Agenda Meeting 4-Standing Committee on Personal Protective Equipment for Workplace Safety and Health
8:00 – 8:30 a.m.
Continental Breakfast
8:30 – 9:15
Welcome and Introductory Remarks
Lewis Goldfrank, Chair
Overview of the PPE Landscape:
Where Is Coordination Needed? What Are the Certification Needs? What’s Needed to Ensure Worker and Public Awareness?
Jeffrey Stull, International Personnel Protection
Considering the PPE Issues: Pandemic Flu Preparations as an Example
James August, American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees
9:15 - 11:00
Pespectives from Federal Agencies
9:15 – 10:15 Panel Presentations
Les Boord, NPPTL, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
Sheila Murphey, Food and Drug Administration
Dino Mattorano, Environmental Protection Agency
Doris Cash, Mine Safety and Health Administration
Stephan Graham, InterAgency Board for Equipment Standardization
and InterOperability (DoD, DHS, NIOSH, NIST)
10:15 – 11:00 Discussion
11:00 – 11:15
Break
11:15 – 12:30
Perspectives from Standards Setting and Certifying Organizations
11:15 – 11:45 Panel Presentations
Jim Johnson, ANSI committee
Joe Waters, Underwriters Laboratory
Patricia Gleason, Safety Equipment Institute
11:45 – 12:30 Discussion
12:30 – 1:30
LUNCH
1:30 – 2:00
Additional Perspectives
Jeff Burgess, University of Arizona
2:00 – 2:45
A Systems Approach for PPE – What’s Needed and Next Steps
Group Discussion
2:45 – 3:00
Summary
3:00
Adjourn Open Session
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