Safety Insights

Tanya (Weiker) Snowden

HEALTHY BACKS & BODIES™ for The Keyboard Commando

Position for Success: Ergonomics That Work

Work doesn’t have to hurt. Discover how to dial in your workstation, outsmart desk discomfort, and build simple habits that help you — and your employees — work better, feel better, and perform your best.

Key Points:

• The Big Three of Your Desk Environment — Mastering Monitor, Workstation, and Chair Setup
• Guided Ergonomic Self-Assessment — Make Your Space Work for You with Proper Alignment
• Positioning for Laptops, Handheld Devices, Sitting, Standing, and Walking at Your Desk
• Micro-Break Interventions to Improve Fluidity, Oxygenation, Mobility, Efficiency, and Productivity

Tanya (Weiker) Snowden is the HEALTHY BACKS & BODIES™ Program Creator, Master Instructor, Safety Consultant, and Back Health Specialist. She is a Sports-Orthopedic Physical Therapist, Certified Ergonomics Assessment Specialist (CEAS), Advanced Office Ergonomics Assessment Specialist (AOEAS), Remote Ergonomics Assessment Specialist (REAS), JFB-MFR Clinician, and a patented inventor of the TheraBand® CLX, as well as a published author. 

‘If only I had known this sooner…’

During her time as an Orthopedic Sports Health Spine Specialist at The Cleveland Clinic, it was this sentiment, frequently shared with Tanya by her ‘back’ patients as she taught them how to re-train and re-store proper body positions and the underlying biomechanics innate to safe, healthy, efficient movement, that eventually catapulted her out into the injury prevention training arena. Knowing that much of this pain & dysfunction, and many of these injuries, were preventable if only people knew how to inhabit their bodies and move them correctly, Tanya created HEALTHY BACKS & BODIES™ to reach a larger audience and to reach them ahead of time. 

Tanya's programs are the culmination of 25 years of hands-on treating, clinical insight, clinical and corporate teaching, and her intense drive to empower people and corporations to take action before the pain and dysfunction show themselves. She teaches and consults with the conviction and passion that can only come from an authentic love for the subject matter and from one who lives it every day. 

Cari's Safety Corner

Q: How often do I need to do Hazard Communication Training?



A: The OSHA standard 29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1) says effective information and training on hazardous chemicals must be provided at time of initial assignment, and whenever a new chemical hazard is introduced into the work area. It is often believed that annual training is required, it’s not, but a good best practice.

The training should include at a minimum:

1. Methods and observations used to detect the presence or release of a hazardous chemical in the work area.



2. The physical, health, simple asphyxiation, combustible dust, and pyrophoric gas hazards, as well as hazards not otherwise classified, of the chemicals in the work area.

3. Measures to protect themselves from these hazards, including specific procedures and appropriate work practices, emergency procedures, and personal protective equipment. 

4. The details of the hazard communication program developed by the employer, including labeling system, safety data sheets, and how employees can obtain and use the appropriate hazard information.

This is the minimum requirements. I do encourage you to go beyond compliance and provide interactive, hands-on training and drill emergency situations often. If you need help or ideas, please reach out to discuss.

Cari Gray is an Industrial Safety Consultant Specialist with the Ohio Bureau of Workers Compensation (BWC).

Upcoming CPR Training

October 6, 2025 8:30am - 2:00pm

Our Lady of the Cedars

507 S Cleveland Massillon Rd

Fairlawn OH 44333

Cost for active SCSC Members - $50.00 (includes lunch)

This class may qualify as an external training event for BWC's Safety Council Rebate Program.

Our CPR training and certification program offers comprehensive instruction in CPR, First Aid, AED Use, Bloodborne Pathogens Training and Stop the Bleed Certification. Expert instructors from Shull Medical Educators will guide you through the training and provide certification upon completion. Certified by the Health and Safety Institute (HSI).

Ohio BWC News

BWC Safety Intervention Grant

The Safety Intervention Grant Program (SIG) is now accepting applications! Employers can complete their application and their reporting requirements online. The SIG program provides 3-to-1 matching funds up to $40,000 for state fund private and public employers. The funds are available to purchase equipment to substantially reduce or eliminate injuries and illness associated with a particular task or operation. 

Substance Use Prevention and Recovery (SUPR) Program

The Substance Use Prevention and Recovery Program (SUPR) combines the Drug-Free Safety Program (DFSP), DFSP Safety Grants, and the Substance Use Recovery and Workplace Safety Program (SUR) into a single program to address workplace use and misuse of alcohol and other drugs.

Safety Services catalog

The Safety Services catalog has transitioned to the new Safety training webpage. The updated page organizes our safety training course offerings by type and industry. Customers can easily search for available courses and register directly through the Learning Management System.

Resources and Class Information



As part of the annual regular schedule BWC will offer a selection of instructor-led classes to be taught virtually. Both in-person and virtual classes will be scheduled. Instructor-led Virtual Training Classes (VTCs) will be provided the same BWC program credits as their in-person classroom counterparts.

Monthly learning - August, 2025

Includes In-person classes, Webinars, Virtual Training Classes and Online eCourses

Virtual Training Classes July 2025 - December 2025

In-person course schedule July 2025 - June 2026

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Advertising Sponsorships

As a forum for workplace health and safety, Summit County Safety Council is offering opportunities for your company to showcase your product/services in front of approximately 150 people in the Health, Safety, Environmental and HR Fields during a monthly safety council meeting in the upcoming program year (9/1/25 to 6/30/26). 

Advertising opportunities include:

• E-newsletter ad for the month of sponsorship (sent the beginning of the month to approx. 700 contacts)
• Logo on meeting reminder (sent two days prior to meeting)
• Name and Link from our events page to sponsor's website for one month prior to meeting
• Commercial speaking time up to 5 minutes during opening of the meeting
• Display table at meeting for promotional materials, brochures, signage
• Up to two paid lunches for sponsored meeting

Criteria:

• The service or products your company provides must have some degree of relevance or be aligned with our objectives.
• Newsletter ad info such as logo, tagline, contact information, call to action statement, etc. must be submitted by the 29th day of the month prior to the month of sponsorship.
• Limit to one event per year.
• We have a no-soliciting policy and cannot provide our membership contact information. However, a membership roster can be found on our website.

Cost: $200.00

Interested in sponsoring a meeting? Have questions or need more information? Call Sally Cox at 330-806-1676 or email summitcountysafetycouncil@gmail.com.