KIPRC To Host Workers Safety Seminar

LEXINGTON, Ky. (Nov. 4, 2010) — The Kentucky Injury Prevention Center (KIPRC) will host a free seminar, "A Workers Safety Program Makes Sense and Saves Cents," from 8:30 a.m. to noon, Wednesday, Nov. 17 at the University of Louisville's Chao Auditorium at 2301 South Third Street in Louisville.
 

Panel presentations and discussion include “A Worker Safety Program Can Make Me Money,” by Medearis A. Robertson, field evaluator, Kentucky Occupation Safety and Health Surveillance Program (KOSHS) and the Kentucky Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Program (KY FACE), KIPRC, and Terry L. Bunn, KIPRC director, and assistant professor, Department of Preventive Medicine and Environmental Health, University of Kentucky College of Public Health, and director and principal investigator of both the KOSHS and KY FACE programs at KIPRC.

The next presentation will be "Why Kentucky Workers’ Compensation Helps You: Saving Cents on Your Premiums," by John Coleman, administrative law judge, Kentucky Department of Workers’ Claims; and Developing a Complete Safety Culture by John Lippert, OSH partnership administrator, Kentucky Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA).

"This is an important seminar that explains how a safety program makes businesses money by reducing workers’ comp premiums, reducing OSHA fines, and increasing employee productivity," said Robertson.

KIPRC is a partnership between the Kentucky Department for Public Health and the University of Kentucky’s College of Public Health that combines academic investigation with practical public health initiatives.

For more information, call 1-800-204-3223. To register, contact medear@uky.edu.  For more information about KIPRC, go to www.kiprc.uky.edu.