Conference Agenda
Thursday, March 30, 2000
Welcome and Opening Remarks
Joseph C. Fowler, Jr.
Executive Director, LHSFNA
Keynote Address
Terence M. O'Sullivan
General President, LIUNA
Improving Communications with the Hearing Impaired (also in video)
Bill Duke
Director of Apprenticeship, Laborers AGC
Noise and Hearing Loss in Construction and What Can Be Done About It
Dr. Alice Suter
Hearing Conservation Programs for Construction in British Columbia - a Success Story
Margaret Roberts
Hearing Conservation Unit, Workers' Compensation Board in British Columbia
OSHA's Plans to Extend the Hearing Conservation Standard to Construction
Charles Jeffress
Assistant Secretary of Labor, OSHA
Workshop A
Noise Control for Construction Equipment
Scott Schneider, LHSFNA
Ken Meitl, Caterpillar
Workshop B
Hearing Conservation Programs for Construction
Dr. Mark Stephenson, NIOSH
Margaret Roberts, Hearing Conservation Unit, Workers' Compensation Board in British Columbia
Don Garvey, Don Garvey, St. Paul Insurance Company
Workshop C
Hearing Loss Prevention Training Programs for Workers
Dr. Sally Lusk, University of Michigan
Dr. Carol Merry-Stephenson, NIOSH
Charles Austin, Sheet Metal Workers Internation Training Institute
Friday, March 31, 2000
NIOSH's Efforts to Prevent Hearing Loss in Construction
Dr. Linda Rosenstock, NIOSH
The Blue Angel Program in Germany to Reduce Noise Levels from Construction Equipment
Dr. Volker Irmer
The Construction Noise Control Partnership
Nick Yaksich, CIMA
Scott Schneider, LHSFNA
Public Health Campaigns and More Next Steps
Max Lum, Director of Health Communications, NIOSH
Dr. Marin Allen, Chief, Office of Health Communication and Public Liaison, National Institute on Deafness and Communications Disorders
Closing Remarks
Joseph C. Fowler, Jr., Executive Director, LHSFNA
ALICE SUTER
BILL DUKE
CHARLES JEFFRESS
DON GARVEY
JOSEPH C. FOWLER, JR.
TERENCE M. O’SULLIVAN
LINDA ROSENSTOCK
MARGARET ROBERTS
SCOTT SCHNEIDER
KEN MEITL
MARK STEPHENSON
VOLKER IRMER
NICK YAKSICH
MAX LUM
MARIN ALLEN
SALLY LUSK
Slide Presentations and Handouts
Charles Austin: Sheetmetal Work Hammering, Drilling, Cutting and Grinding
Don Garvey: Barriers to Effective Hearing Conservation Programs; Presentation Handout
Volker Irmer: The Blue Angel Program in Germany to Reduce Noise Levels from Construction Machines
Sally Lusk: Testing Effectiveness of Interventions with Construction Workers and Factory Workers
Ken Meitl: Noise Control of Mobile Construction Machinery
Carol Merry-Stephenson: Why Training Needs Change; Noise-Induced Hearing Disability...So What?
Margaret Roberts: Hearing Conservation in the Construction Industry - The BC Experience
Scott Schneider: Construction Noise Control Partnership
Mark Stephenson: Developing a Hearing Loss Prevention Program for Construction Workers
Alice Suter: The Handicap Resulting from Noise-Induced Hearing Loss