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8:30 am -

10:00 am

Wednesday,

May 16th

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

11:45 am-

1:15 pm

Thursday,

May 17th


 

 

 

 


 

 10:30am -

11:45 am

May 16th

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   1:00 pm -

2:15 pm

May 16th

 

 

 

 

 

 

  2:45 pm -

4:00 pm

May 16th

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   8:00 am -

9:00 am

May 17th

 

 

 

 

 

 

   9:15 am -

10:15 am

May 17th

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Opening Session

sponsored by

Who Needs Legs When You Have Wings?

Chad Hymas

Stockton, UT


A motivating presentation must be accompanied with solutions that change and inspire lives.  Today more than ever, people are looking not simply for entertainment, but for direction and solid answers.  Chad Hymas has spent the last three years developing solutions that transformed his life.  His stories are moving, his courage unprecedented, and his insights . . . profound.  His accomplishments provide a powerful litmus test to the validity of these dynamic principles!  In this presentation Chad will inspire your group to:

  • Conquer the emotional paralysis that robs vision and momentum.
  • Turn obstacles into incredible opportunities.
  • Harness the power of change and rise above to progress.
  • Tap into unseen personal power and inner strength to accomplish seemingly impossible dreams!

 

 

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Awards Luncheon

Sponsored by

 

Making the Most of Difficult Situations: Communicating Safety

 

Garrison Wynn

Houston, TX

 

This entertaining, insightful keynote combines relationship building with no-fluff motivation and change to deliver real safety solutions in difficult situations. Amazon.com best-selling author and business relationship expert Garrison Wynn examines the challenges we face and shows how we can laugh at our problems while using them as catalysts for success. This research-based session shows that team members who focus on effective communication and trust are more likely to look out for one another, resulting in significantly fewer incidents

 

 

Safety Management / Safety Pro Track

S1: “Target Zero”-The Original

Chad Hymas

Stockton, UT

A risk-free environment will never exist. Therefore, employees must be self-motivated to develop a “personal safety culture” to reduce accidents. This content filled presentation is fun, lively, entertaining and highly interactive. The message will enable attendees to become self-motivated and embrace safety as a personal value to improve the quality of their lives. After hearing this message, unsafe behaviors are reduced and attendees practice “Safety 24/7.”

Participants will learn:

Why We Must “Think Before We Act”
If You Notice a Dangerous Situation, Fix It Now!
The Ripple Effect Of Injuries
Why Unsafe equals Selfish
Why We Wear “PPE”
Accidents Aren’t “Just One Of Those Things”
That safety should be a 24 hour concern
Even a small fall can have devastating results

 

S6: “How A Split-Second Decision Can Change Your Life”

Chad Hymas

Stockton, UT

“Accidents don’t happen to me. Accidents happen to someone else.” With the audience on the edge of their seats, Chad drives home the importance of following safety procedures. Everyone wakes-up to the high cost of an accident not only to themselves, but to their family.

Participants will learn:
-Understand cost of injuries to them
-Realize importance of complying with policy
-Recognize responsibility for their own safety
-Visualize how their lives would change
-Learn to encourage safety among fellow workers
-Leave with a lasting impression

 

 

 

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S16: Commitment Based Safety: How to Achieve Zero Injuries

Robert J. Veazie, MBA

People Powered Leadership

Corvallis, OR

There is only one way to stop injuries.    Organizations must gain and rely on the daily commitment and contribution to safety of their workforce.   The psychology of how to gain employees commitment (self-motivation) is that leadership must become increasingly effective in Educating their teams, Engaging their teams and ensuring timely and repeated Follow-up (Demings' PDCA cycle) to review progress and recognize results.  This session will look at the power of employee commitment, how to gain it, how to sustain it and the only way to be at world class safety levels.   Practical examples will be utilized as well as real experiences from different companies.  You will see what truly is the only way to achieve zero injuries in this session.  You will learn more about the emerging world class methodolgoy for safety excellence - Commitment Based Safety.

 

 

 

  

S21: Essentials of Developing and Implementing EHS Auditing Programs
Shawn Zablocki

Olsson Associates

Omaha, NE

In this session attendees will learn the essential steps of establishing and implementing an EHS auditing system. Tools learned in this session can applied to customize an EHS auditing program that is as specific or as broad as a company chooses. Attendees will learn practical skills that can be applied to developing an audit program, conducting the audit, documenting audit findings, and developing and documenting corrective action steps.

 

S26: Behavior Based Safety: The Deeper Why

Robert J. Veazie, MBA

People Powered Leadership

Corvallis, OR

This presenation will look at how easy it is to mechanize and depersonalize Behavior Based Safety.   Many organizations have become disconnected from why this process is completed.   The symptom of this is employees don't want to complete formal observations, they don't want to participate.  And a response to this to mandate participation or set a "quota" will almost always fail to gain the quality of observation desired as well as the REAL REASON and outcomes for why we even have a BBS process.   This session will provide real field examples to where BBS systems were failing and means to improve them.   If you are thinking about implementing or improving your Behavior Based Safety process, please attend.  It is gauranteed by the time you leave this session you will more than  1 idea you can immediately take back to your organization to positively impact your process.   And if you are one of those that don't believe in BBS, come have your viewpoint get shattered hearing why this process is essential in some form, why the process is so ineffectively done in so many companies (probably a reason why many people have said "been there, done that) and the means to truly make BBS work.  The presenter has co-authored 2 books with Behavior-Based Safety founder Dr. E. Scott Geller (who first worked with Ford in 1979).


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 10:30am -

11:45 am

May 18th

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   1:00 pm -

2:15 pm

May 18th

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  2:45 pm -

4:00 pm

May 18th

 

 

 

 

 

   8:00 am -

9:00 am

May 19th

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

     9:15 am -

10:15 am

May 19th

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  10:30 am -

11:30 am

May 19th

 

 

Workers Comp Track

 

W2: Injury Management and Communication – Key Points to Understand to Help Lower Work Comp Costs

Unico Group

Lincoln, NE

You will learn why communication is so key when it comes to workers’ compensation and the role supervisors play in helping your organization

This session will address ways to help your company increase profitability by lowering workers’ compensation costs. It will explain what will happen to your costs when you have an employee injury and the proper steps you can take to ensure the claim is handled properly. It will address steps to understand your experience modification factor and how you can be proactive to lower that factor. You will learn the value of forming clinical relationships and how that can interact with your return-to-work program. It will also address how your safety program can have an impact on your work comp costs.

 

 

 

 W7:

 

W12:

 

 W17:Topic Pending

Mark McQueen

Baird Holm LLP

Omaha,NE

 

W22:

 

 W27: Supervisory Work Comp Training

Unico Group

Lincoln, NE

This session will focus on the importance of having supervisors and management understand how workers’ compensation works and the important role they play before and after an injury.  It will focus on their role with return-to-work programs as well as address how injuries impact a companies bottom line.

 

 

 

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 10:30am -

11:45 am

May 18th

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   1:00 pm -

2:15 pm

May 18th

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  2:45 pm -

4:00 pm

May 18th

 

 

 

 

 

   8:00 am -

9:00 am

May 19th

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

     9:15 am -

10:15 am

May 19th

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  10:30 am -

11:30 am

May 19th

 

Business Continuity / Risk Management Track

R3: Worked To Death – The Workplace Violence Phenomenon

Stefan V. Salmonson, PPS

PROtective Services, Inc.

Mora, MN

 

This information packed class is offered weekly to appreciative clients. The content is practical; the recommendations are useful and support equipment cost effective. Risk factors, prevention measures, emergency responses, actor profiles, warning signs, verbal and non-verbal risk factors, victim protection methods and Crisis/Incident management are primary topics.                      

 

R8: Emergency/Disaster Preparedness

Stefan V. Salmonson, PPS

PROtective Services, Inc.

Mora, MN

This overview program will assist you with the four (4) steps of the planning process, establish team(s), assess risk/hazards, developing and implementing plans. Statistics on Domestic Terrorism, computer security, targeting, significant dates, specific threats and probabilities are also discussed. This is an excellent program to begin or focus your security efforts.

 

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R18:

 

 

R23:

 

R28:

 

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 10:30am -

11:45 am

May 18th

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   1:00 pm -

2:15 pm

May 18th

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  2:45 pm -

4:00 pm

May 18th

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   8:00 am -

9:00 am

May 19th

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

     9:15 am -

11:30 am

May 19th

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Challenges in the Workplace Track

C4:“Surviving & Thriving with Attitude”

Kina Repp

Safety Done Right

DiVals Safety

Ione, WA


Surviving an accident that nearly killed her was just the beginning of Kina’s incredible journey that led her down the road to recovery to the fast lane of adventure and accomplishments. She’ll share important lessons on safety and attitude that will help you survive & thrive in any environment.

 

                                                                         

C9: It’s Safe to Say

Andy Greenberg

Omaha, NE

A special presentation just for manufacturing managers and executives of safety that focuses on techniques to reduce accidents by inspiring a culture of safety on the shop floor, construction and all other places where safety and accident elimination need immediate attention.

 

 

C14:

 

C19:

 

C24 Mind Over Matter….an Inspirational Story                                                                  
Mark O’Brien
DiVal Safety

Buffalo, NY


 

Mark’s dramatic and emotional story reinforces how the power of “mind over matter” can be combined with a great “never give up” attitude to achieve virtually anything you put your mind to.  Mark’s message addresses the leadership, teamwork, wearing personal protective equipment, the importance of training and following proper procedures, watching out for each other, and most of all how YOUR attitude makes a difference. At the age of 21, Marine Corporal Mark O’Brien was serving his second tour of duty in Iraq. On day number 68, of a military tour that had Mark taking fire in the 67 days leading up to it, his life was dramatically changed forever.

 

Mark O’Brien  is a native of Western New York, Mark is a former Emergency dispatcher for the Erie County Sheriff’s Department.  Mark currently is on staff at DiVal Safety Equipment providing safety training and motivational sessions thorough our Training and Compliance Division.

Marine Corporal O’Brien’s Military honors include:

Purple Heart , Marine Corps Accommodation Medal, Navy Achievement Medal, Good Conduct Medal, and Induction into the NYS Veteran’s Hall of Fame

 

C29:

 

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 10:30am -

11:45 am

May 18th

 

 

 

 

 

 

   1:00 pm -

2:15 pm

May 18th

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  2:45 pm -

4:00 pm

May 18th

 

 

 

 

 

   8:00 am -

9:00 am

May 19th

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

     9:15 am -

10:15 am

May 19th

 

 

 

 

 

 

  10:30 am -

11:30 am

May 19th

 

Regulatory Issues Track

RE5:

 

 

RE10:

 

RE15: OSHA Update

Bonita Winingham

Area Director

Omaha Area Office

Omaha, NE

This session will provide the attendees with an OSHA update on current policies, procedures, enforcement emphasis programs and voluntary protection programs.

 

 

RE20:

 

RE25:

 

RE30:

 

 

 

      

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