Tuesday, July 15, 2008
 
 

Tuesday, July 15, 2008

20th Annual Chicagoland Safety & Health Conference
September 15, 2008 - September 18, 2008
We would like to take this opportunity to announce
our Special Pre-Conference Workshops!
 
Advanced Training Techniques (full day, Monday, 9/15/08)
OSHA 7100 Machine Guarding (full day, Tuesday, 9/16/08)
Electrical Update Course (full day, Tuesday, 9/16/08)
and
1/2 day offerings on Tuesday, September 16:
Preparing for CIH Exam (p.m.), Indoor Environmental Quality (a.m.) and Women in Safety (Panel, a.m.)
and
OSHA 10-Hour in General Industry, Monday & Tuesday, 9/15 and 9/16
 
Please visit our conference website to learn more about these offerings, and to browse the many topics covered in the two-day conference on September 17 and 18, 2008!
  
Many topics to choose from, including sessions on:
General Industry Safety,  Industrial Hygiene, Construction Safety, and
Safety and Health Management
 
Also, back by popular demand:  VPP/SHARP Conference within a Conference!
 
Please join us on September 15 - 18, 2008 at the NIU-Naperville Campus!
 
  Register today!!  Please visit the conference website at www.chisafetyconf.org to browse our exciting topics and to obtain conference information! 
 
Sincerely,
20th Annual Chicagoland Safety & Health Conference Committee
 
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Engineering and Technology Outreach, College of Engineering and Engineering Technology, Northern Illinois University
All rights reserved. No information may be duplicated without permission from NIU-CEET Outreach.
 
 
 

MARK YOUR CALENDARS!!  The 20th Annual Chicagoland Safety and Health Conference will be held September 15 - 18, 2008, at NIU Naperville!

The 20th Annual Chicagoland Safety and Health Conference is scheduled for September 15 - 18, 2008, at Northern Illinois University’s Naperville Campus on 1120 E. Diehl Road. Four days of offerings include special pre-conference programs,  cutting-edge break out topics,  exemplary keynote speakers, and large vendor exhibit hall!

If you are a safety, health, environmental or disaster preparedness specialist, you will benefit from professionals who present the hottest topics needed for your work success. The conference is planned jointly by three ASSE Safety Engineer Chapters, several OSHA Area Offices, the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity-On Site Safety and Health Consultation Program, the American Society of Industrial Hygiene Chicago Association, Northern Illinois University and the National Safety Education Center.

Also back this year by popular demand:  the VPP/SHARPS “Conference within a Conference”! 

New this year:  Advanced Training Technique Topics!

Be sure to visit the website at  www.chisafetyconf.org for conference details and session topics as they become available.

ASSE, AIHA Host Chicagoland Safety & Health Conference at NIU
July 26 2007
The American Society of Safety Engineers and the Chicago section of the American Industrial Hygiene Association will co-sponsor the 19th annual Chicagoland Safety & Health Conference at Northern Illinois University in Naperville, Ill., Sept. 24-28. The event will feature three keynote speakers and more than 45 sessions on safety and health issues. Presented in association with OSHA, the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, the National Safety Education Center, and NIU, the conference is for employers, employees, and all parties interested in SH&E and emergency preparedness, ASSE says. Continuing Education Credits are available.

Keynote speakers include Debra J. Zubaty, OSHA Columbus area director; Bob LoMastro, former U.S. Army Green Beret and Navy Hospital corpsman, currently president of LoMastro & Associates, Inc.; and VPP/SHARP guest speaker Richard Hawk. Educational sessions will cover topics in industrial hygiene, safety in construction, safety in general industry, environmental safety, safety management, and OSHA’s Voluntary Protection and Safety and Health Achievement Recognition Programs.

For registration and CEU information call 815-753-6902 or visit the Chicagoland Safety & Health Conference Website at www.chisafetyconf.org. Early registration discounts are available until August 24. The exhibit area is free to participants, their clients, and the public.

AIHA Against Amending Enforcement of Fit Testing for TB
FAIRFAX, VA – In a letter sent to members of Congress, the AIHA is opposing any attempt to stop OSHA from enforcing annual fit testing of respirators for tuberculosis.

The House Appropriations Committee defeated an amendment last week that would have blocked a rule requiring annual testing of respirators that protect against tuberculosis. Rep. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) tried to reinstate this amendment to eliminate the fit requirement.

“It’s important that OSHA is not restricted in doing its mission of protecting workers’ health and safety,” said AIHA President Donald J. Hart, PhD, CIH. “Allowing enforcement of the General Industry Respiratory Protection Standard (1910.134) will support this mission.”

The letter was sent to members of the U.S. House of Representatives in response to discussions that there may once again be an attempt to add a rider to the House fiscal year 2008 Labor, Health and Human Services and Education appropriations bill regarding the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) enforcement of respiratory protection requirements for tuberculosis.

AIHA believes the actions undertaken by OSHA are in the best interest of workers who could be exposed to M. tuberculosis. The General Industry Respiratory Protection Standard (1910.134) is the regulatory standard applied to a wide range of respiratory hazards in the majority of workplaces in the United States. M. tuberculosis is not significantly different from a host of other respiratory hazards.

The appropriations bill is scheduled to hit the floor this week.

The AIHA letter is available at http://www.aiha.org/ under “Government Affairs.” For more information regarding AIHA comments to Rep. Miller or other AIHA Government Affairs issues, contact Aaron Trippler, AIHA director of government affairs, at (703) 846-0730 or atrippler@aiha.org.

Founded in 1939, the American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA) is an association of occupational and environmental health and safety professionals. AIHA’s 11,600 members play a crucial role on the front line of worker health and safety every day. Members represent a cross-section of industry, private business, labor, government, and academia.  

For more information, go to http://www.aiha.org/.