Monthly Meeting

The regular monthly meeting of the Des Moines County Safety Exchange will be held on Friday, June 8, at 7:00 am. The meeting location will be the Theater at Winegard Co., 300 Kirkwood St., Burlington, Iowa.

Monthly Meeting

The Monthly meeting of the exchange will be held on Friday, May 11, at 7:00 am at Winegard Company (3000 Kirkwood St, Burlington). Hope to see you there.

Get Ready for "Safety-Uncover the Competitive Advantage"

We are working with Siemens to bring this movie to Burlington (see www.safetythemovie.com). The film focuses on machine safety, and showcases new developments in machine safeguarding technology. The presentation will is geared to safety folks, engineers, and maintenence people who have responsibility for safe machine operation and design. We have this tentatively scheduled for June 28, and it will be held in the Winegard Co. theater at 3000 Kirkwood St. Registration info will be out soon. Save the date!

BP Report Published

Attention all Safety Geeks:

You may know that before James Baker III became involved with the Iraq Study Group, he was the chair of a panel to investigate the 2002 explosion at a BP refinery in Texas City, TX. The panel evaluated the corporate safety culture and process safety issues at BP.

The findings of the panel were probably not what the executives at BP had hoped to hear. The panel found there were significant shortcomings in the safety culture and specifically the management of process safety at BP. For anyone who is involved in process safety, or anyone who tries to manage safety, it is interesting reading. The report can be found at the link here.

Safety Day a Success

Thanks to all who helped to organize, presented topics, and most of all, to those who attended Safety Day on January 4. I've received a lot of positive comments. Special thanks to Chuck Betts and the SCC staff for hosting the festivities.

Some of the most gratifying comments came from people who were not "local". Dr. Wright from STIR at ISU was especially impressed with all the local support and participation. It feels good to know that this is a significant event in the promotion of occupational safety and health in our area, and even a little beyond our area.

December Monthly Meeting

The December meeting of the Des Moines County Safety Exchange will be held on Friday, December 8, at 7:00 am, in the Grayhound Room on the Great River Medical Center campus. This is our last regularly scheduled meeting before Safety Day!

Monthly Meeting

The monthly meeting of the Des Moines County Safety Exchange will be held Friday, November 10, at 7:00 am in the Grayhound Room on the Great River Medical Center campus. We will be finishing up details for the annual Safety Day on January 4. Hope to see you all there!