October’s Meeting Announcement

From Glenn: Hello Ambassador Alliance Roundtable folks, 

Our next CSREM Roundtable Ambassador Alliance safety professional development meeting is Tuesday, October 10th at 10am. This month’s main topic is Fall Protection.  

Presented by Mark Heffron. Mark has served as an EH&S safety professional in construction, general industry, transportation and environmental industries since 1979, is retired from OSHA and presently is employed by FEMA. While with OSHA Mark was Sr. Safety and Health Specialist & Emergency Management Coordinator OSHA Region 1 Boston Office, in both enforcement and technical support throughout the New England area. Mark in enforcement served as the Region 1 Subject Matter Expert in fall protection. In addition to Mark’s technical presentation regarding fall protection, Mark has been working for FEMA for the last month down in Hawaii regarding the conflagration. He agreed to talk about that experience as well.

This October meeting is 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 10/06/23 to ensure an accurate meal head-count is provided to the hotel for catering and in-seating arrangements.  

Remaining 2023 schedule of meeting sponsors:

Oct 10 – sponsor NE Laborers Health & Safety Fund @ Hilton Garden

Nov 14 – sponsor Tishman/AECOM @ Hilton Garden Inn Boston 

Dec 12 – sponsor WL French @ Hilton Garden Inn Boston 

September’s Meeting Announcement

Hello Ambassador Alliance Roundtable folks, 

Our next CSREM Roundtable Ambassador Alliance safety professional development meeting is Tuesday, September 12th at 10am.  This month’s topic is Mental Health First Aid.  

Cheryl Englehardt, LPN, Onsite Medical Program Manager of OHS Training & Consulting, Inc. will speak on Mental Health First Aid and give an overview on how to apply an action plan in a variety of situations such as; panic attacks, suicidal thoughts or behaviors, non-suicidal self injury, overdose or withdrawal from alcohol or drug use, and reactions to traumatic events.  See the individual, not the disability.  

In addition, as indicated in Michael Fiore’s recent email there will be time for in-person commitment resigning of the CSREM Ambassador Alliance members as sponsored by Michael A. Fiore, MA Department of Labor Standards, Program Supervisor, On-Site Consultation Program, Occupational Safety & Health Statistics Program and Peter Barletta, OSHA Compliance Assistance Specialist, OSHA Boston-South Office.

This September meeting is sponsored and hosted by Nancy Hughes of OHSTC. 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 09/08/23 to ensure an accurate meal head-count is provided to the hotel for catering and in-seating arrangements.  

Historical Meetings Perspective is attached.  

2023 2nd half schedule open dates for meeting sponsors:

Sept 12 – sponsor OHSTC @ Hilton Garden Inn Boston Logan 

Oct 10 – sponsor NE Laborers Health & Safety Fund @ Hilton Garden

Nov 14 – sponsor Tishman/AECOM @ Hilton Garden Inn Boston 

Dec 12 – sponsor open

June Meeting Announcement

Hello Ambassador Alliance Roundtable folks, 

Our next CSREM Roundtable Ambassador Alliance safety professional development meeting is Tuesday, June 13th at 10:00. This month’s topic is MA & BFD fire code changes.

Lt. Paul Fitzpatrick, in charge of Boston Fire Dept. Construction Safety Unit, will speak on MA & BFD fire code changes, BFD Permitting, material used for temporary enclosures, approved trash chutes, and a lessons learned slide presentation of past violations, etc.

This June meeting is sponsored and hosted by Michael Nicotera of Suffolk Construction. The meeting is being held at Suffolks Corporate Office, 65 Allerton Street, Boston, MA. Parking is available along all side streets. If you haven’t attended a meeting at Suffolk before, just drive up to the wrought iron motor vehicle sliding gate, someone will acknowledge you remotely, automatically open the gate for you, park in designated visitor spots, walk back out wrought iron personnel swing passage gate, enter through front rotating glass doors, sign-in front desk. 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 06/09/23 to insure an accurate head-count is given to Suffolk for catering.