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Presentations/Speaking Engagements
Keith Vidal Awarded ASSE's Safety Professional of the Year
"Controlling Slip, Trip, and Fall Incidents in Museums," National Conference on Cultural Property Protection, Charleston, SC, February 27, 2002.
"Slip Resistance: The Present State of the Art," American Society Safety Engineers Professional Development Conference, Anaheim, CA, June 12, 2001.
"Controlling Slip and Fall Incidents in Museums: A Proactive Approach," American Association of Museums National Conference, St. Louis, MO, May 8, 2001.
"Slips, Trips, and Falls," American Society of Safety Engineers St. Louis Chapter Meeting, November 11, 2000.
"ANSI Update: Slip, Trip, Fall", Mid-America Safety, Health and Environmental Exposition, Tan-Tar-A, Lake of the Ozarks, MO, May 11, 2000 (instructor).
"Forensic Safety Aspects of Machine Guarding and Machine Design", American Academy of Forensic Sciences, Reno, NV, February 21, 2000 (workshop co-chairman).
Testified as a technical expert on Slip Resistance on behalf of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) in Public Negotiated Rulemaking Hearing at the Department of Labor, Washington, D.C., December 1, 1998.
"New American National Standard for Provision of Slip Resistance in the Workplace," International Fall Protection Symposium, Wuppertal, Germany, September 17, 1998.
Standards Activities Forum I, "Development of A1264.2 - Provision of Slip Resistance on Walking /Working Surfaces," Seattle, WA, June 16, 1998, American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) Professional Development Conference, Safety Summit '98.
"Walking/Working Surfaces per the ANSI A1264.2 Standard," Mid-America Safety, Health and Environmental Exposition, Osage Beach, MO, May 5, 1998 (instructor/trainer).
"The Development of the proposed American National Standards Institute (ANSI) A1264.2 Standard on the Provision of Slip Resistance on Walking /Working Surfaces," American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) Professional Development Conference, New Orleans, LA, June 17, 1997.
"Development and Status of Proposed ANSI A1264.2 Standard to the Committee on Standards (COS) Slip Resistance Focus Group, American Society of Testing and Materials (ASTM), West Conshohocken, PA, April 2, 1997.
"Slips and Falls: Assessment and Control", American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) chapter meeting, January 13, 1997.
"Slip-Resistance Standards Development in ANSI," Evolution of Slip-Resistance Standards Workshop, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Gaithersburg, MD, Nov. 21-22, 1996.
Special Seminar on Forensic Tools and Techniques - "Myths: Misapplication and Questionable Science," National Academy of Forensic Engineers (NAFE), Louisville, KY, July 27, 1995 (instructor).
"Slips and Falls: Assessment and Control," American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) Professional Development Conference (PDC), Orlando, FL, June 21, 1995.
"Slips and Falls: Standards, Technology and the ADA", National Academy of Forensic Engineers Conference, Kansas City, MO, July, 1994.
"Ethics and the New Professional Engineer", Guest speaker, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Department of Mechanical Engineering, November, 1988 (lecture).
"Internal Friction in High Strength Powder Metallurgy Alloys", ASM/TMS International Convention, Chicago, IL, October 1988.
"Internal Friction in High Strength Powder Metallurgy Alloys," ASM/TMS International Convention, Cincinnati, OH, 1987.
"Internal Friction in High Strength Powder Metallurgy Alloys," ASM/TMS International Convention, Orlando, FL, 1986.
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