The Ohio State University and the Columbus OSHA office, in conjunction with the Central Ohio chapter of the American Society of Safety Professionals, are pleased to present OSHA Safety Day 2025.
Ohio State staff or students - register by emailing Cathy Black.
2025 Agenda
Welcome | 7:45 a.m. to 8:00 a.m.
Speaker - Tom Novotny (Ohio State Director, Occupational Safety & Environmental Compliance)
Keynote | Wellbeing: The New Frontier of Safety | 8:00 a.m. to 8:50 a.m.
Ballroom - Paul Lawson (Paul Lawson Hlps LLC)
Morning Sessions
The Future of Construction PPE | 9:00 a.m. to 9:50 a.m.
Ballroom - Jenny Jarvis (Jendco Safety Supply)
1926 Prefabrication and Safety | 9:00 a.m. to 9:50 a.m.
Hancock - Jenna Eaves (Vaughn Industries, LLC)
VitalCog - Suicide Prevention for Construction | 9:00 a.m. to 10:50 a.m.
Clinton - Chris Sanders (Valley Interior Systems, LLC)
When to Question? Reasonable Suspicion | 9:00 a.m. to 9:50 a.m.
Hamilton/Franklin - Regina Bond (Safex, Inc.)
Construction or Maintenance? When Safety Regulations Collide! | 10:00 a.m. to 10:50 a.m.
Ballroom - Jim Pellegrino/Keith Bullock (OSHA On-Site)
Heat Stress: From Guidelines to Action | 10:00 a.m. to 10:50 a.m.
Hancock - Alison McGrath (OSHA Columbus Area Office)
Suicide Grief: How to Support Trauma Post Incident | 10:00 a.m. to 10:50 a.m.
Hamilton/Franklin - Denise Meine-Graham (Postvention Consulting, LLC)
Lunch and Networking | 11:00 am to 12:30 pm - Ballroom
Afternoon Sessions
Hazard Recognition Panel | 12:30 p.m. to 1:20 p.m.
Ballroom - Panel
Lead Safety in Renovations: What Every Contractor Needs to Know | 12:30 p.m. to 1:20 p.m.
Hancock - Hannah R. Echt (CDC)
Commercial Demolition from A-Z | 12:30 p.m. to 1:20 p.m.
Clinton - Wayne Ingram (TSI Training Services International)
Full Circle Wellbeing: Integrating, Mind, Body, and Lifestyle | 12:30 pm to 1:20 pm
Hamilton/Franklin - Ashton Chapman (Builders Exchange of Central Ohio)
Conversation with Ohio OSHA Area Directors | 1:30 p.m. to 2:20 p.m.
Ballroom - Larry Johnson (Columbus); TBD (Cleveland); Todd Jensen (Toledo); Ken Montgomery (Cincinnati)
Raffle | 2:30 p.m. to 3:15 p.m
Ballroom - Must be present to win
Safety Social Hour | 3:15 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
The Club Room at the Fawcett Center
Bar is by credit card only
REGISTRATION
Ohio State staff or students - register by emailing Cathy Black.
Please direct questions to oshaosusafetyday@gmail.com.
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