HFC Safety Council Schedule: 2021/2022
**Meeting details subject to change.**
UPCOMING MEETINGS (stay tuned for more details!):
**New FY22 Incentive: Every virtual meeting you attend in FY22 will count toward one in-person lunch credit when we return to our regular meetings (one credit per company per meeting!)**
JUNE 1ST: Poisonous Plants: Identifying, Avoiding and Managing - REGISTER HERE
Date: Wednesday, June 1st, 2022
Time: 12PM – 1PM
Location: Zoom! All HFC meetings are free and open to all, but registration is required - REGISTER HERE
Access: Upon registration, you will receive access to the virtual meeting
Presentation: Poisonous Plants: Identifying, Avoiding and Managing
Our June 1st HFC presentation from Joe Boggs, OSU Extension, will highlight how to identify, avoid, and manage the spread of locally found poisonous plants.
Speaker: Joe Boggs, OSU Extension
Joe is an assistant professor in Extension and has a courtesy appointment with the OSU Department of Entomology. In Extension, he is an Educator, Agriculture and Natural Resources, Specialization: Tree/Shrub Diagnostics, Applied Entomology, Non-Native Invasive Pests, Urban Forestry.
He averages over 100 teaching presentations per year. He's published articles in the Tree Care Industry Association (TCIA) Magazine, Landsculptor (Michigan Green Industry Association), the Buckeye Arborist, the Society of Commercial Arboriculture Newsletter, and the Canadian Groundskeeper. He has provided educational outreach on Asian longhorned beetle (ALB) since the beetle was discovered in Ohio in 2011 garnering over $100,000 in funding for outreach efforts. Joe is a frequent contributor to the Buckeye Yard and Garden Line (BYGL) blog [bygl.osu.edu]. His weekly radio segment, "Buggy Joe Boggs Report," runs from April through October on the Saturday morning show, “In the Garden with Ron Wilson,” (iHeartRadio: WKRC, Cincinnati; News Radio 610 WTVN, Columbus). The Cincinnati show is syndicated to 34 radio stations in 12 states.
MAY 4TH: FDA, CANNABIS, PATIENTS, & EMPLOYERS: VIEW THE PRESENTATION HERE
Date: Wednesday, May 4th, 2022
Time: 12PM – 1PM
Location: Zoom! All HFC meetings are free and open to all, but registration is required - REGISTER HERE
Access: Upon registration, you will receive access to the virtual meeting
Presentation: FDA, Cannabis, Patients & Employers
Our May 4th HFC presentation from Dr. Jeffrey Hill, MD, will highlight:
-Information on whether employers should consider allowing cannabis or not in the workplace
-Overview of Ohio law on medical cannabis
-Efficacy of medical cannabis
Speaker: Dr. Jeffrey Hill, MD, Adena Occupational Health
Dr. Jeffrey Hill, MD is Board certified in occupational medicine. He has worked at Adena Occupational Health for over 23 years, and works primarily at Adena Regional Medical Center location in Chillicothe. Dr. Hill graduated from LSU MCNO.
BWC MEGA MEETING - APRIL 13TH (No regularly scheduled HFC Meeting this month!)
Join us for the second of two free webinars hosted by BWC in coordination with Ohio Safety Council sponsors. This will count as an HFC meeting credit!! Due to the State "Mega Meeting," there will be NO regularly scheduled HFC meeting during the month of April.
DATE: Wednesday, April 13th, 2022
TIME: 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. ET
JOIN HERE: At the scheduled date and time, click here to join this live event.
Join safety council members across the state to learn how leaders can more effectively handle the unprecedented levels of stress and pressures in today's workplaces.
In her keynote presentation Now What? How to Lead by Bringing Your Human to Work, bestselling author and workplace strategist Erica Keswin will explore five ways to help your company thrive.
Prepare to bring your human to work, be confident you can manage the chaos and be ready to rock the hybrid revolution!
Additional details for this webinar, which is open to the public, are found in the attached flyer. No registration required.
MARCH 2ND: OSHA ENFORCEMENT UPDATE - VIEW THE PRESENTATION HERE
Presentation: OSHA Enforcement Update
This presentation will cover:
- Cover OSHA inspection statistics and results
- Review recent significant OSHA enforcement actions
- Explore results from a study of OSHA fatality inspections
- Present OSHA’s enforcement plans and initiatives for the upcoming year
Speaker: Howard B. Eberts; Area Director, U.S. Department of Labor / OSHA, Cleveland Area Office
Mr. Eberts has worked for OSHA since 1988 when he started in the Columbus Area Office as an Industrial Hygienist. He began his management career with OSHA when he moved to Chicago in 2001 and worked in the Chicago Regional Office. Since 2011, he has been the Area Director of the Cleveland Area Office where he currently manages the OSHA enforcement office with 27 people, including 19 Compliance Officers.
FEBRUARY 2ND: OMICRON - WHAT TO EXPECT AND WHAT TO DO WITH AN OUTBREAK
Presentation: Omicron - What to Expect and What to do with an Outbreak
This presentation will cover what to expect with the Omicron variant, how to deal with outbreaks, what types of masks work best in the current circumstances, and so much more.
Speaker: Kirk Tucker, MD; Chief Clinical Officer, Adena Health System
Dr. Tucker has been with Adena Health System for 15 years, and currently serves as the system’s Chief Clinical Officer. In this role, he has system-wide oversight and leadership for directing clinical operations and quality of care initiatives. Prior to his current appointment, Dr. Tucker served as Chief Quality Officer, Vice Chief, and Chief of Medicine at Adena. Before joining Adena, Dr. Tucker was in private practice as an internal medicine physician. He received his Doctor of Medicine from The Ohio State University and Bachelor of Science degree from Ohio University in Athens, Ohio.
JANUARY 5TH: MULTIGENERATIONAL WORKPLACE ENGAGEMENT - VIEW THE PRESENTATION SLIDES HERE
Presentation: Multigenerational Workplace Engagement
Generations take differing approaches to communications, learning, and retention of information. Understanding the differences in generational approaches will help leaders develop and foster a stronger business culture. We will explore how best to train, educate, and reinforce safety principles and management ideas for a multigenerational workplace.
Learning Objectives:
Speaker: Nicholas Coia, MPA
Nicholas Coia is an Industrial Safety Consultant Specialist with the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation. Nicholas provides consulting services for companies in Northeast Ohio related to both manufacturing and construction safety. Nicholas received his B.S. degree in Business Administration with a focus in Project Management from Columbia Southern University and completed his Master of Public Administration from Columbia Southern University. Prior to working for the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation Nicholas worked as a Safety Inspector and Trainer for Portage County Government providing safety and management training to various divisions. In his spare time Nicholas is actively involved with community projects including redevelopment of parks and recreation areas and coaching soccer.
DECEMBER 1ST: The Immune System - WATCH THE RECORDING HERE
Presentation: The Immune System
The human immune system is by far THE most complex system in the body, and no one completely understands it, and no one can predict how you as an individual will respond to a virus or bacteria or fungus. However, there are a number of simple and very effective things you can do to strengthen your immune system, and this is especially important as we get further into the annual flu season (not to mention that little thing called covid). A strong immune system also helps lower your risk of developing a detectable cancer. This presentation focuses on wellness and not disease.
Speaker: Dr. Michael Barrows
Bio: Dr. Barrows is a board certified physician trained in Radiology, working in the field since 1984. In 2005, he learned he was on the road to osteoporosis. After a long period of studying outside what is taught in medical school, he learned this was due to years’ of using medications for reflux. He has since gotten off those medications, rarely has reflux, and has corrected his bone density. He was also able to cure his own type 2 diabetes through additional study, and has been learning about wellness for the last 16 years. The original meaning of the word “doctor” was teacher, not healer. No physician in history has ever healed a patient. His goal is to help people reach and maintain their best health.
NOVEMBER 3RD: STOP! How to prepared during a drawn out multiyear apocalypse: POST-MEETING HOMEWORK - CLICK HERE
Presentation: STOP! How to prepared during a drawn out multiyear apocalypse
Speaker: Thomas Breckel, Director of the Clinton County Emergency Management Agency
Thomas Breckel was raised in Wilmington, Eagle Scout, graduated Wilmington High School in 1986, attended Wright State University, lived abroad in Asia and Europe, deployed six times during the War on Terror, and married Deborah Breckel in 2003. He and his wife moved to Wilmington in February 2019 where he became Director of Clinton County Emergency Management Agency in April 2019 and she is a Laboratory Technician Lead for Clinton Memorial Hospital.
OCTOBER 6TH: 11AM - 12PM
Safety Council Mega Meeting – Leading From Your Heart!
You want to achieve zero-incident culture for safety—who doesn’t? But what does it really take to get to that point? For starters, it takes great leadership, coaching, and engagement. Learn seven contemporary and empirically based principles that will move your people from superficial compliance to deeper and more durable forms of personal commitment to safety.
Presented by: David J. Sarkus, Founder of David Sarkus International, Inc., a leading health and safety management consulting and training firm.
SEPTEMBER 1ST: Walking, Working Surfaces
Date: Wednesday, September 1st, 2021
Time: 12PM – 1PM
Location: Zoom! All HFC meetings are free and open to all, but registration is required - REGISTER HERE
Access: Upon registration, you will receive access to the virtual meeting
Presentation: Walking, Working Services
"Walking, Working Surfaces" is a brief overview of slip, trip, and fall hazards and how to reduce the risk of injury.
Speaker: David Arn (our very own BWC Rep for the HFC!!)
David is an Industrial Safety Consultant Specialist for the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation. He joined the BWC in October of 2016 in the Cincinnati Service Office after 28 years in construction and manufacturing; ultimately serving roles as a plant manager, production manager, and office manager. David has been a trainer of Behavior-based Safety Systems for over 20 years. In addition to sales, quality and management responsibilities, he has implemented safety systems in a paper mill, construction companies, animal feed manufacturing facilities and computer technology manufacturing plants. He is an OSHA Authorized Instructor for 10-Hour and 30-Hour certification in both Construction and General Industry. David has a Bachelor of Science from the University of Cincinnati. You can frequently find him working on his family’s farm in Brown County where they have raised hay and cattle for 4 generations.
David can be reached at:
David Arn
Industrial Safety Consultant Specialist
Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation
Division of Safety and Hygiene
Cincinnati Service Office
135 Merchant Street
Suite 100
Cincinnati, OH 45246
Cell: 940-935-4657
Email: david.a.1@bwc.state.oh.us
**New FY22 Incentive: Every virtual meeting you attend in FY22 will count toward one in-person lunch credit when we return to our regular meetings (one credit per company per meeting!)**
JUNE 1ST: Poisonous Plants: Identifying, Avoiding and Managing - REGISTER HERE
Date: Wednesday, June 1st, 2022
Time: 12PM – 1PM
Location: Zoom! All HFC meetings are free and open to all, but registration is required - REGISTER HERE
Access: Upon registration, you will receive access to the virtual meeting
Presentation: Poisonous Plants: Identifying, Avoiding and Managing
Our June 1st HFC presentation from Joe Boggs, OSU Extension, will highlight how to identify, avoid, and manage the spread of locally found poisonous plants.
Speaker: Joe Boggs, OSU Extension
Joe is an assistant professor in Extension and has a courtesy appointment with the OSU Department of Entomology. In Extension, he is an Educator, Agriculture and Natural Resources, Specialization: Tree/Shrub Diagnostics, Applied Entomology, Non-Native Invasive Pests, Urban Forestry.
He averages over 100 teaching presentations per year. He's published articles in the Tree Care Industry Association (TCIA) Magazine, Landsculptor (Michigan Green Industry Association), the Buckeye Arborist, the Society of Commercial Arboriculture Newsletter, and the Canadian Groundskeeper. He has provided educational outreach on Asian longhorned beetle (ALB) since the beetle was discovered in Ohio in 2011 garnering over $100,000 in funding for outreach efforts. Joe is a frequent contributor to the Buckeye Yard and Garden Line (BYGL) blog [bygl.osu.edu]. His weekly radio segment, "Buggy Joe Boggs Report," runs from April through October on the Saturday morning show, “In the Garden with Ron Wilson,” (iHeartRadio: WKRC, Cincinnati; News Radio 610 WTVN, Columbus). The Cincinnati show is syndicated to 34 radio stations in 12 states.
MAY 4TH: FDA, CANNABIS, PATIENTS, & EMPLOYERS: VIEW THE PRESENTATION HERE
Date: Wednesday, May 4th, 2022
Time: 12PM – 1PM
Location: Zoom! All HFC meetings are free and open to all, but registration is required - REGISTER HERE
Access: Upon registration, you will receive access to the virtual meeting
Presentation: FDA, Cannabis, Patients & Employers
Our May 4th HFC presentation from Dr. Jeffrey Hill, MD, will highlight:
-Information on whether employers should consider allowing cannabis or not in the workplace
-Overview of Ohio law on medical cannabis
-Efficacy of medical cannabis
Speaker: Dr. Jeffrey Hill, MD, Adena Occupational Health
Dr. Jeffrey Hill, MD is Board certified in occupational medicine. He has worked at Adena Occupational Health for over 23 years, and works primarily at Adena Regional Medical Center location in Chillicothe. Dr. Hill graduated from LSU MCNO.
BWC MEGA MEETING - APRIL 13TH (No regularly scheduled HFC Meeting this month!)
Join us for the second of two free webinars hosted by BWC in coordination with Ohio Safety Council sponsors. This will count as an HFC meeting credit!! Due to the State "Mega Meeting," there will be NO regularly scheduled HFC meeting during the month of April.
DATE: Wednesday, April 13th, 2022
TIME: 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. ET
JOIN HERE: At the scheduled date and time, click here to join this live event.
Join safety council members across the state to learn how leaders can more effectively handle the unprecedented levels of stress and pressures in today's workplaces.
In her keynote presentation Now What? How to Lead by Bringing Your Human to Work, bestselling author and workplace strategist Erica Keswin will explore five ways to help your company thrive.
Prepare to bring your human to work, be confident you can manage the chaos and be ready to rock the hybrid revolution!
Additional details for this webinar, which is open to the public, are found in the attached flyer. No registration required.
MARCH 2ND: OSHA ENFORCEMENT UPDATE - VIEW THE PRESENTATION HERE
Presentation: OSHA Enforcement Update
This presentation will cover:
- Cover OSHA inspection statistics and results
- Review recent significant OSHA enforcement actions
- Explore results from a study of OSHA fatality inspections
- Present OSHA’s enforcement plans and initiatives for the upcoming year
Speaker: Howard B. Eberts; Area Director, U.S. Department of Labor / OSHA, Cleveland Area Office
Mr. Eberts has worked for OSHA since 1988 when he started in the Columbus Area Office as an Industrial Hygienist. He began his management career with OSHA when he moved to Chicago in 2001 and worked in the Chicago Regional Office. Since 2011, he has been the Area Director of the Cleveland Area Office where he currently manages the OSHA enforcement office with 27 people, including 19 Compliance Officers.
FEBRUARY 2ND: OMICRON - WHAT TO EXPECT AND WHAT TO DO WITH AN OUTBREAK
Presentation: Omicron - What to Expect and What to do with an Outbreak
This presentation will cover what to expect with the Omicron variant, how to deal with outbreaks, what types of masks work best in the current circumstances, and so much more.
Speaker: Kirk Tucker, MD; Chief Clinical Officer, Adena Health System
Dr. Tucker has been with Adena Health System for 15 years, and currently serves as the system’s Chief Clinical Officer. In this role, he has system-wide oversight and leadership for directing clinical operations and quality of care initiatives. Prior to his current appointment, Dr. Tucker served as Chief Quality Officer, Vice Chief, and Chief of Medicine at Adena. Before joining Adena, Dr. Tucker was in private practice as an internal medicine physician. He received his Doctor of Medicine from The Ohio State University and Bachelor of Science degree from Ohio University in Athens, Ohio.
JANUARY 5TH: MULTIGENERATIONAL WORKPLACE ENGAGEMENT - VIEW THE PRESENTATION SLIDES HERE
Presentation: Multigenerational Workplace Engagement
Generations take differing approaches to communications, learning, and retention of information. Understanding the differences in generational approaches will help leaders develop and foster a stronger business culture. We will explore how best to train, educate, and reinforce safety principles and management ideas for a multigenerational workplace.
Learning Objectives:
- The participants will be able to list traits that define each specific generation and what motivates those generations to work
- The participants will be able to define generational gap
- The participants will be able to list different training methods that engage mutigenerational workforces
Speaker: Nicholas Coia, MPA
Nicholas Coia is an Industrial Safety Consultant Specialist with the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation. Nicholas provides consulting services for companies in Northeast Ohio related to both manufacturing and construction safety. Nicholas received his B.S. degree in Business Administration with a focus in Project Management from Columbia Southern University and completed his Master of Public Administration from Columbia Southern University. Prior to working for the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation Nicholas worked as a Safety Inspector and Trainer for Portage County Government providing safety and management training to various divisions. In his spare time Nicholas is actively involved with community projects including redevelopment of parks and recreation areas and coaching soccer.
DECEMBER 1ST: The Immune System - WATCH THE RECORDING HERE
Presentation: The Immune System
The human immune system is by far THE most complex system in the body, and no one completely understands it, and no one can predict how you as an individual will respond to a virus or bacteria or fungus. However, there are a number of simple and very effective things you can do to strengthen your immune system, and this is especially important as we get further into the annual flu season (not to mention that little thing called covid). A strong immune system also helps lower your risk of developing a detectable cancer. This presentation focuses on wellness and not disease.
Speaker: Dr. Michael Barrows
Bio: Dr. Barrows is a board certified physician trained in Radiology, working in the field since 1984. In 2005, he learned he was on the road to osteoporosis. After a long period of studying outside what is taught in medical school, he learned this was due to years’ of using medications for reflux. He has since gotten off those medications, rarely has reflux, and has corrected his bone density. He was also able to cure his own type 2 diabetes through additional study, and has been learning about wellness for the last 16 years. The original meaning of the word “doctor” was teacher, not healer. No physician in history has ever healed a patient. His goal is to help people reach and maintain their best health.
NOVEMBER 3RD: STOP! How to prepared during a drawn out multiyear apocalypse: POST-MEETING HOMEWORK - CLICK HERE
Presentation: STOP! How to prepared during a drawn out multiyear apocalypse
Speaker: Thomas Breckel, Director of the Clinton County Emergency Management Agency
Thomas Breckel was raised in Wilmington, Eagle Scout, graduated Wilmington High School in 1986, attended Wright State University, lived abroad in Asia and Europe, deployed six times during the War on Terror, and married Deborah Breckel in 2003. He and his wife moved to Wilmington in February 2019 where he became Director of Clinton County Emergency Management Agency in April 2019 and she is a Laboratory Technician Lead for Clinton Memorial Hospital.
OCTOBER 6TH: 11AM - 12PM
Safety Council Mega Meeting – Leading From Your Heart!
You want to achieve zero-incident culture for safety—who doesn’t? But what does it really take to get to that point? For starters, it takes great leadership, coaching, and engagement. Learn seven contemporary and empirically based principles that will move your people from superficial compliance to deeper and more durable forms of personal commitment to safety.
Presented by: David J. Sarkus, Founder of David Sarkus International, Inc., a leading health and safety management consulting and training firm.
SEPTEMBER 1ST: Walking, Working Surfaces
Date: Wednesday, September 1st, 2021
Time: 12PM – 1PM
Location: Zoom! All HFC meetings are free and open to all, but registration is required - REGISTER HERE
Access: Upon registration, you will receive access to the virtual meeting
Presentation: Walking, Working Services
"Walking, Working Surfaces" is a brief overview of slip, trip, and fall hazards and how to reduce the risk of injury.
Speaker: David Arn (our very own BWC Rep for the HFC!!)
David is an Industrial Safety Consultant Specialist for the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation. He joined the BWC in October of 2016 in the Cincinnati Service Office after 28 years in construction and manufacturing; ultimately serving roles as a plant manager, production manager, and office manager. David has been a trainer of Behavior-based Safety Systems for over 20 years. In addition to sales, quality and management responsibilities, he has implemented safety systems in a paper mill, construction companies, animal feed manufacturing facilities and computer technology manufacturing plants. He is an OSHA Authorized Instructor for 10-Hour and 30-Hour certification in both Construction and General Industry. David has a Bachelor of Science from the University of Cincinnati. You can frequently find him working on his family’s farm in Brown County where they have raised hay and cattle for 4 generations.
David can be reached at:
David Arn
Industrial Safety Consultant Specialist
Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation
Division of Safety and Hygiene
Cincinnati Service Office
135 Merchant Street
Suite 100
Cincinnati, OH 45246
Cell: 940-935-4657
Email: david.a.1@bwc.state.oh.us
