From Glenn: Hello Roundtable members, 

Our next CSREM Roundtable Alliance safety professional development meeting is Tuesday, March 10, 2020 at 10:00.

This month’s speaker is Mark Heffron, USDOL-OSHA Region 1, JFK Federal Building, Boston Office, Enforcement Programs.

Mark will present – Advanced Fall Protection – topics to include:

• Do you use personal fall arrest systems (PFAS) (i.e., harness, lanyards, anchors, etc.).
• Do you have a Competent Person (CP) for your fall protection?
• Do you have a Qualified Person (QP) for your fall protection?
• Can your workers and CP’s identify anchor points for PFASs?
• Do your workers and/or CP’s know how to calculate fall distances based on the systems they are using.
• Do you know the difference between a Class A and Class B Self-Retracting Lifelines (SRL), or Class B LE SRL’s?

This Presentation will;

• Identify equipment types and equipment limitations.
• Calculate basic fall distances.
• Identify and calculate fall distance for three basic types of PFAS’s.
• Collect the information needed to calculate more complex fall distances. 
• Review some complex fall arrest forces and fall distance calculations.
• Horizontal Lifelines (HLL’s) design requirements and manufacturer’s out-of-the-bag systems.

Participants are encouraged to bring a scientific calculator or slide rule to meeting.

This meeting is being both sponsored and hosted by Dennis Mullen, Safety Director – New England Division, Gilbane Building Company. Roundtable meeting is being held at Double Tree Hotel, 201 Everett Ave, Chelsea, MA. If ya get lost, call Nancy Hughes on her cell phone # 617-959-4414. 

To sponsor/co-sponsor any of the 2020 Roundtable meetings please see below availabilities – first come first serve regarding the month of choice.

As customary, please RSVP your reservation to Nancy Hughes of OHS Training & Consulting Inc. at nancy.ohstc@gmail.com, by noontime this Friday March 06, 2020 to insure your name is on the sign-in sheet, adequate seating arrangements are available and that Dennis has an accurate head count to provide to Double Tree for luncheon menu.

From Glenn:

Hello Roundtable members, 

Our next CSREM Roundtable Alliance safety professional development meeting is Tuesday, February 11, 2020 at 10:00. This month’s co-speakers are Bob Carbone and Lynn Feigenbaum. 

Robert Carbone, Criminal Investigations Team (CIT), U.S. Dept. of Labor, JFK Federal Building, Boston will introduce the new CIT unit created last year 2019 within OSHA region 1. Bobs presentation will include the functions of the CIT unit, types of cases they focus on, review of the 3 – 4 cases they are currently working on and discussion of the Atlantic Drain Case. Bob will be joined by Lynn Feigenbaum, Assistant District Attorney with Suffolk County.

This month’s meeting is being both sponsored and hosted by Glenn Narrow of Greenwood Industries. Roundtable meeting is being held at Double Tree Hotel, 201 Everett Ave, Chelsea, MA. If ya get lost, call Nancy Hughes on her cell phone # 617-959-4414. To sponsor/co-sponsor any 2020 Roundtable meetings please see below availability – first come first serve regarding the month of choice.

As customary, please RSVP your reservation to Nancy Hughes of OHS Training & Consulting Inc. at nancy.ohstc@gmail.com, by noontime this Friday February 07, 2020 to insure your name is on the sign-in sheet, adequate seating arrangements are available and that Glenn has an accurate head count to provide to Double Tree for luncheon menu.

HAPPY NEW YEAR Roundtable members, 

The holidays are behind us, and we are back to the grind this new year. Our next CSREM Roundtable Alliance safety professional development meeting is Tuesday, January 14, 2020 at 10:00. This month’s speaker is the ever thought provoking Bob Kunz. 

Bob Kunz, Corporate Safety Director, Dimeo Construction Company will present on:

Hindsight is ALWAYS 2020.  Let’s begin the decade with a wandering look back at telehandler use, dropped loads, guardrails, and record keeping (it is that time of year again…).  Then as a community, let us take a step forward and Fix What Bugs You!   

This month’s meeting is being both sponsored and hosted by Joanne Cameron of National Lumber. The meeting is being held at National Lumber, 245 Oakland St, Mansfield MA facility in upstairs 2nd floor training room. If ya still get lost, call Joanne on her cell phone # 508-294-8771. 

PARKING NOTE – please do not park in the front of the building as this is reserved for in-store shopping customers. There is plenty of parking on the side of the building and along both sides of adjacent Oakland Street. Please respect their walk-in customers.

The sign-up sheet to sponsor/co-sponsor a future 2020 Roundtable meeting is open to all and will to made available at this meeting – first come first reserve regarding the month of choice.

As customary, please RSVP to Nancy Hughes of OHS Training & Consulting Inc. at nancy.ohstc@gmail.com, by noontime this Friday January 10^th, 2020 to insure your name is on the sign-in sheet, adequate seating arrangements are available and accurate head count is provided to Joanne for her luncheon count.