Wyoming Mining Association
Mining Associates of Wyoming
2021 Annual Safety Conference
NOVEMBER 9-10, 2021
RAMKOTA HOTEL AND CONFERENCE CENTER, CASPER, WYOMING
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2021
12:00PM – REGISTRATION OPENS – RAMKOTA HOTEL, CASPER, WY
1:00PM – SESSION 1
ELECTROCUTION PREVENTION/AWARENESS – JON CONRAD, TATA CHEMICALS
FEDERAL-STATE COVID UPDATE – DR. DAVID WEISSMAN, NIOSH
MINER’S HEALTH PROGRAM UPDATE – DR. GERALD POPLIN, NIOSH
SILICA EXPOSURE – METAL/NON-METAL – MSHA UPDATE
LEARN TO SEARCH LIKE AN EXAMiner – BRIANNA EITER, PhD, NIOSH
HEAT AND FATIGUE – RESEARCH UPDATE
6:00PM – WMA MINER’S DINNER RECEPTION
7:00PM – WMA MINER’S DINNER – KEYNOTE: SYLVIA MARUSYK, DRESSED TO KILL, PART 1
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 2021
7:00AM – BREAKFAST AND COFFEE – ATRIUM
8:00AM – SESSION 2
SYLVIA MARUSYK – DRESSED TO KILL, PART 2
PREPARING FOR INSPECTIONS – DULLE & HENDRIX, HUSCH BLACKWELL
HAND-ARM VIBRATION – POTENTIAL PATHWAY TO HEARING LOSS – NIOSH
11:30AM – FLYING UNMANNED AIRCRAFT AND STAYING OUT OF JAIL!
YOU WILL FLY DRONES AND LEARN THE LEGAL AND ETHICAL PITFALLS WHILE AT THE SAME TIME PARTNERING WITH STUDENTS FROM PATHWAYS HIGH SCHOOL WHO WILL JOIN US TO GET A GLIMPSE OF THE WORK WORLD OF WYOMING MINING. PREPARE TO MENTOR SOME EAGER YOUNG STUDENTS WHO WILL JOIN US FOR THIS SESSION.
LUNCH: During this session, members and students will break into 2 Groups. While one group is eating lunch the other group will be flying drones. Then you will switch! You only have to make one decision: eat or fly first!
1:45PM – SESSION 3
DRUGS/ALCOHOL/SUICIDE AWARENESS, DETECTION AND PREVENTION – Sylivia Marusyk
RECENT FEDERAL MSHA/OSHA REVIEW OF COMMISSION DECISIONS – Husch Blackwell
POWERED HAULAGE UPDATE – MSHA
3:45PM – SUMMARY AND FEED BACK
4:00PM – ADJOURN
