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Summit showcases ways to invest resources in safety programs

Ohio’s public employers started 2003 with a new resolve and a little help from BWC’s Public Employer Summit. More than 600 attendees from a variety of organizations took advantage of the free January seminar held at four locations throughout the state.

In 2002, public employers earned a 25-percent bonus rebate for attending the summit. In 2003, BWC experts illustrated how to invest resources into workers’ compensation and safety programs. As an added bonus, attendees also could receive credit for Step 6 of BWC’s 10-Step Business Plan.

This year’s summit tackled issues ranging from safety challenges and injury management to transitional work programs and tax-dollar savings through effective risk management.

Public employers may not have had the financial incentive to attend the 2003 summit, but they received another valuable commodity: knowledge.

Here is what a few of the attendees said about the 2003 summit.

"I attended the summit to get different ideas on how to improve our safety program. Although we’ve had a safety program for years, I like listening to what other communities are doing. I’m always open to ideas because there is always room for improvement."
— Susan Backs, personnel director, city of St. Marys

"It was very helpful to hear the statistics presented and the practical observations from BWC people and the other speakers. The outline about employee involvement and hazard abatement will be very useful for me to take back to our safety committee and ask, ‘Have we done this?’"
— Kevin Celarek, administrator, Green Township

Save-the-date postcard (Dec. 20)

Promotional stuffer that accompanied letter (Dec. 30)

2003 Public Employer Summit registration brochure

2003 Public Employer Summit slides

Maps/directions to summit locations
Cambridge
Canton
Mansfield
Wilmington