GCSC Safety ConnectionNovember 2015

Golf Tournament

One Small Step

2nd Annual Tailgate

Halloween

Confined Spaces

CORE Occupational

“For safety is not a gadget but a state of mind.”

- Eleanor Everet

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Swingin’ for Safety

2015 Golf Tournament Winners:First Place

Second Place Third Place

Best Seat in the HouseClosest to the Hole

Longest DrivePutting Contest

Guessing Tees in the Jar

SGS Petroleum Service CorpBray Sales Gulf StatesBrock Services Team 2

Kevin MireJR VerretStormy BaucumRussell KlinegardnerMatt Ward

We’d like to thank the 36 teams and 16 sponspors who participated in this year’s tournament!

Silent Auction Winners:

LSU vs FL tickets - Belle Terre Resort

Lakewood Golf Course Foursome - Insulations, Inc.

The University Club Foursome - Total Safety

Thank You:

- United Rentals for cooking lunch at the registration tent (green sausage on bun)

- Our 16 sponsors serving food and beverages on the course

- 24 Hr Safety for sponsoring a chance to wina 2015 Chevrolet Silverado (Hole 5)

- Messina’s for sponsoring dinner in the clubhouse

Without awareness, there is no funding.Without funding, there is no research.Without research, there is no cure.Without a cure, there is no hope.

We need to work together to make

sure there is always hope!

For more inFormation:

- http://onesmallstep.fpwr.org/dw/users/kylartheriot/

houma2015- http://fpwr.org/

Proceeds from the tournament will go to One Small Step for Prader-Will Syndrome.

“Being from southern Louisiana we are known for our amazing food! We don’t have winter, summer, spring and fall... We have crawfish, crab, oyster & shrimp season. All our festivals are named after food.. Catfish fest, French food fest, gumbo fest.. Now could you imagine your world being revolved around food but in a to-tally different sense? Always feeling like you are starving to death when you are not, and only having one-third the metabolism as a typical peer so you only need one-third the food & calories to function! This is what my daugh-ter lives with day in and day out, Prader-Willi Syndrome. When she was first diagnosed one of the first doctors told me “It’s a feeling of hunger not like you skipped breakfast and its lunch time and your body is hungry, but more like you have been trapped in a desert for 7 days without food or water and your body is literally feeling like it is starving to death.” If you have a child, you cannot imagine the horrifying reality of what your child is going to have to go through day in and day out! And there is nothing to control or stop this pain! This is why we fundraise! In hopes of a cure or medicine that will help our loved ones dealing with PWS to manage their day-to-day functions.”

- Kelly RobbinsSt. Charles Parish resident & mother of child with PWS

EmployeeSpotlight:

StephanieNisse

Position: CBT Lab Supervisor Describe some of your responsibilities: To provide our trainees with excellent customer service and to see that the daily operations in the com-puter lab run smooth and efficiently. How long have you been with GCSC? 1 year What is your favorite GCSC event & why? My favorite GCSC event is Family day. I experienced it for the first time this past April. It was nice to meet my co-workers spouses, children, and even grandchildren. Having all of our families come together and getting to know one another was great. Favorite activities/things to do when you're not working? I enjoy spending time with my daughters, going away on small fishing trips with my husband. I also enjoy reading and on my lazy days, I love to watch movies on the Lifetime channel. Favorite Restaurant: Outback Steakhouse Favorite Food: Steak Favorite Movie: Titanic Favorite Holiday: Christmas Favorite Song: Count On Me by Bruno Mars Best Vacation Spot: Disney World Three words to best describe you: Nice, Loving, Caring If you won the lottery, what is the first thing you would buy? I'd buy brand new cars for my daughters Something most people would not know about you: I went to Barbizon Modeling School when I was 13 years old Who/What inspires you? My daughters Favorite Quote: “It Is What It Is”

Congratulations to this year’s pumpkin painting contest

winners: Stephanie Nisse, Mandy Moreira, & Kayla Trege!

Best Costume - Debbie Montejo

Best Food - Mitzi Tucker

Best Dessert - Leah Labit

Halloween fun at GCSC!

New Standard for Confined Spaces:FAQ:A confined space has:

- Limited means of entry and/or exit,

- Is large enough for a worker to en-

ter it, and - Is not intended

for regular/continuous occupancy.

Examples:Sewers, pits, crawl

spaces, attics & boilers

On May 4, 2015, OSHA issued a new standard for construction work in confined spaces, which will be effective starting August 3, 2015. Confined spaces can present physical and atmospheric hazards that can be avoided if they are recognized and addressed prior to entering these spaces to perform work. The new standard, Subpart AA of 29 CFR 1926 will help prevent con-struction workers from being hurt or killed by eliminating and isolating haz-ards in confined spaces at construction sites similar to the way workers in other industries are already protected. The questions and answers below are provided to assist employers in protecting their workers while working in and around confined spaces in construction.

How do I know whether to follow the general industry or construction confined space rule? If you are doing construction work - such as building a new structure or upgrading an old one - then you must follow the construction confined space rule.

I’ve been following the general industry rule. What is new or different about the construction rule?There are 5 key differences from the construction rule, and several areas where OSHA has clarified existing requirements. They are:1. More detailed provisions requiring coordinated activities when there are multiple employers at the worksite. This will ensure hazards are not intro-duced into a confined space by workers performing tasks outside the space. An example would be a generator running near the entrance of a confined space causing a buildup of carbon monoxide within the space.2. Requiring a competent person to evaluate the work site and identify con-fined spaces, including permit spaces.3. Requiring continuous atmospheric monitoring whenever possible. 4. Requiring continuous monitoring of engulfment hazards. For example, when workers are performing work in a storm sewer, a storm upstream from the workers could cause flash flooding. An electronic sensor or observer post-ed upstream from the work site could alert workers in the space at the first sign of the hazard, giving the workers time to evacuate the space safely. 5. Allowing for the suspension of a permit, instead of cancellation, in the event of changes from the entry conditions list on the permit or an unexpect-ed event requiring evacuation of the space. The space must be returned to the entry conditions listed on the permit before re-entry.

FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT OUR CUSTOMER SERVICE AT (504) 469-7787

Gcsc Holiday Closures:

Thanksgiving (11-26-15)Day After Thanksgiving

Christmas EveChristmas Day

New Years Day (1-1-16)

a message from Core Occupational:

“Exciting things are happening are CORE, and we want to share some important news with you. We are widening our clinic footprint in Louisiana. We will be located in the GCSC Building at 170 James Drive East St. Rose, Louisiana 70087. Our opening date was October 26, 2015. Our hours of operation are Monday-Friday 6:30-3:30. Our phone number is (985) 303-6120. We look forward to being your Oc-cupational provider!”