Workshops Tours

Workshops

Monday, September 19
9:00 am – 11:30 am
Room: Marquis A
The Roadmap to Machinery Safety
 

Machinery Safety programs are driven by various factors: a safety incident resulting in injury; the creation of a Culture of Safety; or OSHA inspection. No matter what the driver, following a proven process to compliant machinery safety ensures best practice results.

Attendees will learn the established standards and approach to a Machinery Risk Assessment. The group will then participate in an exercise to conduct a mock risk assessment and the calculation of risk levels.

Each team will present a recommended mitigation for the risk identified.
 

Monday, September 19
9:00 am – 11:30 am
The Future of Safety: Moving Your Organization Through the EHSQ Maturity Curve
Room: Marquis B

Across all industries, organizations mature their environmental, health, safety (EHS) and quality program by moving from reactive compliance related activities to proactive performance driven process and eventually to transformative activities that create value, increase revenue and ultimately change the way their organization does business. Learn how organizations have evolved their EHSQ program through the EHSQ Maturity curve using software and mobile applications to capture lagging, leading and transformational indicators. Discover which of these indicators contribute to predictive safety performance and which metrics your organization should prioritize as it moves through the EHSQ maturity curve.
 

Monday, September 19
1:30 pm – 4:00 pm
Room: Marquis A
Improving Your Safety Culture

A company's greatest asset is its employees, and protecting your workers from injury or illness is critical to the success of your business. In this interactive, hands-on workshop, attendees will explore the ABCs of getting started through employee engagement and improving your safety program.
 

Monday, September 19
1:30 pm – 4:00 pm
Best Practices and Global EHS Compliance Management
Room: Marquis B​

Today, most companies operate in an environment where consumers, shareholders, outside stakeholders have constant access to information about their behavior and the impacts of their products and services on the global environment, and this has set up a new paradigm where excellence in EHS performance actually can open new opportunities to boost the company’s business fortunes

Tours

• Construction Site Safety Tour at Carnegie Mellon University
• Heinz Field - Home of the Pittsburgh Steelers
• Industrial Scientific Corporation
• MSA Safety - Morning Tour Sold Out
• North American Forgemasters (NAF), Ellwood Quality Steels (EQS), and Ellwood Mill Products (EMP)
• Nova Chemical Beaver Valley Plant

Construction Site Safety Tour at Carnegie Mellon University
8:15am: Gather in room: Marquis C
8:30am: Depart Marriott City Center
10:30am: Estimated return time
(15 minute bus ride)
• Long pants
• Appropriate footwear
• Safety glasses, vests and hardhats will be provided

Heinz Field - Home of the Pittsburgh Steelers
12:30pm: Gather in room: Marquis C
12:45pm: Depart Marriott City Center
2:45pm: Estimated return time
(15 minute bus ride)
• Business attire

MSA Safety
Morning Tour
8:00am: Gather in room: City Center B
8:15am: Depart Marriott City Center
11:30am: Estimated return time
(15 minute bus ride)
Afternoon Tour
12:00pm: Gather in room: City Center B
12:15pm: Depart Marriott City Center
3:30pm: Estimated return time
(15 minute bus ride)
• Only US citizens may attend
• Must disclose if you are a competitor

North American Forgemasters
(NAF), Ellwood Quality Steels (EQS),
and Ellwood Mill Products (EMP)
7:45am: Gather in room: Marquis C
8:00am: Depart Marriott City Center
1:30pm: Estimated return time
(50 minute bus ride)
• Long pants
• Hard soled shoes (no open toe)
• Hi-viz vests, hard hats, safety glasses and ear plugs
will be provided

NOVA Chemical Beaver Valley Plant
Morning Tour
8:45am: Gather in room: City Center A
9:00am: Depart Marriott City Center
12:15pm: Estimated return time
(45 minute bus ride)
Afternoon Tour
12:45pm: Gather in room: City Center A
1:00pm: Depart Marriott City Center
4:30pm: Estimated return time
(45 minute bus ride)
• The site will provide the appropriate FR protective clothing, hearing
protection, eye protection and hard hats for the tour.
• If you have steel-toe-shoes please bring (but not required).
• Closed toed shoes are required with solid backs. NO heels over 1”.

*The following tours are open for day of registration: Constructions Site Safety Tour at Carnegie Mellon University, Industrial Scientific Corporation and NOVA Chemical Beaver Valley Plant.