1. Fatality Prevention in the Workplace Forum Introduction: A Look Backward and Forward
Dr. Lon Ferguson, CSP,CFPS
Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Safety Sciences Department

2. Introduction: A Look Backward and Forward
I. A Look Backward – The 2007 Fatality Prevention Forum
Causal factors:
Hazard recognition skills lacking
Increased use of contractors
Prevalence of risk taking activities
Use of aging and technically inadequate equipment
Start by doing a Welcome
Discuss some of the findings from the 2007 Forum and one of the driving forces for the forum was the belief that what works for preventing minor injuries and illnesses may not be working for preventing serious injuries and fatalities.

3. Introduction: A Look Backward and Forward
I. A Look Backward – The 2007 Fatality Prevention Forum
Future Research to address the following:
Risk taking behaviors and organizational culture
Root cause analysis and employee training
Use of new technologies to identity, assess and mitigate risk of fatalities.
Summary of the findings from this forum were published in Professional Safety and the article is included in your welcome packet

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II. Forum Objectives:
a. Identify practical approaches that a facility can use to develop a risk profile.
b. Recognize the most effective leadership styles and organizational attributes necessary for a fatality prevention effort, including but not limited to; training, root cause analysis and employee engagement.

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II. Forum Objectives:
c. Determine the role of human performance concepts in preventing fatalities, especially as it relates to human - systems integration and the recognition/elimination of error precursors.
d. Evaluate the influence of an individual's perception of risk, the required mental and physical aspects of the task, latent conditions and performance modes as they relate to fatality prevention.

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II. Forum Objectives:
Discover best practices, innovative concepts and tools that have the potential to transform our ability to identify, assess, mitigate or eliminate the risk of fatal and life-altering injuries.
f. Identify areas of future safety research and public policy that could drive significant improvement in the ability to predict and prevent fatalities.

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Forum Packet
Agenda
Breakout Sessions
Leadership/Organizational Attributes
Defining Your Risk Profile
Effective Risk Assessment Methodologies
Effective Hazard Controls for High Risk Tasks
Managing the Contracted Services Risk
Discuss agenda:
Breaks and Lunch (where and timing)
Breakout Sessions
Introduce Tasha Delaney as the Breakout Coordinator
(Who are the coordinators and where will the session be)
Only as good as the participation of the participants, please share your best practices!!

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Forum Packet
Evaluation Form
CEU Form
Sponsors
Planning Committee
IV. Fatality Prevention Forum Website
Identify Sponsors and ask representative from those organizations to please stand and be recognized.
Announce all the members of the Planning Committee to stand and be recognized
Give address to the Fatality Prevention Forum Website and your commitment to post all the information that speakers, breakout coordinators and others give you permission to post.

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