Employer Resource Institute Safety Webinar

Thursday, July 22, 2010
10:30 a.m. to Noon (Pacific)

Order Option       Price   1. Live Conference       $127       2. Live Conference + CD Recording       $160       3. CD Recording Only       $127

Respirators protect workers against insufficient oxygen environments, harmful dusts, fogs, smokes, mists, gases, vapors, and sprays. These hazards may cause cancer, lung impairment, other diseases, or death.

Cal/OSHA is currently stepping up enforcement actions and switching to a "per employee" citation system for violations of respiratory protection requirements. These changes significantly raise both penalties and risks for "egregious violators." You don't want to be one of them.

Join us on July 22 when our California safety expert discusses the requirements for respiratory protection and the status and timetable of the California Assigned Protection Factors petition for disposable filtering facepiece respirators. He will also review how this enforcement strategy will affect you, and what you should be doing now to prepare.

You'll learn:

• The current respirator rules and penalties, and how they can be stacked against you
• When a written program is required, and what needs to be in it
• How the Assigned Protection Factors can help you select the correct respirator
• How to calculate Maximum Use Concentrations
• An overview of fit testing and medical evaluation issues, including recordkeeping requirements
• Steps to effective hazard analysis for the selection of appropriate PPE
• Takeaway tips to ensure your respiratory protection program is ready for Cal/OSHA scrutiny

About Your Speaker:

Joel Cohen, MPH, CIH, is President and Founder of The Cohen Group in San Mateo. Cohen has over 30 years of experience in the occupational health and safety field. He is certified by the ABIH in the comprehensive practice of industrial hygiene and also certified by the State of California, Division of Occupational Safety and Health as a Certified Asbestos Consultant and holds all accreditations for asbestos offered by the US Environmental Protection Agency, registered by State of California, Department of Toxic Substances Control as an Environmental Assessor.

Cohen is frequently called upon to serve as a consultant and expert witness to attorneys involved in civil cases pertaining to negligence, adequacy of warnings and toxic torts, Workers' Compensation appeals and OSHA Appeals. He has co-authored four books on OSHA compliance and more than two dozen technical papers on exposure to hazardous substances in occupational settings.

This program qualifies for Continuance of Certification (COC) credit for CSPs, who will earn 0.05 COC points for attending this webinar.

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