Event Details
SHRM Portage County Health and Safety Learning Series: Hot Topics in Heat Stress and Strain Monitoring
Date: | June 12, 2025, 11:30am – 1:00pm |
Organizer: | Portage County Safety Council |
Location: | The Ravenna Elks 776 N. Freedom St Ravenna, OH |
Price: | $20.00 for PCSC Members $25.00 for Non PCSC Members and Walkins |
Event Type: | SHRM Portage County Health and Safety Learning Series with PCSC (In-Person) |
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On behalf of The Portage County Safety Council, SHRM Portage County invites you to join PCSC's June Meeting titled:
"Hot Topics in Heat Stress and Strain Monitoring"
ABOUT THE EVENT: This is part of our SHRM Portage COunty 2025 Health and Safety Learning Series. We are partnering with the Portage County Safety Council to provide business owners, HR and Health & Safety professionals an understanding of the 2025 topcis related to workplace safety.
This month the focus is on burn precention in the workplace.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER: Keynote speaker - Donald Elswick, EHSS Trainer & Specialist, ELSMART Associates, LLC., and Carl Habekost, Professor, University of Findlay Department of Environmental Health and Safety.
ABOUT THE PRESENTAION: After this session, you will be able to:
- Identify the scope of heat stress and strain in occupational settings.
- Recognize the need for monitoring heat stress in occupational environments.
- Assess heat strain through physiological monitoring.
- Implement strategies to mitigate heat stress and strain using a heat stress management plan.
ABOUT THE PCSC: The Portage County Safety Council is a non-profit program of Family & Community Services, Inc. We are funded in part by the Ohio BWC to promote workplace safety & health information