2018 Southwest Chapter ASSE PDC, www.SouthWestPdc.com Phone: 661-472-6591 Fax: 866-751-2090

2018 Southwest Chapter ASSE Professional Development Conference

Thursday, April 26, 2018 Grapevine Convention Center, Grapevine, TX

8:30 AM – 9:30 AM Welcome / Introductions / Opening Keynote Tom Cecich, CSP, CIH

Thomas F. Cecich, CSP, CIH

Mr. Cecich is president of TFC & Associates a safety, health and environmental management consulting firm. He also serves as a strategic board advisor for Avetta, LLC. He was previously vice president of EHS Global Business Support at the pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline where he had global EHS responsibility for 100 global manufacturing sites with 100,000 staff. He has also held safety management positions at IBM and Allied Chemical Corporations and is widely recognized for his extensive experience in safety, health, and environmental management.

On June 28, 2016 he was installed as the 102nd president of the American Society of Safety Engineers. He is an ASSE Fellow, the Society’s highest honor. He has also served on the Board of Certified Safety Professionals (BCSP) and is a past President of BCSP. He was previously the Chairman of the Board for the Manufacturing and Chemical Industry Council of North Carolina that represented 70 companies with 70,000 employees.

Mr. Cecich was instrumental in launching the Center for Safety and Health Sustainability, a global nonprofit organization representing over 100,000 OSH professionals worldwide, and served as the Center’s first Board chairman. The Center is dedicated to advancing awareness of occupational safety and health as a vital aspect of a business’s sustainability profile. He has become known in the OSH community for his efforts to advance awareness that worker fatalities, serious injuries and high-risk worker health exposures have material impacts on business performance and shareholder value.

Mr. Cecich earned his bachelor’s degree from the University of Miami and his master’s degree from North Carolina State University, both in Industrial Engineering. He is also a Clinical Assistant Professor of Environmental Health Sciences at the Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine. He was recognized by Industrial Safety and Hygiene News (ISHN) in 2011 as one of the Safety Power 101 - the 101 individuals who most influence the field of occupational safety and health.

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Breakout Session #1A 9:45 AM - 10:45 AM Safety Management & Culture Track Risk Management Is The Future Of Safety Excellence; How To Demonstrate Tolerable And ALARP Matt Brunton, MS, CSP & Darren Lovvorn We focus too much on safety compliance. Compliance should be seen as the first step on the journey to safety excellence, an important legal requirement, but just the first step. This presentation will describe the further steps organizations should take to achieve safety excellence and focus on practice tools to enable a proactive risk management based approach to safety. Learning Objectives:

1. Underline the benefits of a proactive Safety Management System

2. Explain the key risk management terms: likelihood, severity, risk level, treat, tolerate, terminate, transfer, duty holder and as low as reasonably achievable (ALARP).

3. Provide a practical guide and risk management tools to enable audience to create their own risk based safety case.

Matt J. Brunton Corporate Safety Manager, Enercon Services Inc. Matt J. Brunton is a highly qualified performance-oriented professional with over 20 years of field, consulting and management experience. He has specialized in the development, implementation and improvement of health and safety management systems and risk based safety cases across numerous industries including Energy, Aviation and Military. He is known for creating a strong safety culture by using sound judgment in managing occupational hazards and risk while providing innovative and practical solutions to ensure a safe and compliant workplace. Mr. Brunton holds a BA in Business Economics and a MS in Safety Assessment and

Human Factors and speaks regularly at national conferences on safety management systems and holistic risk management. Mr. Brunton is currently ENERCON’s Corporate Safety Manager. As ENERCON’s head of Safety his duties are far ranging and are centered upon the development, implementation and continuous improvement of our Safety Management System and ensuring our employees are trained in, and live by, ENERCON’s safety programs. Mr. Brunton reports directly to ENERCON’s President to ensure the Safety and Health of our employees and sub-contractors. Mr. Brunton manages 41 Safety Supervisors across 29 locations to ensure work safety excellence across the breath of ENERCON’s operations. ENERCON’s Safety Record, driven by our strong safety culture, exceeds our industry averages in all areas. Mr. Brunton also supports clients with safety services consulting on safety management system development, implementation and auditing, risk management, HAZOP analysis, incident investigation and training.

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Breakout Session #1B 9:45 AM - 10:45 AM Risk Assessment & Communication Track Occupational Risk Assessment Tom Cecich, CSP, CIH This session will define workplace risk and the value to safety professionals of effectively managing and communication risk in their organizations. Methods to identify, assess, mitigate and manage workplace risk are presented. The workshop will describe several risk assessment methodologies and present case studies to guide attendees in conducting risk assessments. Learning Objectives:

1. Understand workplace risk assessment principles and methodologies

2. Be able to identify workplace hazards and evaluate their risk of causing harm

3. Learn how to conduct a workplace risk assessment

Thomas F. Cecich, CSP, CIH

Mr. Cecich is president of TFC & Associates a safety, health and environmental management consulting firm. He also serves as a strategic board advisor for Avetta, LLC. He was previously vice president of EHS Global Business Support at the pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline where he had global EHS responsibility for 100 global manufacturing sites with 100,000 staff. He has also held safety management positions at IBM and Allied Chemical Corporations and is widely recognized for his extensive experience in safety, health,

and environmental management.

On June 28, 2016 he was installed as the 102nd president of the American Society of Safety Engineers. He is an ASSE Fellow, the Society’s highest honor. He has also served on the Board of Certified Safety Professionals (BCSP) and is a past President of BCSP. He was previously the Chairman of the Board for the Manufacturing and Chemical Industry Council of North Carolina that represented 70 companies with 70,000 employees.

Mr. Cecich was instrumental in launching the Center for Safety and Health Sustainability, a global nonprofit organization representing over 100,000 OSH professionals worldwide, and served as the Center’s first Board chairman. The Center is dedicated to advancing awareness of occupational safety and health as a vital aspect of a business’s sustainability profile. He has become known in the OSH community for his efforts to advance awareness that worker fatalities, serious injuries and high-risk worker health exposures have material impacts on business performance and shareholder value.

Mr. Cecich earned his bachelor’s degree from the University of Miami and his master’s degree from North Carolina State University, both in Industrial Engineering. He is also a Clinical Assistant Professor of Environmental Health Sciences at the Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine. He was recognized by Industrial Safety and Hygiene News (ISHN) in 2011 as one of the Safety Power 101 - the 101 individuals who most influence the field of occupational safety and health.

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Breakout Session #1C 9:45 AM - 10:45 AM Fire, Explosion, & Process Safety Track Combustible Dust 101: Understanding The Combustible Dust Hazard Angela Fuqua, P.E., CSP, CFPS, CPCU, ARM, LEED AP BD+C Many facilities generate or handle combustible dusts, and safety professionals must be able to recognize when a combustible dust exposure exists in their facility. A facility can be cited under the General Duty Clause and other OSHA standards for combustible dust hazards, even though OSHA has not yet adopted a specific standard for combustible dust. As a result of the sugar dust explosion that occurred in 2008 at the Imperial Sugar facility in Port Wentworth, GA, OSHA initiated a National Emphasis Program on Combustible Dust (CPL 03-00-008) to intensify its enforcement activities at facilities where combustible dust hazards are known to exist. This presentation is designed to increase general awareness of combustible dust hazards from fire, flash fire, and explosion, and to help safety professionals recognize and identify the presence of combustible dust exposures in their facility that may require further investigation and assessment. The presentation will:

• Explain the explosion pentagon and the required elements for a combustible dust fire, flash fire, or explosion to occur

• Identify the causes of primary and secondary explosions, and identify potential protection/mitigation strategies.

• Summarize the Dust Hazard Analysis (DHA) process outlined in NFPA 652, for performing a risk assessment of processes and equipment that handle or generate combustible dust within a facility.

Learning Objectives:

1. Explain the explosion pentagon and the required elements for a combustible dust fire, flash fire, or explosion to occur.

2. Examine the causes of primary and secondary explosions and identify potential protection/mitigation strategies

3. Examine the Dust Hazard Analysis (DHA) process outlined in NFPA 652

Angie Fuqua is a licensed Professional Engineer and Certified Safety Professional, working in the fire protection industry since 1994 with a focus on risk management and risk reduction strategies for complex, high value properties. She is an expert at developing property loss prevention and control strategies for a variety of exposures, including combustible dust, to help clients manage risk exposures and mitigate loss. Angie earned her MS degree in Fire Protection from Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) and her BS degree in Industrial Engineering from Texas A&M University. She is a member of the Society of Fire Protection Engineers (SFPE), and the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA). Angie serves as an Alternate Member of the NFPA’s Technical Committee on the Fundamentals of Combustible Dusts (CMD-FUN).

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Breakout Session #2A 11:15 AM - 12:15 PM Safety Management & Culture Track What You Don’t See Can Kill You! Monika Bay Monika will provide an engaging and eye-opening exploration into the human aspects of safety and operational events. Why is it that human beings are vulnerable to making errors and behavioral choices that sometimes lead to bad outcomes? Better understanding how and why these things happen enables us to develop approaches and techniques to overcome those vulnerabilities and thereby deliver better outcomes. By using these innovative techniques, Monika has helped organizations reduce line-of-fire incidents by 50%. Find out how she did it Learning Objectives: 1. Examine how the human brain assesses risk 2. Apply concepts to reduce the risk of line-of-fire injuries 3. Practice the concepts using 3D animation technology

Monika Bay Safety & Operational Risk Solutions, LLC Monika Bay helps organizations develop innovative solutions for reducing the risk of serious injuries and fatalities. Her unique approach is designed to deliver a real breakthrough in safety and operational performance by helping organizations better understand (1) the inherent human vulnerabilities in the front line worker and (2) the impact of culture and organizational system factors that influence the decisions and actions of the front line worker. By using various risk assessment techniques, creative training

solutions, simulations, and the fundamentals of brain science, Monika has worked with leading fortune 500 utilities to help leaders and workers overcome those vulnerabilities and reduce injuries and operational events in targeted risk areas by as much as 85%. Monika’s 37 year career within the utility industry includes experience in nuclear and fossil generation, environmental land use management, military contracts and utility privatization, distribution pole asset management, business transformation architecture, and serious injury and fatality prevention. She has been recognized across the industry with numerous utility safety awards and regularly provides keynote addresses as well as plenary sessions and workshop facilitation at conferences across the United States. Monika earned her BES degree in Civil Engineering from the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, MD.

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Breakout Session #2B 11:15 AM - 12:15 PM Risk Assessment & Communication Track New Risk Assessment Tools For Prevention Through Design Interventions Georgi Popov, QEP, SMS, CMC This presentation gives participants the foundation to become familiar with PtD hazards identification, risk assessment, and risk management tools. Participants will examine different risk assessment tools and learn how to effectively communicate the risk to top decision makers. Selecting the risk assessment method best suited to the situation may require modification of existing tools or multiple methods to control hazards and their risks. Safety professionals must be able properly select tools, and in some cases, modify or combine various risk assessment methods for each application. This session presents examples of modifications and sequential application of tools that can be made for certain situations. Risk prioritization concepts and identification of risk reduction opportunities will be illustrated by a case study. Learning Objectives:

1. Examine PtD risk assessment tools for existing operations and process improvements

2. Evaluate PtD project improvements and opportunities to incorporate safety into the business decision making process.

3. Summarize risk prioritization concepts and identify risk reduction opportunities to effectively manage risk.

Georgi Popov, Ph.D., QEP, SMS, CMC, holds a Ph.D. from National Scientific Board (Bulgaria) and an M.S. in Nuclear Instrumentation Building/Engineering Physics from Defense University (Bulgaria). Popov is a Qualified Environmental Professional and a Safety Management Specialist. In 2001 Dr. Popov graduated from Command and General Staff College, Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas. He also has a post-graduate certification in Environmental Air Quality. Popov is a member of ASSE’s Heart of America Chapter and recipient of the chapter’s 2015 Safety Professional of the Year (SPY) award and 2016 ASSE Region V SPY award. In 2017 Dr. Popov received ASSE Outstanding Safety Educator award. His research interests include risk assessment, enterprise risk management, industrial hygiene, ergonomics, safety

management systems, PtD, air quality, alternative fuels, LEAN Six Sigma practices and business aspects of Environmental Health and Safety. Dr. Popov has authored numerous risk assessment related articles in Professional Safety, International Scientific Publications, and other trade journals. He is a frequent speaker at national, regional and local conferences. He is the editor and a first author of a book titled Risk Assessment – A Practical Guide to Assessing Operational Risks. The book was published in June 2016. A new Risk Management Tools for Safety Professionals manual is expected to be published by ASSE in 2018.

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Breakout Session #2C 11:15 AM - 12:15 PM Fire, Explosion, & Process Safety Track The Property Ins Survey: What Is It? Why Does It Matter? Why Should I Care? Property Protection, Fire Explosions And Hazards, And Preparedness For These Events Donald Meyer, FPE, CFPS Developing a Fire Protection Concept for your Facility What happens if there is a fire at my facility? Is the sprinkler system expected to control and extinguish the fire? Will the fire department actively intervene? Will the fire be allowed to burn itself out? Every facility has a fire protection concept, even if they don’t know or understand it. The fire protection concept is a combination of risk mitigation systems employed to control and extinguish fires. A formal, documented fire protection concept should identify the major fire and explosion perils and the critical risk mitigation systems in place. This will assist management in comparing their risk tolerance with their inherent risks and optimize capital spending to enhance their overall risk management system. But how does the fire protection concept come about? Is there a prescriptive answer that must be followed? Sometimes there is a building code that must be followed. Sometimes an insurance carrier may dictate certain fire protection installations. To develop a fire protection concept, one must understand the different types of fire protection systems and the role emergency responders play at your facility. Some facilities may rely heavily upon emergency response, while others may rely upon automatic fire protection systems and emergency shut down systems to do the heavy lifting. Other facilities may take a more passive approach, focusing on fire containment and evacuating their personnel. The risk mitigation systems employed should protect the inherent fire risks at the facility. The standard property insurance survey should assist the facility in identifying its largest fire and explosion risks and offer fire protection system recommendations to mitigate these perils. A good partnership with your insurance carrier or consultant, can help you create a formal, written fire protection concept. This fire protection concept can be used to enhance the Site Emergency Plan and guide long term capital spending. Learning Objectives:

1. Property Hazards and your Insurance Program

2. Basics of how to protect against Fire and Explosion Hazards

3. Emergency Preparedness for facility incidents

Donald Meyer, FPE, CFPS is employed as a Risk Engineer for Allrisk Engineering, Inc. He’s an experienced fire protection professional with expertise in fire hazard identification and analysis, fire protection system design, property insurance surveys, project management, fire pump testing, building code review, and fire-stopping technology. Donald holds a B.S. degree in Fire Protection and Safety from Oklahoma State University and resides in Fort Worth, TX.

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Breakout Session #3A 1:15 PM - 2:15 PM Safety Management & Culture Track ISO 45001 Health and Safety Management System – The New Standard Sue Sung, PhD, PE The ISO 45001 Standard outlines the requirements of a robust, credible and reliable OH&S management system (OHSMS). From the early 1990’s a number of parties from diverse geographical and economic regions voiced their concerns about occupational health and safety systems across the globe. The implementation of ISO 45001 will provide a formal platform to identify, assess, plan actions and set objectives to reduce potential hazards and risks. This presentation will provide an overview of the new ISO 45001 standard and highlight the key requirements. For companies currently have an OHSAS 18001 system or other OHSMS, the presentation will summarize the process for the transition and implementation to conform to the new ISO 45001 Standard. Learning Objectives:

1. Provide an overview of the ISO 45001 health and safety management system

2. Bring awareness of the new standard for improvement of HS management

3. Summarize the system implementation and certification process

Sue Sung, PhD, PE Trinity Consultants, Inc. Director – EHS Global Services Dr. Sung is a Managing Director for Trinity Consultants and manage EHS consulting services for manufactures globally. She joined Trinity Consultants in 1989 after receiving a PhD degree in environmental engineering and minor in chemical engineering from Vanderbilt University. She was the quality officer for Trinity's ISO 9001 QMS. Dr. Sung has extensive regulatory and technical knowledge related to EHS requirements for industrial processes. She in a key member of

Trinity’s Environmental Performance and Risk Management group who assists industrial clients to develop, implement, and improve management systems for environmental, health, safety, energy, quality performance. Trinity has provided services and training on various ISO standards, such as 9001, 14001, 45001, 50001 and system integration since early 2000s with both extensive experience in effective management system and in depth technical and regulatory knowledge of industrial operations.

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Breakout Session #3B 1:15 PM - 2:15 PM Risk Assessment & Communication Track Analytics: Understanding And Benchmarking Your Workers' Comp Loss Data To Guide Your Safety Practices Jay Gnadt, MS, CSP, CRM, ARM This presentation covers how to use and compare workers’ compensation loss data so that safety professionals can uncover accident and claims case management trends to target actions that drive better business results. Learning Objectives:

1. Apply a data-driven safety management approach to optimize workers’ compensation program results.

2. Present metrics that should be tracked to measure and target workers’ compensation pre-loss and post-loss actions

3. Review techniques to compare processes and outcomes with other organizations, industries and geographic areas.

Jay Gnadt, MS, CSP, CRM, ARM Lockton Senior Vice President/Data Analytics & Risk Control Jay Gnadt (pronounced “knot”) is Senior Vice President/Data Analytics & Risk Control at Lockton in Dallas, TX. With over 30 years’ in the comprehensive practice of safety, he has a sustained record of success in safety management, consulting, regulatory compliance, fleet safety, fall prevention,

fire protection, ergonomics, machine safeguarding, data analysis, project management, and problem solving across many industries. He is a seasoned executive leader and manager, focused on helping organizations achieve their safety and risk management objectives. Presently, he leads the Data Analytics & Risk Control team in Lockton’s Strategic Risk Services practice. Jay has written and lectured on a variety of safety topics, including oilfield safety, Texas concealed handgun laws, fleet safety and fire sprinkler freeze-up prevention. Most recently, he spoke on using data to drive continuous safety improvement at the Texas Safety Summit in Austin, TX, and on consulting to solve warehouse indoor air quality problems at Southeastern Oklahoma State University in Durant, OK. Jay earned his M.S. in Engineering Technology with a minor in Marketing from the University of North Texas in Denton, TX, in 1994, and his B.S. in Construction Management from Colorado State University in Fort Collins, CO, in 1987. He is a Certified Safety Professional, a Certified Risk Manager, and an Associate in Risk Management.

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Breakout Session #3C 1:15 PM - 2:15 PM Fire, Explosion, & Process Safety Track Process Safety – From Compliance To Excellence Rixio Medina, CSP, CPP A discussion of the process safety management of highly hazardous chemicals regulatory requirements and the key elements needing improvements identified by OSHA’s Petroleum National Emphasis Program. An introduction to the CCPS risk-based process safety management approach aimed to achieve excellence in chemical process safety. Learning Objectives:

1. Identify the process safety management regulatory requirements.

2. Summarize the lessons learned from OSHA’s Petroleum Refinery Process Safety Management National Emphasis Program.

3. Identify the risk-based process safety elements to achieve process safety excellence.

Rixio E. Medina, CSP, CPP President Elect 2017-2018 American Society of Safety Engineers. Past President Board of Certified Safety Professionals. Former Member U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board. Forty years of experience in occupational and process safety in the oil and gas and refining industries. Served four terms on OSHA’s National Advisory Committee on

Occupational Safety and Health (NACOSH). President and Principal Consultant Rixio Medina & Associates, L.P.

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Breakout Session #4A 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM Safety Management & Culture Track How Leadership Equals Culture Donovan Weldon The legacy of your leadership is the lives of the men and women working with you going home to their families. Lead a legacy of lives saved. What do you want your legacy to be. Learning Objectives:

1. Leadership: Creating a safety culture: Identify that leadership creates a safe culture.

2. Be disciplined in adding culture to your safety program: Examines the value of discipline in a safety program.

3. Be motivated to add culture to your safety program: Produce a safety culture influenced by leadership.

Donovan Weldon President Donovan Industrial Service, LLC and ROTAP, LLC. CEO Pipeline Defense, LLC Donovan Weldon is the President and CEO of Donovan Industrial Service, LLC and ROTAP, LLC. He has been in the industrial service and spill response business for 32 years. He has built from the ground up, or bought, over 17 companies. In all of these business ventures one thing remains constant…employees are the greatest asset. His passion is to grow people. In

doing so, he recognized that if you don’t “grow yourself” you in fact empty yourself of the ability and resources to continue to influence and grow those working with you. Donovan is a certified Executive Coach, Trainer, and Speaker with the John Maxwell Group.

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Breakout Session #4B 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM Risk Assessment & Communication Track Effective Safety Education And Training In The Digital Age Dr. Nick Nichols Educators and safety professionals in the field of occupational safety and health face many potential challenges and benefits when engaging in online learning or online training. From the credibility of the educators or trainers in question, to the appropriateness of the topic material to an online delivery format, these types of issues ultimately have the potential to impact the modern workforce with both positive and negative outcomes. This presentation will identify and examine these issues, as well as summarize how educators in the Department of Occupational Safety and Health at Southeastern Oklahoma State University in Durant, Oklahoma are attempting to maintain the quality of education and training as the field of higher education continues to increasingly move into the field of online learning. Learning Objectives:

1. Identify and examine challenges that safety educators face when transitioning some OSH topic areas into an online delivery format (both in the fields of industrial and higher education).

2. Identify and examine positive aspects to delivering some OSH topic areas in an online delivery format (both in the fields of industrial and higher education).

3. Summarize how some safety educators in the Department of Occupational Safety and Health at Southeastern Oklahoma State University are attempting to address the challenges involved in transitioning to an online format.

Dr. Nick Nichols Professor Southeastern Oklahoma State University Dr. Nick Nichols has numerous years of experience in Occupational Safety and Health, in both educative and industrial capacities. He obtained his Bachelor of Science and Master of Science Degrees in Occupational Safety and Health from Murray State University (located in Murray, Kentucky). He obtained his Doctorate in Vocational Education (with direct applications in Occupational

Safety and Health) from the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville. His safety and health experience in the corporate world includes employment with companies such as Mobil Chemical Corporation, MK Ferguson Construction, Martin Marietta Energy Systems, and numerous subcontractors in both the industrial and private construction industries. His areas of specialty include Systems Safety, Construction Safety, Ergonomics, and Safety Program Management and Application. Dr. Nichols is also the Director of the J. J. Keller University Program in the Department of Occupational Safety and Health at SE.

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Breakout Session #4C 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM Fire, Explosion, & Process Safety Track When Things Go Boom Jim Johnstone, CSP, PE Safety professionals are often challenged by needing to know what types of workplace objects can explode, the possible effects of an explosion and ways to prevent or mitigate explosions. Many incidents have occurred where injuries and property damage could have been averted if measures had been taken to either prevent an explosion from occurring or design factors included to reduce or prevent injuries or collateral damage. This presentation will first look at common workplace devices that have the potential to explode. The second part of the presentation will cover how ignition might occur and methods to prevent devices from igniting. The different types of explosions, including deflagrations, flame speed, blast waves and other parameters will be examined. The effects of explosions will next be reviewed. Blast wave pressures, periods, and peak pressures will be examined. The potential for shrapnel and other objects cast by the explosion will described. The last part of the presentation will cover what we as safety professionals can do to prevent explosions and how to mitigate effects of an explosion. Learning Objectives:

1. Causes and Types of Explosions and Deflagrations 2. Determining Blast and Shrapnel Effects 3. Methods to Prevent and Reduce Blast Effects

Jim Johnstone, C.S.P., P.E. President Contek Solutions LLC Mr. Johnstone holds a “Certified Safety Professional” certificate from BCSP, and is a “Professional Member” of the American Society of Safety Engineers. Mr. Johnstone has over 40 years of industry experience in engineering, operations and EH&S at both domestic and international locations. He has extensive experience leading innovative programs to improve performance, reduce risk, assure

regulatory compliance, and to manage costs. Areas of expertise include process safety, management systems development; EHS program implementation, operations, and quantification of potential liabilities and regulatory assurance programs,. Mr. Johnstone has a BS degree in Mechanical Engineering from Washington State University. Mr. Johnstone is a registered Professional Engineer in California and eight other states.