NIOSH Manufacturing Program

October 25, 2021              1:00 – 2:30 pm (virtual meeting)

• Call to order
• Safety Sharing moment
• Roll call
• Introductions of New Members
• Priority topics/workgroups:
  • COVID-19
  • Emerging Technology
  • DDOSHI
  • New topics
• Manufacturing Mondays
• Recruitment
• Open floor
• Adjourn

February 18, 2020 1:30 – 3:00 pm ET (virtual meeting)

• Roll Call
• Introduction of new members
• Presentation: Evaluation of Silica Exposures at a Countertop Fabricator
  Leonard Zwack, NIOSH
• Updates from Emerging Technologies and Data Driven OSH Improvements Workgroups
• Suggestions for May face-to-face meeting
• Open mic
• Adjourn

Wednesday May 13, 2020 – Thursday May 14, 2020 (3 virtual sessions)

Session 1: Wednesday May 13, 2020   9:30am-11:00am ET
Purpose:  Introductions, Review and discussion of NORA MNF Sector Council mission.

• Welcome, roll call
• Remarks from Sarah Felknor, NIOSH
• Introduction of RJ Matetic, NISOH Associate Director for Manufacturing
• Remarks from Frank Renshaw, External MNF Council Co-chair
• Review of MNF council mission, values, purpose of the council (Jenny Topmiller)
• Discussion (ALL)

Session 2: Wednesday May 13, 2020   1:00pm-2:30pm ET
Purpose:  Discussion of NORA MNF Sector Council survey results and approaches for improving council engagement and effectiveness.

• Results from the NORA council survey (Jenny Topmiller and Gary Roth)
• Boosting Council Engagement and Effectiveness (Gary Roth)
• Discussion (ALL)

Session 3: Thursday, May 14, 2020   9:30am-11:30am ET
Purpose:  Sharing of COVID-19 response activities from NIOSH and Council members.

• Introduction, NIOSH response (Jenny Topmiller)
  Frank Renshaw, American Red Cross Volunteer
  Dan Anna, Johns Hopkins, Applied Physics Laboratory
  Matt Spencer, U.S. Poultry and Egg Association
  Julie Bennett, Perfetti VanMelle
  Paul McNeill, Click Bond, Inc.
  John Dony, Nation Safety Council SAFER Initiative
  Discussion (ALL)

September 29, 2020       1:30 – 3:00 pm ET (virtual meeting)

• Introductory remarks
• NIOSH Program overview
• Steering Committee creation
• Manufacturing Mondays
  • Current impressions
  • Input on topics for weekly information blurbs.
  • Request for members to solicit seminars.
• Information sharing platforms
• Council directory
• Recruitment
  • Manufacturing subsectors: machinery, fabricated metal products, transportation equipment, chemical manufacturing—pharmaceuticals, and nonmetallic mineral product
• Workgroup updates/discussion
  • COVID-19 Workgroup
  • Workgroup foci and membership
• Open floor
• Closing remarks
• Action items

December 8, 2020            3:00 – 4:30 pm ET (virtual meeting)

• Introductory remarks
• Manufacturing Mondays Series
  • Current impressions
  • Potential topics for future seminars, etc.
• ShareFile
• Council member introductions
• Recruitment of members to represent additional subsectors
• COVID-19 Workgroup updates/discussion
• Discussion around COVID-19 vaccine
• Open floor
• Closing remarks
• Action items

March 13-14, 2019 in Cincinnati, OH

Wednesday, March 13                   9:00 am – 5:00 pm ET

• Open meeting and housekeeping
  Sarah Felknor and Frank Renshaw, Council Co-chairs
• Updates of Council work and perspectives for future work
  Thais Morata, NIOSH
• Respirable dust and silica exposure: benefits and limitations of advanced monitoring approaches
  Emanuele Cauda, NIOSH
• Epi Info: Potential practical applications for industry-based OSH practitioners
  Matthew Groenewold, NIOSH
• Updates of activities related to contingent workforce
  Michelle Owens-Gary, NORA Services Council
• Workgroup meetings
  • Emerging Technologies
    Introduction by John Snawder (NIOSH) and Stan Brubaker (Liberty Mutual Insurance) and discussions
  • Data-driven Occupational Safety and Health Programs
    Presentations by Frank Renshaw (Bayberry EHS Consulting, LLC) and Taylor M. Shockey (NIOSH) and discussions

Thursday, March 14                        9:00 am – 12:00 pm

• Workgroup Reports
  All
• Discussion of next steps and wrap-up
  Sarah Felknor, Thais Morata, and Frank Renshaw

September 24, 2019        10:00 am – 11:30 pm ET (virtual meeting)

• Introduction to new Cincinnati structure
• Introductions of new leaders and members of the Manufacturing Council
• Workgroup updates
• NIOSH Exposure Banding e-tool presentation by Dr. T. J. Lentz
• Planning of 2020 in-person Council meeting

March 14, 2018                 9:00 am -4:15 pm in Cincinnati, OH

• Welcome and self-introductions
  Sarah Felknor (NIOSH Manufacturing Program Manager), Thais Morata (NORA Council Co-Chair), and Frank Renshaw (NORA Council Co-chair)
• Injury surveillance from the prism of data visualization (re Objectives 1 and 2)
  Xiangyi Duan, NIOSH
• Introduction to the NIOSH Center for Direct Reading and Sensor Technologies (re Objective 3)
  John Snawder, NIOSH
• Wearable technology and workplace safety (re Objective 3)
  Stanford Brubaker and Wayne S. Maynard, Liberty Mutual Insurance
• Introduction to the Center for Occupational Robotics Research (re Objective 3)
  HeeSun Choi, NIOSH
• Translation Research at NIOSH: Program and Applications (Objectives 5 and 6)
  Tom Cunningham and Rebecca Guerin, NIOSH
• 3rd Decade of NORA Council activities and evaluation considerations
  Sarah Felknor and Thais Morata
• Workgroup Reports (Jan and Feb Conference calls)
  Alysha Meyers, Pranav Rane, Thais Morata and Sarah Felknor
• Discussion on priorities and planning of Workgroup Activities
  Breakout group discussion
• Workgroup reports
  All
• Discussion of next steps and wrap-up
  Sarah Felknor and Frank Renshaw

February 2-3, 2017 in Cincinnati, OH

February 2, 2017               9:00 am – 5:00 pm

• Welcome and self- introductions
• Meeting objectives, Introduction to NIOSH portfolio, Q&A
  Gayle DeBord and Frank Renshaw, Co-chairs
• Review of the 2nd Decade of the National Occupational Research Agenda (NORA),  Q&A
  Thais Morata, NIOSH Manufacturing Program Coordinator
• Third Decade of NORA
  Emily Novicki, NORA Coordinator
• Using principles of burden, need and impact for planning research activities, Q&A
  Thais Morata and NIOSH cross-sector representatives

February 3, 2017               8:30 -11:30 am

• Perspectives for 3rd Decade of NORA  – Coordination of dissemination and outreach efforts towards implementation of evidence-based interventions
  Breakout group discussion
• Discussion of next steps and wrap up

November 28, 2017         1:30-2:30 pm ET (virtual meeting)

• Completion of the research agenda following the input received through public comments
• Interest in joining or leading one (or more) of the 3 workgroups
  • Group A: Objectives 1 and 2
  • Group B: Objectives 3 and 4
  • Group C: Objectives 5 and 6
• Identifying 1 or 2 key topics for concerted action of the whole council
• Planning of the face-to-face Council meeting in Cincinnati in early 2018
• General updates and open mic