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Babauta holds second workplace safety conference
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Posted on Aug 12 2004
Occupational health and safety issues, fire prevention, food safety, and sanitation are key issues that will be tackled in next week’s holding of the Governor’s 2nd Annual Conference on Health and Safety on Saipan.
“We had a very successful conference last year and we’re looking forward to making this year as successful, if not even more successful, than last year’s,” he said yesterday.
He said in particular that fire prevention and fire evacuation would be among the highlights, although it is not a major problem in the CNMI.
“Thank God, we’ve not had any major fire here. We don’t want that to happen. So these are all preventive measures,” he said.
He said the conference would also tackle topics on improving public safety, driving, drug abuse prevention, violence in the workplace, and the like.
There will also be a presentation on safe drinking water.
He said he has met with members of the business community and public agencies in preparation for the conference.
The governor said that while the conference involves a lot of the private sector, he wants to see more participation from the Public School System. He said the conference also focuses on safety in schools during disasters and emergencies.
The conference, to be held on Aug. 17 to 20 at Dai Ichi Hotel, is sponsored by the Northern Marianas Alliance for Safety and Health.
NMASH said it expects a larger audience this time with its greater focus on certification for the sessions’ attendees.
NMASH, with trainers and presenters from OSHA Region IX in San Francisco, the OSHA Institute in Illinois and local CNMI government, will conduct simultaneous construction industry and general industry tracks over a three-day period.
Last year, the conference was attended by about 200 participants.
