Volume 2, Issue 4 | April 2022 |
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In this Issue:
2022 Conference Recap and Video • Florida's Latest Data on Safety, Health & Sustainability • Free Educational Webinar for Florida Businesses • Florida Chamber Safety Council in the News • OSHA Update • Leading Voices • Confined Space Entry Training Discount
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A Message from Florida Chamber Safety Council
Executive Director Jason Mozo, J.D.
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Our 2nd Annual Southeastern Leadership Conference on Safety, Health + Sustainability has come to a close, and WOW was it the event of year! The Florida Chamber Safety Council want to sincerely thank all the sponsors, attendees, keynote speakers, presenters and exhibitors that joined us for this first-class conference and helped make it an absolute success. Without all of you, our movement to make Florida safer, healthier and more sustainable would not be possible. Next year’s conference is already in the works and we will be announcing dates and location in the very near future. Our team is looking forward to continuing to grow our Leadership Conference year after year with even more attendees and exhibitors, dynamic speakers and educational breakout sessions to help move the needle to establishing a safer, healthier and more sustainable workplace. Stay tuned!
Now it is back to business. We are holding 11 public safety training classes on numerous topics to continue assisting companies in Florida in creating customized corporate safety programs for their employees. If you’re interested in joining us for an upcoming training, please click here to learn more and register. We will also be adding more trainings to the list for the remainder of the year. In addition, we will be hosting a two FREE Educational Webinars in the coming months. See below in the newsletter for more information.
Just a friendly reminder about National Safety Week in Construction with a concentration on Fall Protection is scheduled for May 2 - 6 as well as Trench & Excavation Safety Stand-down on the week of June 20 - 24. The Florida Chamber Safety Council is participating in these events and can partner with your organization by providing toolbox talks and safety presentations at your jobsites during these recognition weeks to help make your safety week more successful. Click here to schedule a jobsite safety presentation.
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Upcoming Trainings and Webinars: |
11 Safety Trainings Open to the Public in 2022: |
*Registration Closes FRIDAY!
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Free Educational Webinars for Florida Businesses: |
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Working in Confined Spaces are extremely dangerous and according the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, fatalities are increasing every year, with fatalities surpassing over 1,000 in the last seven years. It is imperative that any employee working in OR around confined spaces be trained on the hazards associated with confined spaces and how to safely work within and around a confined space. According to OSHA and the CDC, more than 60 percent of all the fatalities within confined spaces are “would be” rescuers. Only 40 percent or less are the actual worker themselves. Let’s work together to lower these numbers and have the Florida Chamber Safety Council provide a top-quality training program. Nothing is more important than doing our jobs safely, so we go home to our families and loved ones each and every day. And always remember, safety is no accident!
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2022 Southeastern Leadership Conference on Safety, Health + Sustainability |
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Less than two weeks ago, more than 30 hours of educational content with leading experts, networking, food and fun made up the 2022 Southeastern Leadership Conference on Safety, Health + Sustainability. More than 400 professionals from across Florida and the Southeast convened to share best practices and gain valuable insight to bring back to their companies to make safety, health and sustainability core values within their organizations.
Conference Highlights:
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Florida's Latest Data on Safety, Health & Sustainability |
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According to the Florida Chamber Safety Council's Florida Workplace Safety Report released in 2020,
Safety
Workplace fatalities in Florida also skew older by age categories. The top two age categories for number of workplace fatalities were 45 to 54 years old and 55 to 64 years old. There were also 15 workplace deaths for people under the age of 19 from 2011 to 2018. Using fatality rates to account for each age group’s percentage of the workforce demonstrates that older workers are at much higher risk of workplace fatalities in Florida. The risk dramatically increases for workers above the age of 65. For every 100,000 workers that are over the age of 65, there have been 5.5 fatalities from 2011 to 2018. The next highest risk group is workers age 55 to 64 with a rate of 3.7 deaths per 100,000 workers.
Health
Depression is a growing concern in America. About 20 percent of the population has been officially diagnosed with depression by a health care provider. Given the cultural stigma of mental health this one-in-five statistic is likely an undercount. In the 2018 CDC survey, Florida residents had a rate of depression of 15.6 percent. This is the seventh lowest level of all 50 states.
Sustainability
Superfund sites were developed in 1980 to designate areas where toxic chemicals were disposed from nearby factories. These polluted locations across the United States require long-term responses to clean up hazardous materials and waste that pose harmful health repercussions. Among the 50 states, Florida ranks 44th lowest in the nation (7th highest) with 53 superfund sites. Many of the country’s largest and most populous states have the most sites.
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Free Webinar - Workplace Violence and Active Attackers: Employers Legal Obligations
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Thursday, April 28, 2022
10:00 - 11:30am ET
As a part of our Educational Webinar Series, we would like to invite all Florida businesses and their employees to attend our upcoming FREE webinar on workplace violence, potential workplace threats, the employer's legal obligations in the event of an active shooter incident and much more. This webinar will be led by Advisory Board member, Former Head of OSHA and current Partner with Fisher Phillips, Edwin G. Foulke, Jr., as he provides insight on:
- How to identify behaviors of concern and red flags associated with active shooter incidents
- How to develop an effective "workplace violence" program
- The key strategies to develop a "survival mindset"
- Basic medical skills
- and much more!
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Florida Chamber Safety Council
in the News
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David Acosta: Chamber Safety Council — Keeping Florida’s $1T Economy Strong, Dynamic
To promote health, safety and sustainability in Florida’s trillion-dollar economy, the Florida Chamber, through the Florida Chamber Safety Council, held a multi-day conference at the Walt Disney World Resort for leading business executives and industries to attend and partake in, with the aim of supporting the ambitious decade-long goal of the Florida Chamber: to make Florida home to one of the world’s strongest and most dynamic economies by the year 2030.
To achieve that, Florida’s businesses will have to adopt policies that encourage best practices within their respective fields and industries, and ambitiously lead on issues that are increasingly defining the economic challenges of our time: worker retention and climate change, continue reading article here.
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US Department of Labor Announces Proposed Rule to Update Powered Industrial Trucks Standard for General Industry, Construction
The U.S. Department of Labor announced in February, a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking by the department’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration to improve worker safety and health by ensuring the agency’s general industry and construction industry rules reflect current industry practice and state-of-the-art technology.
The proposed rule will update the design and construction requirements for OSHA’s powered industrial trucks standards for general industry and construction, including fork trucks, tractors, platform lift trucks, motorized hand trucks and other specialized industrial trucks powered by an electric motor or an internal combustion engine.
Under the proposed rule, OSHA will update its general industry and construction standards for powered industrial trucks by adding references to the latest design and construction requirements published by the American National Standards Institute in conjunction with the Industrial Truck Standards Development Foundation.
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Leading Voices: Florida Chamber Safety Council Advisory Board |
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Wellness is About So Much More Than Health | Commentary
How we respond as a Florida business community to the mental-health crisis and the actions we take to provide resources to Floridians is more important than ever. The only way to reduce and remove the stigma around mental health is to talk about it.
In its quest to make Florida the safest, healthiest and most sustainable state in America, and with mental health and well-being essential to maintaining a safe and productive workplace, the Florida Chamber Safety Council and AdventHealth teamed up to offer businesses tools and resources to support their employees in meeting these challenges through its mental wellness initiative, which includes two videos intended to provide education in an easy and practical way, continue reading article here.
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Up to 35% Off Incident Investigation: Root Cause Analysis Training |
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Join the Florida Chamber Safety Council as we educate organizations on the OSHA standards and requirements and best safety practices to lower workplace injuries and eliminate fatalities. The Florida Chamber Safety Council is dedicated to keeping Florida's workers safe and has declared April Permit-Required Confined Space Entry Training Month.
The Florida Chamber Safety Council is offering Florida's job creators 25% - 35% off* our Permit-Required Confined Space Entry Training if booked during the month of April. This training covers the OSHA 1910.146 and 1926 Subpart AA Confined Space standards. Participants will receive the knowledge and understanding of the different types of Confined Spaces that they may encounter in their workplace.
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Florida Chamber Safety Council Advisory Board
Thank You to the Visionary Companies and Leaders who are Working Together to Create a Culture of Safety, Healthy and Sustainability across Florida
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Florida Chamber Safety Council
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