Pre-conference Workshops*, Monday, April 6, 2020 *Additional registration required. Pre-conference Workshop Registration & Continental Breakfast 7:30 a.m. – 8:30 a.m. Choose from 3 full-day or 2 half-day preconference workshops Full-day preconference master class workshops 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. (Refreshment breaks included from 10:30 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.; lunch on your own from 12:30 p.m. – 1:30p.m.)

1. 2020 Drug Testing and Substance Abuse Management Update: Compliant and Effective Strategies for Employers Amid Marijuana Legalization and the Opioid Addiction Crisis Presented by Adele L. Abrams, Esq., Law Offices of Adele L. Abrams, PC Medical marijuana is now legal in 34 states and more are on the way, along with recreational cannabis now legalized in 11 states and DC. This raises tensions between workplace safety concerns and infringement of worker’s rights to use legal medication or to recreationally use marijuana off-duty. A sweeping opioid abuse epidemic further compounds these challenges, requiring that employers maintain a delicate balance among business objectives, employee rights, and Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) requirements. It's in an employer's best interest to be proactive on this issue. According to the National Safety Council, the estimated yearly economic impact of substance use disorders exceeds $442 billion. Workplaces assume a great deal of these costs in the form of absenteeism, increased healthcare expenses, and lost productivity. On the other end, each employee who recovers from a substance abuse disorder saves a company more than $3,200 a year. This 1-day comprehensive master class will provide practical information on and strategies to address these sensitive and increasingly prevalent workplace issues.

You’ll learn:

• Legal limits on drug testing, with an emphasis on evolving state/local laws (e.g., California, New York, Nevada), and unique considerations on testing methods and protocols

• Post-accident drug testing best practices and strategies to comply with OSHA’s “Reasonable” Reporting and Anti-Retaliation Provisions, as well as other federal laws (e.g., DOT) that may be implicated

• How to address emerging compliance obligations regarding medical and recreational marijuana use

• Unique issues for federal contractors and employers in transportation sectors

• Steps you can take to manage the effects of the opioid epidemic on your workforce and minimize your legal liabilities

• How to address impairment issues, testing limits, and supervisor training with a focus on fitness-for-duty

• How the ADA can protect some employees and new case law heightening rights under state medical cannabis laws, state disability anti-discrimination laws, workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance and more

• Ways that you can leverage employee assistance plans and other benefit programs to combat addiction and help employees recover

• And, you’ll get BLR’s sample drug testing policy!

2. Emergency Preparedness & Response: Risk Assessment, Effective Planning, and Business Continuity Strategies

to Keep Your Workers Safe

Presented by: Lucien Canton, Lucien G. Canton, CEM LLC

From active shooters in the workplace to natural disasters, it’s critical to be prepared—and for your employees to be prepared—when an emergency occurs. By taking steps now to assess your risks and plan for the worst, you can protect your employees and ensure that your business weathers whatever crises come your way. This intensive 1-day master class will teach you how to:

• Conduct a risk assessment—what hazards and exposures are probably at your facility?

• Recognize key considerations for specific emergencies related to: o Severe weather (storms, floods, wind) o Natural disasters (earthquakes, wildfires) o Active shooter/workplace violence o Medical emergencies o Hazardous substance and chemical releases o Terrorism

• Create emergency action plans and emergency management systems for your specific workplace needs.

• Adapt with flexibility that’s necessary to properly respond to various types of emergencies.

• Comply with requirements under various laws and regulating agencies (ADA/HR/OSHA/EPA/local and state).

• Develop practice training and drills for your workforce.

• Build and train your in-house response team.

• Work with vendors and emergency response agencies.

• Draft clear and concise communication plans.

• Establish and effectively communicate applicable evacuation routes and exits.

• Ensure your workforce has the emergency response equipment and personal protective equipment (PPE) necessary to minimize the risk of injuries or illness as a result of the emergency.

• Follow sound equipment shutdown procedures.

• Develop a business continuity plan.

• Apply best practices gleaned from case studies and emergency response scenarios.

3. 2020 OSHA Injury & Illness Recordkeeping: Complying with the Latest Regulations to Avoid Costly Citations Practices Presented by: Eric J. Conn, Esq. and Daniel Deacon, Esq., Conn Maciel Carey LLP OSHA’s injury and illness recordkeeping standards are a common pain point for many employers. From determining which injuries and illnesses must be recorded to maintaining and updating records properly to adhering to posting and notification obligations, the rule encompasses a number of complex requirements that many organizations struggle to manage. And with the new electronic recordkeeping requirements that took effect

in 2017, the stakes for noncompliance are now higher than ever, as OSHA will have access to a vast amount of establishment-specific data that the agency can use to target enforcement efforts.

This intensive 1-day master class will cover:

• The purpose and overview of OSHA's Recordkeeping and Reporting Occupational Injuries and Illnesses rule (29 CFR 1904), including the latest on implementation of the Electronic Recordkeeping rule

• The antiretaliation provisions of the e-Recordkeeping Rule and their practical impact on reporting procedures, incentive and discipline programs, worker drug testing, and Section 11(c) rights

• Recent changes to OSHA’s “continuing violation” rule and pending legislation to amend the OSH Act with respect to enforcement of recordkeeping rules

• Regulated companies and industries, temporary agencies, and union hiring halls: understanding the recordkeeping and reporting requirements that apply to each type of entity, the limited exemptions for small businesses, low-hazard industries, how OSHA recordkeeping and workers’ compensation laws interface, and more

• What is recordable? The differences between “first aid” and “medical treatment,” how to determine whether an injury or illness is work-related, and more

• What is immediately reportable as a Severe Injury and how to deal with completion of OSHA RRI forms

• OSHA 300, 301, and 300A Forms: who must complete the forms, best practices for completing them correctly, and how to avoid becoming your company’s designated felon

• Most common OSHA injury and illness recordkeeping mistakes to avoid and tips for effective root cause incident analysis to ensure accurate reporting

• Best practices for nonmandatory records and documentation, including principles of legal privilege for safety audits, consultant recommendations, record retention, and destruction policies

Half-day preconference workshops (AM Only) Creating and Maintaining an Effective Risk Assessment Team 8:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. (Refreshment break included from 10:30 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.) Presented by: Pam Walaski, CSP, Specialty Technical Consultants, Inc. A critical part of the implementation of risk management is high functioning risk assessment teams. Developing and delivering training to risk assessment team members usually falls to the OSH professional in the organization who are responsible for developing a framework that includes using adult learning principles to customize content for risk identification, analysis, and evaluation. But in the process many questions may arise, including which stakeholders should be on the team, how to maintain their effectiveness once they begin to work, and how to expand the process in an organization that needs multiple teams. This in-depth training will answer these questions and so many more. You’ll learn how to:

• Effectively develop risk assessment teams, including training and maintaining them as an effective part of your organization’s risk management framework

• Evaluate the unique needs of a risk assessment team and identify relevant stakeholders

• Apply training course development concepts to develop customized risk assessment team training content

• Maintain team effectiveness over time

• Implement quality control processes for content and team members

(PM Only) Workplace Violence Prevention: Hands-On Prevention Program and Active Shooter Drill Development Training Workshop 1:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. (Refreshment break included from 2:30 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.) Presented by: Hector Alvarez, CTM, MS, Alvarez Associates LLC Every workplace must be prepared at all times for incidents of workplace violence. Under OSHA’s general duty clause, you have a fundamental duty to protect your employees—and your premises—from threats of violence. During this intensive workshop, you’ll learn how to:

• Evaluate what to include in your organization’s workplace violence prevention plan, based on your industry, worksite(s), and work environment

• Select who will manage and maintain the organization’s workplace violence prevention policy and serve as the internal investigator of incidents, such as bullying or harassment, that could escalate into workplace violence

• Manage the many moving parts of assessing your workplace to determine potential threats, including the nature of the work performed, who you employ, and who your workers interact with on a daily basis, the physical work environment, and more

• Develop zero-tolerance policy statements, including the design of essential workplace violence prevention procedures to include in your policy

• Train the workforce on how to comply with your workplace violence prevention policy

• Outline a response plan steps to take in the event of an incident of workplace violence

• Develop appropriate workplace violence incident report forms and risk assessment questionnaires

• Conduct effective active assailant (including active shooter) drills in your workplace

Day 1 of Main Conference, Tuesday, April 7, 2020 Registration Continental Breakfast, & Exhibits 7:00 a.m. – 7:55 a.m. Welcome Remarks 7:55 a.m. – 8:00 a.m. Opening Keynote | What’s Next for the Workplace Safety Professional – A 20/20 View 8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. Presented by: Terry L. Mathis, ProAct Safety, Inc.

Fundamental ongoing shifts in the workplace require safety professionals to go beyond focusing on laws and regulations to build “soft skills,” as well as technological capabilities, to adapt and thrive. They will find themselves identifying and addressing human factors in safety (stress, complacency, fatigue), making making strategic decisions about safety leadership, employment engagement, and culture of safety. Also, new technological changes will create challenges—and

opportunities—that safety professionals must contend with in their ever-evolving roles. What resources can they use to learn these new skills? Safety Summit 2020 kicks off with an insightful look at what’s driving the safety profession today and tomorrow.

Breakout Sessions (Concurrent Tracks) 9:10 a.m. – 10:10 a.m.

Session A – OSHA Compliance: OSHA Enforcement and Rulemaking Updates and Compliance Trends

Presented by: Eric J. Conn, Esq. and Daniel Deacon, Esq., Conn Maciel Carey LLP

We are three years into the Trump Administration, and we have seen a mixed bag of change and business-as-usual at

OSHA in enforcement and rulemaking. We watched late Obama-era OSHA rules get repealed or amended and a modest

boost in compliance assistance—the sort of policy shifts you expect in a transition from a Democratic to a Republican

administration. However, we have also seen plenty of the unexpected, such as increases in most enforcement metrics,

including record numbers of $100K+ enforcement actions. And most surprising of all, OSHA still does not have an Assistant

Secretary—the longest ever vacancy for the top job at OSHA. As we move through this election year, the final year of

President Trump’s current term, we expect more reshuffling of OSHA enforcement policies and rulemaking priorities, and

surely more surprises. This session will offer a deep dive into OSHA enforcement and regulatory developments. And, since

past is prologue, this session will look back and take stock of what we have learned from and about OSHA over the first

three years of the Trump Administration, and more importantly, will look ahead and assess what to expect from OSHA

during this election year—from OSHA enforcement data and trends, to rulemaking and deregulatory actions, and

personnel developments at OSHA and OSHRC.

You’ll gain an insider’s perspective into OSHA’s latest activities and their potential impact on your industry and your

workplace and learn the latest on:

• OSHA and OSHRC organizational developments

• OSHA enforcement data and trends, as well as key case decisions

• The future of OSHA enforcement

• Regulatory developments that may impact your safety policies and procedures

• Significant OSHA policy issues to watch out for the rest of this year heading into 2021

Session B - Workplace Violence Prevention: OSHA’s GDC, the ADA, and More: Understanding Your Legal Obligations and Limits under Applicable Federal Laws Presented by: Melanie. L. Paul, Esq., Jackson Lewis, P.C. Can you receive an OSHA citation for failing to take steps to prevent workplace violence? What are the potential legal pitfalls of screening applicants and employees in an attempt to reduce the risk of workplace violence? Workplace violence continues to be a top concern for employers everywhere, and businesses of all sizes and in all industries struggle to

develop effective preventive measures without running afoul of competing legal obligations. While there is currently no federal regulation specifically addressing workplace violence, employers, nevertheless, still have a legal duty under the Occupational Safety and Health Act’s General Duty Clause (GDC) to provide a workplace free from recognized hazards that are likely to result in death or serious physical harm. This session will cover how to:

• Recognize the legal ramifications of when warning signs of workplace violence are ignored.

• Identify how decisions (or inaction) may spark violations of Section 5(a)(1) of OSHA’s GDC with respect to violence at work.

• Navigate intersecting duties under OSHA’s GDC and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), which may afford certain employment-related protections to your workforce.

• Legal ways to screen applicants and employees to mitigate the risk of violence in your workplace.

• When you may require an employee to submit to a physical or mental health examination.

• The role employee assistance plans, early intervention, and other measures may play in your ability to defend your organization if alleged GDC violations occur.

• Examples of workplace safety deficiencies involving alarms, exits, lights, and more that could lead to legal liability if a violent attack occurs in your workplace.

Session C – Safety and Risk Management: Preventing Serious Injuries and Fatalities: Understanding the Unique Risk Factors and Identifying Precursors Presented by: Jeffrey K. Dennis, MS, CSP, ASP, CET, CHMM, CSSM, WSO-CSE, and Lela M. Garrett, ASC, DENNSCO

Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) show that although great strides have been made over the past 20+ years

in reducing overall workplace injuries, the frequency of serious injuries and fatalities (SIFs) has remained relatively flat.

Why the discrepancy? Many theorize that SIFs have unique risk factors; therefore, safety interventions that successfully

reduce high-frequency, low-severity injuries are not equally effective at addressing the root causes of SIFs. A new approach

and a thorough understanding of the unique risk factors and precursors to SIFs are needed to make strides in preventing

these incidents. You’ll learn how to:

• Effectively analyze data from prior incidents and near misses to determine which ones had the potential to

become SIFs.

• Identify the unique risk factors for SIFs.

• Identify and track precursors to SIFs, and take steps to intervene before an incident occurs.

• Analyze the culture and systems in your organization to determine your risk for SIFs.

• Prioritize safety improvements that reduce the risk of SIFs.

Networking, Refreshments, & Exhibits Break 10:10 a.m. – 10:35 a.m.

Breakout Sessions (Concurrent Tracks) 10:35 a.m. – 11:35 a.m. Session A – OSHA Compliance: Exercising Employer Rights in an OSHA Inspection Presented by: Jenifer Kienle, Esq., Kienle Law, PC

OSHA has jurisdiction over 7 million worksites, and its scrutiny of those worksites runs the gamut of evaluating imminently hazardous situations, investigating severe illnesses and injuries, worker complaints, referrals from other enforcement agencies, and targeted and follow-up inspections. It’s important to know your legal obligations and your legal rights when OSHA conducts any type of inspection of your worksite(s). This session, led by a skilled OSHA attorney, will walk you through what to expect during the OSHA inspection process and provide an essential road map for exercising your organization’s legal rights during the inspection.

You’ll learn how to:

o Properly identify an OSHA inspector’s credentials. o Recognize the type of information OSHA compliance officers are likely to gather about your organization

before OSHA inspectors step foot at your worksite(s). o Evaluate who from your organization should be the designated representative to accompany the OSHA

representative during the inspection. o Ensure that the OSHA compliance officer doesn’t overstep by consulting privately with an unreasonable

number of your employees. o Appropriately handle the walkaround o Respond to OSHA inspectors’ questions—what you should answer and what you don’t need to share. o Determine whether you will appeal citations for OSHA standard violations and serious hazards.

Session B - Workplace Violence Prevention: Assessing Your Workplace Violence Risk and Identifying Safeguards to Protect Your Employees Presented by: Dick Sem, CPP, CSC, Sem Security Management

No one wants to think about the possibility of workplace violence. However, it’s consistently among the leading causes of workplace fatalities, and nearly 40,000 nonfatal cases resulting in days away from work occurred in 2017 (the most recent year for which data are available). Organizations can no longer view workplace violence as an outlier or an unpredictable situation that doesn’t require preparation. Therefore, it’s important for safety professionals to have an accurate understanding of their risk for all types of workplace violence—from assault and harassment to active shooter situations—in order to identify effective safeguards and protect employees, contractors, customers, facility visitors, and more. Risk assessment for workplace violence must take into account industry, occupation, situational risk factors, physical facility features, and much more.

You’ll learn how to:

• Identify the industries and occupations with the highest risk for workplace violence.

• Assess your organization’s unique risk factors for workplace violence.

• Identify the situations that may put employees, contractors, or customers at risk.

• Recognize red flags that signal an elevated risk of violence.

• Identify effective physical and administrative control methods to reduce the risk of workplace violence.

Session C – Safety and Risk Management: How to Design Resilient Safety Systems and Procedures that Allow for

‘Normal’ Levels of Human Error While Avoiding Catastrophic Consequences

Presented by: Ted Boyce, Ph.D., Center for Behavioral Safety, LLC

As much as safety professionals attempt to engineer hazards, safety will always involve a significant human factor, and

with that comes the potential for human error. While some degree of human error is inevitable, it is possible to design

workplace systems and procedures that minimize the chance of error and limit the harm when error does occur. Doing

so requires an understanding of why and how error occurs, where and when it is most likely to occur, and how system

design can mitigate or exacerbate the hazards it entails.

After attending this session, you’ll be able to:

• Identify the conditions and situations in your facility that carry the greatest human error risks.

• Implement procedures to reduce the likelihood of error.

• Design safeguards that provide an “error buffer” to minimize the harm resulting from mistakes.

Breakout Sessions (Concurrent Tracks)

11:45 a.m. – 12:45 p.m.

Session A – OSHA Compliance: OSHA’s Use of the General Duty Clause: Identifying Your Risk Factors Presented by: Mark L. Farley, Esq., Farley & Partners LLP

OSHA’s General Duty Clause (GDC) is a “catch-all” provision that’s cause for concern for organizations of all sizes. Even if OSHA hasn’t issued a specific set of regulations or standards pertaining to a given issue impacting the workplace, such as workplace violence, heat stress, or other potential hazards, the GDC conveys enforcement power to OSHA to go after organizations for not maintaining a safe and healthful working environment in all instances. Therefore, it’s imperative to know how to protect and defend against GDC citations.

This session will teach you:

• GDC enforcement in action—real-life examples of OSHA investigators using the GDC to assess costly citations and fines

• OSHA’s burden of proof when asserting a GDC violation has occurred

• Best practices for developing safety policies and protocols to minimize the risk of GDC claims

Session B - Workplace Violence Prevention: Could It Happen at Your Facility? Identifying and Defusing Early Warning Signs of Workplace Violence Presented by: Suzanne Hoffman, Ph.D., Workplace Guardians

“It can’t happen here.” “It won’t happen here.” These are perhaps some of the most dangerous phrases organizational leaders and the workforce can utter. Sadly, we now know that violence can happen in any workplace setting. We also know that having effective workplace violence prevention programs and being able to spot and act on early warning signs may help organizations and their employees avoid serious violent incidents. This session will explore what factors constitute an effective workplace violence prevention program and will help participants identify some of the characteristics, workplace behavior and other conduct may signal that something “isn’t right.”

During this session, you’ll learn how to:

• Identify the core component of an effective workplace violence prevention program.

• Recognize the many obvious—and, perhaps more importantly, more subtle—signs that someone may be at risk for violence in the workplace.

• Take action when warning signs of violence may be present.

• Train your workforce on “see something; say something” without creating a culture of paranoia.

Session C – Safety and Risk Management: Incorporating Visual Literacy to Improve Safety

Presented by: Doug Pontsler, Center of Visual Expertise

What we see, how we interpret what it means, and the actions we take as a result defines much of the work that we do

as safety professionals. Yet very few of us ever learn how to see more effectively. By leveraging lessons from art education

and applying common processes associated with visual literacy, we can be more effective in identifying hazards, improving

incident investigations, and communicating safe working practices. This insightful and innovative application of visual

literacy will provide you with a road map for improving your ability to see more effectively and proactively improve your

safety performance.

Networking Lunch & Exhibits

12:45 p.m. – 1:45 p.m.

Breakout Sessions (Concurrent Tracks) 1:55 p.m. – 2:55 p.m. Session A – OSHA Compliance: How to Conduct a Fall Hazard Survey and Assessment Presented by: Jake Williams, PE, CSP, REK Associates

Slips, trips, and falls remain some of the leading causes of serious work-related injuries and deaths. Though OSHA’s 2017

Walking-Working Surfaces and Fall Protection Rule helped protect workers in general industry from these hazards by

updating and clarifying standards and adding training and inspection requirements, employers won’t know just how many

fall hazards their premises contains and whether fall protection or PPE is required unless they conduct a fall hazard survey

and assessment. This session will show you how to accomplish that.

Session B - Workplace Violence Prevention: The Role of Physical Security, Policies, and Procedures: Choosing Effective Safeguards Presented by: Hector Alvarez, CTM, MS, Alvarez Associates LLC

It’s often the case that even though a security vulnerability is recognized and a mitigation strategy is identified the concerning problems persist. The stark reality is that security measures are only as effective (or ineffective) as the supporting policies and procedures.

This session will provide expert insight from a security expert on how to:

• Identify security risks.

• Close security gaps using various security controls.

• Design and implement security training that includes routine tactical prevention activities across your workplace—whether you’ve got one office or several worksites.

• Monitor your workplace security program to evaluate what’s working and what needs improvement.

• Recognize the importance of local demographic awareness, and work with local law enforcement to keep your worksites safe.

Session C – Safety and Risk Management: How Safety Managers Can Identify Linked to Inadequate Sleep and Fatigue

Presented by: Claire Caruso, Ph.D., RN, FAAN, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health

A strategic plan for promoting sleep health can help your business attract, retain, and support the healthiest, alert, and

high-functioning workforce. And, effectively addressing fatigue has other benefits that can have a positive impact on

managers and workers, as well as consumers of the organization’s goods and services. This session will give several

strategies that management and safety personnel can integrate into workplace systems to reduce risks from inadequate

sleep and promote sleep health and an alert workforce.

You’ll learn how to:

• Eliminate or reduce hazards linked to overly demanding work schedules.

• Address personal factors.

• Apply practices to promote sleep health and minimize fatigue.

• Educate managers and workers.

Networking, Refreshments, & Exhibits Break 2:55 p.m. – 3:20 p.m. Breakout Sessions (Concurrent Tracks) 3:20 p.m. – 4:20 p.m.

Session A – OSHA Compliance: PPE for Electrical Safety: How to Meet NFPA 70E's Arc-Rated Requirements for Required, Additional, and As-Needed Gear Presented by: Hugh Hoagland, B.A. CECSP, ArcWear

NFPA 70E has many electrical safety requirements and PPE standards typically makes it easy to comply. This session will discuss oversimplification sometimes used by companies that can have disastrous consequences, specialty PPE that is very complicated, and what you can do to comply in a pharma, chemical and multi-hazard workplace.

Session B - Workplace Violence Prevention: After the Violence Ends: A Case Study of Lessons Learned Presented by: Alicia Richardson and Ashley Withrow, Cleveland Clinic

Nothing demonstrates the true consequences of workplace violence more than real-life examples of organizations that found themselves having to pick up the pieces following a violent attack on their workplace. This case study will walk you through the immediate and long-term impact on employees and what organizational leadership, supervisors and managers, the workforce at large, and law enforcement did right, as well as the lessons they learned that you can apply in your organization to prevent and mitigate the unthinkable.

Session C – Safety and Risk Management: ISO 45001: How the Adoption of This International OH&S Standard Will Impact How You Manage Workplace Health and Safety Presented by: Edwin G. Foulke, Jr., Esq., Fisher Phillips LLP

The international occupational health and safety (OH&S) standard ISO 45001 has been out since March 2018, but many organizations are still unsure of how this benchmark applies to their hazard controls, the steps they should be taking to implement its principles, and how using an ISO 45001 framework can offer both organizational and safety benefits. It’s important to understand the scope of ISO 45001 and how it fits into existing OH&S standards.

This session will explain how to:

• Recognize how ISO 45001 fits into existing OH&S standards.

• Identify how ISO 45001 differs from OHSAS 18001.

• Understand ISO 45001’s practical impact on your business.

• Evaluate whether to adopt ISO 45001 and what you’ll need to do to implement its principles.

Day 1 Closing Keynote | Everyone’s a Safety Coach 4:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. Presented by: David J. Sarkus, MS, CSP, David Sarkus International, Inc.

You want to achieve zero-incident status—who doesn’t? But, what does it really take to get to that point? For starters, it

takes leadership, coaching, and collaboration. This inspiring keynote, infused with humor, will reveal seven contemporary

and empirically-based principles that will move your people from superficial compliance to deeper and durable forms of

personal commitment to safety. You’ll leave this talk with actionable ways to:

• Impact attitudes and actions in deeper and more durable ways for important types of change.

• Turn your followers into safety leaders and champions.

• Develop a culture where safety is viewed as vital to the health of your organization by also experiencing positive changes in productivity, quality, and morale.

Networking & Exhibits Reception 5:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. Day 2 of Main Conference, Tuesday, April 8, 2020 Continental Breakfast & Exhibits 7:30 a.m. – 8:00 a.m. Breakfast & Learn: Interactive Demo of Safety.BLR.com®, Your One-Stop Tool to Ace Compliance 7:30 a.m. – 7:45 a.m.

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Safety Standout Awards 7:45 a.m. – 8:00 a.m. Opening Keynote: Using a Safety Framework for Sustainable Improvement

8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.

Presented by: Matthew Hall, SafeStart

Safety is embedded in every single department in an organization­—but because safety is so far-reaching it can be hard

to see the connection between safety, productivity, human factors and organizational systems. This session will

demonstrate how presenting safety as a framework can build an organizational consensus for the value of safety. From

showing individual workers how their mental and physical states can affect their own safety to highlighting the way that

work environments and interpersonal dynamics will alter injury risk levels, this session will give attendees a useful

framework for getting their entire leadership team to embrace safety-focused change.

In this Day 2 kickoff keynote, you’ll learn:

● The far-reaching impact of human factors on organizational performance

● The need for an integrated, human factors’ approach to safety management

● The connection between individual worker safety and organizational systems

● How to apply a safety framework as a roadmap for sustained success

Breakout Sessions (Concurrent Tracks) 9:10 a.m. – 10:10 a.m.

Session A – Safety Culture: Integrating Behavioral and Systems Approaches to Safety to Improve Performance Presented by: Steve Roberts, Ph.D., Safety Performance Solutions, Inc.

Some safety professionals see a dichotomy between behavior-based safety and approaches that focus on systemic factors

within an organization that support or hinder safety performance. However, safety-related behavior does not occur in a

vacuum. In the workplace, it occurs in the context of organizational processes, procedures, and systems that influence

motivations, attitudes, and actions. Identifying these systemic influences is key to understanding and shaping the behavior

they drive and developing effective safety improvement strategies. Therefore, an integrated approach that takes both

systems and behavior into account is essential for moving safety performance to the next level.

This session will teach you how to:

• Identify systemic factors that support and hinder safety-related behaviors.

• Design effective safety interventions that work within the context of your organization.

• Recognize the influences on behavior and motivation in the workplace and how they impact safety.

• Delve deeper into the root causes of incidents and near misses to uncover systemic factors that contribute to workplace hazards.

• Implement effective safety strategies that motivate and engage employees using an understanding of the context for their work

• Identify the role of leadership, management, frontline supervisors, and other key elements of your organization in shaping safety-related behavior and culture.

Session B – Safety Training: Safety Training for a Diverse Workforce: Adaptive Strategies for Age, Gender, Language, Education, Experience, Tech-Savvy, and Attention Span Presented by: Lindsay K. Bell, MPH, CSP

Employees bring a wide variety of backgrounds and experiences to the workplace. Although this diversity creates rich opportunities, employers must make the necessary adaptations to ensure that all workers receive the training they need to perform their jobs safely. For example, younger workers may be adjusting to professional norms at the same time they need to absorb safety information. Older workers, on the other hand, may feel they already know it all and tune you out. Employers must craft a training message that reaches a variety of cultural and educational backgrounds, reaches across language barriers, and effectively disseminates critical information to the entire workforce. There are now many options to help you assess the training needs of your workforce and adapt strategies that leverage technology and basic instructional design principles to make your training effective and compliant with regulatory requirements.

Session C – Safety and Risk Management: Enhance Your Safety through Data Presented by: Rich Eagles, DuPont Sustainable Solutions

Safety professionals have an abundance of statistical data about the incidents that occur in their facilities but knowing how to use the data to prevent future incidents is the greater challenge.

This session will teach you how to:

• Efficiently capture and analyze data to enhance your safety efforts.

• Leverage your own data sources to improve safety performance.

• Distinguish between leading and lagging indicators and identify the strengths and weaknesses of each.

• Use tools to act on the information, including: o High-quality free data sources to benchmark and measure your performance against industry

performance (e.g., BLS incident rates and DART rate calculator) o Data for job hazard analysis, improve training outcomes, prevent injury and take corrective action, and

root cause analysis in investigations

Networking, Refreshments, & Exhibits Break 10:10 a.m. – 10:35 a.m. Breakout Sessions (Concurrent Tracks) 10:35 a.m. – 11:35 a.m.

Session A – Safety Culture: Incentives and Discipline: How to Legally Motivate Successful Behavior Changes Presented by: Barry Spurlock, Esq., Safety Change Agents / Crump Spurlock Attorneys Employee motivation and engagement are constantly cited as the top pain points by safety professionals. In an effort to gain buy-in from frontline workers, many safety professionals turn to a system of rewards and punishments for safety-related behaviors and outcomes. But, for such systems to be successful, they must be designed and implemented strategically, balancing best practices for instilling motivation with practical and legal considerations. Consistent discipline is a crucial component of any safety program, but many safety professionals are tempted to rely too heavily on punitive strategies. Punishment might lead to short-term compliance improvements, but it won’t instill a strong culture of safety. Similarly, although incentivizing safe behaviors and safety performance can produce real gains in engagement, it is crucial to ensure that the incentives don’t lead to underreporting or other unintended consequences. This session will teach you how to:

• Strike a balance between safety incentives and discipline so you’re well positioned to avoid the temptation of over-relying on punitive strategies to enforce your safety policies.

• Leverage an understanding of human motivation and behavior to engage employees in your safety program.

• Identify effective incentives with the potential to engage employees and improve safety culture.

• Avoid legal traps and pitfalls of poorly designed incentive and disciplinary programs, including OSHA’s latest guidance on incentive programs.

• Appropriately use discipline within a safety program—and avoid the temptation to over-rely on punitive strategies to enforce safety policies.

• Develop a balance of incentives and disciplinary policies that works for your organization.

Session B – Safety Training: Measure Training Effectiveness: How to Comply with OSHA’s ‘Verify Competent Performance’ Requirements Presented by: Chip Darius, OHST, CSHO, CIT, Safety Priority Consultants

It can be difficult to measure a change in workers’ performance after they have completed safety training. Many OSHA standards require employers to verify the effectiveness of their training by confirming that employees can demonstrate competent performance in the subject covered by the training. Verifying competent performance means a skilled trainer must observe or otherwise evaluate the trainee’s competence to perform physical tasks or apply knowledge learned in the training. OSHA 1910 and 1926 standards for forklifts, personal protective equipment, respiratory protection, slips and falls (i.e., walking and working surfaces), confined spaces, lockout/tagout, and others are among many rules that require verification of competent performance. Learn compliant practices and proactive ways to verify safety training effectiveness, assessing competence, and documenting your efforts in case OSHA comes knocking.

Session C – Safety and Risk Management: Find the Funny! How to Use Humor in Storytelling so Your Risk Management Message Sticks Presented by: Tim Gard, CSP, CPAE , Tim Gard International

By making the “humor connection,” Hall of Fame speaker Tim Gard has made a career out of finding the funny in almost any circumstance. And, he knows how to leverage that humor for maximum impact. The truth is you don’t need more stories—you just need to discover how to make your existing stories funnier. Applying methods outlined in Gard’s three-step process, this session will teach you how to build humor into stories for safety training events and how to take the humor trainers currently use and make it funnier and more impactful and memorable for your workforce. And, during this highly interactive session, attendees may volunteer to share stories that Gard will help infuse humor into, so you’ll learn first hand how to “humor up” any message for maximum impact. Plus, you’ll learn how to:

• “Find the Funny” by following a three-step process for capturing moments and developing them into amazing stories to reinforce your onstage safety message

• Mine for “humor gold” that’s just under the surface so you can improve how you convey safety and risk management concepts to your workforce

• Shift your story format so it translates on the shop floor, the classroom, and even in videos and other online learning platforms

• Develop your skills as a master storyteller

Breakout Sessions (Concurrent Tracks) 11:45 a.m. – 12:45 p.m.

Session A – Safety Culture: Psychological Safety: Making It Safe to Speak Up Presented by: Dominic Cooper, B-Safe Management Solutions, Inc.

Do your workers feel powerless when it comes to reporting safety concerns to a supervisor? Do they brush off near misses or “minor” injuries that you just happen to learn about after the fact through the workplace grapevine? As a safety manager, your job isn’t just to train supervisors and the workforce on engaging in safe working practices. You’re responsible for ensuring that your organization has effective internal controls for reporting potentially dangerous practices and remedying the situation before something bad happens. Everyone should feel confident in suggesting better work practices to managers or refusing to do something that’s just not right from a safety perspective. But, how can you ensure that everyone does feel that way? Take a deep dive into the psychological safety.

You’ll learn how to:

• Effectively communicate that everyone’s voice will be heard.

• Build a feedback and reporting system designed to take effective action to alleviate workers’ safety concerns through varied approaches to policy development and practices.

• Train employees to trust their instincts and to report anything they believe could result in a safety hazard or has caused an injury—however so slight it may be.

• Recognize the myriad reasons why employees don’t speak up about safety concerns—and what you can proactively do to change that.

• Turn near misses into teachable moments rather than focusing on them as grounds for discipline.

Session B – Safety Leadership: Want Better Safety Outcomes? Try Servant Leadership and Build a Sense of Community

Not Just a Culture

Presented by: David J. Sarkus, MS, CSP, David Sarkus International, Inc.

Being a strong safety leader requires the ability to engage and influence attitudes and actions in a meaningful way. One of the best ways to ensure that you have positive influence over those you seek to lead is to practice servant leadership. But what are the key characteristics that successful servant leaders share? And how can you use servant leadership strategies and tactics to achieve a higher level of influence, engagement, and build a greater sense of community in your workplace?

This session will help you to:

• Better understand your culture as it relates to productivity and safety.

• Improve personal credibility where it has been lacking.

• Increase communications and engagement.

• Tap into the five dimensions of building community through safety.

• Promote a culture where workers are more confident and feel more competent, thereby demonstrating their commitment to your overall safety mission, vision, and goals.

• Properly assess safety mishaps, and fairly yet effectively avoid future safety errors.

Session C – Safety and Risk Management: Fitness for Duty: Balancing Safety Obligations with the Changing Landscape on Drug Testing, Opioids, Marijuana, and More Presented by: Adele L. Abrams, Esq., Law Offices of Adele L. Abrams, PC

With the ongoing opioid epidemic and rapidly changing state laws around marijuana and drug testing, it may seem as if employers have fewer and fewer tools at their disposal to ensure that their employees come to work unimpaired and protect against the hazards of substance use on the job. However, by using a broad “fitness for duty” framework, employers can set performance standards that protect safety while avoiding potential liability under the ADA, OSHA’s antiretaliation provisions, and other relevant laws. In implementing this strategy, it is critical to clearly define safety-sensitive roles and duties, set transparent standards that require employees to be prepared to safely perform their work, and balance legal considerations with safety concerns.

You’ll learn how to:

• Identify state and federal legal considerations that impact your substance use and drug testing policies and procedures.

• Balance safety concerns surrounding substance use on the job with legal and practical considerations.

• Clearly define safety-sensitive roles and responsibilities.

• Determine what constitutes fitness for duty and how it interacts with your drug testing policies and safety programs.

Networking Lunch & Exhibits (Raffle prize winners announced in the Exhibit Hall at 1:15 p.m.!) 12:45 p.m. – 1:45 p.m. Breakout Sessions (Concurrent Tracks) 1:55 p.m. – 2:55 p.m.

Session A – Safety Culture: Supporting Frontline Supervisors: Effective Ways to Empower Your Strongest Safety Advocates Presented by: Earl Blair, EdD, CSP, FASSP, Indiana University

The frontline supervisor is often the individual with the most direct impact on your safety culture and your employees’ level of engagement. A great supervisor can motivate employees, secure buy-in for safety initiatives, and contribute to a strong culture of safety. On the other hand, a supervisor who lacks proper support, fails to internalize the safety message, or manages through complacency can damage morale and allow hazardous conditions to fester. To be successful, supervisors must possess critical “soft skills”—leadership, effective communication, and trust—that effectively motivate and influence employees to take ownership of safety, in addition to the technical skills and knowledge to find and fix hazards and maintain compliance. Support from management is critical to allow supervisors to succeed in these objectives and instill a culture of safety.

This session will teach you how to:

• Recognize the core responsibilities of supervisors to support, promote, and maintain safe and healthful working conditions for employees.

• Identify the signs of effective and ineffective supervisors.

• Encourage supervisors to motivate and lead workers toward safe and healthful work practices.

• Incorporate elements of an effective training program for supervisors to teach them “soft skills” that promote a safety culture.

• Provide support for frontline supervisors to allow them to excel at engaging their teams and strengthening your organization’s safety culture.

Session B – Safety Leadership: Let’s Talk Safety: How to Have Candid Conversations that Move the Safety Needle Forward Presented by: Pam Walaski, CSP, Specialty Technical Consultants, Inc.

Are your conversations with the workforce about safety-related issues meaningful? Is your message getting across? How can you tell? Communicating about safety requires so much more than telling employees that what they are doing isn’t “safe.” Interactions like these do little to effect real safety change and can be harmful to the relationship between the OSH professional and the workforce. Effective communication is a key part of safety leadership, but it’s often challenging to get right.

During this session you’ll learn how to:

• Identify the qualities of a constructive safety conversation.

• Ask good questions and engage in effective dialogue to uncover useful information that may impact workplace safety risks and potential hazards.

• Pinpoint where communication often breaks down and how to overcome common barriers to impactful conversations.

• Use strategies for active listening to absorb key information from employees, managers, and other stakeholders.

• And more.

Session C – Safety and Risk Management: Creating a Safe Driving Workforce Presented by: Spencer McDonald, Thinking Driver

Every 12 minutes, someone dies in a motor vehicle crash. Every 10 seconds, an injury occurs. And every 5 seconds, a crash occurs, according to OSHA. Given the high frequency of roadway crashes, it’s safe to say many of these incidents occur during commutes or in the course of the workday for employees who must drive to do their jobs. The impact the cost of injuries can have on workplaces and families can be devastating. Consider, too, that the number of fatalities as the result of distracted driving totaled 3,166 in 2017 alone, according to the NHTSA. It’s time to take a highly concentrated approach to preventing dangerous driving behaviors that can result in injuries or death.

This session will outline how to:

• Recognize how state of mind factors into risk tolerance and driving-related incidents.

• Train the workforce on how to maintain focus wherever distractions may exist.

• Make the business case to the organization’s leadership so you can justify safe driving training investments you want to make.

• Use the eight critical elements of a driver safety program to reduce your incident rate.

Day 2 Closing Keynote | Effectively Implementing Change—How to Apply Amazon’s Success Strategies to Your

Workplace

3:05 p.m. – 4:05 p.m.

Presented by: Mike Stone, Director of Environmental, Health, and Safety, Amazon

Mike Stone, Amazon Director of Environmental, Health, and Safety, oversees workplace safety for more than 150,000

employees and 1,400 EHS professionals across fulfillment centers in North America. As the Safety Summit 2020 closing

keynote, Stone will share how Amazon utilizes innovative, data-driven strategies to continually source and implement

improvements to safety programs. You’ll leave with a practical understanding of how to apply Amazon’s recommended

strategies to your workplace, regardless of your organization’s size.

Conference Adjourns 4:05 p.m. Agenda and speakers subject to change.