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AMERICAN SOCIETY OF SAFETY ENGINEERS
C A P E C A N AV E R A L C H A P T E R N E W S L E T T E R
February 2007
Protecting People, Property, and the Environment on the Space Coast for over 39 years.
2006-07 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
President:
Michael Bowling
United Space Alliance
(321)861-8475 gordon.m.bowling@usa-spaceops.com
William W. Pickavance, Jr.
Vice President & Programs Chair: Vice President, Launch and Recovery
Marty Berry Systems
United Space Alliance
(321)861-5798 martin.j.berry@usa-spaceops.com United Space Alliance
Secretary and Public Affairs Chair:
George Cole, CSP
NASA
(321)861-4714 george.t.cole@nasa.gov Date: February 28, 2007
Treasurer:
Steve Phillips, CSP Time: 5:30 PM – 8:30 PM
SRS Technologies
(321)730-6264 sphillips377307@aol.com
Place: Radisson Resort at the Port
COMMITTEES & CHAIRPERSONS
8701 Astronaut Blvd.
Awards & Honors: Cape Canaveral, FL 32920
Gary Thigpin, CSP, REHS
United Space Alliance
(321)861-0152 Gary.p.thigpin@usaspaceops.com Cost: $20.00
Canaveral Council of Technical Societies:
Tom Griffin and George Cole, CSP Menu: Selections:
Council of Practices & Standards:
Alfred Stevens 1. ½ Herb Roasted Chicken
United Space Alliance 2. Sliced Sirloin w/Mushroom Sauce
(321)453-6628 astevens@alumni.cemson.edu 3. Vegetarian Pasta Primavera
Environmental Affairs:/EHS Jobs
Frank Beckage CSP, CHMM All meals include:
The Boeing Company A Radisson House Salad or Caesar Salad.
(321)730-5841 frank.beckage@boeing. com Chef’s Vegetables, and Starch
Government Affairs:
James Guinn
A dessert choice of Chocolate Mousse,
United Space Alliance Carrot Cake, or Chocolate Layer Cake.
(321)861-5825 James.m.guinn@usa-spaceops.com Coffee/Iced Tea/Warm Rolls and Butter
Membership: Coffee and Iced Tea Service
Tom Griffin
Foundation Activities & Scholarship: RSVP: Reserve your seat by COB Tuesday,
Paul Stewart February 27, 2007 through the webpage at
Rush Construction http://www.canaveral-asse.com click on link “Reserve
(321)267-8100 pstewart@rushinc.com
Your Place” or call or e-mail the following persons:
Ways & Means:
Richard Sweet
NASA
(321)867-8524 rsweet1@cfl.rr.com Chapter Calendar 2006/2007
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PAST PRESIDENT Date Upcoming Event
Thomas Griffin
February 28 Bill Pickavance – Vice President
The Boeing Company
Launch and Recovery Systems,
(321)867-5680 griffin@boeing.ksc.nasa.gov
United Space Alliance
NEWSLETTER EDITOR March 28 CCAFS Assistant Fire Chief
April 25 Susan Helms, 45 SW/CC
Jeffrey Drye, CSP
Harris Corporation
1. Anticipated Meeting Topics –To be discussed
(321)674-4557 asse_capecanaveral@yahoo.com
as this meeting.
ASSEMBLY DELEGATE Executive Committee Meetings are held the 2nd
Rick Sweet Saturday @ Grills Restaurant, Port Canaveral, FL
(321)867-8524
MEETING TOPIC
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processes to reduce injury rates. We
This Month’s Meeting as safety professionals can do better.
Companies need to teach their
employees new skills about safety
issues that cause employees to react in
a better way of thinking to transform
their unsafe attitudes and behaviors. A
high percentage of workplace accidents
and injuries are caused by loss of focus
and distraction, rushing, and risk taking.
William W. Pickavance, Jr., the Vice Our entire safety culture depends on
President Launch and Recovery how we do our job safely. Entire
Systems, United Space Alliance will companies should be enrolled in
reflect on his current and past bringing safety to the highest levels.
experiences with Safety. Mr. It’s about changing our culture. In order
Pickavance is responsible to accomplish this we need to:
for management of Florida personnel Train all personnel in order to
assigned to the Space Shuttle Program raise safety awareness,
and Constellation Program. He is also increase personal responsibility
USA’s Site Director for Florida. We hope and improve safety intervention
you take time to join your fellow skills.
colleagues for our February meeting Train the leadership group –
where we will have a great learning improve leadership and
session on pertinent topics to each of communication skills.
our businesses. Please Join Us! Reinforce trainings.
Create a system and structure
to promote greater buy-in and
http://www.canaveral-asse.com on-going participation
throughout the organization for
long lasting and sustainable
results.
PRESIDENT’S CORNER
Mike Bowling
Chapter President
Presidents Corner
Taking Stock in Safety. Managing our SECRETARY’S REPORT
present success and future in today’s
safety trends are shaped by the most ASSE Meeting Minutes
visible challenges and opportunities that Cape Canaveral Chapter
we face daily effecting how we do January 31, 2007
business. The way we think and how to
significantly reduce accidents and Place: Pumpernickels Fest Haus
injuries depends on our culture of
shared values and beliefs that drive ASSE General Membership Meeting
behavior in any organization. Our January 31, 2007
culture is changing all the time.
Companies have spent considerable Meeting was called to order at 6:00
time, energy, and money on PPE, safe p.m. and pledge to flag led by Vice-
operating procedures, mandatory President Marty Berry. Thirty-five
trainings, audits and observations members and guests were present and
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introduced themselves. A list of 5-year plan to reduce the fatality rate by
attendees follows the minutes. Steve 15%, and identified areas of emphasis
Phillips gave the invocation. as: national: trenching; and regional: fall
protection, electrical, landscaping,
Vice-President Berry discussed sanitation, and clean-up in meat
members using the chapter website for packing, poultry, and fish processing
dinner reservations. He also briefed industries. He continued by identifying
upcoming general membership meeting OSHA interest in a quarterly safety
tentative speakers as follows: week to focus on scaffolding, roofing,
trenching, and heavy equipment. Local
February: Retired Admiral emphasis will be on the hazards of
Pickavance, and silica from concrete block
April: AF General Susan Helms. He manufacturing.
also mentioned the April meeting
will be moved forward to 19 April to He spent considerable time comparing
accommodate General Holmes’ fatality rates from 2005 and 2006. He
schedule. stated the increase in these 2 years
was due to the lack of OSHA
Treasurer Steve Phillips reported the enforcement during the 2004 hurricane
chapter account is very solidly in the recovery, where many employers were
green. not cited for safety violations. This
gave them a false sense of security to
Membership Chairman Tom Griffin put employees at risk, with no
briefed the ASSE HQ advertising mew perceived threat from OSHA. He also
membership campaign, with prizes discussed OSHA’s enhanced
such as a trip to Hawaii and monetary enforcement program, focusing on
incentives. Clarence Rodriguez was employers who had received high-
recognized for recruiting 36 new gravity citations.
members since 1981, and James
Ramsey was recognized for recruiting 2 Several OSHA myths were discussed
new members this past year. Justin including:
Gallot was recognized as being the
chapter’s newest potential member. OSHA does not apply to companies
with 10 or less employees;
Mr. Griffin also briefed on the chapter OSHA does not apply to residential
by-laws review from the December construction;
membership meeting. He also Employers always know when
discussed preparations for officer OSHA is coming;
nominations and volunteers for OSHA can shut down a job; and,
committee chairmen. OSHA will always give employers a
break on a first offense.
VP Berry introduced the evening’s
keynote speaker, Les Grove, OSHA He also mentioned several OSHA
Area Director. (Biography follows standards in work including these in the
minutes) final rule stage:
Respiratory protection and
Mr. Grove started by outlining the Hexavalent Chrome
central FL OSHA region, with only 14 Revision and update of Subpart S
OSHA inspectors to support the 20 Electrical standards
assigned counties. He briefed OSHA’s Employer payment of PPE
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Electrical power transmission and ASSE
distribution CAPE CANAVERAL CHAPTER
Vertical tandem lifts for longshore ATTENDANCE ROSTER
cargo. January 2007
And these in the proposed rule stage: NAME EMPLOYER
Confined space in construction; 1 Tom Griffin Boeing
Cranes and derricks; 2
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Marty Berry
Bob Calhoun
USA
Northrop Grumman
Walking and working surfaces; 4 Rick Sweet Retired NASA
Personal fall protection for general 5 John Lawlor Boeing
6 Gary Thigpin USA
industry; 7 Jim Guinn USA
Shipyard working conditions; 8 Frank Beckage Boeing
Explosives; and more. 9 Norm Murphy SCLS
10 Justin Gallot ERAU
11 Steve Phillips SRS Technologies
Mr. Grove stated there is work in 12 Jeffrey Drye Harris Corporation
progress to standardize Material Safety 13 George Cole NASA
14 T.C. Cottrell IAP World Services
Data Sheets (MSDS). 15 Jeffrey Ewald USA
16 Dan McCune EREU
Several OSHA outreach programs were 17 Ben Grieco Safety Products
18 Jack Jamba USA
mentioned, including education and 19 Judy Griffin Retired
compliance assistance; Hispanic fairs; 20 Kathleen Harer USA
mailings to rental car companies; 21 Paul Stewart Rush Construction
regional electronic newsletters; photo 22 Stephen Johnson Safety Compliance
23 Karen Johnson Richard Paints
archive with abatement; youth workers; 24 Todd Dove
creation and distribution of safety CDs; 25 Kevin Devlin
tool box reviews; and an ambassador 26 Tom Dwyer NASA
27 Jeff Vincoli Bechtel
program targeting towns for door-to- 28 Richard Rogers Rush Construction
door visits. 29 Sharon Liz O’Hara
30 Carm Alexander Sea Ray
OSHA partnerships have been
established with Centex Construction
and Associated General.
EXECTIVE COMMITTEE
He concluded by restating OSHA’s goal
to reduce injuries, illnesses, and ASSE Cape Canaveral Chapter
fatalities. Executive Committee (EC) Meeting
Minutes
New member Justin Gallot won the
drawing for a dinner at Pumpernickel’s 17 Feb 2007
restaurant.
President Mike Bowling called the EC
Meeting was adjourned at 7:45 hours. breakfast meeting to order at 9:00 in
______________________________ Grills, Port Canaveral. Attendees: VP
Marty Berry, Membership Chairman
Tom Griffin, Secretary George Cole,
chapter member Tom Dwyer, and guest
Safety 2007 Judy Griffin.
Join us in Orlando, FL,
June 24-27, for the Safety 2007 George Cole presented recommended
conference! changes to Chapter By-Laws. All EC
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members were in agreement of the
changes, and George will type into final
GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS
print for presentation at the next
general membership meeting. Bush Budgets $490 Million for
OSHA in FY ’08
Question of membership status of Tom
Dwyer. Never has shown up on the To continue driving workplace injuries,
chapter membership roster. illnesses and loss of life toward zero,
President Bush has requested $490.3
March keynote speaker will be CCAFS million for OSHA in fiscal year 2008, an
Assistant Fire Chief Norbert Kuhman. increase of nearly $18 million over
Gen. Susan Helms, 45 SW/CC, will be 2007, including increases for federal
speaker for April. Need to identify enforcement and federal compliance
backup speaker in the event Gen assistance.
Helms cancels us again. Wayne Keys The increase is expected to help the
will be speaker for May. Might forgo agency improve workplace safety and
vendors’ night this year due to June health through compliance assistance
meeting conflict with the national PDC. and enforcement of occupational safety
Other possibilities for speakers include and health regulations and standards.
KSC Safety Director Shannon Bartell,
Bert Garrido, and perhaps the "We are proposing to increase
presidents of Tropicana, Sea Ray resources supporting the Voluntary
Boats, Piper or Liberty Aircraft plants, Protection Programs (VPP) by more
as well as astronauts. than $4.6 million," said Edwin G.
Foulke, assistant secretary of labor for
Discussed PDC tour of KSC and how OSHA. "VPP recognizes exemplary
we can support without putting chapter work sites for their enhanced safety and
funds at risk. Need to identify bus cost health performance. This translates into
and capacity to determine price per substantial benefits for both employers
person. Central FL chapter has refused and employees, including significant
to split costs or profits with us, so we reductions in injury and illness rates
need to keep cost per person to only which have proven to deliver millions of
cover cost of busses. It is difficult to dollars in cost savings for participants."
reserve busses not knowing how many
PDC attendees will be interested in the Since 2001, OSHA has endorsed a
tour. Possibility of reserving too many balanced approach consisting of
busses and our chapter paying for aggressive enforcement, cooperative
them. Discussed 2 or 3 busses as programs, outreach, education and
option. Perhaps too late for compliance assistance, which has
advertisement in PDC flyer. Need to yielded a 19 percent reduction in
advertise on ASSE national web site. occupational illness and injury rates.
Tom Dwyer will contact Delaware North During this same period, the overall
and XA for details of bus costs, and fatality rate has declined by 7 percent
process for each bus to stop and scan and it has fallen by 18 percent among
all passengers prior to entering KSC. Hispanic employees.
Meeting adjourned at 10:00 a.m. More than $17 million will go to
increasing resources allocated to the
federal enforcement, federal
compliance assistance and cooperative
programs. OSHA has planned 37,700
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workplace inspections throughout the who will also be available to meet
year and will continue to focus its personally with attendees after the
resources on workplaces and industries morning program. Also speaking will be
with high rates of injuries and illnesses. market access and compliance experts
from USEAC's European office, as well
The Enhanced Enforcement Program as EU compliance attorneys from Allen
focuses on employers who ignore their & Overy LLC.
safety and health obligations while the
agency's Local and National Emphasis Approved in December of last year, the
Programs focus on specific industries EU's new REACH (Registration,
or safety and health issues. Evaluation and Authorization of
Chemicals) system will regulate the
DOC to Address New EU import, manufacture, marketing and
Environmental, Safety Regs use of chemicals, and will affect a wide
range of products, from electronics to
The U.S. Dept. of Commerce (DOC) is apparel.
encouraging the business community to
host a conference on new Passive Smoke in Workplace
environmental and safety regulations Increases Lung Cancer Risk
for exporting chemicals and products
containing chemicals to the 27 member An analysis of nearly two dozen studies
states of the European Union. confirms the association between
passive smoke in the workplace and an
The new policy, which is expected to go increased risk of lung cancer, according
into effect on June 1, will impact a to a report in the American Journal of
broad spectrum of U.S. companies and Public Health.
industry sectors, such as
pharmaceuticals, industrial chemicals, The research, led by University of
cosmetics, cleaning products and many Illinois at Chicago epidemiologist Leslie
others. Significantly, chemicals and Stayner, is posted online and will
related products are the leading export appear in the March print issue of the
for both Pennsylvania and Delaware. journal.
Other seminar sponsors are the Stayner and colleagues conducted a
Philadelphia U.S. Export Assistance statistical analysis combining data from
Center (USEAC), Mid-Atlantic District 22 studies evaluating workplace
Export Council (DEC) and BDP smoking exposure and lung cancer risk.
International, a global logistics firm They also analyzed workers' level and
specializing in the chemical industry. It duration of exposure to passive smoke
is designed to educate exporters and and their risk of lung cancer.
trade specialists in the tri-state area
(Pa., Del., N.J.) about this key policy The researchers found a 24 percent
and compliance with it, the conference increase in lung cancer risk among
is scheduled for March 1, 2007, 8:30 people exposed to passive smoke in
a.m.-12:00 noon, at the Marriott the workplace. Workers who were
Courtyard, 21 Juniper Street, highly exposed had a 100 percent
Philadelphia, Pa. increased (or doubled) risk of lung
cancer, and workers with a long history,
Featured speakers include Commercial or duration, of exposure to passive
Specialist Flavie Guerin of CS Brussels, smoke had a 50 percent increased risk.
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universities in federal research funding
"We believe this provides the strongest and is Chicago's largest university with
evidence to date of the relationship 25,000 students, 12,000 faculty and
between workplace environmental staff, 15 colleges and the state's major
tobacco smoke and lung cancer," said public medical center.
Stayner, professor and director of For more information about UIC, visit
epidemiology and biostatistics at the www.uic.edu
UIC School of Public Health, and lead Jim Guinn
author of the study. Government Affairs
The research, Stayner said, has
important policy implications for cities FREE TRAINING
and states that have not yet legislated 6th Annual Safety Day - Alliance for
smoking bans in bars and restaurants Central Florida Safety (ACFS)
where there are high levels of
Time: March 1, 2007 (Thursday).
environmental smoke.
Where: Sea World Conference
Co-authors include James Bena of the Center
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Sascoof the Victor Ségalen Bordeaux 2 ety.com/Attendee_Invite_SafetyDay200
University in France; Randall Smith of 7.pdf
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Kurt Straif, of the International Agency
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France.
UIC ranks among the nation's top 50
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U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
DEWALT Recalls Portable Generators Due to Electric Shock Hazard
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the
firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product.
Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed.
Name of Product: DEWALT DG2900 Portable Generators
Units: About 13,000
Manufacturer: DEWALT Industrial Tool Co., of Towson, Md.
Hazard: A ground fault circuit interrupter (GFCI) installed on the generator could fail to operate
properly, posing a risk of electric shock to consumers.
Incidents/Injuries: No incidents or injuries have been reported.
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Description: The recall involves DEWALT DG2900 2900 watt gasoline-powered generators with
date codes 200150 through 200635. The generators are black and yellow. “DEWALT” and
“DG2900” are printed on the generator. The date code is stamped on the right side of the unit on
the black plastic covering the rear of the control panel. Units with an “R” stamped on the name
plate are not affected by this recall.
Sold by: Major home center and hardware stores nationwide from December 2001 through
November 2006 for between $900 and $1,000.
Manufactured in: Japan
Remedy: Consumers should stop using the generators immediately and contact DEWALT to
arrange for a free inspection and, if necessary, free repair.
Customer Contact: For more information, contact DEWALT toll-free at (888) 742-9108 between
8 a.m. and 5 p.m. ET Monday through Friday, or visit the firm’s Web site at www.DEWALT.com
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