Day 1: Tuesday, February 8, 2022
8:00 a.m.
Registration and continental breakfast with sponsors and exhibitors
8:30 a.m.
Welcome
Todd Logsdon, Esq., Partner and Co-Chair of Workplace Safety and Catastrophe Practice Group, Fisher Phillips
8:35 a.m.
Legislative Update
John Hughes, Manager of Public Affairs, Kentucky Chamber of Commerce
8:45 a.m.
Creating a Learning-Centered Safety Culture: Pushing the Needle on Safety Management Practices
Barry Spurlock, Esq., CSP, Attorney, Assistant Professor, Eastern Kentucky University
Learning-centered safety cultures recognize hazards are problems, and injuries and illnesses are just the dreaded manifestation of these problems. Safety leaders must be cognizant of the fact that simply controlling a hazard before an injury occurs is not necessarily being proactive. To be proactive in practice and not just in cliché, safety leaders must push the needle on traditional safety management approaches and leadership practices to create a culture that learns about deep-rooted, often overlooked issues that allow hazards (problems) to exist and/or often remain hidden. This session identifies leadership approaches and safety management practices that, while well-intentioned, may actually hinder learning in safety. Participants will learn about strategies and practices to properly embrace failure and human error so that hazards are found before there’s even a near miss.
9:45 a.m.
Handling OSHA Retaliation and Discrimination Complaints in the COVID-19 ERA
Todd Logsdon, Esq., Partner and Co-Chair of Workplace Safety and Catastrophe Practice Group, Fisher Phillips
Chad Zimlich, Associate, Fisher Phillips
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused a tremendous impact on employment in the United States. Between an ongoing pandemic and massive unemployment, as an employer you’re dealing with a massive list of new health and safety protocols. The decisions you make in these tough times can multiply the challenges your employees face, and ultimately get your organization in trouble. Think carefully before taking an action like firing someone, cutting their hours or pay, or reprimanding them in front of their co-workers. Common examples these days are punishing an employee for questioning whether your workplace is safe from COVID-19, or for filing a complaint with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. Because disciplining or terminating an employee for speaking up about a workplace safety concern is a clear example of retaliation. Join this session to better understand COVID-19 employment actions and layoffs, discipline, and/or any other terminations of employees and ensure your actions as an employer are proper and neither discriminatory nor retaliatory.
11:00 a.m.
Safety & Health Program Auditing – The Architecture of a Simple but Comprehensive Audit
Bill Simkins, CSP, Managing Partner, W.E. Simkins & Associates
This session will cover the framework for a comprehensive, yet simple audit can provide critical feedback to employers desiring to achieve, improve and sustain highly successful safety and health programs. This session is specifically designed to review the key components of a comprehensive audit approach and tool to measure and improve on all facets of site safety.
12:00 p.m.
Lunch with sponsors and exhibitors
1:00 p.m.
A Look at Your Industry’s Most Cited Standards
Bobbi Samples, CSP, Owner / Principal Consultant, The Safety Firm, LLC
It is important to stay abreast of what OSHA is citing for your industry. It is often an indicator of potentially high-risk concerns for your employees, as well as a heads up on how OSHA expects the employer to comply. We will also look at the cost of non-compliance Are you ready? As registrations come in, we will gather information directly related to those industries to present an overview of the particular standards relative to the conference attendees.
2:00 p.m.
OSHA ETS and COVID Update
Todd Logsdon, Esq., Partner and Co-Chair of Workplace Safety and Catastrophe Practice Group, Fisher Phillips
Chantell Foley, Associate, Fisher Phillips
In the wake of COVID-19, remaining compliant and staying knowledgeable about new guidance should be top of mind for all safety and HR professionals. During this presentation, we will discuss how OSHA's recently issued Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) impacts the workplace, how OSHA’s Healthcare ETS impacts the healthcare industry, and how additional updated guidance impacts all employers. The presenters will provide an overview of the OSHA’s Vaccine Mandate ETS, OSHA’s Healthcare ETS, the National Emphasis Program related to COVID-19 enforcement and how to prepare for an OSHA inspection. We will also examine common issues with reporting and recording workplace injuries and illnesses, and what to do if you receive a citation
3:00 p.m.
NFPA 70E Update: What Does the New Year Hold?
Tim Coffey, Licensed Electrician, Electrical Safety Specialist, The EI Group, Inc.
Electrical safety programs are ever changing as new processes are developed and industry is looking to stay ahead of technology. This presents its own unique challenges to ensure compliance with necessary OSHA regulations for already complex systems. As systems change and evolve, so do the regulations and standards that govern them. The NFPA 70E standard is no exception. With the 2021 changes, there will be a need for safety professionals to evaluate these changes to understand how they will impact their current electrical safety programs. This session will provide a high-level look at the NFPA 70E Standard and how it establishes the framework of a well-developed electrical safety program. We will look at each of the changes in the 2021 Standard as compared to the previous version published in 2018. What changes might be needed in 2022 to get your programs upgraded for the new year?
4:00 p.m.
Ask the Experts
Bobbi K. Samples, CSP, Owner / Principal Consultant, The Safety Firm, LLC
Barry Spurlock, Esq., CSP, Attorney, Assistant Professor, Eastern Kentucky University
Bill Simkins, CSP, Managing Partner, W.E. Simkins & Associates
Moderator: Todd Logsdon, Esq., Partner and Co-Chair of Workplace Safety and Catastrophe Practice Group, Fisher Phillips
In this session you’ll have the opportunity to get your most pressing OSH-related questions, on OSHA compliance, Best Practices, legal concerns and Safety Management, answered by our expert presenters. This is a MUST ATTEND session!
5:00 p.m.
Day one adjourns
DAY 2: Wednesday, February 9, 2022
8:00 a.m.
Registration and continental breakfast with sponsors and exhibitors
8:30 a.m.
Welcome
Todd Logsdon, Esq., Partner and Co-Chair of Workplace Safety and Catastrophe Practice Group, Fisher Phillips
8:35 a.m.
Overview of Kentucky OSH
Lynn Whitehouse, OHST, Acting Director, KYSAFE
9:30 a.m.
Impact of Worker Stress on Safety
Bobbi K. Samples, CSP, Owner / Principal Consultant, The Safety Firm, LLC
Chantell Foley, Associate, Fisher Phillips
In the past 2 years, employers have seen increased stress and fatigue in workers due to COVID-19, social unrest, and political division. The events of 2020 and 2021 have impacted organizations, creating high turnover, tense work environments and job burnout. Burnout can have a similar impact on safety as complacency leading to an increase in safety incidents. More than 1 in 5 employees say COVID-19 alone has threatened the tangible parts of their jobs, including personal opportunities, job security, safe working conditions, and benefits and pay, to a great extent or to a very great extent. Employers need to be aware of the signs and symptoms in order to effectively help employees manage their stress and well-being. It is a proven fact that workplaces where employees feel comfortable and safe have higher productivity, higher profits, and less safety related incidents. This workshop will help show how to recognize what worker burnout looks like, take steps to build employee resilience and manage job stress, and direct them regarding where to go if they need help.
10:45 a.m.
Respiratory Protection – Much More Than a Respirator
Bill Simkins, CSP, Managing Partner, W.E. Simkins & Associates
This session will cover key OSHA employer requirements for Respiratory Protection, and address many of the often overlooked, OSHA “Cited” compliance details. The session will also discuss OSHA’s COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standard for Healthcare and clarify questions related to “respirators, face masks” and “face coverings”, reflective of OSHA’s current position. This session is specifically designed to provide insights on OSHA’s requirements, compliance tips and strategic implementation methods for a successful respiratory protection program.
11:40 a.m.
Artificial Intelligence Partners with Safety to Reduce Recordables
Caryle Blondell, CEO, Statcode
As companies work towards being LEAN, Safety professionals have more and more responsibilities. Management is expected to be a record keeper, document control expert on the site-specific, and answer questions. Field safety is expected to cover more ground, be in more places more often and faster. Most sites have one safety professional for every 20-50 employees. Safety professionals are expected to cover large areas of the site, make corrections as needed and answer questions as they arise. Every field safety professional would gladly accept assistance. Our Safety A.I.(Jody) will be able to monitor multiple sites, be in multiple places at once, and predict incidents before they happen. The areas that we will focus on are the Fatal Four: electrocutions, falls, injuries caused by forcible contact or impact, and caught in between hazard.
12:30 p.m.
Lunch with sponsors and exhibitors
1:30 p.m.
OSHA Standards Update: A Panel Discussion on OSHA’s Heat Injury and Illness Prevention in Outdoor and Indoor Work Settings Rulemaking Efforts
David Stumbo, Ed.D., OHST, CSP
Van Mitchell, Environmental, Safety & Security Manager, Logan Aluminum, Inc.
Bill Simkins, Managing Partner, W.E. Simkins & Associates
Barry Spurlock, Esq., CSP, Attorney, Assistant Professor, Eastern Kentucky University
In late October of 2021, OSHA issued an Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) for a standard to address “Heat Injury and Illness Prevention in Outdoor and Indoor Work Settings.” In this session, participants will hear from a panel of expert consultants, industrial hygienists, attorneys, and senior safety leaders in industries affected by the ANPRM regarding key provisions of the ANPRM, potential impacts on employers and what employers may expect from the rulemaking efforts. Many safety professionals must deal with heat injury and illness risks, and this session will help them prepare their organizations for potential regulatory requirements coming down the road.
2:30 p.m.
Confidently Exercising Employer Rights During an OSHA Inspection
Todd Logsdon, Esq., Attorney, Fisher Phillips
Barry Spurlock, Esq., CSP, Attorney, Assistant Professor, Eastern Kentucky University
Have you ever had an OSHA official stop by unexpectedly? We want to ensure you know exactly what to do when and if the time comes and we will discuss the updates that the pandemic has brought about to the inspection process. This webinar will cover the following: Tips and tricks on how to prepare for an inspection. Professional guidance on what to do when an inspection occurs. The appropriate follow-up that is needed once the inspection is complete.
4:00 p.m.
5th Annual OSH Management Conference adjourns