Past AIST Committee Activities
Current Activities
The Safety & Health Technology Committee (SHTC) met at AISTech 2010 on Wednesday, May 5, with 12 members in attendance. Chad McClimans reviewed the AIST Anti-Trust Guidelines, the current SHTC membership (at 34 members), and the committee’s most recent conference call. The 2010 Steel Industry Fatalities Statistics were reviewed. The SHTC is responsible for updating these safety statistics. The 2010 Safety and Health Conference will be held in Fort Worth, Texas, on Nov. 7–10 at the Omni Fort Worth Hotel. This conference will coincide with the Southwest Chapter fall meeting and the AIST 2010 Leadership Conference. Chad McClimans, SHTC education chair, is working with other SHTC members to develop this year’s safety conference. Three authors are scheduled to complete the Safety First articles for Iron & Steel Technology magazine this year. Valerie Cantrell, David Lynn and David Ross volunteered to submit additional articles. If you are interested in submitting a Safety First article [1,000 – 1,500 words with photo(s)/graphic(s)], please contact Bernie Quinn at bquinn@amhealthandsafety.com. The SHTC officer nominations for 2010–2011 were completed, with Bernie Quinn elected as chair, Brad Bray as vice chair, and Chad McClimans as education chair. Chad McClimans will succeed Butch Collins as the AIST Division I board of directors representative for the next two-year term.
The Safety & Health Technology Committee (SHTC) met prior to the 2009 Safety and Health Conference on Sunday, Nov. 8, 2009, in Charlotte, N.C. Chad McClimans, SHTC chair, welcomed the committee members in attendance. The SHTC 2009 Steel Industry Fatality Statistics report has generated safety discussions in a number of AIST Technology Committee meetings. The personalized approach to discussing steel industry fatalities has promoted safety dialogue and offers insight in determining a course of preventive action with each statistic reported. The SHTC reviewed the conference agenda and confirmed presenters’ participation. Authors for the monthly “Safety First” magazine articles for 2010 have been selected, with two months remaining to be scheduled. A number of AIST Technology Committees have requested joint sessions at AISTech with the SHTC to explore and communicate safety innovations in their particular operating processes.
Brad Bray, California Steel Industries Inc., was selected as the SHTC vice chair for 2010–2011. The SHTC has nominated an education chair, who will be responsible for planning/organizing the annual Safety & Health Conference. Chad McClimans, V&M Star Vallourec & Mannesmann Tubes, accepted this non-rotating chair position for the SHTC. A subcommittee was formed to select the 2010 Don B. Daily Safety Presentation Award winner from this year’s conference. The subcommittee is comprised of Butch Collins (chair), David Ross, Brad Bray and Valerie Cantrell. Tentative plans for future Safety & Health Conferences include joint activities with the Southwest Member Chapter (2010) and the Midwest Member Chapter (2011). The next SHTC meeting was a conference call on Wednesday, Jan. 13 from AIST headquarters.
The Safety & Health Technology Committee (SHTC) met on Wednesday, May 6 at AISTech 2009. There were four SHTC members in attendance due to current travel restrictions during this conference. The 2009 Safety and Health Conference agenda was reviewed, and suggestions were made that were to be discussed during a committee conference call on May 27. The SHTC mission statement was then reviewed. The AISTech 2010 Call for Papers asks each SHTC member to encourage and solicit papers from other committee members. The Continuous Casting Technology Committee (CCTC) and Rod & Bar Rolling Technology Committee (RBRTC) nominated Safety co-chairs for their committees to concentrate on safety issues specific to each work environment. The SHTC’s “Safety First” articles have the following authors scheduled for the remainder of 2009: Sue Englehardt (September), Pat McCon (October), David Ross (November) and Chad McClimans (December). Any interested SHTC member who would like to write an article needs to contact SHTC chair Chad McClimans. Mr. McClimans and vice chair Bernie Quinn were approved to serve a second one-year term. McClimans received a plaque at V&M Star the week before AISTech for his service as chair over the past year.
The Safety and Health Technology Committee (SHTC) met at AIST headquarters on Jan. 21. Conference calling was available for committee members who could not travel. The first order of business was the 2008 Safety and Health Conference Award, for which Eddie and Lisa Black from South Kentucky RECC were selected. The Safety and Health Conference Award Subcommittee is comprised of Chad McClimans, Butch Collins, Bernie Quinn, Brad Bray, Dave Hilvers, Vic Tatone and David Ross. The SHTC then selected members for a Conference Subcommittee to orchestrate this annual event. Chad McClimans, Dave Hilvers and David Ross were nominated to plan future Safety and Health Conferences. The 2009 Safety and Health Conference is scheduled to take place in Charlotte, N.C., on Nov. 9–12, 2009. Two individuals supporting this conference will be Donovan Marks, Nucor, and Matt Moore, Gerdau Ameristeel. Butch Collins will contact Eddie Black, and Brad Bray will contact Fred Rine in hopes of retaining their participation for the 2009 conference. The AIST Southeast Member Chapter intends to schedule its fall chapter meeting to coincide with the conference in Charlotte. Future training conference sites discussed were Cincinnati (2010) and Birmingham (2011). Bernie Quinn, SHTC vice chair, will investigate training conference accreditation with ABIH and BCSP.
The SHTC’s monthly column, “Safety First,” is now published in Iron & Steel Technology, beginning with the January 2009 issue. Chad McClimans authored the January piece, while February featured Dave Hilvers and March featured Bernie Quinn. This month’s column comes from Middough’s Tom Sexton. Future “Safety First” articles will be written by Dave Coffaro (May), Chad McClimans (June), Greg Scalf (July), BST Group (August), Sue Englehardt (September), Pat McCon (October), David Ross (November) and Fred Manuele (December). The SHTC will next meet at AISTech 2009 in St. Louis on Wednesday, May 6.
The Safety and Health Technology Committee (SHTC) met in Pittsburgh, Pa., before AIST’s annual Safety Specialty Training Conference on Oct. 27, 2008. Because registration for the conference closed at 232 participants, the SHTC decided to schedule an annual training conference. The next Safety Specialty Training Conference will be held in Charlotte, N.C., on Oct. 26–28, 2009. Donovan Marks, Nucor corporate safety, and Matt Moore, Gerdau Ameristeel corporate director of safety and health, will assist the SHTC in planning the 2009 conference. David Ross will contact AIST’s Southeastern Member Chapter to participate jointly with this training conference. The AIST Safety & Health Annual Award will be presented at AISTech 2009. The SHTC Award nomination panel includes Chad McClimans (chair), Bernie Quinn (vice chair), Butch Collins (AIST board of directors), Brad Bray, Dave Hilvers, Vic Tatone and David Ross. The SHTC began the “Safety First” montly article in this issue of Iron & Steel Technology. Representing the SHTC at AIST’s Leadership Conference was Bernie Quinn and Dave Hilvers. The SHTC decided not to schedule a separate Safety and Health session at AISTech 2009, instead working in conjunction with the other Technology Committees in hopes of increased exposure to specific safety presentations. The SHTC will investigate the possibility of sharing a safety Web site with SMA that a number of SHTC members have helped to develop. Increased safety communications will always be this committee’s top priority.
The Safety and Health Operating Committee (SHOC) met at AISTech 2008 in Pittsburgh, Pa., on May 5. Butch Collins welcomed committee members to the conference. Bill Albaugh of AIST reviewed the convention agenda. Committee membership stood at 24 members, with five new members since the last committee meeting. David Hilvers of U. S. Steel, Jennifer Ray of Wheatland Tube, Steven Lona of Siemens, Thomas Taylor of E Trax Inspection Tracking, and Greg Scalf of SMS Millcraft are the new committee members. The Safety Conference Presentation Award form was approved by the committee. New AIST Technology Committee mapping document was discussed. As a result of the AIST/AISI committee integration, this committee is now the Safety and Health Technology Committee (SHTC). The 2009 Call for Papers was discussed. The committee then reviewed the 2008 YTD Industry Fatality Summary, which is posted in the Members Only area of www.AIST.org for any committee member to review. The agenda for the AIST Safety Conference was discussed and approved. Election of 2008–2009 SHTC officers took place, with Chad McClimans of V&M Star elected as the new chair and Bernie Quinn of AM Health and Safety as vice chair. Robin Birk presented a plaque of appreciation to Mr. Collins as past chair for his dedication and direction in developing this committee. Mr. Collins will now serve on the AIST board of directors. The next SHTC meeting will take place in Pittsburgh, Pa., at the beginning of the Safety Conference on Oct. 27.
