December’s Meeting Announcement – “Safety Program Evolution – Looking Back to Look Forward” 

From Glenn…. Hello CSREM Ambassador Alliance Roundtable folks, 

Our next CSREM Ambassador Alliance safety professional development meeting is December 10, 2024 starting at 10 AM. The meeting is sponsored, and hosted, by Dennis Mullen of Gilbane Building Company. The meeting is being held at Hilton Garden Inn Boston Logan, 100 Boardman Street, Boston, MA 02128.

Dennis Mullen, Safety Director, New England Division, Gilbane Building Company, will lead a presentation on “Safety Program Evolution – Looking Back to Look Forward.  We will review a number of Gilbane’s above OSHA policies that we’ve implemented over the past 20 plus years, discussing initiatives that have worked and others that failed to gain traction and become part of a sustainable safety culture.  We will also discuss looking ahead to the next five years with a focus on safety during design phase and improved hazard identification and planning during 30-day look ahead and schedule reviews.

 

If ya get lost call Nancy on her cell phone 617-959-4414. Per usual and customary, please RSVP to Nancy Hughes of OHS Training & Consulting, Inc. at nancy.hughes@ohstc.us by noon-time this Friday 12/06/24 to ensure an accurate meal head-count is provided to the hotel for catering and in-seating arrangements.  

November Meeting – Nov 12, 2024 at 10AM

The next CSREM Ambassador Alliance Roundtable meeting is November 12, 2024 @ 10:00 with the Primary topic of Hearing Conservation in Construction

This meeting is being sponsored and hosted by Raymond C. Coia, Administrator, New England Laborers’ Health and Safety Fund. The meeting is being held at Hilton Garden Inn Boston Logan, 100 Boardman Street, Boston, MA 02128.

Timothy S. Irving, Acting Director, Directorate of Construction, US DOL/OSHA is providing the speaker for this Roundtable meeting, namely, Terry N. Goodwin MS, CSP, Safety & Occupational Health Specialist, Office of Construction Services, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Washington DC. 

Terry Goodwin is a Safety & Occupational Health Specialist (Industrial Hygiene) working in the Office of Construction Services, Directorate of Construction, at OSHA National Office. He has worked in the environment, health, and safety fields since 2017. Before coming to OSHA, Mr. Goodwin worked in the Industrial Hygiene office at Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, in Frederick, Maryland. He also served in the U.S. Air Force, which you all know is dear to my heart. I offer this short bio on Terry in advance as under the current administration all OSHA travel in outreach has been put on hold for the OSHA fiscal first quarter. As a result, this November CSREM meeting will be held in seat at Hilton Garden although in a private virtual meeting.

The Directorate of Construction (DOC) has a dedicated industrial hygiene team working to address health hazards in construction. The team is actively investigating potential future projects focused on addressing safety and health issues related to heat, silica, asbestos, respirable dust, lead, and ergonomics. Terry can answer questions related to those endeavors. The industrial hygienists team recently completed a project that provided training tools and resources on the topic of noise in the workplace. Terry’s primary topic for this meeting is #ListenUp – Hearing Conservation in Construction includes the following customizable materials:

This meeting is being sponsored and hosted by Raymond C. Coia, Administrator, New England Laborers’ Health and Safety Fund. The meeting is being held at Hilton Garden Inn Boston Logan, 100 Boardman Street, Boston, MA 02128. If ya get lost call Nancy on her cell phone 617-959-4414. Per usual and customary, please RSVP to Nancy Hughes of OHS Training & Consulting, Inc. at nancy.hughes@ohstc.us by noon-time Friday 11/08/24 to ensure an accurate meal head-count is provided to the hotel for catering and in-seating arrangements.  

October Meeting Announcement

From Glenn:

Hello Ambassador Alliance Roundtable folks, 

Our next CSREM Ambassador Alliance safety professional development meeting is October 8th starting at 10AM with “Federal OSHA Safety Training Requirements” as the topic. 

Michael A. Fiore, Program Supervisor for the MA Department of Labor Standards, On-Site Consultation Program, is providing both the topic and speaker for this Roundtable meeting. Our own Merrill Mac Innis, Occupational Safety Consultant, MA OSHA Consultation Program, will present on “Training Requirements in OSHA Construction Standards”. 

This meeting is being sponsored and hosted by Glenn Narrow and Rob Lilley of Greenwood Industries. The meeting is being held at Hilton Garden Inn Boston Logan,100 Boardman Street, Boston, MA 02128. If ya get lost call Nancy on her cell phone 617-959-4414. Please RSVP to Nancy Hughes of OHSTC Inc. nancy.hughes@ohstc.us  by noon-time this Friday 10/04/24 to ensure an accurate meal head-count is provided to the hotel for catering and in-seating arrangements.  

Schedule of upcoming meeting dates & corresponding sponsors:

Sept 10, 2024 – OHS Training & Consulting @ Hilton Garden Inn Boston  

Oct  08, 2024 – Greenwood Industries @ Hilton Garden Inn Boston  

Nov 12, 2024 – New England Labor Health and Safety Fund @ Hilton Garden Inn Boston  

Dec 10, 2024 – Gilbane Building Company @ Hilton Garden Inn Boston