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Are you a registered speaker? |
If you have questions please e-mail Linda McDonough, Speaker Coordinator, or contact her by phone at (360) 902-5027.
If you are interested in being a speaker at a future conference, please contact the conference manager.
To be added to the mailing list or request additional information, please call the conference hotline: 1-888-451-2004 or FAX (360) 902-5290
Teri Neely, |
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The Governor's Industrial Safety and Health Advisory Board and the Washington State Department of Labor and Industries co-sponsor this non-profit conference. More than 300 labor and management volunteers donate their time to plan the event. If you are interested in becoming a board member, you can complete an Advisory Board application here.
If you are interested in assisting in the development of industry topics, please contact the Conference Manager.
Interested in being a sponsor for this event? |
If so, register as a sponsor at: https://www.regonline.com/gishab-sponsor or contact the Conference Manager at: Teri Neely, Conference Manager (360) 902-5446 leer235@lni.wa.gov |
The Convention center is Wi-Fi capable. If you have a Wi-Fi card installed on your laptop, you may access the internet from within the convention center.
Yes. Continuing education credits have been requested from the American Board of Industrial Hygiene, and the Board of Certified Safety Professionals for attending this Conference.
Following World War II, it was realized that there were nearly as many Americans killed in the defense industries as were killed on the battlefields. The current president was Harry Truman. In 1949 he called a conference of governors in Washington DC, one of the governors who attended was Governor Langlie from this state. The President urged all the governors to return to their states and sponsor state conferences to educate the workforce in incident prevention in an attempt to reduce injuries and fatalities in the workplace. Washington State has held a Governor's Industrial Safety and Health Conference each year except three since 1949. The first conferences focused on the high-risk industries and included traffic safety. Industrial hygiene, the "health" part was not included in the title until 1973 when WISHA was passed and the name of the division became Safety and Health. In 2006, during a reorganization the name was changed to Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH).
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