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Worker Training in a New Era: Responding to New Threats
October 26 - 27, 2002
Baltimore, Maryland

Preparing Workers for Future Terrorist Events
This conference draws upon lessons learned from recent terrorist attacks to help attendees better understand and anticipate the safety and health-training needs of workers who would be required to respond to terrorist incidents in the future.

Sessions will reflect real-world experiences of individuals involved in disaster-response efforts during and after September 11- and share methodologies on training-needs assessments for the future.

Sessions will focus on providing current assessments of training needs by experts in risk communication, training, terrorism, and emergency-response planning.

Break-out sessions on both days will address the needs of specific worker populations, workplaces, and threats.

Agenda

Day 1: October 26, 2002

8:30 Registration
9:00 Welcome
Clifford S. Mitchell, Conference Chair
9:05 Welcome and Introduction of Keynote Speaker
Al Sommer, Dean, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
9:15 Keynote Address
John Howard, MD, MPH, JD, LLM
Director, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
9:45 Break

Theme 1:  Lessons Learned about Worker Training From Recent Events

10:00 Panel 1 – Lessons from the World Trade Center & The Pentagon
Joseph T. "Chip" Hughes, Jr. (NIEHS), Moderator
Jeff Borkowski (FDNY)
Don Carson (IUOE)
John B. Moran (Consultant)
Gil Gillen (OSHA)
MAJ. Anthony Intrepido (U.S. Army, CHPPM)

11:00 Panel 2 – Lessons from Anthrax in the Mail
Clifford S. Mitchell (Johns Hopkins), Moderator
Corey Thompson (American Postal Workers' Union, AFL-CIO)
Sam Pulcrano (USPS)

11:45 Panel 3 -  Emergency Response Plans: Lessons Learned and Applied
Rosemary Sokas (NIOSH) Moderator
Craig S. Beasley (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency)
Bonnie Butler (FEMA)
Carol Merry Stephenson (NIOSH)

12:15  Questions/Discussion

12:35 Luncheon
Introduction
Jacqueline Agnew, Johns Hopkins University
12:50 Luncheon Address
The Honorable John L. Henshaw
Assistant Secretary for Occupational Safety and Health
U.S. Department of Labor

Theme 2:  Worker Safety Training Needs by Sector: New Developments

1:45 Transportation
Brenda Cantrell (George Meany Center for Labor Studies) Moderator
Lamont Byrd (International Brotherhood of Teamsters)
William C. Rogers (Motor Freight Carriers Association)
Anthony Murray (USDOT)

2:30 Manufacturing
Bernadine Kuchinski (NIOSH), Moderator
Michael Jay Fagel (North Aurora Fire-Rescue)
John S. Morawetz (ICWU)
Joseph Howicz (OSHA)

3:15 Health Care
Bill Borwegen (SEIU), Moderator
Kristine M. Gebbie (Columbia University School of Nursing)
Robyn R. M. Gershon (Columbia University School of Public Health)

4:00 Emergency Response
Paul Hoffman (IAFF), Moderator
Scott Solomon (IAFF)
Adam Thiel (VA Dept. of Fire Programs)
Milton Painter (Fairfax County Fire and Rescue)

4:45 Skilled Support Personnel
Bruce E. Lippy (Michael Baker and Associates)
Ray Master (Bovis Lend Lease)
Louis Ricca, Jr. (OSHA)

5:30 Conclusion Day 1

Day 2: October 27, 2002

Theme 3:  Developing New Training Agendas

8:30 Overview of Day 2

8:45 Breakout Session 1 – Worker Training Needs for Specific Sectors

• Transportation
• Manufacturing
• Health Care
• Skilled Support
• Emergency Response
• Remediation/ Cleanup
  

Conference participants will discuss recommendations for competencies required by workers in each sector.

10:45- 11:00  Break

11:00  Presentation of findings from breakout session one and discussion of recommendations.

12:00 Luncheon

1:00  Breakout Session 2 – New Developments in Worker Training

The following groups and organizations are invited to participate:

• Union health and safety representatives
• Health outreach workers
• Occupational health and safety specialists
• Local public health personnel
• State public health personnel
• Federal public health personnel
• Experts in worker training
• Experts in threat assessment/risk assessment
• Health and safety organizations
• Industry/employer representatives
• Insurance/hazard assessment experts
• International experts in worker training and risk communication  
  

Continuing Education Credit

2.0 Total Industrial Hygiene CM Points Approved (#02-2994)
Nursing Credit Pending Approval

Location

The meeting will be held in the Radisson Hotel (next to the Wyndham Baltimore Inner Harbor)
 
20 West Baltimore Street
Baltimore, Maryland 21201
Phone: (410) 539-8400
Toll Free: (800) 333-3333
FAX:  (410) 332-4229
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Registration

A registration fee of $150 will be charged (ICOH member, $120; students $50). Total attendance is estimated to be between 200 to 250 individuals. To register, please contact:

Mary L. Doyle, MPH, RN, COHN-S/CM
Johns Hopkins ERC
615 N. Wolfe Street, Room W7041
Baltimore, MD 21205-2179
Phone: (410) 955-0423
FAX:  (410) 614-4986
Email: mdoyle@jhsph.edu

Conference Planning Committee

Conference Chair
Dr. Clifford Mitchell
Associate Public Health Professor
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
 
Planning Committee
Dr. Jacqueline Agnew
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Brenda Cantrell
The George Meany Center for Labor Studies

Richard Duffy
The International Association of Fire Fighters

Richard Fairfax
OSHA's Directorate of Compliance Programs

Dr. Lynn Goldman
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Joseph “Chip” Hughes
The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)

William Kojola
American Federation of Labor- Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO)

Marilyn Null
U.S. Army Center for Health Promotion and Preventive Medicine

Dr. Henry Payne
OSHA's Office of Training and Education

Dr. Rosemary Sokas
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)

Corey Thompson
American Postal Workers Union

Administrator
Mary L. Doyle, MPH, RN, COHN-S/CM
Research Associate in the Department of Environmental Health Sciences
Director, the ERC Continuing Education/Outreach Program
 
Sponsors

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Halth (NIOSH)

Johns Hopkins Education and Research Center for Occupational Safety and Health

National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)

MidAtlantic Public Health Training Center

The Institute for Johns Hopkins Nursing