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He cited two global projects as ex- amples: ASSE’s partnership with the In- ternational Network of Safety and Health Practitioners and 13 other safety groups, including IOSH, in creating a global ca- pability framework for the profession; and ASSE’s leadership through the Center for Safety and Health Sustainability in show- ing how safety and health play a key role in organizational success, long-term sustain- ability, and human capital.
“ASSE and IOSH are attempting to bring together the safety community while ensuring that the perspectives of business stakeholders are understood,” Hudson said. “That’s important going forward. We tend to be too isolated as safety professionals, and I commend IOSH for bringing togeth- er conference speakers from the health, business and financial communities.”
■ The International Safety Equipment Association honored Daniel K. Shipp, its former president, by presenting him the 2017 Robert B. Hurley Distinguished Ser- vice Award during the association’s Annual Meeting on Nov. 29, 2017, in Arlington, Va. “During his 24 years as president, Dan established ISEA as the ‘Voice of the Safety Equipment Industry,’” said Eric Beck, stra- tegic marketing consultant for MSA Safety. “The positive impact of his contributions to the industry is undeniable, and the health and life-saving impact for workers is in- spirational. Dan has rightfully established himself as a pillar of this industry.”
ISEA established the award in 2005 and presents it to an individual whose efforts have advanced and promoted workplace safety and health.
■ Kentucky Labor Cabinet Deputy Secretary Mike Nemes visited BAE Systems in Louisville on Dec. 12, 2017, to present a Governor’s Safety and Health Award for the 2,058,198 production hours employees there worked without a lost-time incident. “Congratulations to BAE Systems in Louis- ville on earning its third Governor’s Safety and Health Award,” Labor Secretary Der- rick Ramsey said. “Working more than two million hours without a lost-time injury is a great accomplishment, and I appreciate its dedication to keeping its employees safe and healthy. On behalf of Governor Bevin and all of us at the Labor Cabinet, thank you for all of your hard work and your ded- ication to workplace safety.”
“Our talented and dedicated workers
are our biggest asset, and it’s our responsi- bility to ensure they go home to their family and loved ones safe and healthy every day,” said Director of Operations Mike Viscosi. “BAE Systems is committed to providing a safe and healthy work environment.”
The state agency presents the Gover- nor’s Safety and Health Award to highlight outstanding safety and health performance in Kentucky workplaces. A business may qualify for the award if its employees achieve a required number of hours worked without experiencing a lost-time injury or illness; the required number of hours de- pends on the number of employees.
■ St. Louis-based StructSure Scaffold & Insulation, a specialty scaffolding and insulation contractor, was involved in two projects receiving awards at the National Maintenance Agreement Policy Commit- tee, Inc.’s 17th Annual Zero Injury Safety Awards® Gala (https://www.nmapc.org/ zisa/) held in November 2017, an event at the National Building Museum in Wash- ington, D.C., that honored 130 teams.
The awards recognize an alliance be- tween owner-clients, signatory contractors, and local and international unions that worked together to achieve zero injuries on industrial construction and maintenance projects. The winning tripartite teams ac- counted for more than 24 million injury- free hours worked during calendar year 2016, the most in the history of the awards program, according to NMAPC.
The Gold Star Award is reserved for projects that have documented more than 1 million injury-free hours, and this year the top Gold Star Award went to BMWC Con- structors, Inc. (contractor), ExxonMobil (owner-client), and the Will and Grundy Counties Building Trades Council (labor) for performing 1,364,424 injury-free work hours at the Joliet Refinery in Joliet, Ill. GVH Environmental, Inc. (contractor), American Electric Power (owner-client), and the Upper Ohio Valley Building Trades Council (labor) received the top Silver Star Award for performing 790,210 injury- free work hours at the Cardinal Plant in Brilliant, Ohio, and the top award in the Bronze Star category, for injury-free proj- ects between 200,000 and 499,999 hours, went to Day & Zimmermann NPS, Inc. (contractor), Talen Energy (owner-client), and the Northeastern Pennsylvania Build- ing Trades Council (labor) for 432,534
injury-free work hours performed at the Susquehanna Nuclear Plant in Berwick, Pa. The Certificate of Merit category recogniz- es projects that have documented between 50,000 and 199,999 work hours performed without a recordable injury, and the Certif- icate of Merit winners were Brand Energy Services LLC (contractor), FirstEnergy Corp. (owner-client), and the Upper Ohio Valley Building Trades Council (labor) for performing 181,392 injury-free work hours at the W.H. Sammis Plant in Stratton, Ohio.
Other companies involved in multiple winning projects included Minnotte Con- tracting (Pittsburgh, Pa.), BMWC Con- structors (Indianapolis), Kiewit Power Constructors Co. (Omaha), and GEM Inc. (Walbridge, Ohio).
NFPA to Fast-Track New Standard for Active Shooter Response
The rise in active shooter incidents and the escalating impact of hostile events has prompted the National Fire Protec- tion Association to process NFPA 3000, Standard for Preparedness and Response to Active Shooter and/or Hostile Events, as a provisional standard, which means it would be available for use as early as April 2018. This marks only the second time in NFPA’s 121-year history that provisional status has been authorized by the NFPA Standards Council.
Provisional standards are developed when there is a serious life safety concern warranting an abbreviated standards devel- opment process. The typical standards ca- dence is condensed in order to issue a stan- dard in a shorter time period in the interest of the public and first responders’ safety.
NFPA 3000 establishes preparedness, response, and recovery benchmarks with a focus on integrated protocol and civil- ian and responder safety. When issued, the standard will provide guidance for organiz- ing, managing, and sustaining an active preparedness and response program so that the risk, effect, and impact of hostile events can be reduced.
“Hostile events are happening with greater frequency and ferocity today. It’s critical that we take steps to protect people from this increasing threat,” NFPA Presi- dent Jim Pauley said. “By employing the unified response outlined in NFPA 3000, first responders, facility managers, hospi- tal officials, and community members can
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