Wholesale and Retail Trade Sector 4th Annual Sector Council Meeting

1. Wholesale and Retail Trade Sector 4th Annual Sector Council Meeting January 26-28, 2010 Omni Shoreham Hotel Washington, DC Welcome July 30, 2008

2. National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) • Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 • To assure safe and healthful working conditions for working men and women • To provide leadership in research to prevent work-related illness, injury, and death NIOSH is part of DHHS: research mission OSHA is part of DOL: regulatory mission

3. Introductions

4. Purpose: Sector Council 4th MeetingWhat are we going to accomplish? • Review content and progress WRT National Agenda • Develop implementation strategies. ** • Transfer knowledge, tools, and best practices to achieve the prevention goals of the WRT Agenda. ** The main focus of our meeting.

5. Meeting Ultimate Goal “Nurture the beginnings of a sustained engagement of thought and market leaders in recognizing the value of a healthy workforce in contributing to a profitable enterprise.” Brian Hennigan, Marketing Consultant

6. Theme: Move research to practice in workplaces through sector-based partnerships • The WRT Campaign Theme 2010

7. Who are the Stakeholders for the WRT ? Ultimately - the 21 million working American people in the wholesale and retail trade (WRT) sector • Industry representatives from the WRT Sector • Key trade associations that support WRT • Representatives from organized labor • Researchers and practitioners • Federal partners from DOL DHHS • Others?

8. 4th Annual WRT Sector Council Participants:

9. Role/Contribution of Stakeholders(Sector Council Members) • Provide insight into worker populations and management perceptions. • Share successes and failures with various risk management techniques. • Advocates of continuing education on loss prevention and safety. • Are able to interpret the language/culture of the corporate world. • Recognize value of proactive approaches and partnerships. • Understand the benefits of maintaining a healthy workforce for ensuring a profitable business. • Serve as leaders in their industry, trade associations, and participate to the extent possible in promoting the prevention goals of the WRT Agenda.

10. How did we develop the WRT Agenda? The short answer Surveillance Data (BLS) Stakeholder Input Researchers Expertise Priority- Setting WRT Strategic Plan

11. Invite members, Develop Agenda Team Building, Establish Business plan Review & Implement Goals Timeline for Drafting WRT Agenda Council Meeting #1 Council Meeting #2 Council Meeting #3 Council Meeting #4 Nov 2006 July2007 Jul 2008 Jan 2010 Issues: MSDs, Slips and falls, Violence Transportation accidents Prevention for Design Refine issues Public Market for Ideas and Partnerships. Draft goals prepared The Tell The Exchange The Ask Best Action Plan Draft implement

12. What is in it for stakeholders?Healthy Productive Workforce ?

13. Eight NORA Industry Sectors Agriculture, Forestry ,Fishing Construction Healthcare & Social Assistance Manufacturing Mining Oil and Gas Extraction Services: Public Safety Transportation, Ware housing & Utilities Wholesale & Retail Trade Cross-Sector Council

14. What is the WRT Sector ?Trade: NAICS codes 42, 44, 45 Wholesale & Retail industry is the nation’s second largest employer. 21 Million: 146 Sub sectors : Where they work : • 441 --- Motor vehicle and parts dealers • 442 --- Furniture and home furnishings • 443 --- Electronics and appliance stores • 444 --- Building material and garden equipment supplies • 445 --- Food and beverage stores • 446 --- Health and personal care stores • 447 --- Gasoline stations • 448 --- Clothing and clothing accessories stores • 451 --- Sporting goods, hobby, book, and music stores • 454 --- Non-store retailers • 421--- Wholesale: Storing, distributing, and selling merchandise to other businesses

15. Nature and magnitude of the problemReason for WRT Agenda (2008 BLS data) 751,200 injury/illness (4.0/100 FTE) • Industry average 3.7/100 FTE, 21.4% of private industry • Overexertion, Contact with Objects, Falls: Event • Sprains, Strains: Nature of Injury • Containers Floors, Vehicles: Source • Trunk, L & U Extremities: Body Part 465 fatalities 4th highest Sector • 10.2% of all fatalities of private industry (4,549) 80% of WRT employees engage in MMH • Manual Materials Handling: lifting, carrying, pushing, stacking

16. Content WRT AgendaFocus on Prevention and Outreach 1: Reduce musculoskeletal disorders* 2: Reduce traumatic injuries (slips trips falls) 3: Reduce workplace violence 4: Reduce motor vehicle-related injuries 5: Improve outreach to the small businesses 6: Increase understanding of “vulnerable” workers [Consists of 13 IM, 74 Outcomes/Activities http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/nora/comment/agendas/wholrettrade/pdfs/WholRetTradeOct2009.pdf

17. Prevention Campaign for High-Risk WRT Sector Injury Identify: High Risk Sites WRT ChartBook, 2008 Prioritize: Severity, Frequency Sector Council Input Analyze: Hazard-Work Worksite Visits Project Funded Develop/Select: Solutions Start Campaign - RILA Implement: Best Practices Solutions Partnerships Document: Outcome Immediate and Long Term Publications Follow-up: Ensure Sustainability Partnerships / Culture change

18. Approaches to Prevention (Risk Management) Surveillance Etiological research Exposure assessment Engineering controls Training Intervention effectiveness research Demonstration projects Diffusion research Effective dissemination Products / Practices Standards With partners involved in every step

19. National Agenda or Strategic Plan

20. Stages of WRT Prevention CampaignIntermediate Goals (IM): Define Process • IM 1. Identify High Risk Subsectors: • Surveillance Project & E-Network: WRT ChartBook • IM 2 Establish Partnerships: • Develop/Adopt Best Practices: Hold Biennial Workshops Information: Engage Practitioners/Demonstration Projects • IM3 Launch Marketing Campaign: • Attending RILA/NRF Meetings: Preparing Articles for Trade Journals & Simple Solutions Publications

21. The WRT Chartbook Important Resource: Colorful surveillance tool: 116 pages with 213 tables & figures from the BLS and CPS

22. Subsectors with highest nonfatal injury

23. Subsectors with highest nonfatal injury

24. Median direct costs of common MSD injuries 24 Puget Sound Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Washington State Department of Labor and Industries, 2009

25. NIOSH Informational Products >45 thousand OSH on-line • Peer-reviewed publications • Technical reports • Surveillance reports • Educational documents • NIOSH Web site www.cdc.gov/niosh • NIOSHTIC-2 • http://www2l.cdc.gov/nioshtic-2/ Your resource for information on all aspects of OSH

26. WRT Sector Council NIOSH Contact • Program Manager, Paul Schulte, NIOSH, Education and Information Division (EID), 4676 Columbia Parkway, Cincinnati, Ohio 45226, (513) 533-8481PSchulte@cdc.gov • WRT Coordinator, Vern Anderson, (513) 533-8319 VAnderson@cdc.gov • WRT Assistant. Coordinator, Rashaun Roberts, (513) 533-8346 RRoberts@cdc.gov • NORA Coordinator, Sidney C. Soderholm, (202)245-0665 noracoordinator@cdc.gov

27. Purpose: Sector Council 4th MeetingWhat are we going to accomplish? Review content and progress WRT National Agenda Develop implementation strategies. ** Transfer knowledge, tools, and best practices to achieve the prevention goals of the WRT Agenda. 27 ** The main focus of our meeting.