221866 Ergonomic Successes Through OSHA's Cooperative Programs

Tuesday, November 9, 2010

Barney Lawrence, Compliance Assistance Coordinator , US Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Washington, DC
Patty Jeffries, MS, CIH , Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO
Learn how organizations are successfully addressing ergonomics by participating in OSHA's cooperative programs. Panelists will review how a US defense department improved its ergonomic performance through an OSHA Strategic Partnership. This workshop will also review success stories developed through OSHA's Alliance Program that show how a manufacturing company reduced musculoskeletal disorders, improved productivity, and reduced costs at its plant in Ohio.

Learning Areas:
Occupational health and safety

Learning Objectives:
Discuss how organizations are successfully addressing ergonomics by participating in OSHA’s cooperative programs. Participants will demonstrate the a military sector improved its ergonomic performance through an OSHA Strategic Partnership. Participants will be able to describe success stories developed through OSHA’s Alliance Program.

Keywords: Occupational Health, Occupational Safety

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I am qualified to present becasue I coordinate the agency's Compliance Assistance acivities including development of resources to address occupational safety and health hazards. Barnett (Barney) Lawrence is the Compliance Assistance Coordinator in OSHA’s Office of Outreach Services and Alliances (OOSA). His responsibilities include working with OSHA’s national and regional offices to track and coordinate OSHA’s compliance assistance activities. He also maintains OSHA’s Compliance Assistance Web pages, including the Compliance Assistance Quick Start tool.
Any relevant financial relationships? No

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.

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