The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)

Prevention Through Design

Prevention through Design—a new way of doing business: report on the National Initiative

Location and Dates

Location: Omni Shoreham, Washington, DC
Dates: Monday, August 22 through Wednesday, August 24, 2011 – start at noon Monday and end at noon on Wednesday
Conference website: http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/ptd/a-new-way/
Registration website: http://www.cpe.vt.edu/reg/ptdc/external icon

Agenda

Day 1
Title	Time	Description
Welcome	1:00 – 1:10	Margaret Kitt, M.D., MPH, Deputy Director for Program, NIOSH
PtD: State of the National Initiative	1:10 – 1:45	Paul A. Schulte, PhD, Director, Education and Information Division, NIOSH
Keynote Address	1:45 – 2:30	Kelvin Genn, General Manager Safety and Wellness, Sinclair Knight Merz, Australia
Plenary Session	2:30 – 5:20
	2:30 – 3:00	Michael Acott, President National Asphalt Pavement Association
	3:00 – 3:30	William (Bill) Horsford, PhD, Project General Manager, Environmental and Safety Engineering, Toyota
*Opening Session*
	3:30 – 3:45	Break
	3:45 – 4:15	John Borowski, Director, Health Safety Security & Environment, WorleyParsons
	4:15 – 4:45	Wayne S. Maynard, CSP, CPE, ALCM, Manager, Technical Services & Product Development, Liberty Mutual
	4:45 – 5:15	Scott P. Schneider, CIH, Division Director, Laborers’ Health and Safety Fund of North America
	5:15 – 5:20	Overview of Day 2 Donna S. Heidel, PtD Coordinator, NIOSH
Reception/Poster Session	5:30 – 7:00

Day 2
Title	Time	Description
Research Issues	8:00 – 8:30	Effects of construction design and management regulations in the UK; PtD survey of UK and the UK experience Alistair Gibb, PhD, Loughborough University
	8:30 – 9:00	Findings from the overall PtD in the UK study and their application to the US John Gambatese, PhD, Oregon State University
	9:00 – 9:30	Structural collapses during construction: lessons learned 1990 – 2008 Mohammad Ayub, P.E., S.E., Directorate of Construction, USDOL-OSHA
	9:30 – 10:00	Design risk analysis and quantification Matthew Hallowell, PhD, University of Colorado
	10:00 – 10:15	Break
	10:15 – 10:45	Benchmarking management practices related to PtD in the US Steve Newell, Consultant, Mercer
	10:45 – 11:15	A management systems approach for including PtD into capital projects and management of change Frank Renshaw, PhD, CIH
	11:15 – 12:00	Variability in business case methods associated with adopting PtD design solutions Elyce Biddle, PtD, NIOSH
Lunch and Student Contest	12 noon – 1:30	Student PtD project competition presentations and awards
Research Issues (continued)	1:30 – 2:00	Improving the work life of workers in wine grape harvesting industry through PtD Amy Wolfe, Executive Director at AgSafe
	2:00 – 2:30	Designing out chemical hazards and risks in the absence of authoritative occupational exposure levels Donna S. Heidel, CIH, NIOSH
	2:30 – 3:00	Including occupational H&S considerations in alternatives assessment to identify chemical substitutes Cal Baier-Anderson, Ph.D, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
	3:00 – 3:15	Break
	3:15 – 3:45	Alternatives and interventions in hospitals Margaret Quinn, Sc.D., CIH, University of Massachusetts Lowell

Session B
Title	Time	Description
Education Issues	1:30 – 2:00	Inclusion of PtD into engineering textbooks Atila Ertas, PhD, Texas Tech University
	2:00 – 2:30	Inclusion of PtD into engineering education Deborah Young-Corbett, PhD CIH CSP CHMM, Virginia Tech
	2:30 – 3:00	Engineer 2020: Prevention through Design James McGlothlin, PhD, Purdue University
	3:00 – 3:15	Break
	3:15 – 3:45	Including PtD into the education of safety engineers Martha Bidez, PhD, University of Alabama at Birmingham
	3:45 – 4:15	Including PtD into the accreditation of civil/construction engineering curricula Joseph Fradella, MS, Oregon State University
	4:15 – 4:45	Educating health and safety professionals in PtD Georgi Popov, PhD, University of Central Missouri
	4:45 – 5:00	Including PtD into undergraduate engineering courses Donna S. Heidel, CIH, NIOSH

Session C
Title	Time	Description
Practice Issues	8:00 – 8:30	Owner involvement in PtD Michael Toole, PhD, Bucknell University
	8:30 – 9:00	PtD as a part of capital project design and execution from the project manager’s perspective John Weaver, Birck Nanotechnology Center, Purdue University
	9:00 – 9:30	PtD from the project and contractor’s perspective Jimmie Hinze, PhD, University of Florida
	9:30 – 10:00	Life cycle approaches to project design Peter Furst, MBA, Registered Architect
	10:00 – 10:15	Break
	10:15 – 10:45	Costs/benefits of ergonomic interventions for small business Dan MacLeod, CPE, Ergonomics Consultant
	10:45 – 11:30	Buy Quiet/Quiet by Design Beth Cooper, NASA
	11:30 – 12 noon	Ambulance re-design to reduce EMS injuries Paul Moore, Division of Safety Research, NIOSH
Lunch and Student Contest	12 noon – 1:30	Student PtD project competition presentations and awards
Practice Issues	1:30 – 2:00	PtD current and future activities and challenges Danezza Quintero, USDOL-OSHA Gopal Menon, P.E., USDOL-OSHA
	2:00 – 5:00 including break at 3:00 – 3:15	Making buildings safe to construct, operate and maintain John Gambatese, PhD, Oregon State University; Moderator Spray Polyurethane Foam (SPF)-EPA Considerations Anjali Lamba, MPH, CIH, USEPA Vegetative roofs Mike Behm, PhD, East Carolina University Designing out the use of Ladders Thomas J. Lyons, Innovative Technical Solutions, Inc. Sustainable construction safety and health rating system Sathy Rajendran, PhD Incorporating OSH into LEED certification Mohamed Omar, University of Massachusetts Lowell A review of safety on four LEED projects Nicholas Tymvios, Oregon State University PtD construction case studies Nicholas Tymvios, Oregon State University

Day 3
Title	Time	Description
Policy Issues	8:00 – 8:30	ASSE PtD technical report and standard Fred Manuele, President, Hazards, Limited
	8:30 – 8:45	ASSE PtD-related activities Dave Heidorn, JD, American Society of Safety Engineers
	8:45 – 9:00	AIHA PtD-related activities: Z-10 Kyle B. Dotson, Dotson Group, LLC Representing the AIHA ANSI Z-10 committee
	9:00 – 9:20	AIHA PtD-related activities: business value and control banding Mary Ann Latko, AIHA
	9:20 – 9:50	Progress in impacting policy in workplace electrical safety H. Landis (Lanny) Floyd II, PE, CSP, CMRP, Fellow IEEE, DuPont
	9:50 – 10:00	Break
What’s next? Challenges and Opportunities for the Future	10:00 – 12:00	Panel Discussion Workplace violence prevention Daniel Hartley, PhD, NIOSH Changing organization of work and the effect on safety and health of working people Nancy Lessin, United Steelworkers – Tony Mazzocchi Center for Health, Safety and Environmental Education Worker involvement Stephen Gauthier, GE, IUE/CWA, Vice Chair, Region I VPP New technology integration: nanotechnology Charles Geraci, PhD, NIOSH Small business Georgi Popov, PhD, University of Central Missouri AIHA perspective on challenges and opportunities Daniel H. Anna, PhD, CIH, CSP AIHA Secretary Leveraging technology to design for safety in construction Jochen Teizer, Ph.D., Georgia Institute of Technology
Closing Remarks		Donna S. Heidel, NIOSH, PtD Coordinator

Sponsors: American Industrial Hygiene Association, American Society of Safety Engineers, Liberty Mutual, OSHA, Mercer (ORC WorldWide), Regenstrief Center for Healthcare Engineering

Page last reviewed: January 30, 2019

Content source: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health

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