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"Learn about issues such as ergonomics programs developed with worker input; hazard anlysis, prevention, and control; medical management, manual and materials handling; tool design or use; office work station design or use; and production or assembly line organization."
There is a $75 registration fee to attend the conference. There will be a welcoming reception on Wednesday, September 8th from 6-8 p.m. in the Archives Room at the George Meany Center, 10000 New Hampshire Ave., Silver Spring, MD. For directions, call 301-431-6400. The conference can award 1.0 IH CM point and .5 academic credits (there will be a $15 fee for the academic credits).
For more information, contact Trish Quinn at 202-962-8494 or email:trishquinn@compuserve.com.
There is a $75 registration fee to attend the conference. There will be a welcoming reception on Wednesday, September 8th from 6-8 p.m. in the Archives Room at the George Meany Center, 10000 New Hampshire Ave., Silver Spring, MD. For directions, call 301-431-6400. The conference can award 1.0 IH CM point and .5 academic credits (there will be a $15 fee for the academic credits).
For more information, contact Trish Quinn at 202-962-8494 or email:trishquinn@compuserve.com.
Best Practices in Ergonomics
George Meany Center for Labor Studies, Sept. 8-9, 1999
Agenda*
George Meany Center for Labor Studies, Sept. 8-9, 1999
Agenda*
| Wed. Sept. 8 | |
| 6:00 p.m. | Welcoming Reception |
| Archives Room, The George Meany Center | |
| Thurs. Sept. 9 | |
| 7:30 a.m. (Auditorium) | Registration and Coffee |
| 8:30 a.m. (Auditorium) | Welcome: Susan J. Schurman, Executive Director, GMC |
| Opening Remarks: Robert J. Pleasure, Executive Director, CPWR Auditorium Paul Becker, Safety & Health Extension, WVU OSHA Region III | |
| 9:00 a.m. (Auditorium) | Keynote: Charles N. Jeffress, Assistant Secretary, DOL/OSHA |
| Peg Seminario, AFL-CIO | |
| 10:00 a.m. | Break |
| 10:15 a.m.(Auditorium) | Panel Discussion: Participatory Approaches to Solving Ergonomic Problems |
| Moderator: Michael McCann, CPWR | |
| OSHA: Graciella Perez, OSHA | |
| Management: Bradley Joseph, Ford Motor Co. | |
| Consultant: Sheree Gibson, Ergonomics Applications | |
| Union: Scott Schneider, Laborer's Union | |
| (this panel will end by 11:15 to allow time to get to workshops) |
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| 11:20 a.m. | Workshops: Success Stories Focusing on Work Exposures |
| Manual and Materials Handling in Construction | |
| Room 1 | |
| Moderator: Scott Schneider, CIH | |
| Billy Gibbons, University of Oregon | |
| Manual and Materials Handling in General Industry and Shipbuilding | |
| Room 2 | |
| Moderator: Scott Madar, International Brotherhood of Teamsters | |
| Zack Koutsandreas, Ergowork Consulting (firefighting) | |
| Jim McGlothlin, PhD, Purdue University (shipbuilding) | |
| Auditorium | |
| Tool Use | |
| Moderator: Michael McCann, CPWR | |
| George Segur, CWA & John Quinlan, Bell Atlantic | |
| Phil Jacobs, Jacobs Consulting | |
| Awwad Dababneh, NIOSH | |
| Room D | |
| Office Computer Ergonomics | |
| Moderator: David LeGrande, CWA | |
| Larkie Gildersleeve, Newspaper Guild | |
| Lawrence Schleifer, PhD, Internal Revenue Service | |
| 12:30 p.m. | Lunch (Dining Hall) |
| 2:00 p.m. | Workshops: Practical Solutions/Best Practices Focusing on Program Elements |
| Auditorium | |
| Developing a Participatory Ergonomics Program, John Rosecrance, PhD, University of Iowa | |
| Room 2 | |
| Hazard Analysis, Prevention, and Control, Suzanne Rodgers, PhD | |
| Room D | |
| Medical Management, Laura Welch, MD, Washington Hospital Center | |
| Room 1 | |
| Training and Education, Susan Moir, University of Massachusetts, Lowell | |
| 3:00 p.m. | Break |
| 3:20 p.m. (Auditorium ) |
Closing Plenary |
| Moderator: Jack Finklea, MD | |
| Workshop Reports | |
| Summation: Jim Miller, OTI | |
| 4:30 p.m. | Adjourn |
| *Agenda may change slightly. |