OSHA Updates COVID-19 FAQ
On July 2, 2020 OSHA shared its most frequently asked questions (FAQs) and answers related to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.https://www.osha.gov/news/newsreleases/national/07022020
Questions are grouped by topic, and cover:
- General Information
- Cleaning and Disinfection
- Construction
- Cloth Face Coverings
- Employer Requirements
- Healthcare
- Personal Protective Equipment
- Restrooms and Handwashing Facilities
- Retaliation
- Return to Work
- Testing for COVID-19
- Training
- Worker Protection Concerns
Socially Distanced Webinar Series!
In total, we had 18 Events over 3 Months with 10 Unique Speakers. There were 4 socials, 1 Leadership Development Forum. We had 909 Registrations from we believe 4 countries and 4 continents!
Session Recap: Moving from Crisis Management to System Success with Dr. Ivan Pupulidy
Session Recap: Socially Distanced Networking Power Hour
Session Recap: Home Office Ergonomics
Session Recap: OSHA Compliance, Best Practices, and Enforcement in the Covid-19 Era
Session Recap: Organizational Response to Accidents and Incidents with Dr. Ivan Pupulidy
Session Reap: People are the Solution with Ron Gantt
Session Recap Organizational Resilience During Times of Uncertainty Professor Randy Cadieux
Session Recap: “We Think We know What Happened.” How cognitive bias can impact accident investigations. Professor Jennifer Serne
Session Recap: Socially Distanced Leadership Development Forum
Session Recap: Selling Safety: 3 Key Elements Safety Pros Need to Close the Deal with Past President Matt Law
Session Recap: Sleep and Stress Management with Sharon Lipinski
Session Recap: How to Prepare a Proposal for Safety 2021 with Tony Militello and Bonnie Lipinski
Session Recap: Cultural Interventions with Dr. Ivan Pupulidy
Session Recap: It seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time: Evaluating Decision Making during Incident Analysis with Professor Jennifer Serne
Session Recap: 2020 OSHA Update with Adele Abrams
WISE and Region VI Socials were a SUCCESS!
Session Recap – 2020 OSHA Update
Thank you to Adele Abrams for a fantastic 2020 OSHA Update! The Slides and Recording are below
Presentation Slides: OSHA-MSHA-Forecast-2020-ASSP-NCC-6-20.pptx
2019-2020 National Capital Chapter Service Awards
It is our honor to recognize the following members for their years of service to the safety profession and support to the National Capital Chapter of ASSP.
5 Years
Anthony Militello
Charles Wilson
Corey Shugart
David Dickson
David Brown
Dorothy Wyatt
Lizabeth Taghavi
Martanaze Hancock
Sloane Wieber
Steven Walden
10 Years
Ann Murtha
Barry Downes
Catherine Van Aerden
David Barrett
Dennis Ertel
Diana Masselle
Dusty Egbert
E Patricia Liegey
Eric Knight
George Bouyat
Jonathan Johnson
Luisa Ferreira
Michael Cakouros
Peter Park
William Keith
15 Years
Chad Bittick
Eugene Krevinko
Jacquelyn Seth
Jan Preston
Magnus Turesson
Mary Snow
Robert Brandenburg
Travis Parsons
William Rice
20 Years
Mary Winkler
25 Years
Cheryl O’Brien
Marc McDermott
Robert Wheeler
Zenon Dankewych
30 Years
Everett Lallis
Jeffrey Hixon
Michael Owen
35 Years
Delight Woodhull
45 Years
Thomas Altavater
50 Years
Barry Schlossberg
Session Recap – Cultural Interventions
Thank you to Dr. Ivan Pupulidy for a dynamic discussion on Cultural Interventions. The link to the recording of the discussion is below and available until 7/31
Recording Link: https://transcripts.gotomeeting.com/#/s/9c74c0b5be434986377adbd250592837ff1981f8321f2751ac53b1a10d696a72
Here are some general thoughts, questions, and points that were brought up during the conversation:
-Simple, Complicated, and Complex situations must be addressed differently.
-Simple contexts depend on certainty and predictability. Complex contexts have uncertainty and unpredictability. Cultural interventions exist in the space in between.
-Information is the currency of safety.
-Not all systems require the same info
-Simple contexts look at trends, routines, and patterns. Complex look at sensemaking and innovation. Simple contexts require the understanding of components and technical knowledge. Therefore, it is important to recognize anomaly. We need to evaluate the specific risks that can be controlled and the anomalies from a further step back.
-Response tends to dampen human variability through additional controls. Is this what we want or do we ultimately desire increased variability so that we can co-evolve with the changing environment. Focus less on what the decision was so that you can comprehend the factors that led up to tit and why that decision was made. How do norms shift as a situation evolves?
-Causal factors are influences. We are going from dispositional attribution to situational attribution.
-How are we pushing our leaders to reflect and choose learning? This is ultimately the key to success on the complex end of the spectrum. Thin slicing needs to be acceptable and leaders need to be able to accept experience or “gut” as an appropriate answer.
-In many ways, thin slicing relates to the idea of work being “experiments.”
-The words we use are extremely important. Is leadership in a learning mode? Are they coaching? Training?
-How are leaders selected and transitioned? Are their motivations understood?
-Leaders should be deliberate in their response and not reactive.
Key terms: Teaming, Sensemaking, Trust, Psychological safety
How do we operate with inquiry? Does inquiry as a metric improve our outcomes