At the most recent meeting of the Coweta County Safety Council are, from left, Larry Alford of Georgia Tech, Jeff Johnson of Kason, Sammy Karvelas of Summit Urgent Care, Tina Tinch of Yamaha, Larry Robertson of Winpak and Mike Lake of KCMA Corporation.
Now two years old, the Coweta County Safety Council is ending another year of service to the local business community and is about to elect new officers to lead the group in 2016.
The Coweta County Safety Council was formed under the leadership of the Newnan-Coweta Chamber, and its purpose is to provide guidance and training to businesses in Coweta County. Its membership includes safety professionals who desire to share their collective knowledge to help local industry comply with OSHA regulations and ultimately keep the Coweta County workforce healthy and safe. In these first two years, the group has hosted programs on such topics as First Aid, Disaster Preparedness, Building Security, Ergonomics, and the Globally Harmonized System, or GHS, a system of labeling hazardous chemicals.
The group's most recent meeting was October 20, 2015 at the Summit Community Room in Newnan. Group members discussed plans for outreach to small companies that may not have a safety professional on staff, and they also plan to offer more safety training opportunities for local companies. The Safety Council believes that it takes the combined efforts of local companies and community resources to effectively promote safe work practices.
The next meeting of the Coweta County Safety Council will be
Tuesday, November 17, 2015 at 3 p.m. at the Summit Community Room, and election of new officers will take place at that time. Anyone interested in serving on the Safety Council or in nominating someone to serve is asked to contact the outgoing chair, Mike Lake, at
mlake@kcmcorp.com.