Western Pulp & Paper Workers Safety & Health Conference

Sessions
Wednesday, continued
SESSION 4
1-2:30 p.m.
Respirator Primer: Tools for
Successful Program Management
(Continued from 8:30 a.m.; concludes at 4:30 p.m.)
OSHA 10-hour for General Industry
(Continued from 8:30 a.m.; continued on Thursday)
Solutions to Reduce Hand Injuries
Did you know that hand injuries account for more than
25% of all recordable incidents in the workplace? The
good news is we can dramatically reduce hand injuries
through involvement, innovation, and communication.
In this interactive session, you experience Boise Inc.’s
corporate-wide initiative to eliminate hand injuries. It
is a comprehensive approach to safety, which engages
leadership, employees, and vendors to discover the
critical actions required to keep our hands injury free.
Matt Saxe
Corporate Safety & Health Manager
Boise, Inc., Boise, Idaho
Nutrition and Wellness (1-4:30 p.m.)
This session is an interactive discussion on nutritional
choices, dieting, and the importance of staying
hydrated at work. It targets the overall wellness of
employees, mentally and physically. Attendees learn
strategies to help overcome obesity, stress, and chronic
fatigue. This program is designed to help diagnose
potential health concerns before they become serious
injuries.
Sam Rader, BA, Human Development
Owner
Proactive Injury Prevention, Vancouver, Washington
In this rigging workshop we cover the basic removal
criteria for rigging hardware and slings. We look at
some of the applications and limiting factors when
using different types of rigging. This is an interactive
class and has hands-on exercises. We also discuss the
roles and responsibilities of riggers and their interaction
with the crane.
Mark Wagar
Safety & Health Consultant
L & I - DOSH, Spokane, Spokane
Leading Indicators Roundtable
(1-4:30 p.m.)
This roundtable is an opportunity to share knowledge
and learn the value of incident reporting. Some items
to focus on are the successes of the leading indicator
reporting process; barriers and possible solutions to the
leading indicator reporting process; best practices to
increase and/or sustain leading indicator reporting and
overall successes and best practices with the process.
Facilitators:
Lou Flores
DOSH, Olympia, Washington
Debbie Mattinen
Georgia Pacific Wauna, Clatskanie
2:30-3 p.m.
Break (lower level)
Rigging (1-4:30 p.m.)
Partners in Safety —
Steering Toward the Future
Register online at www.regonline.com/pulp_paper11
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