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NSC 2018
Get Ready for the Year’s Biggest Trade Show
Houston’s George R. Brown Convention Center is the site for this year’s NSC Congress & Expo.
BY JERRY LAWS
tory for Harris County Judge Ed Emmett, the county’s chief executive, who is scheduled to present the Oct. 24 Occupational Keynote at the Congress. His key- note, titled “Lessons Learned After a Major Natural Disaster, Hurricane Harvey,” will begin at 8 a.m. It is likely to be one of the best-attended highlights of the Congress & Expo for attendees.
Educational and Expo Highlights
Boasting top-notch educational and networking op- portunities, the Congress also features by far the largest trade show floor among the annual U.S. safety confer- ences. Nearly 1,100 exhibitors were listed in the council’s online Congress & Expo exhibitor list by late August.
The expo will take place inside the George R. Brown Convention Center. Expo highlights this year include a New Product Showcase and seven Learn- ing Lab Sessions. The Learning Labs will include the highly popular, annual “OSHA’s Top 10 Violations” talk by OSHA Directorate of Enforcement Programs Deputy Director Patrick Kapust (10:30-11 a.m., Oct. 23); “The Future of Electrical Safety: Beyond OSHA and NFPA 70E Compliance” by e-Hazard’s Hugh Hoagland (3-3:45 p.m., Oct. 22); and a talk titled “The Future of Hand Protection: Eliminating Cuts and Impact Injuries to the Human Hand” (11 a.m.-noon, Oct. 23).
Jerry Laws is the editor of Occupational Health & Safety.
EYE PROTECTION
The Ultim8 from Bollé Safety is a combination safety glass and goggle designed to prevent debris from entering the eye by completely sealing the orbital area. With a versatile conversion kit as part of the package, this frame features pivoting temples, waterproof foam, and a removable strap. Available in either a clear or smoke lens, the Ultim8 also features the exclusive Platinum®anti- fog/anti-scratch coating. Booth 2617 www.ohsonline.com/productinfo
The National Safety Council’s 2018 Congress & Expo is taking place Oct. 20-26 in Hous- ton, a major city that was dealing with an un- precedented disaster, Hurricane Harvey and its floods, only a little more than one year ago. The storm caused $125 billion in damage, according to the National Hurricane Center, and killed 36 people in the Houston metropolitan area alone.
In August 2018, voters in Harris County, the county in which Houston is located, overwhelmingly passed a $2.5 billion Harris County Flood Control District bond proposal to fund hundreds of flood mitigation projects countywide. The vote was a vic-
SAFE CUTTER
The unique, new EBC2 Dual Blade Enclosed Blade Cutter from Pacific Handy Cutter is extremely safe to use for cutting corrugated boxes, shrink wrap, plastic strapping, box tape, banding, twine, and more. The double-sided tool allows for twice as much cutting—one side for corrugated boxes and the other for shrink wrap and film. With this simple enclosed blade cutter, you can now avoid all potential cut injuries on the job. It also helps eliminate any potentially dangerous loose blades in the workplace. Booth 1213 www.ohsonline.com/productinfo
CIRCLE 300 ON CARD
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CIRCLE 301 ON CARD
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