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Gloucester, Salem, Cumberland Counties Municipal Joint Insurance Fund. 17 th Annual 2008 Safety Kickoff and 2007 Awards Ceremony. February 28, 2008. Door Prize. And the winner is. Purpose of Today’s Meeting. Introduce 2008 Executive Safety Committee Thank Safety and Claims Coordinators
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Gloucester, Salem, Cumberland Counties Municipal Joint Insurance Fund • 17th Annual • 2008 Safety Kickoff and • 2007 Awards Ceremony February 28, 2008
Door Prize And the winner is....
Purpose of Today’s Meeting • Introduce 2008 Executive Safety Committee • Thank Safety and Claims Coordinators • Tell You How We’re Doing • Highlight 2008 JIF Safety Initiatives • Introduce 2008 Safety Incentive Program • Present 2007 Safety Incentive Awards
Thank YouFund Professionals • Commerce Risk Control Services • Safety Director • Scibal Associates • Claims Administrator • CSG/CHN • Managed Care Provider • AJG Risk Management Services Inc. • Administrator
Welcome Michael Datz, ChairExecutive Safety Committee
Introducing the 2008 Executive Safety Committee • Mike Datz, Mantua Township, Chair • Kevin Heydel, Monroe Township, Vice Chair • Edwin Masker, Alloway Township • Joe Schweigart, E. Greenwich Township • Denise Rose, Deptford Township • Dave Birchmire, Pennsville • Brad Campbell, Shiloh • Greg Sawyer, Glassboro • Susan Degnen, Woodbury Heights • John Hall, Woodstown • Len Eckman, Len Eckman Ins. Agency • Mike Avalone, Commerce Ins. • John Wagner, Hardenbergh Ins. Group • Dan Dalton, Dalton Agency • Phil Price, Price-Milam Agency • Dave Strout, Cettei & Connell • John Sutherland, J. Graham Chesney
2008 Safety Coordinators • Jeff Pompper, Alloway Township • Eugene Gilbert, Carney’s Point Township • William McNulty, Clayton Borough • Jack Brady, Deptford Township • Joe Schweigart, E. Greenwich Township • Steven Alexander, Elk Township • Elmer Gould, Fairfield Township • William Nese, Franklin Township • Russ Clark, Borough of Glassboro • Harry Rink, Greenwich Township • Mike Micklasavage, Harrison Township
2008 Safety Coordinators • Brian Zane, Logan Township • Shawn Menzies, Mantua Township • Frank McLaughlin, Monroe Township • Hiram Griffin, Oldmans Township • Keith Hogle, Jr., Borough of Paulsboro • Heather Gilchrist, Penns Grove • David Polk, Township of Pennsville • Maureen Abdill, Pilesgrove Township • Ryan Pierson, Borough of Pitman • Debra Turner-Fox, Pittsgrove Township • Marty Uzdanovics, Quinton Township
2008 Safety Coordinators • Dallus Bruso, Borough of Shiloh • Maria Berkett, South Harrison Township • Daniel Bitters, Stow Creek Township • Carl Bagby, Borough of Swedesboro • Lois A. Yarrington, Upper Pittsgrove Township • John D’Alesandro/Adele Riiff, Washington Twp. • Ashley Leech, Borough of Wenonah • Ed Leahy & Tim Leahy, Borough of Westville • Tim Sheehan, City of Woodbury • Dave Baresich, Woodbury Heights • Fran Mitchell, Woodstown Borough • Anthony Bertin, Woolwich Township
2008 Claims Coordinators • Mary Lou Rutherford, Alloway Township • Linda Jones, Carney’s Point Township • Christine Newcomb, Clayton Borough • Dina Zawadski, Deptford Township • Susan Costill, East Greenwich Township • Debbie Pine, Elk Township • Richard DeVillasanta, Fairfield Township • Fran Carder, Franklin Township • Melissa Brown, Borough of Glassboro • Merrie Schmidt, Greenwich Township • Carole Rieck, Harrison Township • Margaret Smith, Logan Township • Gail Tschopp, Mantua Township
2008 Claims Coordinators • Frank Campisi, Monroe Township • Susan Miller, Oldmans Township • John Salvatore, Borough of Paulsboro • Sharon Williams, Borough of Penns Grove • Barbara Shimp, Pennsville Township • Maureen Abdill, Pilesgrove Township • Dawn Human, Borough of Pitman • Debra Turner-Fox, Pittsgrove Township • Marty Uzdanovics, Quinton Township • Donna Bailey, Borough of Shiloh • Colleen Bianco, South Harrison Township • John Gasparon, Stow Creek Township
2008 Claims Coordinators • Dolores Connors, Borough of Swedesboro • Lois A. Yarrington, Upper Pittsgrove Township • Amy Bridda & Jennica Bileci,Washington Township • Helen Hadfield, Borough of Wenonah • Margaret Pinto, Borough of Westville • Gail R. Scheffler, City of Woodbury • Janet Pizzi, Borough of Woodbury Heights • Cynthia Dalessio, Woodstown Borough • Jane DiBella, Woolwich Township
Special Gift Safety Coordinators & Claims Coordinators Please be sure to pick up your Gift and Lapel Pins!
Safety First in All We Do! Training DVD & Leaders Guide • Originally Produced by the TRICO JIF from a MEL Grant • Updated in Conjunction with the Atlantic JIF • Great way to orient employees to the JIF! Employee Orientation
Safety Calendars • Increase safety awareness • Encourage safe behavior • Post prominently in all work areas JIF JIF 2008 Keeps the JIF safety message visible all year long!
Optional Safety Budget BIG Increase in 2008! • Members will be reimbursed for safety related expenditures. • Updated in monthly Agenda Packet. • You cannot claim your allowance in advance. • You must claim all of your funds by November 1, 2008. $80,000 Examples!
How Did You Spend Your Optional Safety Budget Money? • Wenonah Purchased: • Traffic Cones • Reflective Vests • Eye Wash Machine
How Did You Spend Your Optional Safety Budget Money? • Hi-Visibility Clothing / Vests • Safety Cones • Leather Palm Gloves • DPW Steel Toed Shoes • First Aid Kit supplies • Fire Company equipment including Extrication Gloves & Nomex Hoods • Extrication gloves • Nomex hoods ELK Township
How Did You Spend Your Optional Safety Budget Money? • Safety Newsletter Paycheck Stuffer • Performance Posters Mantua Township
How Did You Spend Your Optional Safety Budget Money? Monroe Township • Playground Safety Inspection Course • Pipe Labels • Hepititis B Vaccinations
What’s New…Helping Towns Help Themselves • EPL Plan of Risk Management • Trained 718 Managers & Supervisors in South Jersey • Final Session March 26, 2008 • Wildwood & Ocean City • Don’t Do It, Don’t Take It Training DVD • Distributed November 27, 2007 • JIF & MEL Websites – TRICOJIF.ORG & NJMEL.ORG
Safety Incentive Program • Copy of the 2008 Program • All of today’s slides • Press release • and pix • will be loaded to the website • TRICOJIF.ORG
That All Sounds Good … Can we go home now?
Because we have a lot to tell you! Celebrate Our Successes! Tell you what’s ahead! And feed You!
Safety Programs Safety First, Last, and Always
Door Prize • And the winner is....
Gloucester, Salem, Cumberland Counties Municipal Joint Insurance Fund • 19th Annual • 2008 Safety Kickoff and • 2007 Awards Ceremony February 28, 2008
Door Prize And the winner is....
ATLANTIC JIF Safety Breakfast • Successes from 2007 • Noteworthy Trends • Safety Challenges for 2008 • 2007 Awards Presentation
2007 Highlights Challenged members to “Go for the Gold!” • Revised the SIP program • Involved more departments • Bigger monetary rewards • Special Recognition Awards
How Did YOU Do? • Safety Improvement Objectives • Safety Committees • Hazard Correction and Inspection Programs • Training • Job Site Observations • Prompt Claims Reporting & Transitional Duty • Accident Reporting & Investigation
SIP Results 91 % of the Members Qualified for SIP Awards • 3 Gold 7 Silver 12 Bronze 9 Qualifiers 31 out of 34 members!
Revised Safety Coordinator Handbook • Resource for Safety Coordinators • “What’s in this Section” • Safety Coordinator Action Items • Includes 2008 revised JIF Safety Policy • Includes all inspection & report forms • Entire manual provided on CD and available on JIF website Safety Coordinator’s Handbook
Provided to every member to help comply with NJ regs. New Playground Inspection Class offered through the MSI Playground Inspection Kits
Arc Flash Bulletins & Labels To help members comply with the NEC marking requirement for arc flash hazard protection
Other 2007 Highlights • Regional Training Sessions • Executive Safety Committee • Help with written programs & PEOSH issues • Safety Director Bulletins
New MEL Initiatives: On Line Safety Videos & Training • MSI Video Library – over 600 titles • Storm Water Management Training • Crossing Guards • Urban Driving • “Survival Driving” • Don’t Do It – Don’t Take It • On-line videos “for members only”
NJMEL.ORGOn-Line Safety Videos Password = “mel”
MSI Learning Management System Website • On-line registration for MSI Classes • Order videos on line • Track MSI learning history • Record external (non-MSI) learning events • Planning & Recordkeeping tool • Telephone HELP Line: 1-866-661-5120
Improved MSI Training • MORE CLASSES: MSI conducted over 1300 classes in 2007 and MSI registrations topped 27,000 statewide!! • TRICO JIF: 1600 participants in 2008 • MEL Video Library:More New Titles • TRICO JIF: 23 members borrowed over 160 videos
Revised & Updated MSI Classes • Jetter / Rodder • Heavy Equipment • Ladder and Fall Prevention • Leaf Vac • Sanitation & Refuse Collection • Accident Investigation
New Programs for 2008 • Bloodborne Pathogen Train-the-Trainer • Playground Safety Inspection • Seasonal Public Works Operations • Advanced Safety Leadership Program
Door Prize • And the winner is....
Loss Trends • New Metrics for better benchmarking • Enables us to set strategic plans • Focus on trends and types of losses • Justify areas that need more training • Measure results • Compare “apples and apples”