Virtual Stone Summit
Creating a Facility Safety and Silica Program
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Dates: January 13-14
Time: 11:00am-12:30pm ET
Speaker: Mark Meriaux, Natural Stone Institute
Join the Natural Stone Institute and Stone World Magazine as we discuss creating a stone industry safety program. Day one will include a review of the risks that businesses and employees face every day working with natural stone and successful tools to implement to reduce these risks in your facility and on jobsites. Day two will cover tools and resources available for training employees, creating an overall safety program, and becoming OSHA compliant. Leave this 2-day session with a better understanding of creating a safety program that addresses overall training, recordkeeping, noise and silica exposure, baseline testing, and issues your employees will encounter.
Learning Objectives:
- Review safety risks and situations common to most stone shops.
- Learn about successful tools and strategies to make your workplace safer.
- Discuss consulting options to help you identify risks and develop a plan.
- Discuss requirements for recordkeeping, baseline testing options, and how these will protect your employees and company.
- Review an inspection checklist that will help in case an OSHA Enforcement Inspector visits your facility.
- Identify tools available to help employers ensure a safe work facility.
Wednesday 01/13: Understanding The Daily Risks in Your Business |
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11:00 am: |
Stone Summit Introduction/ Speaker Introduction |
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11:05 am: |
Review of Learning Objectives |
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11:15 am: |
Top 10 OSHA Violations |
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11:35 pm: |
Understanding Slab Handling Risk |
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11:50 pm: |
Understanding Silica Risk |
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12:10pm: |
Questions and Final Thoughts |
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12:25 pm: |
Closing and Introduction to Virtual Trade Show |
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12:30 pm: |
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Thursday 01/14: Creating and Implementing Successful Safety Plans |
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11:00 am: |
Stone Summit Introduction/ Speaker Introduction |
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11:05 am: |
Review of Learning Objectives |
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11:15 am: |
Creating a Silica Control Plan |
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11:35 pm: |
Reviewing the OSHA Inspection Planning Checklist |
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11:50 pm: |
OSHA Voluntary Inspection and SHARPS Program |
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12:15 pm: |
Questions and Final Thoughts |
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12:25 pm: |
Closing |
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