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Thanks to everyone that attended and helped make the CAK Safety Council’s February meeting another success!

Here are the handouts from our BWC rep Deb Bailey on PPE & some new documentation on hearing conservation:

PPEPolicyTemplate-SafetyWrittenProgram
PPE_Assessment_Form
PPE Assessment Form
NoiseTrainingMicroVideoTraining

Thanks to everyone that attended and helped make the CAK Safety Council’s January meeting another success!

Our speaker was Renee Onesti from Kent Elastomer Products, and she laid out how all of us can live with Safety As a Core Value!

Here are the slides from Renee’s presentation: CAK Jan 2024 Safety in a Production Driven World

Thanks to everyone that attended and helped make the CAK Safety Council’s December meeting another success!

Our speaker was Art Ritchie from Burkins, Ritchie & Associates, and he spoke on Promoting Mental Health in the Workplace. We got an increased understanding of A Definition of Mental Health & the Prevalence of Common Mental Health Conditions, Creating a Supportive Workplace Culture, Identifying Elevated Risk Factors for Self-Harm/Suicide, Having “The Conversation” to Prevent MH-Related Tragedies, & Connecting Individuals with Resources and Encouraging Self-Care.

Here are the slides from Art’s presentation: CAK Safety Council – 20 dec 2023ArtRitchie

Thanks to everyone that attended and helped make the CAK Safety Council’s October meeting another success!

Our speaker was Nathan Hoyle with Federated Insurance, and he spoke on the Life of a Fire Claim and trends in business disaster insurance!

Here are the slides from Nate’s presentation: Fire prevention (002)

Thanks to everyone that attended and helped make the CAK Safety Council’s September meeting another success!

Our speaker was Leslie Kuntz, attorney with Krugliak, Wilkins, Griffiths & Dougherty Co., L.P.A. She addressed the legal implications of the lack of professionalism and bullying in the workplace, and will provided guidance on how to address it! She is a frequent guest speaker at various public employment seminars as well as police officer training and school in-service seminars.

Here are the slides from Leslie’s presentation: 2023 LIK PowerPoint CAK Safety Council

Thanks to everyone that attended and helped make the CAK Safety Council’s June meeting another success!

We had a great overview of MCO’s, TPA’s, the claims process, how/where to find things, who to contact and who does what and when, from Jodi Sabatino of the Ohio BWC.

Here are the slides from Jodi’s presentation: Players of BWC Safety Council Presentation

Join the Stark County, Summit County and CAK Safety Councils for a seminar about OSHA recordkeeping. With the current online reporting requirement, it is more important than ever to have you OSHA 300 log accurate. Those responsible for creating, updating and signing the OSHA Recordkeeping documents should join us. Public employers who fall under PERRP requirements will obtain valuable knowledge about logs and submission as well.

Registration required – please register online by Jan. 18 www.StarkSafetyCouncil.org

Full details here:  osha-recordkeeping-2023

Thanks to everyone that attended and helped make the CAK Safety Council’s December meeting another success!

We had a great presentation on all the different types of stress, all year long and especially during the holiday season, how to be open and help others that come to you, seasonal affective disorder, and crisis contact info & resources, from Ruth Scheufler of the Aultman Health Foundation.

Here are the slides from Ruth’s presentation: How to Cope with Holiday Stress and Depression

A Simple Grounding Exercise: AMG Behavioral Health Bookmark

Warning Signs: Warning Signs of Excessive Stress