7:30 am

Registration and Continental Breakfast

  8:00

Managing Mold: Revisiting the Standard of Care with Quotes from AIHA’s Recognition, Evaluation, and Control of Indoor Mold, 2008

Greg Baker, CIH, CSP, CHMM, AMEC Earth and Environmental, Inc., Portland, OR

  8:30

Improving the Supervisor Response to Injury: Key Strategies for Reducing Disability Claims and Costs

Laurence Rosen, CIH, Liberty Northwest, Portland, OR             

  9:00

Using Metrics Reporting to Support Industrial Hygiene

Dale Rhodes, CIH, ConocoPhillips, Ferndale, WA

  9:30

Evaluating Potential Asbestos Pathways from Vermiculite Attic Insulation and Asbestos Containing Materials in Western Montana Homes

Dr. Terry Spear, PhD, Montana Tech, Butte, MT

10:00

Break (Visit Exhibits)

10:30

Indoor Environmental Quality - Supporting the LEED Certification Process

Clinton Holzhauer, MS, CMC, LEED AP, Indoor Air Quality Services, EHS-International, Inc. Bellevue, WA

11:00

Controlling Noise Exposure Levels at a Seafood Processing Facility

Gerry Croteau, CIH, University of Washington, Field Research & Consultation Group, Seattle, WA

11:30

Breaking through Complacency – Showcasing the Faces behind Workplace Injury Statistics

Sian Gibson, Association for Workplace Tragedy Family Support - Threads of Life, London, ON, Canada

12:00 pm

Lunch (Provided)

  1:00

Mercury in Resilient Flooring – A Case Study at a High School in WA. Why Should We Care?

Mike Smith, CIH, Michelle David and Chris Miele, CIH, AMEC Earth & Environmental, Inc, Bothell, WA

  1:30

Lead Based Paint:  Renovation, Repair and Painting

Barbara Ross, US Environmental Protection Agency, Region 10, Seattle, WA

  2:00

16,882 Samples – A Look at Five Years of Oregon OSHA Data

Kermit McCarthy, CIH, Oregon OSHA, Portland, OR

  2:30

Thinking Outside the Risk: Identifying Barriers and Promoting Insights in Workplace Injury Prevention

Jennifer Walinga, PhD, Royal Roads University, Victoria, BC, Canada

  3:00

Break (Visit Exhibits)

  3:30

WorkSafeBC Prevention Regulation & Policy Update

Anne Burch, BSc, MPA, WorkSafeBC, Vancouver, BC, Canada

OSHA Regulatory Update

Dean Ikeda, MS, CIH, OSHA Region X, Seattle, WA

  4:30

  4:45

Adjourn

Special Event:  Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Garden Tour