It’s going to be a HOT summer. 

We’re talking about the mercury, of course, but also about navigating Nevada’s new landscape of heat illness regulations.  

Our chapter is proud to host the top executives from the state’s main workplace safety divisions, NV Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and NV Safety Consultation and Training Section (SCATS).

In a joint presentation, William Gardner (NV OSHA) and Todd Schultz (NV SCATS) will help unpack the recent regulatory additions on heat illness and what those changes mean for employers.

After attending the session, you’ll be able to:

1. Summarize and explain the requirements of Nevada’s heat illness regulation.
2. Discuss and outline the Nevada OSHA Enforcement guidance letter.
3. Describe resources available through Nevada SCATS to support development of your Written Workplace Safety Program section on heat illness.

(This meeting is approved for 0.2 CEUs. Interested in helping our chapter offer CEUs? Join the Program Committee!)

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Do you have the ASP or CSP in your sights? If you have wanted to study with other safety professionals, our Southern Nevada Chapter is holding 3 study groups of 2 hours each.

Attendance open to everyone! You don’t have to be a Southern Nevada ASSP member to join in. Dinner is brownbag format, with helpful study opportunities, followed by networking with friends and colleagues.

Each session will be different but we will cover as much ground as possible pointing you in great directions for preparation. NV SCATS training supervisor and chapter Member-At-Large Bobby Albright will bring his master trainer and facilitation skills to guide our group’s efforts.

If you are a member, there are scholarship opportunities if you attend the sessions, so come out and join in. Complement your attendance with an application for our Professional Development Fund!

Thanks to Member-At-Large Carey Sedlacek for arranging a host study room at College of Southern Nevada (CSN), in Student Union Room 123.

We hope to see you there!

No agenda or presenter. Just catching up with old colleagues and connecting with new ones.

The staff at Beer Zombies are our old friends from Tenaya Creek, and they love having us drop in. Our last mixer here was 2023, and it’s just been too long. We’ll gather in their group room up behind the bar, and you can come and go as you please.

Topic Summary:

NFPA 70E addresses electrical tasks in multiple industries, an OSHA incorporates it by reference in 1910 and 1926. Do you know what changed in the 2023 standard revision and the 2024 OSHA guidance that might affect electrical safe work practices in your organization?

Make sure to attend our June technical meeting and learn from an expert!

Learning Objectives: After this session, attendees will be able to…

• Identify changes in OSHA’s 2024 guidance on Electric-Arc Flash Hazards.
• Explain why voltage is not the primary driver of potential severity in arc flash incidents, and which other factors play a larger role.
• Ask the right questions to validate electrically safe work practices for components that have been deenergized but not isolated.
• Inventory the key components of an effective Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) configuration necessary in arc flash environments.
• Evaluate common PPE configurations that expose workers to greater harm, and recommend abatement corrections.

(We’ve submitted this presentation for awarding CEUs. Interested in helping our chapter offer CEUs? Join the Program Committee!)

Presenter Background:

Mike Perun has spent the past 10 years of his career in the protective apparel industry focused on supporting PPE programs for Flash Fire, Arc Flash, Arc Shock, and Molten Metal hazards.

Mike is currently a Principal Member of the NFPA 660 Fundamentals of Combustible Dusts Technical Committee and is the Cintas National Protective Apparel Specialist for the Western and Mountain Regions.

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