Howie Eberts is the Vice President of the Expert Witness division at SCR Safety Solutions LLC\, bri nging more than three decades of high-level occupa tional safety experience to the organization. He r ecently retired from OSHA after a distinguished 37 ‑year career\, during which he served in numerous leadership roles\, including Assistant Regional Ad ministrator\, Deputy Regional Administrator\, and ultimately Area Director of the Cleveland Area Off ice for thirteen years—one of OSHA’s largest and b usiest locations. Mr. Eberts began his OSHA career in 1988 as an Industrial Hygienist in the Columbu s Area Office\, where he led fatality investigatio ns\, major inspections\, and complex hazard evalua tions involving PSM\, noise\, confined spaces\, an d HAZWOPER. At SCR Safety Solutions\, he leverages his extensive regulatory and technical expertise to support clients with expert witness services\, high‑level safety consultation\, and guidance on O SHA compliance. A graduate of the University of No tre Dame with a Bachelor of Science degree\, Mr. E berts is recognized for his deep knowledge of work place safety and his commitment to improving organ izational safety culture across industries.
\n \nHowie Eberts will present an in‑depth session on OSHA’s Multi‑Employer Policy\ , a foundational enforcement framework that define s how responsibility is assigned when multiple emp loyers share a worksite. The presentation will exp lain OSHA’s four‑role structure—creating\, exposin g\, correcting\, and controlling employers—which d etermines how citations may be issued even when a company did not directly create a hazard. Attendee s will learn how OSHA’s two‑step analysis evaluate s employer roles and “reasonable care” in addressi ng hazards\, a process central to enforcement acro ss construction and other multi‑employer environme nts. Howie will also highlight common pitfalls tha t lead to multi‑employer citations and share pract ical strategies for maintaining compliance during inspections. The session is designed to help organ izations strengthen their safety oversight\, impro ve contractor management practices\, and reduce ex posure to costly OSHA violations. This presentatio n offers valuable guidance for leaders\, superviso rs\, and safety professionals responsible for coor dinating or overseeing work involving multiple con tractors.
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\n \nPlease contact Kent Crytzer a t kent@ceacisp.org with any questions!
< /html> DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Howie Eberts\, \n \n \n Howie Eberts is the Vice President of the Expert Witness division at SCR Safety Solutions LLC\, bringing more than three decades of high-level occupational safety ex perience to the organization. He recently retired from OSHA after a distinguished 37‑year career\, d uring which he served in numerous leadership roles \, including Assistant Regional Administrator\, De puty Regional Administrator\, and ultimately Area Director of the Cleveland Area Office for thirteen years—one of OSHA’s largest and busiest locations . Mr. Eberts began his OSHA career in 1988 as an I ndustrial Hygienist in the Columbus Area Office\, where he led fatality investigations\, major inspe ctions\, and complex hazard evaluations involving PSM\, noise\, confined spaces\, and HAZWOPER. At S CR Safety Solutions\, he leverages his extensive r egulatory and technical expertise to support clien ts with expert witness services\, high‑level safet y consultation\, and guidance on OSHA compliance. A graduate of the University of Notre Dame with a Bachelor of Science degree\, Mr. Eberts is recogni zed for his deep knowledge of workplace safety and his commitment to improving organizational safety culture across industries. \n \n \n \n Topic: OSH A Multi-Employer Policy\n \n \n Howie Eberts will present an in‑depth session on OSHA’s Multi‑Employ er Policy\, a foundational enforcement framework t hat defines how responsibility is assigned when mu ltiple employers share a worksite. The presentatio n will explain OSHA’s four‑role structure—creating \, exposing\, correcting\, and controlling employe rs—which determines how citations may be issued ev en when a company did not directly create a hazard . Attendees will learn how OSHA’s two‑step analysi s evaluates employer roles and “reasonable care” i n addressing hazards\, a process central to enforc ement across construction and other multi‑employer environments. Howie will also highlight common pi tfalls that lead to multi‑employer citations and s hare practical strategies for maintaining complian ce during inspections. The session is designed to help organizations strengthen their safety oversig ht\, improve contractor management practices\, and reduce exposure to costly OSHA violations. This p resentation offers valuable guidance for leaders\, supervisors\, and safety professionals responsibl e for coordinating or overseeing work involving mu ltiple contractors.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Regist ration is mandatory.\n \n \n NEW FOR 2025-2026 SAF ETY COUNCIL MEETING REGISTRAION\n \n \n New for th is council year we have stream lined your regisrat ion process. Please see below for all meeting dat es for the 2024-2025 Safety Council year. You can now register and pay for all meetings for the year at one time. Topics and meeting times will be em ailed to you prior to the meeting date which will include an overview of the meeting with speakers t hat will be present.\n \n \n \n Please contact Ken t Crytzer at kent@ceacisp.org with any questions!\ n \n CATEGORIES:Safety Training CALSCALE:GREGORIAN DTSTAMP;TZID=America/Kentucky/Louisville:20260512T080000 DTSTART;TZID=America/Kentucky/Louisville:20260512T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Kentucky/Louisville:20260514T000000 LOCATION:5633 BRECKSVILLE RD\n UNIT A\n INDEPENDENCE\, OH 4 4131-1510\n United States\n URL:https://clevelandbuilds.ceacisp.org/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=2316 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR