Technical Tours
Technical tours offer attendees the opportunity to go “behind the scenes” to look at OEHS issues in the daily operation of a facility or program. These tours are led by an industrial hygienist or other safety professional. Tours are considered part of the education program, and CM points are awarded in the same manner as if a registrant were attending a session. We offer a limited number of tours during AIHA Connect, which defines the facilities selected as those featuring “best practice” OEHS standards.
All technical tours, unless otherwise noted are $60 (advance rate when purchased by 3/17/2024) and $75 (after 3/17/2024).
Monday, May 20
Monday, May 20
10:00 a.m.-12:10 p.m.
Description: Take a tour of the BeneLeaves facility. BeneLeaves is a friends and family-owned and licensed Cannabis processing business. Building their business from the ground up both structurally and operationally, they are rapidly rising and taking the cannabis industry to the next level with their personal innovations and expertise. They make cannabis infused Gummies, Vape Pens, lotions, capsules, chocolate bars, and gluten free cookies. On this tour you will see the packaging room, extraction room, post extraction room, and kitchen production room.
Capacity: 10
Security Requirements: Must bring Valid ID
Additional Requirements: N/A
Schedule (anticipated):
Depart GCCC: 10:00 a.m.
Arrive Tour Site: 10:10 a.m.
Tour: 10:30 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Depart Tour Site: 12:00 p.m.
Arrive GCCC: 12:10 p.m.
Fee: $90 (advanced rate) or $105 (after 3/17/2024)
Tuesday, May 21
Tuesday, May 21
8:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
Description: Take a walking tour of Worthington Steel and Worthington Enterprises Cylinders manufacturing factories located on the Columbus Ohio Dearborn Drive Campus.
Worthington Steel is a cold-rolled steel strip processing plant with precision milling, annealing, and slitting operations. Worthington Enterprises Columbus Cylinders manufactures propane and helium tanks for leading brands found on store shelves around the globe.
Capacity: 30
Security Requirements: No photography without permission
Additional Requirements: This walking tour may not be fully accessible for people with disabilities. Wear a long sleeve shirt, long pants and appropriate shoes for walking on a manufacturing shop floor. No open toe shoes, flip flops, or skirts.
Schedule (anticipated):
Depart GCCC: 8:00 a.m.
Arrive Tour Site: 8:30 a.m.
Tour: 9:00 a.m.–11:00 a.m.
Depart Tour Site: 11:00 a.m.
Arrive GCCC: 12:00 p.m.
Fee: $60 (advanced rate) or $75 (after 3/17/2024)
Tuesday, May 21
8:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
Description: Take a walking tour of American Nitrile Operations, a state-of-the-art nitrile glove manufacturing facility. Get an up-close look at the heart of the operation, including the automated glove packaging systems, water-tight testing, high-speed glove stripping and layering, glove dipping processes, compounding department, wastewater and recycling department, and their famous nitrile storage tanks.
Capacity: 25
Security Requirements: N/A
Additional Requirements: This walking tour is expected to be over one-half mile of walking indoors on concrete. The facility is not climate controlled and may be much hotter and more humid than outdoor conditions due to the manufacturing process.
Schedule (anticipated):
Depart GCCC: 8:00 a.m.
Arrive Tour Site: 8:30 a.m.
Tour: 9:00 a.m.–11:00 a.m.
Depart Tour Site: 12:00 p.m.
Arrive GCCC: 12:30 p.m.
Fee: $60 (advanced rate) or $75 (after 3/17/2024)
Tuesday, May 21
10:00 a.m.-12:10 p.m.
Description: Take a tour of the BeneLeaves facility. BeneLeaves is a friends and family-owned and licensed Cannabis processing business. Building their business from the ground up both structurally and operationally, they are rapidly rising and taking the cannabis industry to the next level with their personal innovations and expertise. They make cannabis infused Gummies, Vape Pens, lotions, capsules, chocolate bars, and gluten free cookies. On this tour you will see the packaging room, extraction room, post extraction room, and kitchen production room.
Capacity: 10
Security Requirements: Must bring Valid ID
Additional Requirements: N/A
Schedule (anticipated):
Depart GCCC: 10:00 a.m.
Arrive Tour Site: 10:10 a.m.
Tour: 10:30 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Depart Tour Site: 12:00 p.m.
Arrive GCCC: 12:10 p.m.
Fee: $90 (advanced rate) or $105 (after 3/17/2024)
Wednesday, May 22
Wednesday, May 22
8:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
Description: Take a walking tour of American Nitrile Operations, a state-of-the-art nitrile glove manufacturing facility. Get an up-close look at the heart of the operation, including the automated glove packaging systems, water-tight testing, high-speed glove stripping and layering, glove dipping processes, compounding department, wastewater and recycling department, and their famous nitrile storage tanks.
Capacity: 25
Security Requirements: N/A
Additional Requirements: This walking tour is expected to be over one-half mile of walking indoors on concrete. The facility is not climate controlled and may be much hotter and more humid than outdoor conditions due to the manufacturing process.
Schedule (anticipated):
Depart GCCC: 8:00 a.m.
Arrive Tour Site: 8:30 a.m.
Tour: 9:00 a.m.–11:00 a.m.
Depart Tour Site: 12:00 p.m.
Arrive GCCC: 12:30 p.m.
Fee: $60 (advanced rate) or $75 (after 3/17/2024)
Wednesday, May 22
9:30 a.m.-12:45 p.m.
Description: Take a walking tour of both The Spine Research Institute and Brinkman Lab-El Hellani Labs at Ohio State University.
The Spine Research Institute (SRI) comprises a unique group of multi-disciplinary experts, whose mission is to systematically improve the way we prevent, evaluate, and treat spine and other MSDs. They accomplish this task through causal pathways research, education, and the development of platform technologies. The SRI team will show tour participants the variety of methods and equipment it uses to better understand injury causation and provide several examples of recent projects.
Researchers at the Brinkman-El Hellani Labs study how people use tobacco products to generate the evidence needed by government regulators to establish meaningful product standards that make these products less appealing to new users and support cessation or switching to reduced harm products in established users.
Brinkman Lab researchers perform tobacco product content and emissions testing, including using machine-smoking to reproduce human puffing behavior to estimate toxicant exposures. El Hellani Lab Researchers develop and employ analytical methods to quantify harmful chemicals in tobacco products and their emissions.
Capacity: 30
Security Requirements: N/A
Additional Requirements: This tour will be approximately 0.3 of a mile on mostly flat terrain.
Schedule (anticipated):
Depart GCCC: 9:30 a.m.
Arrive Tour Site: 9:45 a.m.
Tour: 9:45 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
Depart Tour Site: 12:30 p.m.
Arrive GCCC: 12:45 p.m.
Fee: $60 (advanced rate) or $75 (after 3/17/2024)
Wednesday, May 22
10:00 a.m.-12:10 p.m.
Description: Take a tour of the BeneLeaves facility. BeneLeaves is a friends and family-owned and licensed Cannabis processing business. Building their business from the ground up both structurally and operationally, they are rapidly rising and taking the cannabis industry to the next level with their personal innovations and expertise. They make cannabis infused Gummies, Vape Pens, lotions, capsules, chocolate bars, and gluten free cookies. On this tour you will see the packaging room, extraction room, post extraction room, and kitchen production room.
Capacity: 10
Security Requirements: Must bring Valid ID
Additional Requirements: N/A
Schedule (anticipated):
Depart GCCC: 10:00 a.m.
Arrive Tour Site: 10:10 a.m.
Tour: 10:30 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Depart Tour Site: 12:00 p.m.
Arrive GCCC: 12:10 p.m.
Fee: $90 (advanced rate) or $105 (after 3/17/2024)
