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The Arkansas Environmental Federation will be holding their annual Health & Safety Seminar (“Seminar”) on July 12th.

The seminar will be held at the Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation’s Board Room at 1 Cooperative Way in Little Rock, Arkansas.

Trena Adair (Harbor Environmental) and Kelly Bryant (Clearwater Paper) are serving as co-chairs of the seminar.

The seminar will provide updates of new and/or pending OSHA regulations, along with information addressing safety program development, workers’ compensation, and IH technologies.

The seminar should be of interest to:

• Safety and health managers
• Plant managers
• Supervisors
• Maintenance and environmental managers
• Safety committees
• HR professionals
• State and local regulatory professionals
• Local government officials

My law partner Ben Brenner and I will undertake a presentation titled:

Medical Marijuana Update and Impacts to Businesses

Additional seminar topics will include:

• OSHA Update

  Carlos Reynolds, OSHA Area Director for U.S. Department of Labor

• Safety Culture – “What Really Works”

  Tommy Short, CSP, Sunbelt Rentals

• Safety Management Systems (ISO 45001)

  Cathy Webb, Senior Project Manager, Harbor Environmental

• Transition from OSHA’S to ISO 45001 – Occupational Health and Safety Standard

  Cathy Webb, Senior Project Manager, Harbor Environmental

• New Technologies in Industrial Hygiene – Video Exposure Monitoring

  Brett Tarkingon, CIH, GHD

• Arkansas Workers’ Compensation – Helping Prevention of Opioid Abuse

  Pat Hannah, AR Workers’ Compensation Commission

Additional information regarding the seminar and registration can be found in the attached flyer.