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IGMA/GANA webinar postponed due to Sandy

Oct. 30, 2012 – The Glass Association of North America and the Insulating Glass Manufacturers Alliance announced today that their free webinar for anyone in the glass and glazing industry scheduled for today has been postponed due to the tremendous damage and power outages caused by Hurricane Sandy.  The webinar is now scheduled for November 27, 2012 at 1:00 EDT.

Oct. 30, 2012 – The Glass Association of North America and the
Insulating Glass Manufacturers Alliance announced today that their free
webinar for anyone in the glass and glazing industry scheduled for today
has been postponed due to the tremendous damage and power outages
caused by Hurricane Sandy.  The webinar is now scheduled for November
27, 2012 at 1:00 EDT.

In a follow-up to the “Fatalities and Injuries during Flat Glass
Handling” webinar of March of 2011, IGMA and GANA are presenting a
webinar designed to reduce or prevent injuries among foreign born and
younger workers handling flat glass. “Reducing Glass Handling Injuries
among Foreign Born and Younger Workers” will review recent incidents,
current regulations and training methods to analyze the safety of this
large segment of workers in the flat glass industry.  The webinar will
be presented by Mike Burk of Quanex Building Products. Mike serves as chairman of the IGMA Glass Safety Awareness Council.
 
“The U.S.
Bureau of Labor Statistics has released its preliminary census of occupational fatal injuries summary for 2011,” explained Burk. “This
BLS summary reports that fatal injuries among workers in the 20 to 24
age group were up nearly 18 per cent. Fatal injuries among Hispanic or Latino
workers rose from 707 in 2010 to 729 in 2011, an increase of three per cent.
There were 823 fatal work injuries involving foreign-born workers in
2011 of which the greatest share (338 or 41 per cent) were born in
Mexico. Many of the manufacturing workers in our industry are members of
these groups.”
 
Burk has worked in technical service and
training in the insulating glass industry for over 20 years.  He
has served as a member of the Technical Service Committee and as
chairman of Education Committee of the IGMA.  He holds a Master’s degree in Adult Leaning and
Development from Cleveland State University and a Bachelor’s Degree in
Business from Myers College in Cleveland.
 
Registration for the
webinar, which is offered free of charge, is available here .  Anyone in the glass
and glazing industry is invited to participate.

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