Thursday, March 7th @ 8 AM: The Intersection of Occupational Health & Recovery Ready Workplaces: A Social Work Perspective (via Zoom)
URMC Occupational and Environmental Medicine Grand Rounds
Sponsored by the Finger Lakes Occupational Health Services and Department of Environmental Medicine
DATE: Thursday, March 7, 2024
TIME: 8:00 – 9:00 A.M. EST
SPEAKER: Kristen Chalmers, LMSW, Education Specialist & Social Worker, Finger Lakes Occupational Health Services
TOPIC: The Intersection of Occupational Health & Recovery Ready Workplaces: A Social Work Perspective
Via Zoom: https://rochester.zoom.us/j/97091576379?pwd=OWtJU21NYW1Lak9XbjY1eWtuejZUQT09
Meeting ID: 970 9157 6379
Passcode: 358252
NO CME CREDIT IS AVAILABLE FOR THIS ACTIVITY
NFASSP Technical Meeting – Thursday, March 21st @ 5 PM
Niagara Frontier Chapter, ASSP Meeting Notice
Thursday, March 21st, 2024 at 5:00 PM (EST)
In person at the University at Buffalo EH&S Training Room at 220 Winspear Avenue, Buffalo, NY (enter at side door).
New Standard Requirements for Slip Resistance of Walking Surfaces presented by Mark Czamara, CWSA Floor Safety Specialist, Walkway Management of Buffalo
As the leader in walkway testing technology and services, Walkway Management Group, Inc. is committed to walkway safety. Buffalo Safe Step, your local franchise, is here to provide tools, processes, and support you need. WMG’s tribometer, floor treatments, lab testing, and certificate training all meet the relevant ANSI, ASTM, and ISO standards.
Email reservations by Tuesday, March 19th to president.nfassp@gmail.com.
On street parking and in the Clark Lot at rear to the east, see the Google Map at this link: https://maps.app.goo.gl/8KSmrPiCY1KyLver5.
Our meal will be Pizza, Wings, Salad and Soft Drinks for $15.00. To make it successful, we will need the cooperation of members and visitors who want to attend, making meeting registrations no later than Tuesday – 3/19/2024. If you must cancel, please do so by Wednesday – 3/20/2024 or we will assess you a cancellation fee; hardships, death, sickness excepted. Visitors and members not interested in the meal are welcome to attend the meeting at no charge.
Email reservations by Tuesday, March 19th to president.nfassp@gmail.com.
Meeting Agenda
5:00 pm to ~5:30 pm – Networking
~5:30 pm – Presentation Slip Resistance of Walking Surfaces with Questions & Answers
Followed by Treasurer’s Report and Chapter Business
Nominations are now being accepted for the Safety Professional of the Year Award (SPY Award). For more information about the SPY award, go to https://nf.assp.org/nominations/.
We are looking for members interested in a chapter officer positions and chapter representative to the National ASSP Advisory Group in 2024-2025. Let us know if you are interested, or e-mail at president.nfassp@gmail.com. Our Chapter elections are to be held in April so please let us know if you are interested in an officer position or want to nominate someone. My term is expiring – Tony Buttino our treasurer will take the president’s role but we welcome anyone interested in taking the treasurer position or running for president.
The Western NY Safety Conference is Wednesday, April 24th at a new location: Seneca One Tower! This is a great safety conference with several great presenters and an expo of safety products. You can register at: wnysc.com.
NEW location! WNY Safety Conference – April 24th
Hello Fellow Safety Professionals!
We look forward to seeing you at the 2024 Western New York Safety Conference on Wednesday, April 24th!
We have been working very diligently to host the conference at our NEW location, Seneca One Tower! Also, we worked hard to keep prices for registration, exhibitors, and sponsors the same as 2023.
We have a full day of educational events to share with you, new one day schedule, and an optional networking cocktail hour after the conference! For all the details, and to register, please go to wnysc.com.
Please feel free to reach out to me at director@wnysc.com with questions, or for sponsorship or volunteer opportunities.
See you soon!
-WNYSC Director
Celebrating Carol Schmeidler’s 40th anniversary as an ASSP member
The Niagara Frontier Chapter of the ASSP is excited to announce that Carol Schmeidler, MS, CSP, has reached her 40th anniversary as a member of the American Society of Safety Professionals.
Carol is the manager of safety and industrial hygiene at University at Buffalo’s Environment, Health and Safety Services. She received her MS in Industrial Engineering from UB, and BA in psychology from State University of New York at Albany. Between her degrees, Carol worked to become a Certified Safety Professional, which required passing a rigorous national exam.
Many of us know Carol through her numerous years of volunteering for the Niagara Frontier Chapter. She has held positions as president, president-elect, secretary/treasurer, and chapter historian. Also, Carol is a two-time recipient of the Chapter’s Safety Professional of the Year award, being honored in 1992 and 2016. She recently concluded her service to the Chapter’s Executive Committee at the end of 2023.
Carol has served the ASSP nationally in many ways. She recently stepped down as the standards chair for the Industrial Hygiene Practice Specialty group. Carol has presented at several annual ASSP Safety Conferences, which draws attendees nationally and internationally. Also, she continues to be an enthusiastic supporter of WISE, Women in Safety Excellence.
Please join us in congratulating Carol for achieving this distinguished milestone and thanking her for dedicated service to the Chapter and ASSP. Well done, Carol! Best wishes for continued success as a dedicated safety professional.
Webinar: OSHA Injury Tracking Application, Wed., Jan. 24th, 1PM-3PM
Effective January 2, 2024 employers in certain high hazard industries with establishments having more than 100 employees are required to submit additional data on their Injury Tracking Application account. Not aware of this new requirement, then mark your calendar for a very important webinar sponsored by the Region 2 Compliance Assistance Specialist (CAS).
We are sponsoring a two-hour webinar on January 24, 2024, from 1-3 pm to review the reporting requirements under the OSHA Injury Tracking Application. During this two-hour webinar, representatives from OSHA’s National Office will discuss the new electronic reporting requirements for employers in certain high hazard industries with establishments that have more than 100 employees, provide an overview of OSHA’s electronic reporting system, review OSHA recordkeeping requirements, and demonstrate the location of resources found on OSHA.gov. Ample time will be available for questions. Past webinar on this topic have been well attended, so be sure to register early since unfortunately this webinar will not be recorded.
Click on the Eventbrite link shown below to register and learn more about this event. While at the registration website, we encourage you to subscribe and follow Region 2 CAS to be notified of future events. FYI – This is a new subscription list from the one Region 2 CASs created last year, so if you subscribed in 2023 you’ll need to subscribe and follow again.
Please share this information with industry colleagues and see you on January 24.
Tks, Nick
Nick Donofrio, Compliance Assistance Specialist – New York Regional Office
US Dept. of Labor / OSHA
130 South Elmwood Avenue, Suite 500
Buffalo, NY 14202
O- 716-796-0803
Register Here OSHA Region 2 – ITA/Recordkeeping webinar – 01/24/24: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2024-osha-region-2-injury-tracking-applicationrecordkeeping-tickets-790484689987?aff=oddtdtcreator