Rockford Greene International's Phil La Duke to speak at National Safety Council

Aug. 25, 2011 - PRLog -- Safety expert Phil La Duke will be speaking at the National Safety Council at 1:30pm on October 31st, 2011, in Philadelphia, PA. The speech, titled Understanding Why People Don't Report Near Misses is loosely based on his article Four Reasons, Eight Lessons
Reluctance to Report May Not Be Caused By Fear (http://www.fsmmag.com/Articles/2011/04/Four%20Reasons.htm.) from the April 2011 issue of Facility Safety Management magazine, where La Duke is a editorial adviser.

The Halloween engagement, in Philadelphia, PA, will be the fourth time La Duke has spoken at the National Safety Council’s Annual Conference. La Duke’s previous include Safety As A Competitive Advantage (http://www.slideshare.net/ladukepcq/safety-as-a-competitve-advantage-1368770). which he made at the NSC conference in Anaheim, CA.  La Duke co-presented with retired head of Chrysler’s OSH group, Darrell James, and then UAW Local 3250 president, George Drexel. Based in part on this presentation Safety +Health magazine interviewed La Duke as an expert in the Auto and Transportation industries for the monthly’s Industry Spotlight column.  In 2009 La Duke returned to the podium to present two talks: You Get What You Measure (http://www.slideshare.net/ladukepcq/you-get-what-you-meas.... ) and Selling Safety in Tough Times http://www.slideshare.net/ladukepcq/selling-safety-in-tou.... Media coverage of Selling Safety in Tough Times the Orlando, FL, speech was extensive and the resultant international excitement cumulated in La Duke’s reprisal of the presentation at the March 2010, International Symposium on Mining Safety in Lima, Peru (http://www.slideshare.net/ladukepcq/usersphilladukedocume....)  



“I love speaking at the National Safety Council’s Annual Conferences” says La Duke, “I am honored to be selected to present; competition for these engagements are quite fierce. I speak at a wide variety of events, and The National Safety Council consistently puts on a terrific show where some of the best minds in safety—not just worker safety but the entire spectrum of safety—from around the globe gather to discuss leading edge practices.  To be included in this group is truly a great honored.”

About The National Safety Council:
The National Safety Council is an organization that “saves lives by preventing injuries and deaths at work, in homes and communities, and on the roads through leadership, research, education, and advocacy.” The NSC hopes to continue to decrease worker injuries, stating “by 2014, the council will save an additional 10,000 lives and prevent 1 million injuries.”  http://www.congress.nsc.org/nsc2011/public/enter.aspx

About Phil La Duke:
Phil La Duke is an internationally recognized writer, blogger, and speaker whose work is seen by over 200,000 readers internationally each month.  La Duke is a highly sought and often controversial speaker on culture change, training, and performance improvement topics, particularly worker health and safety and Lean Manufacturing. La Duke is an editorial advisor for Facility Safety Magazine, a regular contributor to ISHN magazine, and a contributing editor and safety columnist for  Fabricating and Metalworking magazine. La Duke is the author of two weekly worker safety blogs, http://philladuke.wordpress.com  and www.Rockfordgreeneinternational.wordpress.com.  La Duke is also co-founder of Rockford Greene International. Recently, the American Society of Safety Engineers has reprinted his articles Applying Deming To Safety (http://www.fsmmag.com/Articles/2010/09/Demings%2014%20Points%20for%20Safety.htm.)   and Why We Violate The Rules (http://www.fabricatingandmetalworking.com/2011/05/why-we-violate-the-rules/.)

About Rockford Greene International:
Rockford Greene International, based in Monroe, MI, provides business optimization services and helps organizations to operate more effectively in all of the key business elements: Safety, Quality, Delivery, Cost, Morale, and Environment. Rockford Greene matches your business needs with a top business expert. For more information on Rockford Greene visit:  http://www.rockfordgreene.com

For more details, please contact Phil La Duke at 313-244-2525.

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Rockford Greene International provides business optimization services for all of the key business elements: Safety, Quality, Delivery, Cost, Morale, and Environment.