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Interviews along with a Q&A format answering questions about safety. Together we‘ll help answer not just safety compliance but the strategy and tactics to implement injury elimination/severity.
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- 3 days ago26 min
Dr. Drew Hinton - Fall Protection
In today's episode, fall protection is covered by repeat guest Dr. Drew Hinton of Arrow Safety. Drew covers fall protection requirements along with training needs. Drew emphasizes the importance of a rescue plan. In particular, mobile equipment work platforms and low-slope roof are covered.
- 4 days ago3 min
Open door polices don't work in Safety if you never leave your office
The episode argues that an “open door policy” is meaningless in safety if leaders stay in their offices and wait for workers to come to them. Safety leadership requires presence, visibility, and proactive engagement — not passive availability. Workers speak up when leaders go to them, not when leaders sit behind a desk. 🔑 Key Themes Availability ≠ accessibility. Leaders often believe an open door makes them approachable, but workers rarely leave the job site to walk into an office to report hazards. Visibility builds trust. When leaders regularly walk the floor, visit job sites, and engage workers where they are, reporting increases and hazards surface sooner. Proactive engagement beats passive policies. Safety issues are discovered through conversations, observations, and curiosity — not by waiting for someone to knock on the door. Workers judge consistency. If leaders only show up during audits or incidents, workers assume safety isn’t a daily priority. Psychological safety grows through presence. People speak up more when leaders demonstrate genuine interest, listen without judgment, and show up regularly. Leadership tone matters. A calm, curious, supportive tone during field engagement encourages workers to share concerns they would never bring to an office. 🧭 Practical Takeaways for Safety Leaders Get out of the office daily — even short walk‑throughs matter. Initiate conversations instead of waiting for workers to approach you. Ask curiosity‑based questions (“What’s making your job harder today?”). Observe work as it actually happens, not how it’s written in procedures. Follow up on issues raised in the field to build credibility. Replace “open door” with “open field presence.” This shift transforms safety culture from reactive and distant to proactive and connected.
- 2 weeks ago32 min
Bryan Haywood-Ventilating Confined Spaces
This episode brings back Bryan Haywood to discuss ventilating confined spaces. Bryan covers the ventilation requirements and air exchanges along with atmospheric monitoring for flammables. Flammables pose a unique challenge in confined spaces as the correction factor must be used to properly understand the LEL located in the confined space.
- 3 weeks ago5 min
Safety Plan - Ask Before You Assume
This episode comes from an avid listener of the podcast. The Safety Professional in this podcast episode assumed a safety plan had not been completed for a critical crane lift. He forgot he approved it. This was a humbling experience and it took a long time to regain the confidence of the company.
- 3 weeks ago3 min
Tone Check and Hazard Correction
When a hazard or incident is discovered, do not raise your voice or yell. Safety Professionals are supposed to be a voice of reason. Gather information and stay calm. Correct the hazard or stop the situation.
- 3 weeks ago4 min
Progress over perfection
In today's episode, Dr. Ayers talks about stop trying to make everything perfect. Perfection is a way to spend more time in the office as opposed to correcting hazards.
- Aug 15, 202625 min
Heat and Cooling Vest with Anna Albright of Clemacooling
Heat and its effects are a big concern in occupational safety along with slower down the completion of projects. Today's guest is Anna B Albright, co-founder and CEO of Clema (clemacooling.com), building next-gen on-body cooling for the 2.4 billion people who work in extreme heat, a problem draining $1.09 trillion from the global economy each year. Clema's revolutionary smart suspenders cool the skin 30°F+ across a full 8–12-hour shift on a single battery swap, with no ice or water, addressing a real gap in heat-illness prevention and empowering safety managers and industrial hygienists with technological solutions to heat.
- Aug 5, 20266 min
24-Hour Hazard Reporting Challenge
In today's episode, Dr. Ayers challenges safety professionals to respond to hazard reports within 24 hours. Make it personal, view the scene and talk to employees. If you don't have a mechanism to follow up on hazard reporting, create one.
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