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2008 National Occupational Injury Research Symposium |
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10:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. | BREAK | |||||
10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. |
CONCURRENT SESSION A |
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A1.0 | Describing and Preventing Falls From Heights in Construction Moderator: Paul Becker |
Grand Station III |
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10:30 a.m. |
Observation of Fall Risks in Residential Construction Sites |
Vicki Kaskutas |
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10:50 a.m. |
Interventions for Overhead Drilling in Construction |
David Rempel |
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11:10 a.m. |
Development of a Unique Fall-Prevention Guardrail System for the Construction Industry |
Thomas Bobick |
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11:30 a.m. |
Plantar Vibration Effects on Postural Balance at Elevation |
Peter Simeonov |
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11:50 a.m. |
Questions and Discussion |
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A2.0 |
Cutting Edge Research: The NORA Intervention Evaluation Contest |
Grand Station IV |
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10:30 a.m. |
Applying Research to Practice: Anti-Vibration Interventions in Sheet Metal Assemblers |
Amanda Burwell |
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10:50 a.m. |
Prevention of Traumatic Nail Gun Injuries in Apprentice Carpenters: use of Population-Based Measures to Monitor Intervention Effectiveness |
John Dement |
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11:10 a.m. |
A Randomized-Controlled Intervention of Machine Guarding and Related-Safety Programs in Small Metal Fabrication |
David Parker |
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11:30 a.m. |
Evaluation of a Community Based Effort to Reduce Injuries and Illnesses to Wild Blueberry Harvesters |
Lynae Hawkes |
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11:50 a.m. |
Questions and Discussion |
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A3.0 |
Identifying and Characterizing Fatal Injury |
Grand Station V |
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10:30 a.m. |
Characterizing OSHA-Investigated Deaths Using CFOI Fatality Data |
Miriam Schoenbaum |
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10:50 a.m. |
Injury Circumstances of Occupational Fatalities in the U.S. — A Comparison of Two Classification Schemes |
Suzanne Marsh |
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11:10 a.m. |
Metrics for Predicting Fatal Accidents and LWDII Rates |
Hangsheng Liu |
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11:30 a.m. |
Fatality Rates: Disentangling the Relation of Establishment Size and Firm Size |
John Mendeloff |
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11:50 a.m. |
Questions and Discussion |
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A4.0 |
Worker Safety Associated With Disaster Response |
Brighton II |
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10:30 a.m. |
Safety as a Factor that Influences Recruitment and Retention of a Volunteer Disaster Response Workforce |
Kristine Qureshi |
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10:50 a.m. |
Participatory Action Research Methodology in Disaster Research: Results from the World Trade Center Evacuation Study |
Robyn Gershon |
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11:10 a.m. |
Point and Long Term Injury Patterns Among World Trade Center Evacuees |
Kristine Qureshi |
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11:30 a.m. |
Event Study Analysis to Establish Capitalization Effects for Publicly Traded Corporations Reporting Fatal Injury Events Related to Chemicals |
Paul Keane |
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11:50 a.m. |
Questions and Discussion |
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A5.0 |
Assessing the Safety Experience in Mining |
Brighton IV |
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10:30 a.m. |
The Burden of Fatal Occupational Injuries in the U.S. Mining Industry, 1992-2002 |
Elyce Biddle |
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10:50 a.m. |
Underground Coal Mining Injury Trends: A Look at How Age and Experience Relates to Severity of Injury |
Katherine Klein |
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11:10 a.m. |
A Comparison of Equipment Related Injury Causes in U.S. and Australian Underground Coal Mines |
Robin Burgess-Limerick |
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11:30 a.m. |
Real Time in Ear Dosimetry |
Brandon Takacs |
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11:50 a.m. |
Questions and Discussion |
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12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. |
LUNCH (On Your Own) |
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1:30 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. | CONCURRENT SESSION B |
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B1.0 |
Assessing Risks and Interventions in Fall Prevention |
Grand Station III |
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1:30 p.m. |
Michigan Focus on Fatal Falls: Factors, Fixes and Follow-up |
Debra Chester |
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1:50 p.m. |
Fall-Safe Intervention Research, Final Results |
Paul Becker |
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2:10 p.m. |
Effect of Side Forces on the Stability of Scissor Lifts |
Christopher Pan |
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2:30 p.m. |
Development of Improved Harness Sizing System |
Hongwei Hsiao |
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2:50 p.m. |
Questions and Discussion |
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B2.0 |
Intervention Evaluation in Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing |
Grand Station IV |
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1:30 p.m. |
Hazard Assessment of Aquaculture Operations |
Melvin Myers |
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1:50 p.m. |
Cost-Effectiveness of the Commercial Fishing Industry Vessel Safety Act of 1988 |
Regina Pana-Cryan |
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2:10 p.m. |
The Effectiveness of the New Zealand FarmSafe™ Programmes: Development and Investigation of a Method for Outcome Evaluation |
Colin Cryer |
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2:30 p.m. |
Injury Surveillance in the U.S. Commercial Fishing Industry |
Devin Lucas |
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2:50 p.m. |
Questions and Discussion |
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B3.0 |
Improving the Collection and Interpretation of Injury Surveillance |
Grand Station V |
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1:30 p.m. |
The Sorry State of Surveillance for Occupational Injury Hospitalizations |
Gordon Smith |
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1:50 p.m. |
The Use of Data Linkage for Surveillance of Serious Occupational Injury: Methods and Findings |
Joseph Kufera |
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2:10 p.m. |
How Many Workplace Injuries Remain Unreported? A Capture-Recapture Study in Six States |
Leslie Boden |
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2:30 p.m. |
Using the SOII to Tell Which States are Safest—And Why You Shouldn't Believe the Results |
Rachel Burns |
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2:50 p.m. |
Questions and Discussion |
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B4.0 |
Emergency Responders Safety |
Brighton II |
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1:30 p.m. |
Fireground Command Decision Making: Understanding the Barriers Impacting Situation Awareness |
Richard Gasaway |
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1:50 p.m. |
Correlation Relationship of Firefighter Anthropometry, Hand Grip and Lateral Thumb Pinch Peak Strength Measurement |
James Spahr |
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2:10 p.m. |
Identifying and Preventing Traumatic Injuries in Hazardous Material Events, the Experience of 14 Hazardous Substances Emergency Events Surveillance Systems |
Chrystine Kelley |
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2:30 p.m. |
NIOSH's Fire Fighters Fatality Investigation Program Raises Awareness of Quiet Alarms |
Robert Stein |
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2:50 p.m. |
Questions and Discussion |
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B5.0 | The Relationship of Organizational Culture, Climate, and Safety Moderator: Robyn Gershon |
Brighton IV |
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1:30 p.m. |
Narratives in Safety and Health Communications |
Mitch Ricketts |
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1:50 p.m. |
The Role of Organizational Policies and Practices in Injury Prevention and the Management and Prevention of Work Disability |
Benjamin Amick, III |
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2:10 p.m. |
Safety Culture in Extended Care: The Innovation Project |
Waqar Mughal |
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2:30 p.m. |
Inter-Rater Reliability Assessment of an OH&S Management System Audit Tool |
Anna Matheson |
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2:50 p.m. |
Questions and Discussion |
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3:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. |
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3:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. |
CONCURRENT SESSION C |
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C1.0 |
Ladder Safety |
Grand Station III |
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3:30 p.m. |
Prevalence of Hazards Associated With Falls from Stepladders and Targets for Intervention |
Chris Ronk |
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3:50 p.m. |
Portable Ladder Tool Development and Validation—Quantifying Best Practice in the Field |
Jack Dennerlein |
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4:10 p.m. |
Can a CSA Standard Certified Type-2 Ladder Design Hold a 0.41m Free Fall? |
Brian Varrasso |
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4:30 p.m. |
Effect of Ladder Types on Energy Expenditure, Forearm Force Exertion and Climbing Behavior |
Peter Vi |
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4:50 p.m. |
Questions and Discussion |
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C2.0 |
Intervention Evaluation in Healthcare Settings |
Grand Station IV |
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3:30 p.m. |
Musculoskeletal Injuries Resulting from Patient Handling Activities Among Hospital Workers |
Lisa Pompeii |
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3:50 p.m. |
The Importance of Observational Methods in Intervention Evaluation: Patient-Handling Injuries at Two Hospitals Before and After Implementation of Patient Lifting Equipment |
Ashley Schoenfisch |
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4:10 p.m. |
Evaluation of a Comprehensive Slip, Trip, and Fall Prevention Program for Hospital Employees |
Jennifer Bell |
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4:30 p.m. |
Evaluation of the Impact of Workers' Compensation Sponsored Interventions on Musculoskeletal Injuries in Nursing Homes |
Robert Park |
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4:50 p.m. |
Questions and Discussion |
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C3.0 |
Characterizing and Preventing Injuries to Hispanic Workers |
Grand Station V |
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3:30 p.m. |
Hand Injury Outcomes in Hispanic Workers: Translation and Validation of the DASH Questionnaire |
Linda Forst |
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3:50 p.m. |
Exploring the Excess Burden of Traumatic Workplace Injury to Hispanic Workers in Heavy Manufacturing |
Keisha Pollack |
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4:10 p.m. |
Preventing Hispanic Fatalities |
Virgil Casini |
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4:30 p.m. |
Fatal Occupational Falls Among Hispanic Construction Workers, 1992-2006 |
Sue Dong |
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4:50 p.m. |
Questions and Discussion |
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C4.0 |
Needlestick Injuries Among Healthcare Workers |
Brighton II |
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3:30 p.m. |
Blood and Body Fluid Exposure Risk in Operating Room |
Douglas Myers |
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3:50 p.m. |
Cost of Needlestick Injuries and Subsequent Hepatitis and HIV |
Paul Leigh |
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4:10 p.m. |
Development of an Evidence-based Evaluation Framework for a Safety Engineered Needle Program |
Prescillia Chua |
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4:30 p.m. |
Blood Exposure in the Home Care Workplace: Comparing Risks Among Registered Nurses and Personal Care Assistants |
Carla Storr |
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4:50 p.m. |
Questions and Discussion |
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C5.0 |
Assessing the Safety Experience in Coal Mining |
Brighton IV |
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3:30 p.m. |
From Scotia to Brookwood, Fatal U.S. Underground Coal Mine Explosions Ignited in Intake Air Courses |
Thomas Dubaniewicz, Jr. |
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3:50 p.m. |
Effect of Mine Size on the Rate and Type of Fatal Accidents in Underground Coal |
Linda McWilliams |
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4:10 p.m. |
Expectations Training for Self-Contained Self Rescuers in Escape from Underground Coal Mines |
Kathleen Kowalski-Trakofler |
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4:30 p.m. |
Workers' Compensation Insurance Costs Associated With Rockfall Injuries in Underground Coal Mines |
Suresh Bhatt |
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4:50 p.m. |
Questions and Discussion |
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5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. |
POSTER SOCIAL |
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* Presenters should be with their poster for discussions and questions between 5:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Posters may be set up starting at 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, October 21st and should be removed between 5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday, October 22nd. | ||||||
Wednesday, October 22, 2008 |
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7:30 a.m. - 8:30 a.m. | REGISTRATION |
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8:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. |
CONCURRENT SESSION D |
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D1.0 |
Injury Prevention in Construction - I |
Grand Station III |
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8:30 a.m. |
Diffusion of Modular Home Installation Safety Work Practices as a Result of Field Research |
Mark Fullen |
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8:50 a.m. |
Viability of Tying Off to Residential Roof Trusses for Fall Protection During Truss Erection |
Daniel Fiorini |
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9:10 a.m. |
Train-the-Trainer Training—A Case Study |
April Smith |
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9:30 a.m. |
Demonstration of Proximity Warning Systems (PWS) to Reduce Worker Exposure to Asphalt Trucks at Highway Paving Operations |
Jennifer Beaupre |
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9:50 a.m. |
Questions and Discussion |
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D2.0 |
Examining the Risk Factors Associated with Slips and Falls |
Grand Station IV |
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8:30 a.m. |
Bilateral Lower Extremity Response to Unexpected Slips |
Rakie Cham |
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8:50 a.m. |
Worker Slips and Falls in Limited Service Restaurants |
Theodore Courtney |
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9:10 a.m. |
Design and Evaluation of Multi-Modal Methods to Follow-up Multilingual Fast-Food Workers in a Prospective Cohort Injury Study |
Santosh Verma |
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9:30 a.m. |
Beware! Slippery Floor: An Interactive Game to Improve Floor Cleaning and Prevent Slips and Falls in the Food Industry |
Francois Quirion |
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9:50 a.m. |
Questions and Discussion |
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D3.0 |
Nonfatal Injury Prevention Activities in Other Countries |
Grand Station V |
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8:30 a.m. |
A Method to Calculate the Period Prevalence of Workers Receiving Compensation Benefits |
Richard Phaneuf |
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8:50 a.m. |
Patterns of Severe Work-Related Traumatic Hand Injury in the People's Republic of China |
Kezhi Jin |
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9:10 a.m. |
Prevalence and Predictors of Work-Related Injuries Among Children Laboring in the Streets of Latin America |
Angela Pinzon-Rondon |
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9:30 a.m. |
Development and Evaluation of an Intervention Study to Prevent Injuries at Work Among Stevedores in Havana |
Caristina Robaina Aguirre |
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9:50 a.m. |
Questions and Discussion |
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D4.0 |
Identifying and Characterizing Injuries in Agriculture |
Brighton II |
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8:30 a.m. |
Statewide Surveillance of New York Farm Injuries: An EMS-based Method |
Melissa Brower |
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8:50 a.m. |
Occupational Injury Rates and Treatment Patterns Among Migrant and Seasonal Farmworkers in the Northeast |
Giulia Earle-Richardson |
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9:10 a.m. |
Impact on the Agricultural Industry: Animal-Related Injuries |
Susan Gerberich |
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9:30 a.m. |
Injury Severity Related to Overturn Characteristics of Tractors |
Melvin Myers |
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9:50 a.m. |
Questions and Discussion |
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D5.0 |
Motor Vehicle Safety |
Brighton IV |
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8:30 a.m. |
Sleep Apnea and Motor Vehicle Crashes—A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis |
Michael Greenberg |
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8:50 a.m. |
Cancelled |
D5.2 |
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9:10 a.m. |
The Effect of Passengers on Large Truck Collisions Involving Older Male Drivers |
Terry Bunn |
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9:30 a.m. |
Cancelled |
D5.4 |
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9:50 a.m. |
Questions and Discussion |
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10:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. |
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10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. | CONCURRENT SESSION E |
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E1.0 |
Training in Construction |
Grand Station III |
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10:30 a.m. |
Informal Training in Small Construction Work Systems |
Tonya Smith-Jackson |
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10:50 a.m. |
Construction Safety Training Issues for New Construction Employees |
Bryan Hubbard |
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11:10 a.m. |
Diffusion of Fall Hazard Safety Training for Hard-to-Reach Residential Construction Workers Through the Internet and Utilizing New Media |
Mark Fullen |
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11:30 a.m. |
Design and Preliminary Evaluation of a Fall Protection Curriculum for Apprentice Carpenters in Residential Construction |
Rebecca Abraham |
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11:50 a.m. |
Questions and Discussion |
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E2.0 |
Physical and Ergonomic Risk Factors Associated With Slips |
Grand Station IV |
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10:30 a.m. |
Physics-Based Computational Modeling for Shoe-Floor-Contaminant Friction |
Kurt Beschorner |
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10:50 a.m. |
The Stochastic Distribution of Available Friction Coefficient for Human Locomotion |
Wen-Ruey Chang |
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11:10 a.m. |
Assessing Floor Slipperiness: The Effects of Friction and Perception on Gait |
Chien-Chi Chang |
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11:30 a.m. |
Influence of Localized Muscle Fatigue of the Knee Joint on Kinematics and Kinetics Related to Slip-induced Falls |
Thurmon Lockhart |
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11:50 a.m. |
Questions and Discussion |
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E3.0 |
Injury Assessment and Methods |
Grand Station V |
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10:30 a.m. |
Modeling Occupational Low Back Injury Risk Due to Repeated Joint Loading |
Waqar Mughal |
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10:50 a.m. |
Comparison of Injury Types and Severity Among Workers Admitted to Hospitals vs. Treated in Emergency Departments |
Patricia Dischinger |
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11:10 a.m. |
Work-Related Physical and Psychosocial Exposures are Risk Factors for Incident Symptoms and Functional Impairment of the Hands and Wrists |
Bradley Evanoff |
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11:30 a.m. |
Etiology of Work-Related Electrical Injuries: A Novel Taxonomy and In-Depth Narrative Analysis of Workers Compensation Claims |
David Lombardi |
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11:50 a.m. |
Questions and Discussion |
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E4.0 |
Youth in Agriculture |
Brighton II |
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10:30 a.m. |
Identifying Determinants of Being a Child Bystander on Midwestern Agricultural Operation |
Quintin Williams, Jr. |
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10:50 a.m. |
Farm Chores Worked by Youth and Adherence to the North American Guidelines for Children's Agricultural Tasks |
Jay Wilkins |
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11:10 a.m. |
Enhancing Adherence to the North American Guidelines for Children's Agricultural Task |
Catherine Heaney |
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11:30 a.m. |
Using Longitudinal Data Analysis Methods to Assess the Effectiveness of the North American Guidelines for Children's Tasks in Reducing Childhood Agricultural Injury Risk |
Jay Wilkins |
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11:50 a.m. |
Questions and Discussion |
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E5.0 |
Assessing Injury Risk Factors |
Brighton IV |
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10:30 a.m. |
Gender Differences in Injury Patterns Among Workers in Heavy Manufacturing |
Linda Cantley |
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10:50 a.m. |
Acute Injury and Heat Stress Level in an Aluminum Smelter |
Thomas Bernard |
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11:10 a.m. |
*A Case-Crossover Study of Occupational Laceration Injuries in Pork Processing: Methods and Preliminary Findings |
Lina Lander |
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11:30 a.m. |
*A Descriptive Study of Workers’ Compensation Claims in Washington State Orchards |
Jon Hofmann |
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11:50 a.m. |
Questions and Discussion |
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12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. |
LUNCH (On Your Own) |
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1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. |
CONCURRENT SESSION F |
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F1.0 |
Injury Prevention in Construction - II |
Grand Station III |
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1:30 p.m. |
Applying NIOSH Prevention Through Design to Electrical Hazards in Construction Work Environments |
Landis Floyd |
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1:50 p.m. |
Construction Safety Training Issues for Hispanic Construction Employees |
James McGlothlin |
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2:10 p.m. |
A Community-based Participatory Approach to Prevent Falls Among Latino Construction Workers |
Maria Brunette |
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2:30 p.m. |
Reducing Exposure to Pedestrian In Blind Zones |
Spencer Barclay |
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2:50 p.m. |
Questions and Discussion |
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F2.0 |
Workplace Violence in Healthcare Settings |
Grand Station IV |
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1:30 p.m. |
Emergency Department Security Programs, Community Crime, and Employee Assaults |
James Blando |
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1:50 p.m. |
Hospital Employee Assault Rates Before and After Enactment of the California Hospital Safety and Security Act |
Carri Casteel |
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2:10 p.m. |
Evaluation of Workplace Violence at a Tertiary Hospital |
Magdalena Meudra Sánchez |
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2:30 p.m. |
Workplace Violence Prevention in Public Sector Additions Treatment Centers |
Kate McPhaul |
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2:50 p.m. |
Questions and Discussion |
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F3.0 |
Review of Comprehensive Injury Efforts |
Grand Station V |
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1:30 p.m. |
A Systematic Review of Occupational Health and Safety Interventions With Economic Analyses |
Emile Tompa |
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1:50 p.m. |
Foreign Workers' Safety and Health in the USA |
Magdy Akladios |
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2:10 p.m. |
Safety and Health in the Wholesale and Retail Trade Sectors: Information Gaps and Research Needs |
Vern Anderson |
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2:30 p.m. |
A Systematic Review of the Effectiveness of Interventions to Prevent Agricultural Injury and Disease |
Colin Cryer |
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2:50 p.m. |
Questions and Discussion |
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F4.0 | Preventing Injuries Among Fire Fighters Moderator: Stephen Miles |
Brighton II |
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1:30 p.m. | Preventing Deaths and Injuries of Fire Fighters Working Above Fire-Damaged Engineered Wood Floor Joists | Timothy Merinar |
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1:50 p.m. | Preventing Fire Fighter Deaths and Injuries Caused by Failure to Wear Vehicle Safety Restraints | Virginia Lutz |
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2:10 p.m. | Physiological Effects of Boot Weight in Men and Women Fire Fighters | Nina Turner |
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2:30 p.m. | Survey Evaluation of the Fire Fighter Fatality Investigation and Prevention Program | James Wassell F4.4 |
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2:50 p.m. | Questions and Discussion |
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F5.0 |
Safety Practice I |
Brighton IV |
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1:30 p.m. |
Operator Presence System: From Design to Implementation |
Douglas Ammons |
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1:50 p.m. |
Comparison of Anti-Vibration Interventions for Use With Fastening Tools in Metal |
Ann Marie Dale |
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2:10 p.m. |
Forklift-Related Injuries |
Janice Windau |
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2:30 p.m. |
Toward Safer Stairways: Evaluation of the Nose-to-Nose Method for Measuring Uniformity of Steps in a Flight of Stairs |
Roger Jensen |
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2:50 p.m. |
Questions and Discussion |
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3:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. |
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3:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. |
CONCURRENT SESSION G |
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G1.0 |
Injuries Among Electric Utility Workers |
Grand Station III |
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3:30 p.m. |
Work-Related Motor Vehicle Crashes Among Electric Utility Workers |
Tiffani Fordyce |
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3:50 p.m. |
Factors That Distinguish Serious Versus Less Severe Strain and Sprain Injuries: An Analysis of Electric Utility Workers |
Libby Morimoto |
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4:10 p.m. |
Work-Related Injury Trends Among Electric Utility Workers |
Tiffani Fordyce |
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4:30 p.m. |
Development of an Electric Field Sensor for Electrical-Proximity and Contact Detection |
Shengke Zeng |
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4:50 p.m. |
Questions and Discussion |
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G2.0 |
Workplace Violence Risk Factors |
Grand Station IV |
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3:30 p.m. |
Place Characteristics of Industries at High Risk for Worker Homicide |
Myduc Ta |
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3:50 p.m. |
Burnout: The Risk of Physical Assault |
Evette Pinder |
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4:10 p.m. |
Environmental Violence and Physical Assault Against Teachers |
Susan Gerberich |
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4:30 p.m. |
EMS Providers' Exposure to Violence |
Rebecca Heick |
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4:50 p.m. |
Questions and Discussion |
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G3.0 |
Evaluating Mining Safety Initiatives |
Grand Station V |
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3:30 p.m. |
Reduction of Fire Hazards on Large Mining Equipment |
Maria De Rosa |
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3:50 p.m. |
Making it Safer with Roof Screen: Evaluating the Intervention Effectiveness of an Occupational Safety Communication Product in the Mining Industry |
Gail McConnell |
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4:10 p.m. |
Evaluation of Peripheral Visual Performance When Using Incandescent and LED Miner Cap Lamps |
Miguel Angel Reyes |
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4:30 p.m. |
Evaluation of Discomfort and Disability Glare From Incandescent and LED Miner Cap Lamps |
Tim Lutz |
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4:50 p.m. |
Questions and Discussion |
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G4.0 |
Effects of Work Organization of Safety |
Brighton II |
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3:30 p.m. |
Risk Evaluation Index of Psycho-Physical Hazard Exposures in Electronics and Garments |
Jinky Leilanie Lu |
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3:50 p.m. |
Cancelled |
G4.2 |
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4:10 p.m. |
Safety Issues in the Workplace Confronting Those in Extended Shift Work |
Jinky Leilanie Lu |
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4:30 p.m. |
Health Outcomes Associated With Perceived Work Stress in Police Officers |
Robyn Gershon |
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4:50 p.m. |
Questions and Discussion |
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G5.0 |
Systematic Review of Occupational Injury Literature |
Brighton IV |
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3:30 p.m. |
Workplace Injury/Illness Prevention and Loss Control Programs: A Series of Systematic Reviews |
Shelley Brewer |
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3:50 p.m. |
Sharing Best Evidence: Results from Four Systematic Reviews of the Occupational Health and Safety Literature |
Emma Irvin |
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4:10 p.m. |
A Review of the Literature on Process and Implementation of Participatory Ergonomics |
Dwayne Van Erd |
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4:30 p.m. |
Interventions in Healthcare Settings to Protect Musculoskeletal Health: A Systematic Review |
Jessica Tullar |
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4:50 p.m. |
Questions and Discussion |
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Thursday, October 23, 2008 |
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8:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. |
CONCURRENT SESSION H |
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H1.0 |
Using Surveillance Systems to Identify Injury Characteristics in Construction |
Grand Station III |
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8:30 a.m. |
Fatal and Nonfatal Injuries in Construction Industry, 1992-2006 |
Sue Dong |
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8:50 a.m. |
Are Back Injuries in Carpenters Decreasing or Not? |
Hester Lipscomb |
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9:10 a.m. |
Fractures in Construction—Activities, Events, Sources, and Disability Duration |
Theodore Courtney |
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9:30 a.m. |
Relationships Between Medical Care and Paid Lost Time From Work After Work-Related Back Injury Among Washington State Union Carpenters |
Kristen Kucera |
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9:50 a.m. |
Questions and Discussion |
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H2.0 |
Injury Experience of Public Safety Workers |
Grand Station IV |
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8:30 a.m. |
Evaluating the Ambulance Patient Compartment as a Work Environment Using Digital Human Modeling Tool |
Douglas Ammons |
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8:50 a.m. |
Occupational Injury Experiences of EMS Providers |
Rebecca Heick |
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9:10 a.m. |
Occupational Safety and Health for Public Safety Employees: Assessing the Evidence and Implications for Public Policy |
Seth Seabury |
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9:30 a.m. |
Contrasting the Transportation Safety Data for Emergency Medical Services With Other Commercial Vehicles |
Nadine Levick |
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9:50 a.m. |
Questions and Discussion |
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H3.0 |
Safety Practices II |
Grand Station V |
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8:30 a.m. |
Quantifying Workers’ Hazard Identification Ability Using Fuzzy Signal Detection Theory |
Tariq Abdelhamid |
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8:50 a.m. |
The Reducing and Avoiding Injury Initiative: The Alberta Experience |
Waqar Mughal |
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9:10 a.m. |
Building a Culture of Safety and Health Through Integrated Safety and Health Management System |
Grace Laqui |
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9:30 a.m. |
Development of an Integrated Dataset for the Health Workplace Initiative |
Waqar Mughal |
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9:50 a.m. | Questions and Discussion | |||||
H4.0 |
Evaluations of Safety and Health Management Practices |
Brighton IV |
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8:30 a.m. |
Does a Safety and Health Management System Contribute to a Safer Work Environment |
Elyce Biddle |
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8:50 a.m. |
Development of a Comprehensive Working Alone Program for Community Care |
Anna Matheson |
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9:10 a.m. |
Proactive Management: A Multilevel Communication Intervention in the Construction Industry |
J. Taylor Moore |
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9:30 a.m. |
Questions and Discussion |
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10:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. |
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10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. |
CLOSING PLENARY SESSION Moderator: Nancy A. Stout, Ed.D. James Collins, Ph.D. Joseph Feldstein, B.S. Dave Eherts, Ph.D., CIH Brad Boehler, P.Eng. Steve Spata, BSME |
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