SCORE: Don't Go Broke--Improve Safety and Manage Risks for your Small Business (ZOOM)

Please register with SCORE in advance for this program.  Click on Join Event Online. This event is held on Zoom.

Description: In this interactive workshop, attendees will gain an introduction to risk management and recognizing hazards, resources to protect their interests and mitigate risk and ideas to kick-start their risk management program.  In addition, attendees will work through 3 types of workplace scenarios (restaurant, construction and office) to discover how to practically apply the knowledge and resources and plan next steps.

Some of the topics that will be covered include:

• Rules, Regulations, and Standards
• The Human Side of Risk
• The Basics of Hazard Recognition
• What is an “Oh-No Second”?
• Critical Success Factors for Safety
• Small Businesses and Mental Health
• Three Cost and Incidence Calculators and Data Tools

Presenter:  Wayne Baruch is an expert in environmental and occupational health and safety, as well as an OSHA Authorized Outreach Trainer. He has worked in a full spectrum of business consulting across industries and sectors over 20+ years. He teaches that Health & Safety Plans (HASP’s), Job Hazard Analyses (JHA’s), Pre-Task Plans (PTP’s), etc., must be practical, foresighted, and make a best effort to protect the client’s interests. Wayne uses expertise in OSHA, EPA, DEP, NFPA, DOT, and Uniform Construction Code rules/regulations to help ensure that workplaces comply with all federal, state, & local regulations. Wayne is a certified SCORE mentor with SCORE Princeton.

Sponsored by Santander Bank

Co-sponsored by East Brunswick Public Library