SMOHIT’s 2020 Safety Champions Conference is scheduled for March 22-24
The conference continues Sheet Metal Occupational Health Institute Trust’s (SMOHIT) mission to build a culture of safety in the sheet metal industry. The conference will be an excellent platform for sharing information and ideas. Attendees will come away with solutions that can be implemented at the local level right away. It is open to all members who contribute to SMOHIT and are approved by their local business manager.
The conference features interactive workshops, diverse participation from workers, contractors and owners, a keynote speaker, a platform for sharing information and ideas, skills development on safety culture and climate, a search for solutions to safety challenges in attendees’ areas, best practices involving safety and health, and valuable raffle prizes from our friends at Milwaukee Tool.
This year’s keynote speaker is Dr. David Michaels, an epidemiologist and professor at the Milken Institute School of Public Health at George Washington University. He was nominated by Pres. Barack Obama and unanimously confirmed by the U.S. Senate for the position of assistant secretary of labor for the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (2009-2017), the longest serving in OSHA's history.
He also served as the United States Department of Energy’s assistant secretary for environment, safety and health (1998-2001) where he was charged with protecting workers, residents and the environment around U.S. nuclear weapons facilities.
Under his leadership, OSHA strengthened exposure standards for silica and beryllium, and issued new rules on safety, injury record-keeping and reporting and hazard communication. He launched OSHA’s Temporary Workers Initiative and greatly increased the agency’s focus on the healthcare industry.
Michaels' current work is on the relationship between safety and health management systems, operational excellence and sustainability. He has lectured extensively on the topic and directed OSHA's first activities on sustainability in environment, social and governance (ESG).
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