July Meeting
The July meeting of the Des Moines Co. Safety Exchange is scheduled for Friday, July 14, at 7:00 am. The meeting will be held in the Grayhound Room, at the Great River Medical Center campus.
A forum to foster communication of occupational safety and health issues amongst the Des Moines County Safety Exchange membership and beyond.
The July meeting of the Des Moines Co. Safety Exchange is scheduled for Friday, July 14, at 7:00 am. The meeting will be held in the Grayhound Room, at the Great River Medical Center campus.
I'm sure by now most of you are aware of the devastating incident that occurred at one of our member facilities. Two workers are missing and presumed dead at the Iowa Army Ammunition Plant after an explosion on Monday.
GRMC is pushing forward with a community-wide initiative to build a "wellness culture" here in the Burlington/West Burlington area. The intiative is called Burlington Partners for a Healthy Community and includes healthcare providers, the Chamber of Commerce, insurance adminstrators, and our Safety Exchange. GRMC has brought in a heavy hitter-Sean Sullivan of the Institute of Health and Productivity Management-to help guide and measure the results of the initiative.
For those who aren't aware, June has been declared National Safety Month. Hopefully, that means that some of our over-worked safety professionals will re-charge their batteries with a well-deserved trip to the ASSE Professional Development Conference in Seattle. For the rest of us, we'll have to settle for Steamboat Days and thinking about new ways to motivate our employees to work safely.