California Forum for Workplace Health and Safety
February 8 -9, 2001
l. Welcome & introductions
Welcome & introductions
ll. California in the new millenium
- Changing Nature of Work and
The Labor Force
"Transformation of Work and Employment in the New Economy" - "Negotiating
Work in the NEW ECONOMY"
Chris Benner, PhD, Instutite of Industrial Relations, UC Berkeley - "Cost
of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses, 1992"
J. Paul Leigh, PhD, School of Medicine, UC Davis
Community Comments
- Employers
Mary E. Garry, Hewlett-Packard
- Labor
Maggie Robbins, Consultant, California Labor Federation, AFL-CIO
lll. Effective workplace health and safety program
- "Effective
Workplace Health & Safety Program"
Robin Baker, Director, Labor Occupational Health Program, UC Berkeley - "Defining
Safety As Culture Determinant of Safety and Health"
Knut Ringen, Dr.PH, Consultant, Stoneturn Consultants - "Achieving
Safety Excellence Through Joint Labor & Management Cooperation"
Hal D. Lindsey, JD, Executive Director, Corporate Health and Safety
Department of Water and Power/International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 18 - "Efforts
in Occupational Health and Safety, Targeting Hazardous Employers"
Frank Neuhauser, Project Director, Survey Research Center, UC Berkeley - Trends in Occupational Injuries and Illnesses
John F. Burton, Jr., PhD, Dean, School of Management & Labor Relations, Rutgers University
IV. Best practices from the field: Developing new strategies
- Group Facilitators
- Michael C. Alvarez, Area Manager, Cal Osha Consultation Services,
DIR
- Elaine El-Askari, Program Coordinator, LOHP, UC Berkeley
- Marianne P. Brown, Director, LOSH, UC Los Angeles
- Quintin Robinson, Program Coordinator, LOSH, UC Los Angeles
- Richard Da Rosa, Sr. Industrial Hygienist, CalOSHA Consutation, DIR
- Robin Baker, Director, LOHP, UC Berkeley
- Kelly Howard, Area Manager, CalOSHA Consultation, DIR
- Diane Bush, Program Coordinator, LOHP, UC Berkeley
- Irina Nemirovsky, Research Specialist, CHSWC
- Betty Szudy, Program Coordinator, LOHP, UC Berkeley
- Laura Stock, Program Coordinator, LOHP, UC Berkeley
- Suzanne P. Teran, Program Coordinator, LOHP, UC Berkeley
- Michael C. Alvarez, Area Manager, Cal Osha Consultation Services,
DIR
V. New solutions: Addressing special populations - panel discussion
- "Young
Workers at Risk"
Diane Bush, Project Coordinator, Labor Occupational Health Program, UC Berkeley - "Addressing
Special Populations: Immigrant Workers in California"
Suzanne Teran, Program Coordinator, Labor Occupational Health Program, UC Berkeley - "California
Small Business: Investing In Prevention"
Julianne Broyles, Director, Insurance & Employee Relations, California Chamber of Commerce - California Small Business: Investing In
Prevention
Lori C. Kammerer, Managing Director, California Coalition on Workers' Compensation
VI. Disability management and return to work
- "Timely
Return to Work: Recent Findings"
Leslie I. Boden, PhD, Professor, Boston University
Robert T. Reville, PhD, Director of Research, RAND - Medical Management
Jay Himmelstein, MD, MPH, Program Director
Workers' Compensation Health Initiative, Univ. of Massachusetts Medical Center - "The
Team Approach to Disability Management"
Gideon Letz, MD, MPH, Medical Director, State Compensation Insurance Fund - "Case
Management Perspectives"
Linda Stutzman, Legal Nurse Consultant, Disability Management Insights - Injured Worker Needs
Joan Lichterman, Injured Worker and Vice President, CTD Resouece Network, Inc. - Educational Intervention
Juliann Sum, Esq., MPH, Labor Occupational Health Program, UC Berkeley
VII. Future directions and new initiatives
Panel discussion
- John Howard, MD, Chief, Division of Occupational Safety and Health
- Robert J. Harrison, MD, Public Health Medical Officer, Dept. of Health Services
- Christine Baker, Executive Officer, Commission on Health & Safety & Workers' Compensation
Quick Links
- CHSWC research reports
- Current CHSWC Annual Report of programs and data
- Guidebook for Injured Workers
- Guides about filing workers' comp claims
- Carve-Out/Alternative Dispute Resolution
- Young Workers and Workers' Compensation
- Meetings, What's New and Subscriptions to CHSWC
- Frequently asked questions about workers' comp for employers
- WOSHEF