PITTSBURGH, JANUARY 29, 2002 Business professionals looking for new and cost-effective methods of meeting their companies' environmental, health and safety (EHS) management and reporting needs are invited to attend a free seminar March 12, 2002, at the Radisson Hotel in Greentree (Pittsburgh), PA.
Presented by Bayer Corporation, a recognized leader in EHS excellence, the seminar will address a broad spectrum of concepts designed for achieving continuous improvement in EHS and security performance.
"The seminar is designed to introduce EHS professionals to our award-winning programs and our successful management system," said John Polhemus, Bayer Director of Safety and Industrial Hygiene. "This is a great opportunity to learn how a diversified company like Bayer manages phases of EHS performance."
Topics of discussion include incident prevention by identifying and fixing causes not symptoms; cost-saving improvement in worker health, safety and productivity through pro-active programs including ergonomics; exposure assessment; audit program management; and managing compliance and tracking corrective actions.
Attendees also will be introduced to BayerTech(tm) Integrated Information Management System (IIMS). Currently in use at more than 40 Bayer locations in the United States, BayerTech IIMS is a modular software program that can be configured to manage and improve the gathering, storing, analysis and reporting of many EHS and security elements for businesses in multiple industries and facility types.
"Bayer Corporation is part of a global health care and chemicals company," said Polhemus. "That means we needed an information management system that can meet the distinctive EHS and security needs of concerns as varied as pharmaceutical facilities and industrial chemicals plants at the same time it fulfilled the needs of corporate management. BayerTech does just that."
Designed to run on Lotus Notes®, BayerTech is comprised of a suite of management system modules including:
-Incident, injury, illness and near hit notification and tracking
-Investigation and root cause analysis documentation
-Management system support
-Recommendations tracking and closure
-Behavior-based observations
-Job safety analysis
-Exposure assessment analysis
-Audit tracking and scheduling
"The beauty of BayerTech IIMS is the ability to configure the modules to meet very specific requirements," said Polhemus. "And Bayer offers more than just the software. We also provide full-service site configuration and training."
The BayerTech IIMS Seminar and luncheon is designed for senior professionals in health, environment, safety, security and operations/manufacturing management for industrial companies. There is no attendance fee, but space is limited.
Seminar registration and details are available at www.BayerTech.com. Or you may call 1-800-BayerCS, ext. 4564 or register by email at [email protected].
Best known for its flagship product, Bayer Aspirin, Bayer Corporation produces a broad range of health care, life sciences and chemical products that help diagnose and treat diseases, purify water, preserve local landmarks, protect crops, advance automobile safety and durability and improve people's lives.
Headquartered in Pittsburgh, Bayer Corporation had sales of $10.1 billion in 2000 and is one of Fortune magazine's Most Admired Companies. The company employs 23,200 people. It is a member of the worldwide Bayer Group, a $29 billion international health care and chemicals group based in Leverkusen, Germany. The Bayer Group stock is a component of the DAX and is listed on the New York Stock Exchange (ticker symbol: BAY).
