National Safety Council

Off-the-Job Safety Symposium

Enhancing Your Impact, Expanding Your Influence

February 15-16, 2006
Contemporary Resort, Orlando, Florida

Co-hosted by Walt Disney Parks and Resorts®

Current Sponsors:

The Home Depot
Andersen Corporation

NEW! Information for for attendees/registrants and speakers: Meeting Information...

The cost to business associated with off-the-job injuries and fatalities exceeds $200 billion annually

How Off-the-Job Safety Affects You and Your Company

Although workplace safety has improved significantly over the past 30 years, according to statistics from the National Safety Council’s 2004 Injury Facts, nine out of ten fatalities and two-thirds of the disabling injuries to workers now occur off the job. And the cost of these injuries and deaths are still a direct hit to your bottom line.

As a Symposium participant, you will:

• Recognize the impact of off-the-job safety as it relates to five business issues
  • Financial
  • Legal-Regulatory
  • Humanistic
  • Employee Relations
  • Public Relations
• Recognize the relationship between an on-the-job managed process and an off-the-job managed process
• Explore current practices and available tools
• Understand challenges, opportunities and rewards with off-the-job safety initiatives
• Acquire information and the perspective to inspire business and community leaders

What You’ll Discover

• The Foundation of the Business Case: What motivates an organization to integrate off-the-job safety into their business culture
• Available Off-the-Job Injury Data: National injury trends presented by the Center for Disease Control’s National Center for Injury Prevention and Controls
• The Results of the National Safety Council Off-the-Job Survey: The latest research on the cost of off-the-job safety and the current off-the-job safety intervention programs used by businesses
• How to Approach Off-the-Job Safety From a Managed Process: How elements of a successful safety and health management system can bridge the gap between on-the-job and off-the-job safety
• A Method for Capturing Off-the-Job Costs: Be part of developing a new cost model that would help you to identify and calculate the cost of off-the-job injuries.

What You’ll Experience

• An Exclusive Walt Disney World® Behind-the-Scenes Tour: Visit three Walt Disney World® on-the-job safety operations which serve as a background for your continued exploration of off-the-job safety applications
• Company Stories of Off-the-Job Safety: Sara Lee Corporation, John Deere and others will share both their own challenges and success stories in incorporating off-the-job safety into their corporate safety cultures

Registration fee will include:

• Access to the most up-to-date information on off-the-job safety trends and how they affect your company
• Invaluable take-away tools and resources including, 2005 Injury Facts, Off-the-Job Safety Manual and Gap Analysis Tools for the Seven Elements of a Safety Management System.
• Walt Disney World® tour plus coach transportation to and from tour facilities
• Breakfast and lunch on both days and a Wednesday night reception with fireworks viewing at a world-class Walt Disney World® property
• Networking opportunities with professionals who are incorporating off-the-job safety practices into their companies.

Schedule:

Day One: Wednesday, February 15, 2006

7:15 AM – 8:00 AM: Registration and full breakfast served
8:00 AM: Symposium begins
(lunch and refreshments will also be served)
5:00 PM: Symposium concludes, with reception and fireworks viewing to follow

Session Topics

• What is Off-the-Job Safety?
• Making the Business Case
• Safety Close to Home, Now and for the Future
• National Survey Results: Tracking Current Corporate Off-the-Job Safety Efforts
• Bridging the Safety Gap—A Balanced Approach to Creating an Off-the-Job Safety Program
• Off-the-Job Safety Compass: A Corporate Culture Assessment Tool

Day Two: Thursday, February 16, 2006

7:45 AM – 8:30 AM: Full breakfast served
8:30 AM: Symposium reconvenes
(lunch and refreshments will also be served)
3:00 PM: Symposium concludes

Session Topics

• Bringing Off-the-Job Safety into Focus – On-the-Job Practices in an Off-the-Job Context
• Learning from Experience: The Off-the-Job Safety Efforts of Johnson & Johnson, Sara Lee Corporation and John Deere
• Capturing the Costs of Off-the-Job Injuries

To Register:

Member: $600 by January 20th - $650 after January 20th
Nonmember: $750 by January 20th - $800 after January 20th
Government: $500

Online meeting registration and hotel reservations. You may also register for the meeting and make room reservations by calling Disney reservations at: 407-827-7600 (representatives are available Monday - Friday, 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. EST).

Deadline for advanced rates is 12:00 p.m. CST, January 20, 2006. All registrations must be received by February 1, 2006.

Disney’s Contemporary Resort
Lake Buena Vista, FL 32830-1000
Telephone: 407-824-1000
Guest Fax: 407-824-3539

NSC Room Block Rate: $189/night (NSC room block rate also extended for 3 days prior to and 3 days after room block dates of 2/14 and 2/15, subject to availability). You may register for rooms at the Contemporary Resort in the NSC Room Block via online registration outlined below, or via the Disney reservations at: 407-827-7600 (representatives are available Monday - Friday, 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. EST).

If you are interested in purchasing theme park tickets, you may go to: www.disney.com

Questions? Contact: customerservice@nsc.org or 800.621.7619