NORA Traumatic Injury Prevention Cross-Sector Council
Meetings
The Traumatic Injury Prevention Council meets several times per year using virtual meeting software.
January 22, 2021 11:00 am – 12:30 pm ET (virtual meeting)
- Welcome
- Topic: Workplace Violence (NORA TIP Objective 3) and the COVID-19 Pandemic
- Suicide Trends by Employment Status — Washington State
Jennifer Marcum, DrPH, MS, Safety and Health Assessment and Research for Prevention (SHARP), Washington State Department of Labor and Industries - Real-Time Surveillance of Workplace Violence Among Workers During the COVID Pandemic
Hope Tiesman, PhD, NIOSH - COVID-19 and Workplace Violence
Suzanne Marsh, MPA, NIOSH
- Suicide Trends by Employment Status — Washington State
- Potential Council Follow-up
- Council Activities & Resources
- Council Member Updates
- Next meeting and closing thoughts
May 12, 2021 11:00 am – 12:30 pm ET (virtual meeting)
- Welcome
- Presentations on Recent Research
- Effectiveness of Safety Training for Supervisors: Findings of a systematic literature review
Sergey Sinelnikov, MPH, National Safety Council - Interventions to Foster Leadership for Safety, Health, and Well-Being in Small Business
Natalie Schwatka, PhD, Colorado School of Public Health
- Effectiveness of Safety Training for Supervisors: Findings of a systematic literature review
- Stakeholder Panel Discussion
- Moderator: Joel Haight, Council Co-Chair
- Panel:
Mike Formaini, Duquesne Light Co.
Jack Ogutu, Millersville University of Pennsylvania
Ed Krow, Ed Krow, LLC.
Emily Seiler, Frito Lay
- Potential council follow-up
- Next meeting and closing thoughts
October 22, 2021 11:00 am – 1:00 pm (virtual meeting)
- Welcome
- Presentations
- A comparison of workers’ compensation claims among temporary and permanent employed workers in Ohio.
Steve Wurzelbacher and Steve Bertke (NIOSH) - Protecting Temporary Workers: Best Practices for Host Employers
Lauren Menger-Ogle (NIOSH) and Mike Foley (WA / SHARP Program)
- A comparison of workers’ compensation claims among temporary and permanent employed workers in Ohio.
- Stakeholder Panel Discussion
- Moderator: Joel Haight, Council Co-Chair
- Panel:
- Jeff Wanko (OSHA)
- John Swartos (Aerotek-staffing co.)
- Scott DeBow (Randstad-staffing co.)
- Rich Sesek (Auburn Univ.)
- Potential council follow-up
- Council Member Updates
- Next Meeting Topics and Speakers
- Next meeting and closing thoughts
March 6,2020 1:00 – 3:00 pm ET (virtual meeting)
- Welcome
- Presentations: Evaluation of Intervention Programs & Efforts
- Intervention and Collaboration
Joshua Franklin, Board of Certified Safety Professionals - The Impact of the U.S. Air Force (USAF) Fall Injury Prevention Program
Christina Socias-Morales, NIOSH
- Intervention and Collaboration
- Presentation Discussion & Follow-up
- Council Member Updates
- Next Meeting: Topics & Speakers
- Closing comments
September 28, 2020 11:00 am – 1:30 pm ET (virtual meeting)
- Welcome
- Topic: Non-Standard Work Arrangements (Objective 5)
- Non-Standard Employment in the Construction Industry
Sue Dong, PhD, CPWR-The Center for Construction Research and Training - OSH and Day Laborers: Training for Action
Alejandra Domenzain, MA, Labor Occupational Health Program, University of California, Berkeley
- Non-Standard Employment in the Construction Industry
- Presentation Discussion & Follow-up
- Council Product Updates
- NORA TIP Research Agenda Slides for Academic Settings
- Shoe Tread Wear Poster
- Enhancing the Council-Presentation & Discussion
- Council Member Updates
- Next Meeting: Topics
- Closing Comments
February 8, 2019 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm ET (virtual meeting)
- Welcome
- Presentations on Objective 2: Reduce Falls and Advance Fall Protection
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- Slip-resistant footwear: Simple assessments based on rigorous experiments
Kurt Beschorner, University of Pittsburgh - Tradesman and occupational falls – Some factors that I have noticed while serving as an expert witness
Jerry Davis, Auburn University - Translational products for preventing MSDs and falls in aging retail workers
Jim Grosch and Harpriya Kaur, NIOSH - Safety-related decision-making by small business owners for the adoption of safer fall prevention solutions
Jonathan Friedel, Anne Foreman, and Oliver Wirth, NIOSH
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- Presentation Discussion & Follow-up
- Council Member Updates
- Next Meeting: Topics & Speakers
July 19, 2019 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm ET (virtual meeting)
- Welcome
- Presentations: Human/Machine Interface
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- Adaptive automation and implications for worker safety and health
Joel Haight, University of Pittsburgh - Highlights in robot safety standards setting
Carole Franklin, Robotic Industries Association - National Safety Council ‘Work to Zero’ initiative
Anthony Washburn, National Safety Council
- Adaptive automation and implications for worker safety and health
- Presentation Discussion & Follow-up
- Council Business: Products & Activities
- Sample products from other councils
- TIP products in development
- Council Member Updates
- Next Meeting: Topics & Speakers
- Closing comments
December 10, 2019 11:00 am – 12:45 pm ET (virtual meeting)
- Welcome
- Presentations: Occupational Safety Equity
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- Occupational Injuries among Janitors in a Major Metropolitan Area
Deirdre R. Green, NIOSH, presenting her dissertation from University of Minnesota School of Public Health - Occupational Injuries and Workers’ Compensation Claims among Residential Day Laborers and Domestic Workers in California
Kevin RiIey, UCLA/ Labor Occupational Safety & Health Program (UCLA-LOSH)
- Occupational Injuries among Janitors in a Major Metropolitan Area
- Presentation Discussion & Follow-up
- NIOSH Response to Overdose Epidemic/Research Goal Updates
- Council Member Updates
- Next Meeting: Topics & Speakers
- Closing comments
April 5, 2018 11:00 am – 12:30 pm (virtual meeting)
The NORA Traumatic Injury Prevention Agenda draft document was posted to the Federal Register for public comment late last year. The comment period ended in early February, and we received input from two individuals and from four organizations.
- Welcome/Roll call
- Discussion of response to public comments on NORA TIP Agenda
- Council member updates/Other council business
August 31, 2018 11:00 am – 12:30 pm (virtual meeting)
- Welcome
- How NIOSH is addressing NORA TIP Research Agenda objectives
- Examples of TIP Council member activities that support the NORA TIP Research Agenda
- Discussion of how the council and members can/will address the NORA TIP Research Agenda
- Updates from council members
- Closing comments
January 31, 2017 12:00-4:00 pm ET (virtual meeting)
- Welcome/Roll call, with brief reports from Council members on something of importance in last couple of months
- Facilitating Council member connections
- Presentations
- Migrant Workers and Occupational Injuries: A Case Study of Day Laborers in California
Kevin Riley, UCLA Labor Occupational Safety and Health Program - Road to Zero
Jane Terry, National Safety Council - Robotics
Dawn Castillo, NIOSH - Workplace violence and other labor research priorities
Rebecca Reindel, AFL-CIO
- Migrant Workers and Occupational Injuries: A Case Study of Day Laborers in California
- Review of draft Agenda template, role of Strategic Objectives
- Round robin – Council members each contribute a potential Strategic Objective and why it is relevant
- Next steps to synthesize and refine Strategic Objectives
- Round robin – final thoughts from Council members
March 3, 2017 12:00-4:00 pm ET (virtual meeting)
- Welcome/Roll call, with brief reports from Council members
- Reports from workgroups on strategic objective descriptive text
- SO1: Reduce violence in the workplace
Dan Hartley - SO2: Improve safety through research on the human-machine interface
Joel Haight - SO3: Promote safety in non-standard work arrangements
Jennifer Lincoln - SO4: Support safe workplaces through organizational-level measures
Christine Schuler - SO5: Improve occupational safety equity across worker populations
John Myers - SO6: Reduce transportation-related injuries
Stephanie Pratt - SO7: Promote intervention development and evaluation together with implementation and effectiveness measurement research
Cammie Chaumont Menéndez - SO8: Reduce falls
Hongwei Hsiao
- SO1: Reduce violence in the workplace
- Next steps to synthesize and refine Strategic Objectives and descriptions
- Qs to consider: Was there a “best” format among the 8 draft descriptions? Should we re-order the objectives?
- Planning ahead – ideas on frequency and content of upcoming Council meetings; interactions with other sector and cross-sector councils
- Final thoughts from Council members
November 13, 2017 2:00-4:30 pm ET (virtual meeting)
Held conjunction with the Construction Sector Council
- Welcome and Introduction of Presenters
Christine Branche, Co-Chair, NORA Construction Council
Joel Haight, Co-Chair, NORA Traumatic Injury Prevention (TIP) Council - Presentation of “Precursor Analysis: A Systematic Method for Predicting and Preventing Fatal and Disabling Injuries”
Matthew Hallowell, PhD; Professor of Construction Engineering; Univ of Colorado at Boulder
John Gambatese, PhD, PE-CA; Professor, School of Civil and Construction Eng; Oregon State Univ - Video of a “Field Safety Engagement” and participant exercise and discussion
Moderated by Matthew Hallowell and John Gambatese - Group Discussion
Moderated by Cammie Chaumont Menéndez, Asst. Coordinator, TIP Council - Council Business
Christine Schuler, Coordinator, TIP Council
Scott Earnest, Coordinator, Construction Council
- TIP: NORA agenda, 2018 National Occupational Research Injury Symposium (NOIRS), Center for Occupational Robotics Center, next meeting
- Construction: NORA agenda, program evaluation, collaborations, science blog, next meeting
December 2, 2016 12:00-3:30 ET (virtual meeting)
- Welcome/Member introductions, including identifying specific areas of interest
Joel Haight/Dawn Castillo, Co-chairs - Presentation – Overview of NORA and 1st year objectives to develop broad strategic research objectives
Emily Novicki, NORA Coordinators - Discussion – Council vision statement and target audiences
Cammie Chaumont Menéndez, NIOSH - Overview of injury stats/trends
John Myers, NIOSH - Overview of progress on NIOSH traumatic injury research goals in 2nd decade of NORA
Cammie Chaumont Menéndez, NIOSH - Format and process for next meeting (Jan 2017), to include drafting TIP’s Strategic Objectives
Christine Schuler, NIOSH - Final comments/Round robin
Dawn Castillo/Joel Haight
Page last reviewed: February 5, 2021
Content source: National Occupational Research Agenda (NORA)