THE CONFERENCE ON OSHA COMPLIANCE 2008

In this conference you'll learn...

Get up to speed fast in this regulatory update that´s packed with late-breaking reports on today´s evolving workplace issues, including biological agents, violence in the workplace, communicable diseases such as tuberculosis and avian flu and other hot topics. Plus, you´ll hear where regulators will be focusing in the near future, and you´ll learn how to start preparing for tomorrow´s challenges now. This session includes:
In this session, you´ll get a clear explanation of OSHA´s existing and upcoming record-keeping requirements, find out why OSHA is so interested in the records you maintain and learn how to keep out of trouble by paying close attention to what OSHA really wants. You´ll get tips for keeping your accident, training and other records in inspection-ready order ... plus valuable strategies for using your records as a tool to identify and correct harmful trends and patterns. You´ll learn:
OSHA is increasing its number of "surprise" inspections, and citations and fines for businesses that are caught off guard by these inspections are soaring too. In this session, you´ll learn what you must do now to get and keep your workplace in inspection-ready order. And if you do get inspected? This session will show you how to work with-not against-inspectors, including rules on what to say and not say, how to show "good faith" and compliance if OSHA demands to see your training records and more. You´ll learn:
How would you rate your current level of OSHA compliance? If you´re like many companies, you´re OK in most areas but could use work in a few others. In this session, you´ll learn many simple ways you can tweak your existing efforts to do an even better job of preventing accidents and losses without turning your place upside down, spending a lot of money or dedicating additional staff. You´ll learn:
It´s harder to maintain OSHA compliance today because many of the rules and requirements are overlapping, confusing and frequently changing. This insightful and time-saving session sorts through volumes of OSHA regulations, standards and updates to provide you with the important regulatory knowledge you need to stay legal. In addition, you´ll gain great information about inspections, citations, written programs and other OSHA-related areas. You´ll learn:
Industry statistics prove that safety and health programs dramatically cut workplace accidents and reduce workers´ comp and health insurance costs ... so if you currently don´t have one in place or if your program needs to be updated, don´t miss this session. Based on OSHA´s voluntary Four-Point Workplace Program, we´ll tell you what OSHA expects to find in place at every work site and how you can make the required changes cost-effectively and quickly. You´ll learn:
The best way to identify and eliminate hazards in your workplace-and raise your level of OSHA compliance-is through regular safety audits. In this session, you´ll learn a systematic walk-through process that you can use to identify undetected problems, sniff out trouble spots in changing workplace conditions and operations, uncover previously overlooked weaknesses and more. You´ll learn about:
Even when you´ve done everything you can to promote safety, sometimes accidents occur ... and it´s important to your company, your employees and OSHA that you handle these emotional and difficult situations correctly. In this session, you´ll learn how to conduct a thorough accident investigation, whom to notify, how to avoid common accident scene mistakes and statements that could come back to haunt you and more. You´ll learn:
Smart employers know that they alone can´t ensure a safe workplace ... to be completely successful, employees must participate in the battle to eliminate injuries and accidents. But how can you get employees fired up about safety? Can you really change those who insist on taking risky shortcuts? What can be done about workers who make mistakes because they´re tired, impaired, angry, hurried or they simply don´t understand the instructions? Get the answers in this important how-to-do-it session. You´ll learn:
Are your employees using equipment incorrectly or following unsafe procedures when performing their jobs? A job hazard analysis will help tell you before an accident occurs so you can correct the situation with the right engineering controls, new work procedures, additional training or appropriate safety equipment. In this session, you´ll learn how to perform a job hazard analysis, how to evaluate your findings and how to use this information to help workers and managers take their roles in eliminating safety-related injuries and illnesses seriously. You´ll learn:

CEU Credits: 0.5
CPE Credits: 5.5
Field of Study: Business Law
NASBA#: 107718