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Snake River Chapter
Monthly Newsletter
October 2004
In This Issue
Monthly Chapter Meeting
Upcoming Meetings & Technical
Sessions
Meeting Date & Place: October 19, 2004 – MK Plaza
Calendar of Meetings for the Year
Member Highlight
Call to Order: 11:30 a.m.
Homeland Security In Idaho Membership: Currently 87 members, Snake River Chapter; 67 members Big
Chapter News Sky Section; 12 members Montana Tech. Student Section
Advertisements & Information on Financials: Checking - $2,618.67 Savings - $4,835.98
Placing Ads
Upcoming Classes Upcoming Meetings
ASSE Salary Survey Results
Board Meeting:
Job Openings Friday, November 5, 2004
11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
MK Plaza
Newsletter Distribution
You can receive your newsletter via
Monthly Chapter Meeting:
Email by contacting Louise Tuesday, November 16, 2004
Auchampach at: 6:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
safetyhealthsolu@qwest.net
Statehouse Inn
Technical Sessions
Breakfast Meetings Lunch Meetings
Harry Beaulieu - Coordinator 7:00 – 9:00 11:30 – 1:00
harryb@rmci.net
January 18, 2005 April 19th, 2005
SRC Board Members March 15, 2005 June 21, 2005
May 17, 2005 August 16th, 2005
Michelle Steeler – President
michelle.steeler@wgint.com July 19, 2005 October 18th, 2005
September 20, 2005
Michelle McMullen – Vice President
mmcmullen@cableone.net
Upcoming Technical Sessions
Louise Auchampach – Secretary
safetyhealthsolu@qwest.net
December: No Meeting
John Miller – Treasurer
rmmilljr@adaweb.net A dinner meeting is planned for November at the Statehouse Inn. Dale
Stephenson will present the technical session. Parking available free of
Steve Manning – Past President
mannings@idhw.state.id.us
charge in the Statehouse Inn parking garage. Dinner of chicken kabobs will
be $17.00. E-mail or call in reservations to Louise Auchampach at
Ernie Harper - Delegate safetyhealthsolu@qwest.net, or 863-8478. If you have dietary restrictions or
ernisc@mindspring.com desires different from the menu, please advise what you need when making
reservation. Reservations must be received by close of business Friday,
November 12.
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publications and conducted a major research effort
on coal gasification in Abingdon, England. His next
PIISPANEN –
assignment was with the Battelle Memorial Institute
SERVING THE in Columbus, OH. During his ten years there he
SAFETY published 20 technical or journal articles on his
PROFESSION research and filed on Report of Invention. He also
WITH HONESTY served two years as a technical representative of the
AND INTEGRITY US NRC on a project in Sweden and one year as a
consultant to Natural Resources Canada.
Currently Willis is a Senior Director for
Willie Piispanen, a member of the Snake River Environmental, Safety and Health at Washington
Chapter ASSE for 9 years, is the first of our Group International in Boise, ID. He has been
highlighted members. Willie has been in the employed there for 12 years and is responsible for
environmental health field for 30 years and in the overall corporate support in the areas of industrial
safety discipline for 12 years. hygiene, industrial safety, indoor air quality,
workplace ergonomics, litigation support, training
Willie joined the Snake River Chapter, ASSE in programs, and respiratory protection. He has held
1995 and served two years as the Technical Speaker several other assignments with WGI and in addition
Committee Chair. In 1998 he was elected as served as the lead Industrial Hygienist supporting
Secretary of the Chapter, and in 1999 he served as the safety oversight at the World Trade Center
Vice-President. In 2000 he was elected as President. Recovery Operations in 2001.
During his tenure, the chapter was awarded the
Chapter Achievement Award. In 2002 he was Willie earned a BS from the University of Toledo
elected as Region II, Area B Director, and re-elected and an MS from Washington State University. He
to that post for 2004/05. He has served as a session has also completed post-graduate education at Ohio
monitor for the 1998 and 2002 Idaho Governor’s State University and Northeastern University.
Safety Conferences and was a speaker at the 1999
When asked what his greatest achievement was,
Snake River Occupational Safety and Health
Willie said ―Passing my CIH exam because that was
Conference and the 2004 Idaho Governor’s
the first professional exam that I had attempted.
Conference. In 2004 he authored a chapter for the
None of the others were easy by any means, but the
ASSE publication, Construction Safety Management
CIH was my first. My mentor for achieving the CIH
and Engineering and is currently authoring a chapter
was Herb Hickman and I owe him a lot for keeping
on Chemical Safety for an upcoming ASSE
me on track to this goal.‖ Willie’s advise to other
publication. Willie is also recognized in the ASSE
safety professionals? ―The network of safety
President’s Club for his member recruiting efforts in
professionals is the greatest resource available to
1999 and 2000.
you in your field. You need to support it with
Willie also is a member of the American Chemical honesty, integrity, and openness and in the end, you
Society (ACS) and the ACS Division of Chemical will be a better safety professional for the effort.‖
Health & Safety. He was recognized as a 25 year
Willie and his wife Ruth have been married for 31
ACS member in 2002. He is a Diplomat on the
years and have two sons, Neil and Kyle. Willis is an
American Board of Industrial Hygiene and also is
avid bicyclist who regularly commutes to work by
registered as a Certified Ergonomic Associate with
bicycle and can be found riding in the foothills on
the Board of Certification in Professional
the weekends. When snow gets in the way of
Ergonomics. He became a CPS in 1995 and is
bicycling, he can be found on his snowboard or
serving on a Test Evaluation Board for the CCHEST
cross-country skis at Bogus.
program on Safety Trained Supervisors in General
Industry.
Willie started his career with Battelle as Senior
Environmental Scientist in Bedford MA. During his
four years with Battelle he co-authored 4 technical HOMELAND SECURITY IN IDAHO
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Contributing Editor and Presenter: Richard Fesler, In an unprecedented effort the Idaho Associated
Owner Safety Enterprise, Inc. General Contractors Association, OSHA – Boise
Office, Idaho Department of Education, Washington
In the fall of 2003 steps were taken to create the Group, International, and ASSE – Snake River
Idaho Bureau of Homeland Security (BHS). This Chapter are combined efforts to offer to vocational
bureau now combines two former bureaus – the technical educators across the state the OSHA 10-
Bureau of Hazardous Materials, and the Bureau of hour Construction and General Industry course. The
Disaster Services. Armed with monies from the classes were held at WGI’s headquarters with
national Office of Homeland Security, the Idaho volunteer facilitators from AGC, OSHA, WGI, and
BHS has focused its efforts on training. Because of ASSE. Seventy-three participants registered for the
the events of 9/11, all states have been charged with course and over a two day period learned the basics
improving their incident response efforts, so training of OSHA compliance through a 13-module training
in Idaho has been expanded from just those program. Evaluations contained many kudos as well
incidents involving hazardous material spills or as some good suggestions for improving the
natural disasters to include threats to nuclear sites, training. Some pictures from the event can be found
airports, industry, and bio-terrorism. at the end of this newsletter.
Uncommon agencies/community groups (Hospitals, This is the first time this kind of a cooperative
clinics, Community Support Groups, Mental Health, workshop has been held in the US. It has received
Animal Clinics, etc.,) have now been included in the very positive attention of John Henshaw, OSHA
the local and regional training exercises to ensure Administrator. Kudos to Brad Giles of WGI for
there is the ability to care for mass casualties. getting the ball rolling!
Coordinating relationships between all of the
players have been a large challenge. There is a great As part of an ongoing effort to assist educators,
push to educate all the players in the Incident ASSE will be championing ―no penalty‖ site audits
Command System (ICS), the National Incident and speakers to the Vocational Technical educators..
Management System (NIMS), through education The Snake River Chapter – ASSE will take the lead
and joint training these various entities will be able in championing this effort. We will be posting
to assist one another in a coordinated and efficient information regarding the audits on our ASSE
way for a response with in a community, county or website and Richard Fesler of Safety Enterprise, Inc.
state level to a multi-state situation. The backbone has volunteered his company to be the ―intake‖
of an effective response within the ICS will be the point for requests for our services. At the last
efforts from the jurisdictions Emergency Operations meeting, people who were interested in participating
Center (EOC) at the local entity, county, state or in this process signed up. If you are willing to
federal level. The EOC include representatives of provide the voluntary audit or speaker services,
the appropriate community entities, governmental advise a Board member with your name, address,
officials, local responders, state response, and telephone number, and e-mail address.
federal response agencies, each providing support to
the classic ICS Command Post managing the Advertisements
incident at the scene dealing with overall safety,
public affairs, operations, logistics, planning, and A variety of industries such as construction, healthcare,
finance. manufacturing and many others receive this newsletter
every month. By advertising in this newsletter, you can
We indeed live in a different world today, and it’s
increase your company’s exposure and sales.
nice to know that an effort is being made to ensure
all agencies are on the same page when responding
For a minimal cost of $25.00 per month, you can
to an incident.
place a ¼ page ad for your company in the Chapter
newsletter. All advertisements will appear after the
chapter information section and before the job
First of a Kind Workshop Held in Boise opportunities section of the newsletter. Discounts
October 7-8, 2004 are given based on the duration of your
advertisement: 10% discount for advertising for a
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quarter, 15% discount for 6 months, and 20%
discount for a year. ASSE members get an
additional 5% discount. In order to be included in
the newsletter, ad copy must be received by the first
working day of the month and should be in
PowerPoint, Word, or Publisher. Payment is
required by the 10th of the month, or the
advertisement will not be published until the
following month.
Mark your calendars for April 6-8, 2005 for the 1st
For more information or to place your advertisement, Annual Intermountain Northwest Safety
please contact: John Miller, Treasurer; Email: Conference. The conference will be held in Butte,
rmmilljr@adaweb.net; Phone: 208-287-7107 Fax: MT and will feature three tracts of concurrent
208-287-7109 classes. Topics include Behavior Based Safety,
The board members of the Snake River Chapter of Ergonomics, OSHA 10-Hr. Construction,
ASSE have the right to refuse any advertisement, which Health/Industrial Hygiene, Security & Emergency
they deem inappropriate. The Snake River Chapter Planning/Preparation, OSHA Inspections, Safety
also does not support or endorse any service or Management, and Mining Safety. The conference
product that is advertised in the newsletter. will begin at Noon on Wednesday, April 6 with a
lunch buffet and keynote speaker Richard Hawk.
Some plant tours will take place that morning. More
NDUSTRIAL information on costs, transportation,
YGIENE accommodations, and speakers will be forthcoming.
ESOURCES Safety Training Symposium & Expo - November
11-12, 2004 in Scottsdale, AZ There is still time to
Full service environmental, health and register for this intensive training experience where
safety (EH&S) consultation firm. IHR you will learn techniques for faster, better and more
is committed to helping businesses cost effective safety and health training.
succeed, while protecting workers and http://www.asse.org/safetytrain_symp04.htm
the environment.
SeminarFest 2005 - February 13-19, 2005 in Las
* Accredited Training Contact: Vegas, NV
Provider Harry J. Beaulieu, 46 seminars offering technical, management and
CIH and Expert Witness PhD, CIH, CSP skill development topics for the SH&E professional.
Service 206 Murray St. This event is a great way to earn your COCs, CM, or
Indoor Air Quality Boise, ID. 83714
Mold Inspections Tel: (208) 323-8287 CMP points. http://www.asse.org/frsemfest05.htm
Asbestos & Lead (Pb) Fax: (208) 323-0783
Phase I Environmental harryb@rmci.net ASP/CSP Certification Preparation Workshops -
Assessments 2005 http://www.asse.org/fredu_prep05.htm
* We now offer HAZWOPER, Asbestos, and other
training courses. For our current schedule visit our Certificate in Safety Management Seminars - 2005
website at www.industrialhygieneresources.com http://www.asse.org/frsafety_cert05.htm
Executive Program in Safety Management Seminars
- 2005 http://www.asse.org/frexec05.htm
UPCOMING CLASSES AND
CONFERENCES
CALL FOR AUTHORS
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Shakespeare need not apply, but Industrial Safety & The survey found that safety, health and
Hygiene News is looking for authors to publish short environmental (SH&E) practitioners with 10 or
articles (1,000 words) in our monthly issues in more years of experience earn about $20,000 more
2005. than those with less than five years' experience. As
responsibility and stature within a company
Topics include: increases, so too, does salary – rising from $57,410
for entry-level positions to $97,760 for executive-
o personal accounts of improving safety performance, level positions.
o ideas for effective training that produce lasting
results, Survey results found the electronics and finance
o innovative use of software and other technology, industries ranked the highest in terms of
o how to motivate use of personal protective equipment compensation for SH&E practitioners, with
o how to build a sustainable safety culture education and agriculture ranking the lowest.
o how to get managers, supers and employees to accept
& own safety responsibilities The 34-question survey developed by ASSE was
sent to a randomly selected group of 2500 members
If any of these topics interest you — or if you have and professional members. Of the 1624 returned
other ideas — e-mail editor Dave Johnson at surveys, respondents represented all business
djsafe@bellatlantic.net for more details and categories with more than half from the
instructions. manufacturing, construction, insurance, services and
public administration sector. The median age of the
We will also consider articles you’ve already written respondents was 46-50 years of age and 93 percent
for in-house newsletters, association newsletters, etc. work full time, with seven percent self-employed. In
but have not submitted to any safety magazine. the majority of the companies represented by
respondents safety and health functions are grouped
AMERICAN SOCIETY OF SAFETY together, with environmental functions handled
ENGINEERS NEW COMPENSATION separately. Fifty-one percent surveyed say they are
SURVEY FINDS EDUCATION PAYS responsible for 100 percent of their company's
safety, health and environmental budget.
A recent American Society of Safety Engineers
(ASSE) membership compensation analysis survey Founded in 1911, the non-profit Des Plaines, IL-
found the average member salary in 2003 to be based ASSE and its more than 30,000 occupational
$74,000 with half of the respondents receiving a safety, health and environmental professional
bonus of between $1,000 - $5,000. Also, the members are committed to protecting people,
majority of those surveyed anticipate a salary property and the environment. To purchase a copy
increase this year of about 4.6 percent, or between of the ASSE Compensation Survey contact ASSE's
one and five percent of their current salary base. customer service department at 847-699-2929 or
customerservice@asse.org and check www.asse.org
The survey done by Block Research, Inc. found that for additional information.
professional ASSE members (those with a P.E.,
CSP, CIH, CHP, CRSP or IOSH-RSP or BA from an JOB OPENINGS
accredited college plus 10 years of safety
experience) earn nearly $10,000 more. The survey P.S. Associates, Inc. – visit the Paul Shrenker
also found that having a Bachelor's Degree adds Associates, Inc. website for a complete listing of job
nearly $12,000 to one's salary and a Master's Degree openings. www.psassociatesinc.com
nearly $20,000 compared to high school only. A
Certified Safety Professional (CSP) designation Part-Time Safety/Loss Control Professional
adds $10,500 to a salary. In addition to salary and
bonuses, 61 percent are reimbursed for professional Fee Inspection Company seeking part time
development, with the annual amount spent per safety/loss control professionals in your area.
employee ranging from $1,000 to $10,000. Welcome semi-retired or at liberty professionals
with a desire to remain active in our dynamic
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industry. Representatives perform their duties as
Independent Contractors and must have access to a
computer and reliable transportation. Please email
or fax resumes to Judy Carson at 805-449-0098 or
judy.carson@ecalwest.com
Visit Snake River Chapter’s Website
Last year the Board of Directors voted to have National
ASSE host our website. Please visit
http://snakeriver.asse.org to see the updated version.
Any suggestions for improvements/inclusions should
be directed to Louise Auchampach,
safetyhealthsolu@qwest.net.
Jerry Hockett, Area Director Boise Area Office, OSHA welcoming
participants
PHOTOS FROM OSHA 10-HR CLASSES
FOR VOCATIONAL TECHNICAL
EDUCATORS
Don Eshelby, Ed.D., Trade and Industry Program Manager, Idaho
Division of Professional-Technical Education welcoming
participants
Stephen Allen, VP WGI welcoming participants
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Ron Collins, Safety Director, AGC - Instructor
Bill Bankhead, Compliance Assistance Specialist, Boise Area
Office, OSHA presenting Introduction to OSHA
Lisa Losness, Program Manager, AGC - Instructor
Aaron Morre, ES&H Specialist, Infrastructure, WGI - Instructor
Richard Fesler, Owner, Safety Enterprise, Inc., representing
ASSE - Instructor
Rick Callor, Environmental Safety & Health Manager,
Infrastructure, WGI - Instructor
Louise Auchampach, Owner, Safety & Health Solutions,
representing ASSE - Instructor
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ASSE
Snake River Chapter
PO Box 45878
Boise, ID 83711
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