AAC hosts annual safety conference

AAC Hosts 2017 Safety Conference

Top left: AAC Loss Control Specialist Barry Burkett, wearing his pink safety vest, welcomes county officials and employees to AAC’s 2017 Safety Conference organized by ACC’s Risk Management Services team.

Top right: More than 90 people from across Arkansas filled the AAC conference room to learn workplace safety tips and procedures.

Middle left: Capt. Richard Mitcham, Union County jail administrator and president of the Jail Administrators Association, teaches conference attendees best practices of preventing altercations in the jail.

Middle right: Kevin Looney, Arkansas Occupational Safety and Health safety manager at the Arkansas Department of Labor, explains Lock-out/Tag-out, a program designed to safeguard employees from unexpected energization or startup of machinery and equipment.

Bottom: Pat Hart, director of the Arkansas Workers’ Compensation Commission’s Health and Safety Division, shares tips for reducing workplace accidents.