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"58th Annual Governor's Industrial Safety and Health
Conference" being held:
October 7 & 8, 2009 in the Greater Tacoma Convention and Trade
Center
How will the Governor's Industrial Safety & Health Conference help me?
Thousands of workers are injured, and sadly, more than 100 Washington
workers die from job-related injuries each year. Many of these injuries
and losses are preventable. The conference provides resources to assist in design and
maintenance of a sound safety and healthy culture at your
workplace. The benefits include; reduced injuries, less time lost from
work, money saved on industrial insurance premiums and an increase in
profits. The comprehensive safety skills gained will benefit you far beyond the
workplace.
What major topics will be covered in 2009?
 2009
Conference Topics
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Registration is now OPEN.
In addition to the numerous presentations
and workshops, the conference offers blockbuster panel presentations
featuring noted speakers and personalities. For a listing of
presentations presented at the 2008 Conference, see below:
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| 2009 Pre Conference Sessions: |
 | Professional Development Seminar “Systems of Safety
and Human Performance: Injury Prevention for the 21st Century”
presented by the University of Washington on Wednesday, October
6th. In seeking safety improvements in our own workplaces,
there's much to learn from the experience of safety critical
industries. High reliability sectors like aviation,
petrochemicals, and nuclear power face enormous human and
financial losses when things go wrong. Preventing such losses requires
understanding and managing the complex relationships between
human performance, human error, risk perception, and the
organizational systems within which people work. This course
will stimulate thinking about designing systems and programs to
improve human performance, prevent costly incidents and
injuries, and limit the impact of errors that inevitably occur
in all types of workplaces because we are human. http://nwcenter.washington.edu
or contact Maribeth Moore, Northwest Center for Occupational
Health and Safety, 206-543-1069 or moomoore@u.washington.edu |
| Contractor Training held on TBD at the TBD
will include training in safety, saving money on claims, public
works contracting record keeping, risk management and marketing
your business. A number of public entities will be
featured participants. Please contact Shari Purves-Reiter, (360)
902-4733 for more information. Purs235@lni.wa.gov |
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| 2009 Early Bird Session: |
| Wellness Seminar for Transportation Industry $50 -Wellness
programs, common medical problems, sleep disorders, nutrition
and eating on the road “gravy is not a sports drink”, back
care, exercise. |
| Booths: smoking cessation, EAP, blood pressure, ROI,
gyms, cancer treatment. – Courtyard Marriott Hotel. Contact
Sharon Drozdowsky at 360-902-4622 or at dros235@lni.wa.gov |
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Want more information?
To be added to the mailing list or request
additional information, please call the conference hotline:
1-888-451-2004 or FAX (360) 902-5290
Or contact:
Susan Troy, Conference Manager
P.O. Box 44642
Olympia, WA 98504-4642
(360) 902-5446
 stroy@wagovconf.org
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Sue Soto, Conference Coordinator
P.O. Box 44642
Olympia, WA 98504-4642
(360) 902-5415
ssoto@wagovconf.org
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Who sponsors the conference?
The Governor's Industrial Safety and Health Advisory Board and the
Washington State Department of Labor and Industries co-sponsor this
non-profit conference. More than 300 labor and management volunteers
donate their time to plan the event. If you are interested in becoming a
board member, you can complete an Advisory Board application here.
If you are interested in assisting in the development of industry
topics, please contact the Conference
Manager.
Are you or your business interested in making "in-kind
donations" or being a sponsor for this event?
If so, please contact the sponsorship committee at:
Will there be a Cyber Café with Internet access?
No. However, the Convention center does have Wi-Fi access. If you have a
Wi-Fi card installed on your laptop, you may access the internet from
within the convention center.
Can I earn continuing education credits?
Yes. Continuing education credits have been requested from the American
Board of Industrial Hygiene, and the Board of Certified Safety Professionals
(.25 credits for 3 hours of instruction) for the 2008 Conference.
Conference History
Following World War II, it was realized that there were nearly as many
Americans killed in the defense industries as were killed on the
battlefields. The current president was Harry Truman. In 1949 he called a
conference of governors in Washington DC, one of the governors who
attended was Governor Langlie from this state. The President urged all the
governors to return to their states and sponsor state conferences to
educate the workforce in incident prevention in an attempt to reduce
injuries and fatalities in the workplace. Washington State has held a
Governor's Industrial Safety and Health Conference each year except three
since 1949. The first conferences focused on the high-risk industries and
included traffic safety. Industrial hygiene, the "health" part
was not included in the title until 1973 when WISHA was passed and the
name of the division became Safety and Health. In 2006, during a
reorganization the name was changed to Division of Occupational Safety and
Health (DOSH). |
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