OSHA’s ABC’s of PPE: Assessing Workplace Hazards and Protection Guidelines

Date: August 04, 2020
Time: 01:00 PM ET
Duration: 60 Minutes
Speaker: Matthew Burr

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Description

Businesses in retail, construction, manufacturing and package delivery should review recently issued industry-specific guidance from Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA) as shelter-at-home orders expire and employees return to work. Following these recommendations from OSHA will help employers contain the COVID-19 pandemic while continuing to operate.

This webinar will focus on the workplace safety implications of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), including: voluntary and mandatory respirator use; illness recording/reporting issues; how to respond to employee or Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) complaints; the legal obligation (if any) to comply with guidance issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC); and health and safety issues that may arise when employees are working from home. The webinar will also address OSHA’s recently issued “Guidance on Preparing Workplaces for COVID-19,” which defines risk categories and provides recommendations on controls and how to protect employees from COVID-19.

Session Highlights:

·  Conduct a comprehensive and effective hazard assessment of your workplace
·  Recognize the types of PPE available for protecting workers
·  Select the correct form of PPE for identified hazards
·  Implement a compliant PPE program for your organization that will protect workers and avoid costly OSHA or state agency violations

Who Will Benefit:
·  Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) Professionals
·  Loss Prevention Managers
·  Insurance Professionals
·  Hourly Employees
·  Production Supervisors
·  Plant Managers
·  Maintenance Manager

This webinar has been approved for 1 HR (General) recertification credit hours toward aPHR™, PHR®, PHRca®,SPHR®, GPHR®, PHRi™ and SPHRi™ recertification through HR Certification Institute® (HRCI®).

Speaker

Matthew Burr

Matthew Burr has over eleven years of experience working in the human resources field, starting his career as an Industrial Relations Intern at Kennedy Valve Manufacturing to most recently founding and managing a human resource consulting company; Burr Consulting, LLC.  Prior to founding the consulting firm, the majority of his career was spent in manufacturing and healthcare.  He specializes in labor and employment law, conflict resolution, performance management, labor and employment relations.  Matthew has a generalist background in HR and provides strategic HR services to his clients, focusing on small and medium sized organizations.  In July 2017, Matthew started as an Associate Professor of Business Administration at Elmira College and was promoted into the Continuing Education & Business Administration Department Liaison role in July 2018.  He teaches both undergraduate and graduate level business courses at Elmira College.  Matthew is also the SHRM Certification Exam Instructor at the college, his students currently have an 80% pass rate on the SHRM-SCP and 92.3% pass rate on the SHRM-CP.  Matthew works as a trainer Tompkins Cortland Community College, Corning Community College, Broome Community College and Penn State University.  He also acts as an On-Call Mediator and Fact-Finder through the Public Employment Relations Board in New York State, working with public sector employers and labor unions.

Matthew has publications at the Cornell HR Review, Business Insider, New York State Bar Association, Expert 360 (in Australia).  In early 2017, he published his first book, “$74,000 in 24 Months:  How I killed my student loans (and you can too!).” 

Matthew has an associate’s degree in business administration from Tompkins Cortland Community College, a Bachelor of Science degree in business management from Elmira College, a master’s degree from the University of Illinois School of Labor and Employment Relations in Human Resources & Industrial Relations and a Master’s in Business Administration specializing in entrepreneurship from Syracuse University.  He currently holds a Lean Six Sigma Green Belt, Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR), Global Professional in Human Resources (GPHR) and the Society of Human Resource Management Senior Certified Professional (SHRM-SCP) certifications. 

Matthew has been featured on CNN Money, Fast Company, Fits Small Business, Magnify Money, My Twin Tiers, Namely, Student Loan Hero, Smart Sheet and CEO Blog Nation.

Certification

This webinar has been approved for 1 HR (General) recertification credit hours toward aPHR™, PHR®, PHRca®,SPHR®, GPHR®, PHRi™ and SPHRi™ recertification through HR Certification Institute® (HRCI®).