“We are pleased and honored to have been selected to conduct the Passenger and Heavy Equipment Tire Safety Course at Oklahama State University Institute of Technology in Okmulgee, Oklahoma on March 9, 2011,” said Harvey Brodsky, Managing Director of the Retread Tire Association.
“More than 300 attendees from throughout the state of Oklahoma are expected to attend and our mission is to make certain that every one of them leaves with more knowledge about how to safely handle tires of all sizes than they had when they arrived. If we save only one life because of the lessons learned during the workshop it will have been worth it.
“Our many years of expertise in conducting workshops for the tire industry and our presentations about the safety, performance and handling of retreaded and new tires in many parts of the world are among the reasons the Retread Tire Association is well suited to conduct this important event,” continued Brodsky.
The main focus of the March 9 workshop will be to educate the attendees about how tires are constructed and why they must receive the care they were designed to get, in order to allow those who work on mounting and dismounting tires to stay safe and far away from injuries.
A number of experts from the tire industry will assist Brodsky during the day long presentation and all attendees will receive ample handout materials when they leave.
A few of the topics to be covered include the importance of proper tire repairs, the right and wrong ways to mount and dismount a tire, the importance of using a tire cage and how to properly air a tire without getting killed.
The presentations will take the better part of the day and will be informal with a goal to be both informative and entertaining. “We don’t anyone falling asleep because of boredom,” said Brodsky.
Retread Tire Association members who are interested in attending and participating as presenters should contact Harvey Brodsky at 831-646-5269 or by email to harvey@retreadtire.org.
For more general information about how to register to attend go to http://bit.ly/eQ9T80.
