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President’s Message continued from front page For such small grounds they truly put on a punch with all they have
from the Battle Bots which were really neat to the layout for independ- ents on out to the midway. We ran into Heidi Deggller Pugh (FFF Asso- ciate Director) and her husband Beau Pugh of Deggller Attractions. We got to spend some time with them under their office awning getting out of the rain. After spending some more time there and finally saying our goodbyes to Jay and his staff we were back on the road heading to the Highlands County Fair. We got to meet and spend some time with Jonathan Spiegel their President & Quintan Wolfe. Dan & I each had a corndog, ok I confess Dan actually had 2 corndogs but don’t tell his wife Tracy. While we were eating corndogs, Eddie was visiting with Jeff & Kathy Ross (Past FFF Associate Director and now IAFE Director at Large from Associate Members). Well, as all things come to an end it was back on the road heading back to Hardee County. When we ar- rived right at 10:00pm we were met with the same hospitality that we had received that morning even though it was 10 hours later the same hardworking folks were still there smiling from ear to ear and working as hard as ever to make sure that they were putting on what would become a record fair. All I know is that I can’t wait to go back and sit around the fire pit and visit with such a great group of people that put on the Hardee County Fair. Then on Monday Feb. 15th my fair, The Pasco County Fair, started. It
started a little slow at first but we picked up speed and had a record day on Saturday the 20th along with a record set in our swine sale with our grand champion bringing in $75.00 lb., which added up to over $21,000.00 for that exhibitor. But I was truly blessed with all of the Fair Family that came in to visit during our fair. Vicki Chouris , South Florida Fair, Marla J Calico, IAFE President/
CEO, Gene Cassidy, The Big E, Shari Black, Wisconsin State Fair, Beth Bravis, Hillsborough County Fair, Eddie Cora, Miami-Dade Coun- ty Youth Fair & Exposition, Hal Porter, Lee Stokes & Lisa White, Citrus County Fair, Stacey Wade & Mayor Ferris Wheeler Lake County Fair, Lane Wetherington, & Cindy Griffin, Florida Strawberry Festival, Danny Alfonso & Jerry Wolfe, Manatee County Fair, Samantha Fairlie, United Concessionaires Assoc, Leeann Albritton & Julie Burnett, Sarasota County Fair, Kern Houff, Rockingham County Fair, Virginia, Rep. Josie Tomkow, (R) District 39, Dan West, Florida Federation of Fairs, Happy Norris, Retired GM Lake County Fair, Josh & Lea Knotts, Extreme Illusions & Escapes, Steven Lombardo, Fritzy Bros. One-Man Circus, Dennis Lee, Kristen Johnson, Lady Houdini, Ron Diamond. With all the accolades said so far, the biggest one I have to give is to my Fair Fami- ly at the Pasco County Fair from the volunteers, our midway Wade Shows & Frank Zaitshik, to the vendors, concessionaires to the fair guests but especially to our manager, our board of directors and soon to be new board members. Our Annual Fair Committee, Budget & Fi- nance, Ag Committee & Buildings & Grounds, Rodeo & Parking. Thank You So Much for putting on one of the best fairs ever in such trying times!Well, this isn’t the end we still have a lot of fairs to go to this spring and it will start again this Saturday the 27th of Feb when Dan, Eddie and I travel to St. Lucie County Fair to see new GM Christine Iannotti as she steps in to fill the shoes of Jeannie Keaton then after that its across the state to visit with Fran Crone at the Southwest Flori- da / Lee County Fair, followed the next weeks by Florida Strawberry Festival, Central Florida Fair & the Sumter County Fair. With all this being said I want to close with this thought. Florida Fairs
have always been a leader in the fair industry and just because you are not mentioned on the list doesn’t mean we are not coming to see you because we are going to see everyone this Spring that has a fair and remember this, Florida “Fairs Don’t Back Down.” Stay the course and put on the best fair you possibly can this year and be safe because everyone is watching how Florida leads the way in reopening the Fair industry and we will see you soon.
Attorney’s Corner Lance Fuchs
KEEPING UP WITH OSHA: UPDATE ON EMPLOYERS’ REPORTING
REQUIREMENTS FOR COVID-19
By way of background, the Occupational Safety and Health
Administration (OSHA) was created in 1970 for the purpose of setting and enforcing protective workplace safety and health standards. These standards and requirements can be found in Title 29 of the Code of Federal Regulations. At a minimum, em- ployers must provide their employees with a workplace that does not have serious hazards by complying with all OSHA safety and health standards. Some readers may wonder whether OSHA applies to them. In short, the answer is likely yes. OSHA covers most private sector employees in all 50 states, as well as state and federal government employees. However, OSHA expressly exempts: (1) self-employed workers; (2) immediate family mem- bers of farm employers and; (3) workplace hazards regulated by another federal agency (for example, the Mine Safety and Health Administration, the Department of Energy, or the Coast Guard). Recording and reporting work-related injuries or illnesses on the OSHA 300 log is an example of a requirement that OSHA impos- es on employers. Reporting and recording requirements can be found in Title 29, section 1904, of the Code of Federal Regula- tions. Late last year, OSHA revised its reporting obligations to include COVID-19 related cases with implementation of those requirements to begin this year. Those changes include, but are not limited to, Hospitalization Reporting Rule, Fatality Reporting Rule and Detailed Recording Obligations. It is important for employers individually to review these existing
and new requirements in Title 29 or with an attorney specializing in employment law. Consolidating the current and new OSHSA requirements is understandably a frustrating and daunting task for an employer. With that said, on January 21, 2021, President Biden signed an Executive Order directing the Secretary of Labor to issue, within two weeks of the order, revised guidance to em- ployers on workplace safety during the COVID-19 pandemic. While this guidance would not extinguish the employer’s obliga- tion to report and record confirmed work-related COVID-19 cas- es, it should provide a road map of procedures to employers on how to best protect themselves and their employees. For high- lights of OSHA standards, directives, and other COVID-19 related information please visit
https://www.osha.gov/coronavirus/
standards. Keep up with the President’s travels on
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