COMMITMENT TO SAFETY
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Celebrating By Janie Ritter Director of Wisconsin Safety Council
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n April, the Wisconsin Safety Council (WSC) will celebrate 75 years of hosting its annual Wisconsin Safety & Health Conference. This Diamond Anniversary event promises to commemorate the history of the conference; recognize the significant strides made in keeping Wisconsin employees safe at work; celebrate the accomplishments of Wisconsin companies who view safety as a core value; and offer a conference that will inspire learning, collaboration, and sharing of best practices. An evening of celebration and entertainment will take place on Tuesday, April 11, and you will find an expo hall full of exhibitors ready to show-off their safety and health-related products and services. Register early! You do not want to miss it! Back in 1942, Wisconsin Council of Safety held its first Safety Conference in Milwaukee and through the many years – becoming a chapter of the National Safety Council in 1954, the introduction
Over the years, the Conference was held in Milwaukee, Oconomowoc, Madison, and now at the Kalahari Resort in Wisconsin Dells, where this year the Conference will host 11 professional development courses and 56 education sessions on current topics such as OSHA compliance, Attendees receive personalized and friendly exhibitor demonstrations. recordkeeping, ergonomics, workers’ As the largest safety and health compensation, safety culture, employee conference in the Midwest, we are safety on the roads, and leadership. proud to welcome nearly 200 Wisconsin Safety Council and the exhibitors to this year’s conference. Wisconsin Department of Workforce Our expo hall continues to burst at its Development will also present seams, flooding the convention center the 23rd annual Corporate Safety hallways and a portion of the general Awards, which are awarded to session hall with companies from all Wisconsin companies who demonstrate over the United States who attend to exemplary safety records and excellence share the latest and greatest in safety in safety and health products, environmental systems, management. The health services, and so much more. Wisconsin Corporate Come see what is new in the Expo Hall “...this [conference] will be Safety Awards are not one for the record book and simply handed out to this year! inally a night of entertainment is one your safety team will not companies who meet planned to celebrate the their industry average want to miss.” conference’s 75th Diamond incident rates, the companies recognized Anniversary. Perhaps we’ll hear Sweet have demonstrated Caroline, Forever in Blue Jeans or of the Occupational Safety Health Act in through their programs and training America before the evening concludes. 1970, a merger with the Wisconsin that they make safety a top priority But I know this 75th Wisconsin Safety Manufacturers Association in 1973 and and have gone to extensive measures and Health Conference will be one for the Wisconsin Chamber of Commerce in to ensure their most valuable asset – the record books and one your safety 1976, and a name change to the their employees – are safe on and off team and human resource professionals Wisconsin Safety Council – one thing the job. Applications for the 2016 will not want to miss. n remained constant: each year the state’s Wisconsin Corporate Safety Awards are leading provider of workplace safety available on the Wisconsin Safety Council’s training held its annual Safety & website at wisafetycouncil.org and are Health Conference. due January 20th. Follow WSC on Twitter @WISafetyCouncil
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36 January 2017
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