Safety & Health Technology Committee Meeting

10–11 September 2024Hilton Motif Seattle • Seattle, WA, USA


Tour of  Nucor Steel Seattle - Rebar Plant


►Agenda (PDF)
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Arrangements

Hilton Motif Seattle
1415 5th Avenue
Seattle, WA 98101
Reserve by 10 August for AIST Room Rate of $249 (+$10 resort fee)
For reservations, book online  

AIST technology committee members are asked to print out the latest revised meeting agenda from our website one week prior to this meeting.

Tuesday 10 September 2024
9 a.m.1. Chair’s opening remarks—Nathan Berry & Bill Berry
2. Appoint minute-taker
3. Antitrust guidelines
4. Membership and attendance
5. Review minutes of previous meeting – AISTech 2024 Columbus
6. AIST Staff Announcements
7. Round table discussion—What’s New at your facility and brief introductions around the room
8. Review steel industry fatalities and high profile incidents and any other plant shares
Main agenda items and committee business
 
  • AISTech session development
    • Selection of Abstracts (Due by 16 Sept)
    • Determine session structure (Due by 28 Oct) including session titles & volunteers for session chairs
    • Review Papers Chair and Session Chair instructions
  • Technology committee award planning
    • Don B. Daily
    • Safety & Health Innovation Award
  • UK Safety Study Tour update
      • – Interest List and Potential Dates
    • Company/Organization/Activity
    • UK Orientation Coach 
      Tour including traditional lunch.in a rural pub.
      Sheffield Forgemasters
      His Majesty the King’s Government Health and Safety Executive
      British Steel Immingham Port
      ritish Steel Scunthorpe Works
      Network Rail East Coast Main Line 
      (London – Edinburgh) Signalling Centre.
      Midweek Leisure and Culture
      Ross and Catherall
      Sheffield University/Boeing Advanced Manufacturing Park
      Liberty Steel Aldwarke
      Howmet
 Discussion items
  1. TBD
  2. Safety presentation by Nucor.
Group photo with plaque.
Next meeting – SHTC spring meeting 2025
NoonChair conclusion—N. Berry & B. Berry
 Lunch in Meeting Room
1:30 p.m.Tour of Nucor Steel Seattle - Rebar Plant
Individuals will Uber to the facility using their own vehicles. Parking space limited.
Tour groups of max 15 people with 30 min duration between.
Address: 2424 SW Andover St, Seattle, WA 98106 
Important Information 
  • PPE Requirements: Everyone must wear long pants that cover to the ankle without rips or tears, along with flat-bottomed, closed-toe, sturdy shoes with socks (no shorts, skirts, or capris). Hardhats, safety glasses, overcoats, and earplugs will be provided.
  • All participants must be over 18 years old due to insurance reasons, and unfortunately, no exceptions can be made.
  • Everyone must wear long pants that cover to the ankle without rips or tears, along with flat-bottomed, closed-toe, sturdy shoes with socks (no shorts, skirts, or capris). Hardhats, safety glasses, overcoats, and earplugs will be provided.
  • The tour is anticipated to last 1.5 to 2 hours. To ensure punctuality, kindly arrive 10-15 minutes early for the sign-in process and to be fitted with personal protective equipment (PPE).
  • The tour involves approximately 1.25 miles of walking, including ascending and descending several sets of stairs. Please ensure everyone can comfortably navigate this beforehand.
  • Unfortunately, due to insurance constraints, the use of canes, walkers, or wheelchairs cannot be accommodated at this time.
  • Bags or purses are not allowed inside the plant. Please leave these items in your car or check them in at our security office.
  • Photography and video recording are not permitted during the tour.
  • Visitors are required to present a valid picture ID during the sign-in process, so be sure to bring it with you.
Directions to Nucor Steel Seattle:
  1. The plant address is 2424 SW Andover St.  Seattle, WA  98106.
  2. Travelling via West Seattle Bridge from I-5, take the Delridge Way SW exit.
  3. Exit splits into two options, stay to the left land and merge onto Delridge Way.
  4. Turn right at the 1st stoplight (SW Andover St.).
  5. Our driveway is 200 hundred feet down on the right after the intersection. At the Nucor sign turn right continue forward past the guard shack to the Large Nucor sign and gated entrance.  Please Park in the visitor spaces at the entrance on the left.
Follow the yellow pedestrian walkway to the tan building with the metal statue in front, this is where you will get your safety gear and a badge for entrance. 
4:30 p.m.Adjourn

Wednesday 11 September 2024

8 a.m.Chair’s opening remarks—Nathan Berry & Bill Berry
    1. Debrief of Tour
NoonAdjourn