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Winter Safety Workshops for 2007-2008

Required safety workshops for WFB Retro/Safety Members

As a WA Farm Bureau Retro/Safety member you are required to attend at least one workshop per year. Please check all locations to assure you attend the one closest to you. You are eligible to attend more than one workshop and multiple attendees from one company are eligible to attend.

AGENDA 2007-2008
Retro/Safety workshops
9 AM - Noon

9:00 AM Welcome and announcements - Jeff Lutz/Corwyn Fischer Safety Directors, WA Farm Bureau

9:10 AM Claims Management - Return to Work Programs Effects of accident Costs, L&I premiums, kept on salary, intervention by doctor, FB, worker, employer, and L&I- Presented by L&I staff

10:00 AM Break

10:15 AM WSDA - Washington State Department of Agriculture - Worker Protection Standard outreach- worker and handler training requirements, decontamination requirements, central notification, drift issues - Gary Buckner Matt West, Ofelio Borges and other WSDA staff

11: 30AM Wrtten Programs - Accident Prevention, Chemical Hazard Communication Pesticide MSDS, Labels, and Hazard Communication Training, Supervision of workers, Respiratory protection, Pesticide Heat-related Illness prevention update

12 NOON Q & A - Adjourn

2 WSDA pesticide license credits offered at each meeting

 

Locations:

December

  • 11th - Moses Lake
  • 12th - Brewster
  • 13th - Wenatchee
  • 14th - Walla Walla
  • 17th - Selah
  • 18th - Sunnyside
  • 19th - Kennewick

January

  • 3rd - Lynden
  • 4th - Mt Vernon
  • 22nd - Lacey
  • 23rd - Ridgefield
  • 30th - Ellensburg

February

  • 5th - Spokane
  • 12th - Snohomish
  • 13th - Puyallup
  • 27th - Silverdale
  • 28th - Oak Harbor