Compliance Emphasis Programs and Construction Accidents
Compliance Emphasis Programs and Construction Accident Prevention
This one-day seminar will focus on the serious health and safety hazards that are part of either an Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) enforcement emphasis program or a Hawai'i Occupational Safety and Health Division (HIOSH) emphasis to prevent construction accidents. These serious health and safety hazards include:
Renowned and knowledgeable speakers from across the nation will provide an overview of the impact of these hazards on workers and employers, what OSHA and HIOSH require for compliance, and how employers can get help.
- Amputation Hazards (machine guarding and lockout/tagout (LOTO))
- Crystalline Silica
- Hexavalent Chromium
- Combustible Dust
- Construction Accidents – cranes and heavy equipment
Renowned and knowledgeable speakers from across the nation will provide an overview of the impact of these hazards on workers and employers, what OSHA and HIOSH require for compliance, and how employers can get help.
- John Podojil – Podojil & Associates, UC San Diego OTI – Expert trainer on machine guarding
- Kimlee Lindgren, BS – UC San Diego OTI – Expert trainer on Construction
- Tony Buffalo – Expert trainer on Construction
- Dr. Deborah Kearney – Job Smart System – “Robotics’ Impact on Safety”
- Speakers from the OSHA Training Institute (OTI)
- Local Speakers with practical knowledge of issues in Hawai'i
Help Tables – manned by conference co-sponsors
Robotics Demonstration – find out how our high school students are learning real world skills while having fun building robots. These young people will be our employees of the future!
- Participating schools:
- Sacred Hearts Academy
- Farrington High School
- Radford High School
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