[Kevin Praet (Adm)]

Hello Safety Analytics Community Members,

I hope all is well! We are one week away from our October (2022) Safety Analytics Community Conversation and want to get you excited about the session taking place. On Tuesday, October 25th at 2:00 PM CT, we’ll be joined by Tony Klutz, Senior Industrial Hygienist at Avista who will be leading a discussion around, “A Paradigm Shift in Safety.” As this discussion will be interactive, we encourage you to come prepared with questions and your insight.

Learn more about this session and our speaker below!

Session Description:

During the August 2022 session, Mike Quashne at BGE (An Exelon company) presented on “Energy-Based Safety and Analytics”, which included exploration of the definitions of Energy-Based Safety leveraging the EEI Safety Classification and Learning Model (SCL). The presentation covered an actual working model from the EEI Safety Classification and Learning Model (SC&L).

During our October session, Tony Klutz at Avista will present on the “back story” on why the EEI Safety Classification and Learning (SC&L) model is being developed.

Through the combined efforts of workers, employers, safety organizations and trade groups, the rate of recordable injuries has decreased over the past 10+ years. Unfortunately, the decrease in the more serious lost time injury rate has not followed the same pattern. This difference has led to further research looking at the assumptions behind the “Heinrich’s Safety Triangle”. The theory behind the triangle is to reduce the number of “Unsafe Acts” at the base of the triangle, which will shrink the number of fatalities at the top of the triangle.

Over the past few years recent research has shown that certain types of injuries have a higher potential to cause a serious injury or fatality (SIF). This has lead to a new way of reviewing injuries with an eye toward SIF potential. The Edison Electric Institute working with Dr. Matt Hallowell of the University of Colorado has developed the Safety Classification and Learning (SCL) model as a tool to review injuries and near misses with the goal of gaining as much knowledge as possible from certain types of injuries.

Further research in this area also includes the development of Precursors, Direct Controls and Leading Indicators. All of this has led to an entirely new view of the Heinrich Safety Triangle.

Speaker: Tony Klutz, Senior Industrial Hygienist (Avista)

Tony Klutz is the Senior Industrial Hygienist at Avista Utilities. He has been with Avista for 9 years. Prior to Avista, Tony worked for Itron and predecessor companies. Tony has worked in a variety of occupations over the years including Research and Development, Manufacturing Engineering and Health Safety and Environment.

Tony holds a bachelor’s degree in chemistry and physics from King’s College in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, Masters of Science in Materials Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and a Master of Business Administration from Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina.
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Thanks and I look forward to connecting next week

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Kevin Praet
Membership Coordinator
Utility Analytics Institute (UAI)
Boulder CO
315-440-3033
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Original Message:
Sent: 10-05-2022 16:10
From: Kevin Praet
Subject: Upcoming October (2022) Community Conversation

Hello Safety Analytics Community Members,

I hope all is well! With October just kicking off, I wanted to reach out and get you excited for our October (2022) Safety Analytics Community Conversation. On Tuesday, October 25 at 2:00 PM CT, we’ll be joined by Tony Klutz, Senior Industrial Hygienist at Avista who will be leading a discussion around, “A Paradigm Shift in Safety.” I’ll be providing more information on this session, including our Microsoft Teams credentials, one week prior to our meeting but you can always learn more about each of our upcoming Community Conversations on our Events Page HERE.

If you have any questions in the meantime please reach out to me at kpraet@utilityanalytics.com.

Thanks!​​

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Kevin Praet
Membership Coordinator
Utility Analytics Institute (UAI)
Boulder CO
315-440-3033
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