ALL AGENDA MATERIAL MUST BE SUBMITTED TO PROGRAM COMMITTEE BY OCTOBER 1, 2017!
PRE-CONFERENCE, OCTOBER 31, 2017
(LUNCH INCLUDED)
MAIN CONFERENCE, NOVEMBER 1, 2017
(BREAKFAST & LUNCH INCLUDED)
This year’s conference is shaping up to be the best Southeast Mine Safety and Health Conference! Below are some of the agenda items we have on our draft agenda. We are working hard to put together the best agenda possible. Items may change from the draft content below. Once the agenda is set we will post that on this page, that content will be in our conference app and will be emailed to registered attendees.
| Topic | Speakers |
| Industrial Hygiene Preconference (Include Silica & Coal Dust) |
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| Plant Contractors & Maintenance Preconference |
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| Get to know the Southeast MSHA District Staff | Sam Pierce |
| Day 1 AM Keynote Speaker, Kathy Buckley | |
| Hugh Talbert Award | |
| Day 1 PM Keynote Speaker, Dr. Story Musgrave | |
| Surface Mine Rescue, Discussion | Karen Miller; Kim Allen |
| Legal Topic: Aske The Attorney | John Williams |
| Legal Topic: Aske The Attorney | Diana M Jagiella |
| MSHA Update - SE District | Sam Pierce |
| Online Tracking of Training - A New Approach | Wes Thompson |
| Determining the Adequacy of Workplace Examinations: The Reasonably Prudent Competent Examiner Test | Robert H. Beatty, Jr. |
| Workplace Examinations: Understanding How Mine Workers Search for and Find Hazards | Brianna M. Eiter, Ph.D. |
| Smart Cap Tech | Brady Marcus |
Drug, Health and Wellness Topics |
Lonnie Layton |
| Day 2 AM Keynote Speaker, Dr. Kevin Elko | |
| Discussion Group #1 - All Other Metal/Non (Phosphate, Lime, Gold ChemLime, Minerals) |
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| Discussion Group #2 - Underground MNM Mining | |
| Discussion Group # 3 - Stone, Sand & Gravel | |
| Discussion Group # 4 - Cement |
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| Discussion Group #5 - Coal | |
| Driller Contractor From The Chilean Miners Extraction, Bill Maloney | |
| NFPA 77 Safeguard Against Hazards of Static Electricity | Elizabeth Matthews |
| How to prepare/have a successful MSHA Inspection. | Kyle Harrison |
| Total Worker Health | Kellie Pierson |
| Concrete Silos | |
| Blasting Safely | |
| Under the Influence | |
| Mobile Equip Safety | |
| Mine Mapping | Trevor Thomas, P.E., |
| New Sampling Criteria and Samplers for the OSHA Final Rule on Silica | Debbie Dietrich, CIH |
| MSHA Update from the Hill | Patricia Silvey |
| Day 3 Closing Speaker, Chad Hymas | |
| Conference Wrap-Up Closing Door Prizes | Jon Heaser |