resources. The NRP provides a framework to ensure that we can all work together when our Nation is threatened.  The NRP will be introduced so that students can: describe the purpose of the NRP; locate information within the NRP; describe the roles and responsibilities of entities as specified in the NRP; identify the organizational structure used for NRP coordination; describe the field-level organizations and teams activated under the NRP; and identify the incident management activities addressed by the NRP.

Instructor: Ellen Clas, MS, CIH, CSP, Clas Consulting LLC, Norfolk, MA

 PDC 705
Exposure Assessment Strategies and Statistics

Sponsoring Committee: Exposure Assessment Strategies Committee

Intermediate Course | 2.0 IH CM Point/1.6 CEU/COC Points | Saturday & Sunday |
8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. | Fee: $610/$710 | Limit: 30

Prerequisites: A working knowledge of exposure assessment and hands on experience with exposure monitoring; this course is targeted for IH’s with two to ten years of experience.

Learning Aids: A PC-based laptop computer is highly recommended for Sunday only.

Objectives: Upon completion, the participant will be able to:

• Describe and demonstrate more efficient uses of monitoring resources
• Describe practical applications and lessons learned from the implementation of the exposures assessment strategies in the field
• Conduct a thorough evaluation of exposures and monitoring data
• Complete several of problem solving activities to apply the concepts presented
• Apply statistical tools to assist with decision making regarding the acceptability of exposure monitoring results
• Describe and apply improved communication of exposure risks to employees and management.

Outline:

• Subject Welcome and Introductions
• Basic Characterization
• Similar Exposure Groups
• Define/Judge Exposure Profiles
• Workshop 1
• Further Information Gathering
• Exposure Monitoring Strategies
• Recordkeeping and Reporting
• Workshop 2
• Implementation 
• Subject Introduction to Day 2
• Statistics Review Spreadsheet
• Demonstration/Instruction Bayesian
• Workshop 3
• Random Sample Exercise
• Dermal Workshop 4
• Other Applications – data management, noise, control banding, batch

Description: This workshop has been updated for 2006.  Key concepts from the AIHA publication “A Strategy for Assessing and Managing Occupational Exposures,” 3rd Edition, 2006 will be covered in the workshop including exposure groups, sampling designs, and interpreting exposure monitoring data.  New for 2006 are Bayesian statistics and dermal exposure assessment. Problem solving exercises are included throughout the course for participants to apply the concepts to a real-world maintenance scenario.

Instructors: Sheryl Milz, PhD, CIH, Medical University of Ohio, Toledo, OH; Carey Newton, MSPH, CIH, Eli Lilly & Company, Indianapolis, IN; Barry Graffeo, CIH, Eli Lilly & Company, Indianapolis, IN; Joseph Damiano, CIH, CSP, ALCOA, Pittsburgh, PA; Michelle Dunham, MSPH, MSM, Georgia Tech Safety and Health Commission, Atlanta, GA; Jennifer Sahmel, CIH, CSP, National Park Service, Denver, CO; William Bullock, MSPH, CIH, CSP, Arizona Chemical, Jacksonville, FL; Paul Hewett, PhD, CIH, Exposure Assessment Solutions, Inc., Morgantown, WV