On Wednesday, March 13th, the Chesapeake Chapter of the American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA) will present the 2013 Chesapeake Educational Seminar on Current Topics in Safety, Health, & Environmental Issues in collaboration with the American Society of Safety Engineers Chesapeake Chapter and the Johns Hopkins Education Research Center for Occupational Safety and Health. The full-day conference will take place in Laurel, Maryland, at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory at the Kossiakoff Center.
Beginning at 8:00 am and opening for registration an hour prior, the event will commence with a keynote talk on Safety Initiatives from the Deputy Director of NIOSH Office of Construction Safety. The rest of the seminar will include technical sessions on topics such as Hazardous Materials, Microbiological Aspects of Infection Control, Prevention Thru Design, Nanotechnology Hazards, Cave-In / Collapse Rescue, Tree Safety, and Risk Analysis, as well as a number of vendors, networking opportunities, and meals. To finish the day, Bruce Lippy, the Director of Safety and Health Research at the Center for Construction Research and Training, will speak on Climate Change Impacts on Industrial Hygiene Practice.
About Keith Pillich: Currently working with Vlado Engineering and Industrial Hygiene, Keith Pillich continues more than a decade in the health and safety industry. He holds membership in several professional organizations, including the AIHA.
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