Honda's People-Based Approach to Safety
Joe Cicero, partner, HR and Safety Resources LLC (and recently retired from Honda)
This session will feature a case study on how Honda has approached health and safety in the same mind-set as it approaches manufacturing excellence by using the company’s principles and operating priorities. Safety, Quality and Production are all partners in its everyday thinking and operations. Honda is committed and believes that every job must be performed safely at all times. And, it will conduct its operations with the highest regard to associate safety by continually improving the safety management system based on factual analysis, the leadership of management and the involvement of associates. At the conclusion of this session, it will be apparent that the success of safety is a holistic approach that works best when everyone is involved.
Pursuing an Obtainable Goal of Zero Injuries
Adam Bates, Corporate Environmental, Health & Safety Regional Leader, Midway Products
Midway Products, a major metal former and Tier 1 supplier to the auto industry, has been able to collaboratively work with diverse groups to bring a teamwork effort in achieving an ultimate end goal of zero injuries. In this session, the presenter will elaborate on making safety a culture that is and needs to be lived on and off the job; explain how a union environment can make challenges obtainable through team effort; touch on the new EHS challenges related to reduced workforces but increased workloads; and review upcoming EHS requirements being reviewed at the federal level regarding the energy crisis.
Worthington Steel Got Safe, and So Can You!
Ryan Lamb, regional manager of environmental, health and safety, Worthington Industries
In just one year, Worthington Steel’s 185 employees in Delta, Ohio, decreased the plant’s number of injuries from an average of more than 10 per year to zero, including a record 561 days injury-free. In this session, a safety leader from Worthington Industries will share details on implementing and sustaining the company’s SafeWorks safety management program that has created a culture in which employees across the company now expect to finish each month with zero injuries. See what it took to virtually eliminate workplace injuries at WS Delta, including volunteer safety councils, a rigorous injury-reporting process and gaining buy-in from employees at all levels, from operator to senior executives.
NFPA and its Implications on Thermographic Inspections
Martin Robinson, president, IRISS Inc.
NFPA has had far-reaching impact on improving the safety of electrical equipment and establishing safe work practices, not only in the United States but throughout the world, where the standards are adopted in part or in whole. Companies looking to improve profitability, uptime and safety should study the recommendations in the NFPA 70B Standard for Electrical Preventive Maintenance. To further bolster safety and reduce risk to plant and personnel, the standard is all but required reading since OSHA regulators carry a copy of it with them as a reference for electrical safety in the workplace. IR windows will help companies to comply with standards and speed inspection time while improving the safety of thermographers as well as plant assets and processes.
PdM Integration for Electrical Distribution Safety and Reliability
Dale P. Smith, CMRP, corporate programs manager, Predictive Service
Electricity is one of the safest and most versatile utilities available. Even so, we are experiencing an increase in electrical system failures and fires, arc flash incidents, injuries and deaths. Predictive maintenance (PdM) technologies such as infrared, ultrasound, motor circuit testing and transformer oil analysis serve as early warning tools and add layers of protection to facilities and personnel by monitoring assets' condition, performance, potential failure modes, and providing information for risk and safety mitigation strategies. In this session, you'll systematically walk through an electrical distribution system and review equipment-specific risk exposures, insurance and industry loss data, examples of real failures, applications of PdM technologies, and the use of key performance indicators (KPI).
The Components for Creating an Ideal Electrical Safety Program
L. Rene’ Graves, safety specialist, Texas Instruments
This presentation will discuss the steps you need to follow to create an exemplary team. This team will be responsible for initiating, and accountable for implementing an ideal electrical safety program. The foundation for the success of this team will be demonstrated in this presentation by using an existing process model. The presentation will also discuss the collaborative benefits your company will experience as a result of the composition of this team.
Best Practices in Pneumatics and Safety Systems
Eric O. Cummings, global industry manager – safety, Ross Controls
A tremendous amount of time and effort has been allocated to creating and implementing processes that result in safe and effective lockout programs. The other side of lockout is the alternative measures that are used for issues that are routine, repetitive and integral to production. Pneumatics plays a critical role in machine function and, therefore, in lockout procedures and alternative measures. In this session, you'll learn the requirements, options and best practices that are occurring with respect to pneumatics and safety systems, and how to improve issues that are routine, repetitive and integral to production.
Success Factors for Reliability & Maintainability: An Ergonomic Perspective
Klaus M. Blache, associate director, University of Tennessee – Reliability & Maintenance Center
Process reliability is the probability that a process will operate as specified (without failure) for the specified period of time and under the stated conditions. This has implications to the equipment, the people involved, how they interact, and costs related to both. One of the key enablers of success in this entire process is the human factor. The reliability process, regardless of the type of industry, needs to be properly integrated with the people process for sustainable success. Discussed will be why ergonomics is important to safety, quality, throughput and cost. Also, included will be a review of ergonomic enablers for reliability/maintenance success, ergonomics and maintainability, and key learnings.
OSHA Regulations and Other Trends Changing Safety & Health Practices
Mary Beth Parker, W.W. Grainger
The Obama Administration has already made an impact on OSHA, changing its focus from cooperation and consultation to enforcement. The year 2011 will probably see the most standard-setting activity by OSHA in recent history. Also, by the year 2014, the number of people aged 55 and older is expected to increase by 49%. This older population will represent 21% of the civilian labor force, up from 15% in 2004.
It is critical for manufacturers to understand how these trends will affect safety and health practices in the future. This presentation will cover what regulatory changes may be on OSHA’s list of top priorities and what you should do now to prepare, including combustible dust, silica exposure, recordkeeping and ergonomics. Additionally, as the workforce ages, you’ll learn what accommodations you will need to make in your environment to make sure it remains safe for all. Attend this session to understand the future of safety and health.
Using Visuals to Drive Continuously Improving Safety Performance
Chris Rutter, Brady Corporation
Visuals such as safety signs, hazardous substance labels and lockout tags have always played an important role in promoting worker safety and regulatory compliance. But the adoption of visual workplace concepts within the lean manufacturing movement has led to an even clearer understanding of the critical role that visuals play in simplifying training, stabilizing the work environment and sustaining continuous improvement. When applied to workplace safety programs, these new visual techniques help to alleviate the ever-growing training requirements that result from a high-turnover, less-experienced workforce. Visuals also promote adherence to “best practice” safe work procedures, and facilitate the detection of potential hazards before they become a danger. In short, visuals help to sustain ever-improving safety performance. In this presentation you’ll learn how to use visuals to streamline your EHS program while reducing accident and injury rates, improving employee morale, and assuring regulatory compliance.
Best Practices for Leak and Spill Control
By Beth Powell and Tim McMillen, business platform leaders, New Pig Corporation
Companies have to protect employees, company assets and the environment. Working within this triangle of responsibility can be difficult, at times. When you work with liquids, however, the stakes can be much higher. If you have oil, flammables or other hazardous liquids in your plant, multiple regulations apply. This presentation will provide an overview of the most common areas of concern throughout the plant and provide the best practices to comply with OSHA, NFPA and EPA regulations. Stormwater regulations and the recent SPCC revisions will be covered as well.
Boiler and combustion safety: What you don’t know can kill you!
By John R. Puskar, P.E., principal and owner, Combustion Safety Inc.
Between 1999 and 2009, industrial plant explosions claimed more than 100 lives and caused numerous injuries in the U.S. alone. Many of these tragedies could have been prevented with proper combustion safety precautions. Some of these have devastated industry with well-publicized incidents. However, even relatively small-sized equipment such as paint ovens, hot water heaters, process air heaters and heat treat equipment not operated properly can make for big problems and liability. This session will cover the top 10 issues relating to combustion equipment safety as well as key lockout, tagout and verification issues involving natural gas and fuels. The issue of interlock testing alone is very often misunderstood. It’s actually the law according to National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) published guidelines for ovens and furnaces. This session will also cover important natural gas lockout and tagout issues. Combustion Safety Inc. found more than 60 percent of main gas shutoff valves of the lubricated plug type leaking through while in the closed position. Most facilities have no specific natural gas piping lockout or repair guidelines.
Fusing Reliability and Process Safety Information: A recipe for success
By Nick Revelas, vice president of global business development, AVEVA Inc.
It is getting harder each and every day to manage the sheer amount of data in our facilities, let alone transform that into actionable information. Today’s reliability professionals are challenged to gather, interrogate, troubleshoot and fix process problems to improve operational performance. This is coupled with the ever-growing importance of Process Safety Management (PSM), which is vital to a safe, reliable and profitable facility. In this session, the presenter will highlight the clear business value in fusing engineering, operations, reliability and process safety data together to enable today’s professional to make timely and accurate decisions on a solid foundation and not one on shifting sand.
