Volume 19 / Issue 3 - March, 2014
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LCSC Program Committee Presents

Friday, March 21, 2014 Topic: What to Expect When OSHA Knocks on Your Door Speaker(s): Howard B. Eberts, Area Director, United States Dept. of Labor, OSHA Time: Registration 11:15 a.m. - Meeting & Program 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Location: Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites LaMalfa Cost: $20 for LCSC Members, $25 for Non-Members Registration on line at www.councilnews.org RSVP Deadline Monday, March 17, 2014
Friday, April 25, 2014 Topic: LCSC Awards Banquet with Keynote Speaker Speaker(s): Stephen Buehrer, Administrator/Director, Ohio Bureau of Workers Compensation Time: Registration 11 a.m. - Meeting & Program 11:15 a.m. to 1 p.m. Location: Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites LaMalfa Cost: $25 for LCSC Members and Non-Members Registration on line at www.councilnews.org RSVP Deadline Monday, April 21, 2014 PRE-REGISTRATION and PRE-PAYMENT REQUIRED

What to Expect When OSHA Knocks on Your Door

The Lake County Safety Council is proud to present the March program --- What to Expect When OSHA Knocks on Your Door --- on Friday, March 21.

The keynote speaker will be Howard B. Eberts, Area Director for the US Department of Labor - OSHA.

He started his OSHA career as a compliance officer (industrial hygienist) in the Columbus area office in 1988. And he has conducted a wide variety of safety and health enforcement inspections, including worker fatality investigations.

His areas of expertise include health hazard exposure to/for workers and chemical process safety management.

He currently oversees the Cleveland area office, an OSHA enforcement office with 28 people, including 17 compliance officers and two whistleblower investigators. The Cleveland area office, covering 12 counties in northeast Ohio, is one of four OSHA area offices in Ohio, the others are Toledo, Columbus and Cincinnati.

The program will:

---Identify how OSHA prioritizes, schedules and conducts inspections.

---Identify and review OSHA inspection statistics and enforcement initiatives.

---Identify what OSHA looks for during inspections.

---And assist companies in learning how to implement effective safety and health management systems, and how to highlight these efforts during OSHA inspections.

The meeting will be held at the Holiday Inn Express Hotel and Suites LaMalfa, with registration beginning at 11:15 a.m.

The cost of the event is $20 for members and $25 for non-members. Reservations may be made online at the LCSC web site listed below.

The event is sponsored by:

---EA Group

---Lake Health

---HzW Environmental Consultants

Council Director Dawn Johnston Council Director Elect Position Open Council Secretary Sue Fuerst sfuerst@painesville.com (440) 392-2975 Past Director Mike Orlando morlando@aexcelcorp.com (440) 290-9785 Council Advisor Bob Siktberg bob_siktberg@lincolnelectric.com (216) 383-2141 Council Liaison Kevin Malecek kmalecek@mentorchamber.org (440) 255-1616 Steering Committee Henry Brooks henry@thejobsnetwork.com (440) 350-9292 Lee Silvi lsilvi@lakelandcc.edu (440) 525-7252 Dan Nichols dnichols@sfielectrical.com (440) 259-2000 Chris Brill-Packard chris.brill-packard@lakehealth.org (440) 354-1933 Donna McCaskey dmccaskey@eagroupohio.com (440) 951-3514 Kenneth Scott scottken@firstenergycorp.com (440) 953-7538 Clifford Smith clifford.smith@altana.com (440) 954-7653 Gordon Levar gflevar@att.net (440) 479-1539 Council Assistant Mark Wainwright mwainwright@mentorchamber.org (440) 255-1616 Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation Representative Joan McAllister Garfield Heights Office 216-538-9721 joan.m.1@bwc.state.oh.us Scott Turner Safety Consultant Specialist Division of Safety & Hygiene 216-469-66900scott.t.1@bwc.state.oh.us Interested in joining our Steering Committee? Contact Mark Wainwright for more information.mwainwright@mentorchamber.org

Formulary Protects Injured Workers, Saves $20 Million

Changes to the Bureau of Workers Compensation pharmacy program led to a reduction in prescriptions of the most commonly overused drugs, and a savings of more than $20 million in total drug costs since 2011.

The BWC board of directors heard a presentation in January that opiate doses dropped by nearly million since 2010 - before the formulary was introduced. Opioid prescriptions dropped almost 28 percent and skeletal muscle relaxant prescription fell by 73 percent in 2013 verses 2010.

The formulary is updated regularly and includes guidelines for coverage of various drugs.

The BWC's newest pharmacy rule requires medical providers caring for chronically injured workers to use the Ohio Automated Rx (prescription) Reporting System (OARRS). This rule, which became effective January 1, is similar to the recently adopted statewide Opioid Prescribing Guidelines.

Attendance - 02/21/14-What Safety Training Elements are Companies REQUIRED to Have?

Action Door
Active Plumbing Supply
Advocate for Independence
Aexcel Corporation
ALBA Contractors, Inc.
American Controls LLC
AMG Resources Corporation
Aqua Ohio, Inc.
Arcola Building Company Inc.
Around the Clock Home Care
Astro Manufacturing & Design
Beachwood City School District
Brookdale of Mentor
Brotzman Nursery
Cast Nylons Ltd.
Chardon Metal Products
Chemsultants International
City of Eastlake
City of Kirtland
City of Mayfield Heights
City of Mentor-on-the-Lake
Classic Auto Group
Cometic Gasket, Inc.
Compass Group
Component Repair Technologies, Inc.
Concord Township
CPP Eastlake
Crossroads Health
CT Consultants
De Nora Tech R&D
EA Group
EGC Enterprises, Inc.
Empro Job Network (Thomas Emp.)
ENPAC, LLC
Enterprise Welding & Fabricating
Equistar Chemicals, Inc.
Euclid Fish Company
Extrudex
First Energy - PNPP
Food For Thought
Fredon Corporation
Fusion, Inc.
GBSA, Inc.
Grand Rock
Greenbridge
Holden Forests and Gardens
Home Care of Lake County
Hose Master LLC
Hynes Industries
HZW Environmental Consultants, LLC
Infinity Resources, Inc.
J.J.O. Construction, Inc.
K W Land Mechanical, Inc.
Kalcor Coatings Company
Kemper Company
Kerr Lakeside, Inc.
Kirtland Country Club
Kirtland Local Schools
Kline Rostocil Construction Corp.
KW Lang Mechanical
Lake Business Products
Lake County Dept. of Utilities
Lake County Nursery
Lake Erie College
Lake Metroparks
Lakeland Community College Retired
Lakeside Safety Management
Laketran
Lantern of Madison
Levin Furniture
Libra Industries
Life Safety Enterprises
Lintern Corporation
Lubrizol Corporation
Lubrizol Corporation
Madison Fire District
Madison Health Care
Madison Local Schools
Martin, Inc.
MC Sign Company
McNeil Industries
McNulty Roofing Company
McPhillips Plumbing & HVAC Co.
MedLab
MedLab Green
Mentor Area Chamber of Commerce
Mentor Public Library
Mentor Public Schools
Mentor Television, Inc.
Mentor Way Nursing & Rehabilitation
Merritt Woodwork
Midwest Materials
Millennium Control Systems
MJM Industries
Mold Masters Intl. LLC
MT Heat Treating
MUM Industries
Neway Stamping and Manufacturing
North American Coating Laboratories
North Perry Village
Northcoast Inc. Recycling Specialists
NOVA Chemicals
Omni Cart Services
Pace Engineering, Inc.
Painesville City Board of Education
Painesville Township
Perfection Corporation
Permanent Solution Staffing
Perry Township
PET Processors, L.L.C.
Preformed Line Products Company
R.T. & T Machining Inc.
Ranpak Corp.
Reserves Network, The
Restorx MD
Roberts Roofing Company
Royal Plastics Inc.
Sheet Metal Products Co., Inc.
Stanley Steemer - Lazar Brothers
Steris Endoscopy
Tom Schaefer Plumbing, Inc.
Tracom - Trailer Component Manufacturing
Transfer Express, Inc.
Tri County Ambulance Service
Universal Metal Products
University Hospitals
USM Precision Products
V.L. Chapman Electric
Vector Technical Inc
Village of Fairport Harbor
Vine Beverage & Catering, Inc.
Visiting Angels of Northeast Ohio
Vistra - Perry Nuclear Power Plant
Volk Optical
Wickliffe Country Place