Safety in numbers: meeting together with other EHS professionals
Posted: October 18th, 2011 | Author: jsabuilder | Filed under: Safety Statistics | No Comments »
According to the National Safety Council 2011 Edition Injury Facts publication, the average cost for all worker compensation claims in 2007 and 2008 was $34,377 (based on data provided by the National Council on Compensation Insurance’s [NCCI] Workers Compensation Statistical Plan [WCSP] database). Most of us have probably heard of the correlation between safety and savings. As a friend of JSABuilder, you are also already aware of the importance in conducting a safety analysis of each job – and each part of the job. Safety pays – not just in corporate financial savings, but in a safer, healthier workplace.
However, has your company seen a correlation yet between attendance at safety conferences and workplace safety? If a conference is outside of your budget, what about simply making a point of connecting with other safety professionals in your area, outside of your company? This quarter’s Stats write-up takes a look at safety conferences – and offers an invitation to come see us promote job safety analysis via JSABuilder at the 2011 NSC Expo.
If you have not attended a safety trade show before, we’d like to present a few statistics for your consideration:
• A search for safety trade shows & events on the Events in America website shows 28 US events remaining for 2011 alone.
• A search for Industrial Safety Fairs on the Trade Fair Dates website lists 24 international trade shows.
• 10 countries are planning to host safety trade shows between now and the end of 2012 (Poland, Germany, USA, Israel, Switzerland, GB & Northern Ireland, Uzbekistan, Turkey, Singapore and Austria).
• 12,000 professionals are anticipated to attend the NSC Expo, “the world’s largest annual event serving the environmental, health and safety professions” (from First Time Attendee Orientation).
So why do people attend safety trade shows?
• An opportunity to hear from safety experts on various safety and industry specific topics
• Attend breakout and discussion sessions to brainstorm with other health and safety professionals and hear what others are doing that might help your company
• Visit the Expo floor and take a look at the new health and safety products and programs being offered (such as JSABuilder!)
• Meet and mingle with other health and safety professionals and learn how they are approaching safety – what’s working for them
• Share you own successes with others so that they can improve their safety programs
• Refocus your safety team and bring everyone back on the same page
• Learn about new forums and trade associations being developed in your area
Visit the BST Safety Conference blog for more reasons!
For JSABuilder, last year’s feedback from NSC Expo attendees prompted the development of our photo upload tool in the StepBuilder section and the addition of a Spanish language version to our list of upcoming developments. It also allowed us the opportunity to take a look at some of the different safety related products out there – from online MSDS programs, to the latest FRC fabric and glove technology, to state of the art rescue technology. We were also encouraged to be rubbing shoulders with literally thousands of health and safety professionals, and to realize again that there are a lot of other people out there who also take safety seriously – from all over the world. We met attendees from the Middle East, Europe, Australia, Asia and South America, in addition to attendees from all over North America.
We invite you to come visit JSABuilder at the 2011 NSC Expo, in Philadelphia October 31 – November 2. We will be in booth #3741 (right across from the NSC Live Demo booth), and would love the chance to see you in person – as well as hear what you love about JSABuilder and what you’d like to see us improve upon.
And just to whet your excitement, a few key dates in U.S. safety history, all of which were born out of a group of like-minded safety people:
• ASTM founded in Philadelphia – 1898
• U.S. Department of Labor created as Public Law 426-62: An Act to create a Department of Labor, enacted by Congress and signed into law by President Taft – March 4, 1913
• National Safety Council formed – October 13, 1913
• MSHA created as the Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act of 1969 (renamed in 1977 to the Mine Safety and Health Administration; earlier legislation introduced in 1968 by President Johnson, but went to Congress too late to enact), Public Law 91-173 signed into law by President Nixon – December 30, 1969
• OSHA and NIOSH created under the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 and signed into law by President Nixon – December 30, 1971
Keep making a point to rub shoulders with other safety professionals and safety minded people – whether at the next safety conference or a one on one coffee meeting!
We look forward to seeing you in November!
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