February 15, 2006 Meeting was called to order at 12:07
p.m. by John Dougherty. Emergency Procedures. Paul thanked Donna Majewski & Great Lakes
Chemical (a Chemtura Company) for hosting last month’s meeting. Introductions.
New Business:
Swore in Joyce Peterson
as Vice President since she was absent from our December and January
meetings.
Treasurer’s Report =
$3,420.58.
We hope to have the website totally
switched over to Paul very shortly. We will be making a few changes to
the members’ page (colors) to make it easier to read. We will also just
list the members as PRESENT and PAST as the list is getting longer.
Our next meeting will be March 8th,
2006 at 12:00 at Subaru of Indiana Automotive. Lunch will be provided.
RSVP’s are needed by 3/6/06.
Sign in sheets & future meeting
sheets were passed around.
Presentation:
A tour will be
available of Caterpillar’s facility once the meeting has concluded if anyone
is interested.
The floor was opened up to
questions/concerns.
1910.106B (Class 3A flammable
liquids) checklist?
Safety lanyards for scissor lifts?
Behavior based safety – who uses it
& what program do they use?
Approach to OSHA knocking on your
door? How do you welcome them?
Possible meeting topic might be to
invite OSHA to present at a meeting.
Lift truck training, incident
training, and retraining. How often is it performed? Is it done in
house or hired out? How many incident re-trainings are allowed before
disciplinary actions are taken (if any)?
Difference between 29CFR? 1910
(general industry) vs. 1926 (construction)?
P.P.E. Standards on arc flash
clothing in industrial sites? Respirators? Jewelry? E-training?
Safety training? Who performs it?
Lockout/tag out, fall protection, etc.
Bird flu pandemic? Are businesses
preparing for it? Information is available at the CDC’s website or the
state health department’s website.
Meeting
concluded at 1:47 p.m.
Executive Board News
The next GLASC Executive
Board Meeting will be
on Thursday, March 2, 2006
at the Monical’s Pizza
at
11:30 am.
