September 10, 2003—The latest conference of The American Society of Safety Engineers’ (ASSE) Construction Safety Leadership Symposium will be held October 16-17 in New Orleans. The conference will feature topics on liability issues in construction and “what to do when the lawyer calls—preparing for and providing testimony”; electrical forensics and safety on the job; emerging issues in construction industrial hygiene such as mold, silica, and hearing conservation; driving safety into the sales process; and practical ergonomics at the construction site.
Representatives from organizations such as Bechtel Corporation, St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance Co., Kellogg Brown & Root, Inc., Exxon/Mobil Development Company, LPR Construction Company of Denver, and many more will provide insights, best practices, and ideas on what works in reducing accidents and how to implement successful safety management approaches in construction safety.
The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) Director of the Office of Construction Services Stewart Burkhammer, P.E., CSP, will discuss OSHA’s activities, its categorizing the construction industry as a high hazard industry and the fatality reduction goals the agency is working towards.
Dean of Georgetown University McDonough School of Business John W. Mayo, Ph.D., Washington, D.C., will discuss the spiraling financial burden from workers’ compensation and health care costs due to workplace accidents in his keynote address. E. Scott Geller, Ph.D., senior partner of Safety Performance Solutions and professor at Virginia Tech University, Blacksburg, VA, will discuss integrating behavior-based safety into the construction industry.
For more information, contact ASSE.
