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March 17, 2009
SCNWO ANNOUNCES
GRADUATING COSS CLASS
The Safety Council
of Northwest Ohio is pleased to announce the
tenth graduating class of its curriculum-based
certification for Certified Occupational Safety
Specialist (COSS).
COSS is a week long accelerated learning, highly
intensive, highly interactive, demanding,
rigorous course that focuses on providing Safety
Practitioners or individuals, who are
responsible for safety, with the tools and
techniques they need to make safety work for
them and achieve results. It is not a course
that allows the student to "just sit there and
soak it up." It demands that students do
homework, participate, read, think, and do
problem solving. Daily tests are given as well
as a final exam. The students must also develop
and present a safety meeting for a grade.
Two of the fundamentals that COSS addresses are
identification and mitigation of hazards and how
to use the appropriate regulations to address
them, mitigate the hazard, and communicate it to
affected personnel. The COSS course addresses
both General Industry and Construction. Further,
it addresses the interface that General Industry
and Construction have.
The course has gained recognition as a quality
program. It has been certified by the American
Petroleum Institute (API) and is recognized by
the American Council for Construction Education
(ACCE). It is being delivered nationwide at
multiple locations. Additionally, it has been
adapted to a semester format and is a required
junior level course at Louisiana State
University's School of Construction Management.
COSS maintains a national and international
network of Certified Alumni.
Graduates earn the professional designation of
COSS, along with OSHA 10-Hour certification for
Construction and General Industry, and extensive
knowledge in the essential skills and techniques
of effective safety and occupational health
program management and leadership.
The following graduates have earned the
professional designation of Certified
Occupational Safety Specialist:
Allen L. Smith, COSS, ITC
Transmission.
Phillip A. Nutter, COSS,
Transocean
Carl Kruthoff, COSS, ITC
Transmission
Mary L. Brown, COSS,
Transocean
Robin W. Abel, COSS, M.J.
Electric
William House, COSS, ITC CC
Power
Jamie Rego, COSS, First Solar
Jason D. Bishop, COSS,
Ciralsky & Associates
Les Ekiss, COSS, Archer
Daniels Midland
Howard Miller, COSS, ITC
Holdings
Carl Habekost, COSS, Robison,
Curphey & O’Connell |
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February 5, 2009
LOCAL COMMUNITY
AWARDS ITS HEROS AT THE SAFETY COUNCIL’S 42ND
HERO AWARDS BANQUET
Northwood, OH –
On April 16, 2009 50 individuals will be honored
for their heroic actions in a presentation by
The Safety Council of Northwest Ohio in hosting
their 42nd Annual “Hero Awards” at The Pinnacle
in Maumee.
The recipient
awards go to individuals whose names have been
submitted to the Safety Council for showing care
and respect for the lives of others.
There are three
types of awards: The “Hero Award,” which goes to
persons who have risked their own lives or
well-being to rescue or save the life of
another; the “Good Samaritan Award,” going to
persons who have saved a life or acted in behalf
of their fellow man by out-of-the ordinary
assistance at no risk to their own lives; and
the “Certificate of Appreciation” will go to
professionals on duty who went above and beyond
the call of duty on behalf of others, such as
law enforcement officers, firefighters,
paramedics and lifeguards, etc.
Chuck Herndon was the recipient of a “hero”
award in 2008 for saving the life of a
seven-year-old in Lake Erie after a plane went
down. “Everybody I talk to up here was happy I
did what I did,” Herndon said. Herndon lives
with his wife on Kelley’s Island in Lake Erie.
Since the rescue in 2007, Herndon has received
awards from five organizations and national
recognition by broadcasting live with NBC. He
said he tells everyone, “I was just doing what
they would’ve done.”
Herndon, like
other award recipients, had a normal response to
the accident in his eyes and has received a lot
of attention for just that. “It’s a real
privilege for us to meet these people,” said Jim
McManus, manager of programs and services for
the Safety Council. “It’s a chance for our local
community to come out and publicly say ‘thank
you’ – along with others – to someone who has
made a difference in their life, or saved their
life, which is huge.”
Master of
ceremonies, Mary Beth Zolik of 101.5 the River
and Jerry Anderson of Channel 11 News, will
present the awards following the dinner
scheduled for 6:30 p.m.. The public is invited
and tickets for the banquet cost $30.00. They
are available at the Safety Council office at
8015 Rinker Pointe Ct., Northwood, OH 43619.
The Safety
Council of Northwest Ohio was incorporated in
1960 as a not-for-profit, non-governmental,
community-based resource. The “Safety Team”
serves its members and community with
informational-based programs regarding safety,
health and environmental factors to improve the
quality of life. |
