List of Sessions
Principles of Occupational Safety and Health (POSH) is an intensive four-day course covering 14 topics that provide a solid understanding of fundamentals of workplace safety and health. The course focuses on best practices for implementing and managing a safety program. POSH is a great ...
This seminar explains the concepts of anticipation, recognition, evaluation and control as they relate to the health risks your employees may face. We’ll cover the principles, terminology and practices of industrial hygiene in terms anyone can understand. You’ll get you to speed on how ...
The National Safety Council Safety Leadership Program is an in-depth curriculum designed to give executives, business leaders and operational management the safety skills they need to be successful. It shows these key players how to lead others to achieve and sustain an injury-free ...
Work-related fatalities have remained flat or slightly increased over the past decade, even as total recordable incident rates (TRIR) have significantly declined across industries. This troubling disparity highlights the need for targeted strategies to address Serious Incidents and ...
Over the past five years, conversations about workplace mental health have accelerated across the globe. Discussions about the concept of psychological safety have increased in popularity, and political and social views of diversity, equity, inclusion, accessability and belonging ...
The latest discoveries of neuroscience are reshaping our understanding of what drives human behavior and how we can use it to improve safety. Up until 15 years ago, before neuroscience discoveries came along, we had an incomplete picture of what drove behavior and tried many things to ...
This seminar will teach the skills necessary to evaluate an office workstation and make prioritized recommendations for corrective action. You’ll learn the components of the musculoskeletal system, ergonomic stressors in the office environment and adjustments to standard office ...
Work-related musculoskeletal disorders remain a leading cause of lost workdays, reduced productivity and increased workers’ compensation costs across industries. Occupational exoskeletons offer an innovative solution to these challenges, providing ergonomic support to reduce ...
Like fine wine, safety culture maturation takes commitment to the process. Most organizations fail because of unrealistic expectations of a quick fix. In this seminar, we’ll address the misconceptions in relation to safety culture change and how it impacts all levels of an organization. By ...
Safety doesn’t happen by accident. It’s the result of intentional, specific and continuous management by all members of an organization. When the extent of a safety program is maintaining compliance with government regulations, it fails to address the root cause of why incidents happen – ...
What do relationships have to do with safety? They can lead to proactive engagement, incident prevention, opportunities for preventing incidents and a robust safety culture. Join us as we explore how building strong relationships can elevate safety culture beyond mere compliance. We’ll ...
In this session, you’ll learn how Wright Tree Services uses the the five principles of HOP as our foundation and a filter for each event we face or issue we need to resolve. We’ll discuss what HOP is, where it came from, and how we built it into our culture with initiatives and programs. You’ll hear ...
The integration of NFPA 70E, Standard for Electrical Safety in the Workplace and NFPA 70B, Standard for Electrical Equipment Maintenance are key to the establishment of an electrical safety program. The standards complement each other – and must be used in combination for a comprehensive ...
In this session, Kina Hart will share her story of how a workplace accident led to the loss of her left arm, profoundly impacting her life and the lives of those around her. This incident highlights a critical issue in workplace safety: the failure to listen to gut instincts and adequately follow ...
EHS professionals have recently learned that simply focusing on reducing their total recordable incident tate or trying to achieve 100% compliance with OSHA regulations – or even implementing a safety management system and budgeting periodic external audits (earning high audit scores) – ...
How often have you seen “retrain” as a corrective action following an incident? And then the employee is forced to attend the exact training program they’ve attended many times before. How’s that been working for you? Initial and refresher training are important, and they play a critical role ...
As an outcome of the MSD Solutions Lab Research to Solutions (R2S) grants, grantees have examined various topics related to MSD solutions and technology. These grants invited academic institutions, businesses, and industries to innovate new solutions for MSDs, focusing on occupational ...
Root cause analysis has evolved from rigid, prescriptive methods to adaptive frameworks designed for complex systems. By integrating Human and Organizational Performance principles with modern RCA, we create a powerful approach that fosters collaboration and systemic learning. HOP ...
Tired of watching your audience fall asleep during safety and health training? Let's face it: Safety training often gets a bad rap. Mention “mandatory safety presentation” and watch eyes glaze over. But it doesn’t have to be this way! What if your safety training could be the highlight of ...
This dynamic, thought-provoking session delves into the hidden hazards that can lurk in your workplace culture, contributing to safety failures and incidents. Through four key “clues,” we’ll explore how organizational culture can silently undermine safety efforts, and what leaders at ...
Join the Safety+Health magazine team, to hear Eric Harbin, OSHA regional administrator in Dallas, announce the agency’s top 10 most cited standards for fiscal year 2025. NSC Safety Congress & Expo attendees will be the first to hear this major announcement. Limited seating available.
Your most at-risk workers are often the least visible in a crisis. From medical events to violent threats, lone workers face urgent risks — often without immediate support. This session explores how safety leaders are using connected, real-time tools to protect lone workers before, ...
Recognizing that safety leaders are critical to ensuring worker health and wellbeing, both on and off the job, NSC is committed to supporting the professional development of safety professionals. NSC provides a variety of scholarships to increase individual safety knowledge, as well as ...
Are you curious to know more about psychological safety and how to spot these hazards. Join Dr. David Daniels for a brief overview of how to navigate these hazards in the workplace.
Duties assigned under the “other duties as assigned” clause may not undergo proper safety analysis. And duties not analyzed for safety management may create avoidable hazardous environments that can cause injury, illness or death. Safety is a team effort. In this session, you’ll learn to ...
“Hello, I’m the inspector and I’m here to audit your facility.” What’s your first instinct? Shut down the production line? Call all the managers into the “super secret” conference room? Run? Audits are a critical process step in driving continuous improvement within corporate EHS programs, ...
In the safety field, barriers that commonly inhibit near-miss reporting have been recognized for a long time. Separate from these common, well-known barriers are less common or known barriers that negatively affect near-miss reporting. Did you know that the OSHA definition of a near-miss ...
Join us for an engaging presentation by Brandon Schroeder on the transformative concept of “Believe in Safety.” A renowned safety speaker and career tradesman, Brandon will recount surviving a near-fatal arc flash accident in 2011, guiding you through his harrowing experience and ...
Risk acceptance is a critical element for the safety assurance of autonomous vehicles. To argue the system is free from unreasonable risk, organizations use data from accident databases that are publicly available. The common practice in the automotive industry is to compare the ...
Race, gender, education, learning styles, upbringing, language, politics, religion, financial security, mental health, age and more: Today’s diverse workforce increases the challenges for leaders to communicate with, engage and retain employees in a purposeful and safe workplace. ...
Overseeing safety and training for a multi-location workforce poses major challenges, from maintaining consistent safety standards to ensuring effective communication and engagement with geographically diverse employees. In this session, Stephany Birkholz and Bill Woods will share ...
The level of our connection with an individual is directly proportional to our level of engagement with the individual. In the safety world, we need to develop productive interpersonal relationships (friends) within and outside our organization. This allows us to develop a network of ...
Join us as a father and daughter share safety lessons learned (some the hard way!) from his 40 years as the owner of a small business. What happens when you focus on operations instead of safety? How can owners recognize and prioritize hazards when it seems so much faster and easier to avoid safety ...
As the prevalence of mental health conditions continues to rise, employers are still not factoring in mental health as a necessary component to their risk management strategy. The effects of mental health challenges (inclusive of substance abuse disorders) in the workplace can include ...
Although most safety professionals are familiar with the Hierarchy of Controls, many still think that the last line of defense is personal protective equipment. Unfortunately, this common perspective is inaccurate. PPE is not the last line of defense. In fact, a doctor tested you for the ...
Lack of adequate temporary support during construction is a critical factor contributing to premature wood truss, structural steel and precast concrete collapses, and potential fall hazards. The lack of adequate temporary bracing has been identified as one of the root causes of premature ...
In today’s high-stakes work environments, daily planning serves as a strategic intersection of leadership, safety and operational excellence. Tricia Kagerer will share transformative insights on leveraging artificial intelligence and natural language processing to elevate safety ...
Ten years after its initial release, this popular presentation has been revisited to explore the changes in workplaces since the COVID-19 pandemic and the hybrid work model. It details an ongoing safety management concept called “Safety Contacts.” A Safety Contact is a ...
The MSD Solutions Lab awarded funding in 2023 to aid in the creation of solutions to eliminate or reduce risk from manual materials handling. Winners of the 2023 Safety Innovation Challenge were invited to collaborate with an industry partner (and current MSD Pledge member) to develop ...
How do the limitations of current safety metrics – such as data-collection practices, interpretation and use; as well as the pursuit of zero-injury goals – impact their effectiveness in preventing workplace accidents? Using a study sample of leading EHS professionals and experts in safety ...
Thermal stressors can have significant impacts on workers in many different environments and vocations. The physical impacts are well-known, but productivity impacts also exist. Join us for a discussion about heat and cold stressors in both outdoor and indoor environments. You’ll learn ...
This session is designed for professionals who have assumed environmental responsibilities within their organization or who just want to learn more about the major federal environmental regulations, including the Clean Air Act; Clean Water Act; Resource Conservation and Recovery Act; ...
Worker participation is a core element of OSHA’s Recommended Practices for Safety and Health Programs. Safety committees are a great way to get workers involved in health and safety, but creating an effective committee can be hard. Many employees are often “voluntold” – placed on the ...
Do you operate a non-CDL CMV fleet, and wonder if FMCSA applies to you? From English proficiency to technology, how is the current FMCSA regulatory climate impacting your fleet? Join in this open forum conversation to share your thoughts and experiences. Facilitated by Christy Caputo, ...
Principles of Occupational Safety and Health (POSH) is an intensive four-day course covering 14 topics that provide a solid understanding of fundamentals of workplace safety and health. The course focuses on best practices for implementing and managing a safety program. POSH is a great ...
This seminar explains the concepts of anticipation, recognition, evaluation and control as they relate to the health risks your employees may face. We’ll cover the principles, terminology and practices of industrial hygiene in terms anyone can understand. You’ll get you to speed on how ...
The National Safety Council Safety Leadership Program is an in-depth curriculum designed to give executives, business leaders and operational management the safety skills they need to be successful. It shows these key players how to lead others to achieve and sustain an injury-free ...
Bring Impossible Ideas to Life After being told his outlandish idea was impossible, Chris Barton created the iPhone app Shazam. In this presentation, he helps audiences imagine and create new visions. His jaw-dropping stories about creating Shazam show how innovation comes not just from an ...
Join fellow safety leaders to add your voice to the discussion at the Annual Meeting of the Division, exchange ideas and strengthen your professional network. This session will include policy updates from NSC’s Government Affairs team and explore new ways to collaborate in the Division. Our ...
We’re all surveyed to death. Let’s do truly impactful workforce safety surveys less often – and better – to continually improve safety programs and management systems, as well as mature an organization’s culture of safety and productivity. Join us for a detailed discussion of the value, ...