New Chamber council to be launched
The Savannah Area Chamber of Commerce will kick off its new council, LaunchSAVANNAH, on Thursday.
LaunchSAVANNAH is designed to serve as a primary resource for people ages 22-40 who are early in their careers by providing professional development, civic and cultural community involvement and by creating networking opportunities.
The event, which is free, will run from 5:30–7:30 p.m. at the Ships of the Sea Maritime Museum — North Garden, 41 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.
RSVP is requested but not required.
Sponsors include: principle — Georgia Southern University Graduate Business Programs; supporting — First Citizens Bank, Paul Kennedy Catering, Savannah Special Events by Ranco and Ships of the Sea Maritime Museum.
For more information, see the council page at SavannahChamber.com.
Gas prices trending upward in Savannah
Average retail gasoline prices in Savannah have risen 2.8 cents a gallon in the past week to $3.37 a gallon on Sunday, according to GasBuddy’s daily survey of 262 gas outlets in Savannah.
The national average, at $3.64 a gallon, has not moved in the last week, according to gasoline price website GasBuddy.com.
Prices Sunday were 10.5 cents a gallon higher than the same day one year ago and are 0.3 cents a gallon higher than a month ago. The national average has increased 6.9 cents a gallon during the last month and stands 7.8 cents higher than a year ago.
“While the national average has seen little change in the last week, prices in the Great Lakes have skyrocketed,” said GasBuddy.com Senior Petroleum Analyst Patrick DeHaan.
OSHA: 30 Georgians killed on the job in ‘12
ATLANTA – Workplace accidents killed 30 Georgians last year, the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration reported Monday.
Construction and manufacturing each were responsible for 12 deaths, followed by four from agriculture/landscaping and two from maritime occupations. The most common cause was a worker being struck by an object or vehicle. Falls were second, followed by the categories “caught in,” electrocution, burns, chemical exposure. One worker died as a result of a freezer.
The Georgia branch of the Association of General Contractors has been working to shrink that number, according to spokeswoman Cherri Watson.
The organization annually hosts more than 100 classroom safety courses and 300 work-site classes.
The training can remind workers to strap on safety cables to catch them if they fall, but it can only help so much for highway contractors, she said.
“Motorists are just not slowing down,” she said. “We don’t think that’s the workers. We just need the public to slow down.”