2026 WNYSC Agenda
7:00 am
Registration & Exhibitors
8:15 am
Opening Remarks and Scholarship Award
8:30 am
Sharon Lipinski
Not Another Stupid Mistake – How to Make Routine Work Safer
Most serious incidents don’t happen on the “big” jobs; they happen on the tasks people could do in their sleep. This session dives into why experienced workers still get hurt on routine work, including the role of repetitive work, fatigue, and stress in over-relying on neural pathways. Attendees walk away with practical organization and behavioral strategies to reduce these everyday, head-shaking incidents.
9:30 am
Break
9:45 am
James A Woodward, Sr.
Professional Q&A
Use the Energy Wheel to End the Game of Chance
OSHA Buffalo Office and
Local H&S Construction & General Industry Professionals
10:45 am
Break
11:00 am
Lora Cavuoto, PhD, CPE
Professional Q&A
Overexertion and Musculoskeletal Injuries in Warehousing and Mitigation Strategies
OSHA Buffalo Office and
Local H&S Construction & General Industry Professionals
12:00 pm
Waring Award Presentation, Lunch & Exhibitors
1:15 pm
Allan James Moore
How to Tame your Elephant! Safety Leadership for the Unexpected
When emergency situations arise, safety leadership is needed to direct your organization towards the safest possible outcome. And this is not just true of positional leaders, but of all employees playing a role in the emergency.
2:15 pm
Break
2:30 pm
Sharon Lipinski
20 Questions: Your Real Time Complacency Fighting Tool
The right question can short-circuit complacency by sparking critical thinking and situational awareness – on the spot. Safety professionals can use questions to clarify their own thinking. Supervisors can use them to guide their teams. Frontline employees can use them to stay sharp in the moment. But not all questions are created equal. Discover how to use questions to get honest, useful answers.
3:30 pm
Break
3:45 pm
Allan James Moore
Safety’s Next Top Model (Human Operational Performance)
In this fun, interactive session we’ll discuss pros and cons of previous safety models to the HOP model, debating the best way to bring safety to our organizations. The “New View of Safety” or “Safety Differently” focuses on the human element of safety assuming that human error is inevitable, therefore organizations should focus more on improving their systems, processes, planning and operations to improve safety performance and culture.