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Safety Fest TN opens with Community Safety Forum on Tuesday

Posted at 2:48 pm September 11, 2017
By John Huotari Leave a Comment

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On September 12, Safety Fest TN will hold a Community Safety Forum, an annual event that officially kicks off Safety Fest TN and its Safety Expo.

Safety Fest TN offers free safety classes to residents and companies September 11-15.

This year’s Community Safety Forum will be held in the Wamp Auditorium at 9 a.m. Tuesday, September 12, at the New Hope Center at Y-12 National Security Complex. More than 900 people have registered for the event.

Headlining the Community Safety Forum are Burns Phillips, commissioner of the Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce; Steve Hawkins, administrator of the Tennessee Occupational Safety and Health Administration; David Purkey, commissioner of the Tennessee Department of Safety and Homeland Security; and Patrick Sheehan, the director of the Tennessee Emergency Management Agency.

“We wanted to offer our audience a statewide perspective on workplace safety and emergency preparedness, and who best to deliver that message than the commissioners and their administrators?” said Tom Wantland, a Safety Fest TN organizer. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Business, Front Page News, Top Stories, U.S. Department of Energy Tagged With: Burns Phillips, CNS, community safety forum, Consolidated Nuclear Security LLC, Dave Neubauer, David Purkey, J.J. Rochelle, Jenny Freeman, Joe Estey, Michelle Keever, New Hope Center, Oak Ridge Associated Universities, Patrick Sheehan, Pollard Technology Conference Center, Safety Expo, Safety Fest TN, Secret City Fire Officer Conference, Steve Hawkins, Strata-G LLC, Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce, Tennessee Department of Safety and Homeland Security, Tennessee Emergency Management Agency, Tennessee Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Tom Wantland, UCOR, URS-CH2M Oak Ridge LLC, Wamp Auditorium, Y-12 National Security Complex

Safety Fest TN to feature free courses, demonstrations, workshops

Posted at 2:57 pm September 3, 2013
By Oak Ridge Today Staff Leave a Comment

An annual safety training event in Oak Ridge next week is designed to help Tennessee become one of the safest places to work in the country, a press release said.

It’s Safety Fest TN, and it’s scheduled from Sept. 9-13 at the New Hope Center on Scarboro Road. The purpose is to provide free training to anyone wanting to work safer at work and at home, a press release said. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Business, Top Stories Tagged With: courses, demonstrations, Jenny Freeman, Joe Estey, New Hope Center, Safety Conscious Work Environment, Safety Expo, Safety Fest TN, safety training, Steve Hawkins, Tennessee Occupational Safety and Health Administration, workshops

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