What You Don’t Know Can Hurt You!

What You Don’t Know Can Hurt You!

Take a Health and Safety Course!

Be Prepared for Potential Risks in the Field and Office!

Panamerican will hold a Health and Safety Session for Archaeologists on Friday, June 19th, starting at 9:00 am. The session will be held at the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation's Peebles Island Resource Center, Waterford, NY.

Please contact Doug Mackey at the following addresses to indicate attendance: Douglas.Mackey@oprhp.state.ny.us

Douglas Mackey

New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation

Peebles Island

PO Box 189

Waterford, NY 12188

(518) 237-8643 x 3291

The sessions are most certainly open to all who undertake archaeological projects, field schools and research within the state, professional or otherwise.

No charge, they are free. The sessions are paid through a state grant.

Funded by:

The New York State Occupational Safety and Health Training and Education Program Contract No. T013204

Sponsored by:

Panamerican Consultants, Inc. (PCI) and Panamerican Environmental Inc. (PEI)

Given by Michele H Hayward and Peter Gorton

Michele Hayward, Archaeologist with Panamerican Consultants and Peter Gorton, Health and Safety Specialist with Panamerican Environmental

Training Session Particulars:

Length: a mere 6 hours in which to enlighten you!

Cost: best of all, the session is free! Lunch is not provided.

Topics Covered: Physical (examples: heat/cold stress; field excavation safety procedures; utility cable field safety), Biological (examples: tick born diseases; poisonous/dangerous animals), and Chemical (examples: toxic chemicals; laboratory materials; hazardous wastes in air, soil, water) hazards; review and development of a health and safety plan.

Session Training Techniques: presentation of information through power point system and materials such as a health and safety manual; discussion by way of trainer’s and participant’s field/office experiences

Certificates: a certificate with your name prominently displayed is presented upon completion of the course.

Where Can I or My Field Crew or My Student Class or My Firm’s Employees Sign up for this Unique Opportunity?

Douglas Mackey

New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation

Peebles Island

PO Box 189

Waterford, NY 12188

(518) 237-8643 x 3291

email: Douglas.Mackey@oprhp.state.ny.us

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Michele H. Hayward, PCI BUFFALO · TUSCALOOSA · MEMPHIS · TAMPA

Buffalo Branch Office · 2390 Clinton Street · Buffalo, NY 14227 ·:

Phone: 716 821-1650

Fax: 716 821-1607

email: mhayward@panamconsultants.com