Featured speakers | Passport to Safety | Safety Innovations
Featured speakers
Opening session
Wednesday 9:45 to 10:45 a.m.
Welcome and opening remarks
Steve Buehrer
BWC Administrator/CEO
Safe 4 the Right Reasons
Dale Lesinski, vice president
DiVal Safety
Lesinski is an accomplished trainer and public speaker who has trained thousands of people around the world. He addresses the upstream struggle
that safety professionals face trying to get employees to adopt a safe behavior. Lesinski incorporates audience participation, fun, humor and real
world situations that relate to everyone. His fresh approach and effective message will uncover each and every participant’s personal motivation
for safety both on and off the job.
After attending this session you will be to: explain how to motivate employees to value safety; identify real world situations for personal
motivation; and describe a sustainable message for your safety culture.
Credits: 0.1 CEU
General session
Wednesday 3:45 to 4:45 p.m.
Protecting Your Workforce: Delivering on the Promise
Abe Tarawneh, Ph.D.
BWC’s Superintendent of Safety & Hygiene
In this session, Dr. Tarawneh will provide a retrospective of occupational safety and health, and the future course we must take to
reduce workplace injuries and illnesses. He will present revealing statistics about claims of injuries, the importance of program measurement
and evaluation, and the effectiveness and value of safety program partnerships. Dr. Tarawneh will explore how safety services and strategic
initiatives for the prevention and care of occupational injuries and illnesses will make a difference to you and Ohio’s work force.
You will be able to: identify challenges and successes in the field of occupational safety and health; describe the importance of program
measurements in reducing injury and illness rates; and interpret how safety partnerships bring real value to both employers and workers.
Credits: 0.1 CEU
General session
Thursday 9:30 to 10:30 a.m.
Show Your Ink: The Fundamentals of Authentic Leadership
Dr. Todd Dewett
Wright State University
This keynote address is designed to make leadership practical and accessible. Building on organizational scholarship and years
of practical experience, Dr. Dewett delivers leadership insight through funny and emotional stories. From communication and decision
making to motivation and conflict management to teamwork and employee recognition, Dr. Dewett addresses your core leadership challenges
with thought- provoking yet useful takeaways you can use to improve your team immediately, all wrapped in energy and humor that has made
him one of the most in-demand speakers in the country.
You will be able to: Explain how to become a respected leader within an organization; and identify personal skills to improve yourself
and successfully lead others.
Credits: 0.1 CEU
Passport to Safety
8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Wednesday
8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Thursday
Shopping for products and services has never been more fun. You’ll use a passport to gather stamps as you
travel through the Expo Marketplace. Fill your passport with stamps from participating exhibitors and become
eligible for prizes such as gift cards, e-readers and electronics. Winners will be announced during expo hours
on Wednesday and Thursday.
- Accuform Signs
- BasicSafe
- Benefits 1 Group
- Columbia Southern University
- CompManagement Inc.
- CorVel Corp.
- County Fire Protection Inc.
- D.L. Steiner Inc.
- Gateway Safety Inc.
- Glove Guard LP
- Institute for Safety and Health Management
- Kinetics Noise Control Inc.
- MSDSonline®
- SDSpro LLC
- Nesco Resource
- NovaCare Rehabilitation
- Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation
- Premier Safety & Service Inc.
- RAE Systems
- Safety Innovations Award Competition
- Scantron Corp.
- SiteHawk
- US SafetyGear
- Visual Workplace
Safety Innovations Award Competition
8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Wednesday
8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Thursday
Make sure to stop by the second annual Safety Innovations Award Competition! We’ve selected the top companies in Ohio that have received
BWC grant funds to participate in the competition. You’ll learn about the problem each company faced and their creative solution.
Good luck to this year’s competitors.
Ghent Manufacturing, Inc.
Lebanon, Ohio
Ghent manufactures a wide variety of products including whiteboards, tackboards, easels, enclosed message centers and signage. Its
safety innovation is a laminating indexing system with back gauge for 12’ shear, length gauge scale for 4’ shear, digital scale and
vacuum lift to reduce or eliminate the ergonomic risk factors associated to the shear and laminator work areas while fabricating
communication boards.
Columbus Window Cleaning
Columbus, Ohio
Columbus Window Cleaning provides complete window cleaning services, inside and outside, to commercial, construction and residential
customers in Central Ohio and beyond. The company reduced the risk of falling from ladders, possibility of injury and time wasted by
purchasing a water-fed pole that can clean windows while the crew members are on the ground.
Compunet Clinical Laboratories
Dayton, Ohio
Compunet Clinical Laboratories is a regional diagnostics laboratory serving 16 counties in southwestern Ohio. The innovation was a
Eppendorf Automatic Pipettor to reduce or eliminate the ergonomic risk factors associated to the manual pipetting process.
Miller Cable Company
Green Springs, Ohio
Miller Cable Company specializes in roadway lighting, complex traffic signal systems, intelligent transportation systems and
airport lighting. Workers were having fatigue issues due to hand-held jackhammer, so the company transitioned to mechanical
jackhammers and reduced the jackhammer related claims.
A panel of expert judges listed below will determine the winner in the categories of risk reduction, cost effectiveness, simplicity and innovation.
Deborah Zubaty, area director, Occupational Safety & Health Administration, Columbus
José Banaag, corporate ergonomist, Honda of America Mfg. Co., Marysville
William Marras, Ph.D., CPE, director, biodynamics laboratory, The Ohio State University, Columbus
Steve Wurzelbacher, Ph.D., CPE and research industrial hygienist, National Institute for Occupational Safety & Health, Cincinnati
You’ll decide the winner of the People’s Choice award! Visit the Safety Innovation Competition area in the expo hall to cast your vote.
Winners will be announced at Thursday’s general session.
Click here to learn more about the benefits of BWC’s
safety grant program, best practices and success stories from businesses across the state.
Here are the results from the 2012 Safety Innovation Award Competition.
Best Innovation
Aexcel Corp.
The back savers
Best Simplicity
Marion Goodwill Industries
Polycarts with floating spring bottoms
Best Cost Savings
City of Ironton
Valve turning
Best Risk Reduction
City of Akron
Saving backs one lift at a time
Best Presentation Quality
Green Lines Transportation
Safety is part of our delivery
Judges Choice Award
City of Ironton
Valve turning
For more information about the safety grant program, click here.
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