Workplace Health and Safety Symposium To Be Held in Scottsdale

Industrial, manufacturing, commercial and public facilities managers will benefit from conference examining health, safety and security issues relevant to today's workplace environments. Sponsored by the Copper Development Association, to be held Nov. 12."

September 17, 2002    Contact: Ken Geremia, 212-251-7200
For Immediate Release   kgeremia@cda.copper.org

Workplace Health and Safety Symposium To Be Held in Scottsdale
NEW YORK ¾ A comprehensive conference on health and safety concerns in today's work environments will be held in Scottsdale, Arizona, November 12, sponsored by the Copper Development Association.

"Workplace health, safety and security are increasingly important issues," according to Emil Milker, CDA manager of market intelligence. "Once just a concern of industrial and manufacturing workplaces, these topics today are critical to commercial and public facilities as well. The Scottsdale conference will examine subjects that matter to health and safety professionals responsible for all types of work environments."

Lynn Jenkins, chief of the Analysis and Field Evaluations Branch, Division of Safety Research, for the National Institute for Occupational Health and Safety, will speak on Violence in the Workplace. David Palmer, president of Emergency Response Planning and Management, will join her and address Emergency Evacuation Planning. Other experts will cover topics on Safety Precautions for Terrorism, Applicant Testing to Determine Safety Attitudes, Point of Operation Guarding, Methods for Drug Testing, Bloodborne Pathogens, and Beryllium Health and Safety.

The conference will be held at the Mountain Shadows Marriott Resort in Scottsdale. Additional information and registration details are available at www.copper.org or by contacting Vernice Talley at 800-232-3282.

The Copper Development Association is the information, education, market and technical development arm of the copper, brass and bronze industries in the USA.