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Upcoming Educational Events

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At the Chittenden Group, we’re committed to helping Connecticut businesses stay ahead of changing regulations, emerging risks, and industry best practices. Throughout the year, we host complimentary educational seminars led by respected industry experts, attorneys, and risk management professionals.

Recent seminar topics have included:

OSHA Inspection Preparation & Response

Managing an OSHA Inspection

Workers' Compensation Experience Modification

Employee Benefits Compliance Updates

Employment Law & HR Best Practices

Cyber Risk & Data Privacy

Risk Management Strategies for Connecticut Employers

Insurance Market Trends & Claims Prevention

Whether you’re an HR professional, business owner, safety manager, or financial decision-maker, our seminars are designed to provide practical guidance you can put to work immediately.

Upcoming Seminar

OSHA Compliance & Legal Exposure Seminar

What you don’t know about OSHA can cost you.

Workplace safety is no longer just a compliance issue — it’s a leadership liability. Owners, executives, and managers can face serious legal and financial exposure when safety programs fall short.

This high-impact seminar will give you practical, actionable insight into how OSHA evaluates your organization — and how to protect both your people and your business.

What You’ll Gain

Leadership Liability: Know Where You Stand

Understand how OSHA assigns accountability and what steps leadership must take to demonstrate due diligence and reduce personal exposure.

Building a Legally Defensible Safety Program

Move beyond a written manual. Learn how to implement documentation, training, and enforcement practices that hold up under inspection and scrutiny.

OSHA’s Top 10 Most Cited Violations

Discover the most common — and preventable — violations affecting businesses today, and how to proactively close the gaps before OSHA finds them.

Featured Speakers

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Chip Darius

Founder, Safety Priority

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Robert Hunt

Occupational Safety Training Specialist
State of Connecticut, Department of Labor, CONN-OSHA

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Event Details

May 13th, 9:30 to 12:00 p.m.
Full breakfast served at 9:30 AM.
The program begins immediately following
Designed for business owners, executives, operations leaders, HR professionals, and safety managers who want to lead with confidence and reduce risk

Space is limited. Register early to secure your seat.

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Chip Darius, MA, OHST, CSHO, EMT

Chip Darius is founder and president of Safety Priority Consultants, LLC, which, since 2000, has provided training and consulting to over 950 U.S. and international client organizations in occupational safety & health, OSHA compliance, risk management, and safety management systems.

Since 2002, Chip has been an Instructor for the OSHA Training Institute Region 1 Education Center, designing and teaching courses to safety professionals and OSHA officials in Fall Protection, Scaffolding, Emergency Action Plans, Safety Management Systems, Incident Investigation, General Industry and Construction OSHA Standards, and other related topics. Chip is also a highly experienced expert witness in legal matters, having been retained in over 430 catastrophic injury and fatality cases. He has also served as a safety advisor for CBIA.

Chip holds multiple safety and health certifications and certificates and earned BS and MA degrees from UConn. He has served as Adjunct Faculty for four universities, authored three guidebooks, and designed more than 200 specialized courses in safety and trainer development. Chip has presented on-site training, conference sessions, keynote presentations, and seminar programs across numerous U.S. states, Canadian provinces, and several foreign countries.

Chip has also been a certified Emergency Medical Technician for 46 years. He currently serves as a volunteer EMT with the Cromwell Fire Department, where he also served as an elected Fire Commissioner. He and his wife Marla, a registered nurse, have five children and two grandchildren.

Robert Hunt

Robert Hunt is an Occupational Safety Training Specialist for CONN-OSHA and has been in his current role since 2022. After graduating from the University of Connecticut with a bachelor’s degree in biology, he joined CONN-OSHA as a trainee in 2019. During his time with CONN-OSHA, he has worked alongside both the Compliance Officers and Consultants. He is an OSHA Authorized Outreach Trainer for Construction and General Industry.