​The health and safety of all Oregonians is of vital importance to the Oregon SHARP Alliance.
The September 8, 2022 SHARP Alliance General Meeting will be held at Thermo Fisher Scientific LLC (29851 Willow Creek Road, Eugene OR 97402) in their Auditorium (Building J) from 10:00 am to noon.  Parking is available in the lower parking lot. 

Thermo Fisher will have signs out to direct people to parking and check in.  Check in will be at Building J.  The site needs people to RSVP to have a headcount and prep visitor badges.  The host facility will reply to every RSVP with directions, map, etc.   Please RSVP to: Wendy.cecil@thermofisher.com; or to  Ashley.dearden@thermofisher.com
 
Session Title: QPR Gatekeeper Training
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QPR stands for Question, Persuade, Refer. This session will cover how to question, persuade and refer someone who may be suicidal.  These are three simple steps that all of us can learn to save a life from suicide.
 
Suicide is a leading cause of death in the United States, leading to nearly 46,000 deaths in 2020.
 
A 2020 CDC study found that the suicide rate among workers in certain industries was significantly greater than the general U.S. population. The industry groups that had the highest suicide rates are:
  1. Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction (males: 54.2 per 100,000)
  2. Construction (males: 45.3 per 100,000)
  3. Other Services (such as automotive repair; males: 39.1 per 100,000)
  4. Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, and Hunting (males: 36.1 per 100,000)
  5. Transportation and Warehousing (males: 29.8 per 100,000; females: 10.1 per 100,000)
 
Speaker:
  Steven Frost, Safety Manager, Howard S. Wright, a Balfour Beatty company, certified trainer of QPR’s industry-leading approach to suicide prevention: Member, Construction Suicide Prevention Partnership, National Workplace Suicide Prevention and Postvention Committee
 
Join us on Thursday, September 8, 2022, from 10:00 am to noon for this special SHARP Alliance presentation.  There is no cost to attend this session.
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Informational Flyer Below (Click Link)

sharp_qrt._meeting.pdf

Region 1 Information 


​Blue Mountain Safety and Health Conference

About

The Mission of the Oregon SHARP (Safety and Health Achievement Recognition Program) Alliance is to promote safety and health management and cooperation among companies and government for the betterment of all Oregon workers.

Membership

Full membership is open to those companies who have received SHARP or VPP recognition from Oregon OSHA.
​Associate membership is open to all others.
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Flags

The Oregon SHARP Alliance has been authorized by the Oregon OSHA VPP/SHARP Program Manager to purchase replacement SHARP Graduate and VPP Star flags in bulk, in order to help SHARP and VPP sites replace their flags at a lower cost.