The Case for Safety Podcast

Courtney D. Lewis, CSP, and EHS Manager at Toyotetsu North America, joins us to share her experience in attaining the ASP and CSP certifications. Courtney offers advice and tips on preparing for your exams and how you can achieve success.

Hall of Fame Keynote Speaker and Author Connie Podesta joins the podcast to discuss her upcoming opening general session at Safety 2021, Standout Relationships: Life Would be Easy If It Weren’t for Other People. Connie shares how improving communication, building trust and cultivating relationships are keys to success in our personal and professional lives.

Jeff Dalto, Workplace Learning and Performance Professional at Vector Solutions, joins the podcast to discuss a new resource titled: A Guide to Practicing “New Safety.” Jeff served as editor of the guide, which offers insights into some “new views” of safety, and how they can help create safer and healthier workplaces. A Guide to Practicing “New Safety” Five Pri...

Patrick Karol, CSP, SMS, CIT, and President of Karol Consulting, shares keys to success for passing your safety and health certification exams.

Rosa Antonia Carrillo, President of Carrillo and Associates, Inc. and author of The Relationship Factor in Safety Leadership, shares how you can create safer workplaces by starting conversations, improving communication, strengthening relationships and building trust. The Relationship Factor in Safety Leadership

Patrick Karol, CSP, SMS, CIT, and President of Karol Consulting, joins the podcast to help navigate the world of safety and health certifications.

Bruce Lyon, Vice President of Risk Management Services at Hays Companies, and Georgi Popov, professor in the School of Geoscience, Physics and Safety Sciences at the University of Central Missouri, share methods from the ISO 31010 Technical Report that can help you better identify, assess and manage workplace risks.

Rob Willis, Fall Protection Product Group Manager at MSA Safety and chair of the ANSI/ASSP Z359.11 Subcommittee joins the podcast to discuss the safe use of full body harnesses and the latest update of the ANSI/ASSP Z359.11 standard on safety requirements for full body harnesses.

Sponsored by Amazon Jane Bourke, Director of Workplace Health & Safety Technical Solutions at Amazon, and Sidd Srinivasa, Director of Robotics AI at Amazon, join the podcast to discuss Amazon’s Distance Assistant technology. This open-source innovation is supporting the health and safety of Amazon employees through improved physical distancing.

ASSP President Deb Roy joins the podcast to share her insights on returning employees to the workplace safely during the COVID-19 pandemic, while meeting the demands of your business. CDC COVID-19 Science Update Covid ActNow

Adam Rubin, CSP, corporate safety director at Zachry Group, and member of the ANSI/ASSP Z359 Committee on Fall Protection and Fall Restraint shares keys to success for fall protection training, and how to make training stick with workers.

Don Groover, General Manager of DEKRA Consulting, and Sarah Eck, Senior Process Safety Development Engineer at DEKRA Consulting, join the podcast for a conversation about how to prevent catastrophic hazards and exposures through better decision-making and controls based on solid risk assessment practices and processes. Sponsored by DEKRA

Marjory Anderson, CSP, joins us to discuss the steps you can take to help ensure fall protection equipment will keep workers safe when operating at height.

Jim Howe, CSP, joins us to share his insights on how applying systems thinking can help improve safety and health in your workplace.

Georgi Popov, Ph. D., CSP, ARM, SMS, QEP, joins the podcast for a conversation about the value of a risk-based safety education and how to improve risk assessment and management at your organization.

Ken Clayman, Lead Associate at Booz Allen Hamilton, joins the podcast to discuss the key steps to conducting an effective occupational safety and health management system audit.

ASSP President Deb Roy shares her perspective on how the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted workplace safety and health, and how safety professionals can help prepare their organizations for the future.

Maggie Mortali, Senior Director at the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, joins us to discuss how to develop a compassionate and supportive workplace culture that can help prevent some of the workplace factors that can lead to suicide.   Sponsored by ClickSafety

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Ken Clayman, lead associate, Booz Allen Hamilton, discusses the keys to success for planning an occupational safety and health management system audit

Mike Morand and Shanon Beekman of the ANSI/ASSP A10.5 Subcommittee discuss the updated ANSI/ASSP A10.5 standard and the guidance it provides for the safe use of material hoists on construction and demolition sites.

Tim Fisher and Lauren Bauerschmidt of the ASSP Standards Department discuss the Z10 implementation guide and how it can help you improve safety and health management at your organization.

Eric Voight of the ANSI/ASSP A10 committee shares best practices for keeping workers safe during trenching and excavation operations.

Terry Ketchum of the ANSI/ASSP Z9 Committee explains how improving the ventilation and indoor air quality at your workplace can help lead to healthier and more comfortable work environments.

ASSP President-Elect Deb Roy discusses how you can prepare your workplace workers’ return to the work site amid the COVID-19 pandemic.