The SafetyPro Podcast

Join the Community of Safety Pros today! Join the Community of Safety Pros today! In this episode, I talk to Mark Paradies , CEO of System Improvements, Inc. Also known as The TapRooT® Folks! Be sure to check out their site! We discuss human error as a root cause, and what businesses can do to better prepare their leaders for root cause analysis. We even get into how important precursor incidents...

Join the Community of Safety Pros today! Join the Community of Safety Pros today! We recorded this panel discussion LAST YEAR over on the SafetyPro Podcast Community site, early on a Saturday morning. We had a host of technical difficulties due to storms in my area as did Shawn. It was for that reason I felt the quality was not up to par for release to the community. But, after some thought, and p...

Join the Community of Safety Pros today! Join the Community of Safety Pros today! In our first panel discussion, SafetyPro Podcast Community premium members Drew Hinton, Kyle Domin, and Chris Groselclose talk about what you should consider when searching for a digital SMS management service provider. While we likely did not cover EVERYTHING, we hope the community can contribute their tips in the c...

Join the Community of Safety Pros today! Join the Community of Safety Pros today! An LMS is a software application that allows you to share e-learning courses with your learners and track key data about their activity—for example, the amount of time they spend on a course or the score they receive on a quiz. But, did you know you can use most LMS to track instructor-led training as well? Please li...

Join the Community of Safety Pros today! Join the Community of Safety Pros today! In this episode, I talk with Tatiana Chattoo and Jason Barr from Healthy Roster  about injury prevention programs. Specifically, how companies with a distributed workforce, or smaller companies that previously thought they could not access injury prevention professionals, can tap into this incredible injury reduction...

Join the Community of Safety Pros today! Join the Community of Safety Pros today! In this episode, I will replay all of the oral arguments for the OSHA ETS before the United States Supreme Court. Please listen and share this episode with others. If you want to go more in-depth on this and other topics - become a  SafetyPro Community  member (FREE to join). Premium Community members can access excl...

Join the Community of Safety Pros today! Join the Community of Safety Pros today! When natural disasters occur, it is understandable to ask, "why?" when they result in loss of life and property. We need answers. Heck, we may need to point the finger of blame at somebody, anybody, to help rationalize these events. Seeing the scale of the sheer destruction resulting not from process failures, machin...

Join the Community of Safety Pros today! Join the Community of Safety Pros today! This is the audio version of the video recorded for the SafetyPro Podcast Community site . I break down several arguments against the vaccine ETS. Please listen and share this episode with others. If you want to go more in-depth on this and other topics - become a  SafetyPro Community  member (FREE to join). Premium...

Join the Community of Safety Pros today! Lori Frederic joins us once again to talk about what's going on with her health right now, how we can rethink hot/cold therapy, and the extremely useful content you can find over at her new website . Please listen and share this episode with others. If you want to go more in-depth on this and other topics - become a  SafetyPro Community  member (FREE to joi...

Join the Community of Safety Pros today! In this episode, I talk to Marten Stenfors , the CEO and Founder of Phenium , an Environmental, Health, and Food Safety technology company (no affiliation), about safety and compliance in the food service industry. What is fascinating about our conversation is that we can clearly see a direct connection between workplace safety and food safety. Furthermore,...

Join the Community of Safety Pros today! From Gallup As the U.S. and its workplaces start to eye post-pandemic normality, there is an urgent need for organizations to press forward with the progress made in employee wellbeing during the COVID-19 era. That's because after increasing to near 50% during the early months of the pandemic, the percentage of employees who strongly agree that their organi...

Join the Community of Safety Pros today! In this episode, I talk with our good friend Drew Hinton about the ASSP Safety 2021 Conference - his takeaways and insight. Buckle up! Please listen and share this episode with others. If you want to go more in-depth on this and other topics - become a  SafetyPro Community  member (FREE to join). Premium Community members can access exclusive content like e...

Join the Community of Safety Pros today! In this episode, I talk to Johnathon Furtado, a safety professional and Safety Pro Podcast Community member about unnecessary risk. He shares his incredible story of near-tragedy and how it inspired him to pursue a career in the safety field. Please listen and share this episode with others. If you want to go more in-depth on this and other topics - become...

Join the Community of Safety Pros today! In this episode, I talk about how OSHA actually makes standards and emergency temporary standards (ETS). Check out this link for detailed info as well. Join the Community of Safety Pros today! Please listen and share this episode with others. If you want to go more in-depth on this and other topics - become a  SafetyPro Community  member (FREE to join). Pre...

Join the Community of Safety Pros today! In this episode, I talk about some cool online tools you can use to make those remote training sessions and meetings a little more bearable. I also throw in a few tried and true games that require no technology all aimed at making training stick. Discussed in this episode (no affiliation): https://kahoot.com/business-u/ https://www.polleverywhere.com https:...

Join the Community of Safety Pros today! Part three in the series on rethinking [safety] culture. In this episode, I discuss how standard work can help build a strong culture in the workplace. Join the Community of Safety Pros today! Premium Community members can access exclusive content like episode videos, video courses, templates/downloads, and you can direct message and live chat with the Safe...

Join the Community of Safety Pros today! In this episode, I discuss how you can set the right expectations for workers that will integrate well into the business and drive [safety] culture. Check it out! Join the Community of Safety Pros today! Premium Community members can access exclusive content like episode videos, video courses, templates/downloads, and you can direct message and live chat wi...

Join the Community of Safety Pros today! Episode Intro by Abraham Gibson There is a lot of talk about safety culture, which is centered around our frustration at achieving a "safety" culture. So why not take another approach? Why not look through the business lens instead of our safety profession lens? Hear me out as I dive into this approach during this episode. Please listen and share with other...

Join the Community of Safety Pros today! In this episode, I talk to my good friend Shawn Rafferty. He is the host of the Security Pro Podcast and the founder of SPR Group, LLC.  We will focus on domestic travel safety - but not in a sense most think about; we get into a lot here, so take notes! BONUS: Shawn tells me the harrowing story of how he was stranded in Iraq during the war and had to get h...

Episode intro by Jason Lucas from The Safety Justice League Podcast Join the Community of Safety Pros today! In this episode, Lori Frederic , the Movement Ninja from Balance Biomechanics , shares her expertise about kinesiology tape and how you might use it in your first aid kits. Check out Lori's YouTube channel for more info on this tape. To see the full-length video interview, become a premium ...

Join the Community of Safety Pros today! In this episode, I talk to Grant Morgan, CEO/Co-Founder of RZero . We discuss the use of UVC light to sanitize workspaces most would not consider.  Please listen and share this episode with others. To see the full-length video interview, become a premium  SafetyPro Community  member. You will also get access to premium content like video courses, downloads,...

Join the Community of Safety Pros today! In this episode, I will break down the top 10 biases that will absolutely wreck your incident investigations! Overconfidence Confirmation Bias Hindsight Bias Stereotyping Choice-supportive bias Bandwagon effect Blind-spot bias Fundamental attribution error Linear causality Lack of Systems View Please listen and share this episode with others. If you want to...

Join the Community of Safety Pros today! Jason Maldonado joins me to discuss why as Safety Pros we need to improve our writing skills! Check out Jason's website to get access to his own writing course and get started improving your writing skills today! Please listen and share this episode with others. If you want to go more in-depth on this and other topics - become a  SafetyPro Community  member...

Join the Community of Safety Pros today! Do you know the eight wastes in business? If so, have you made the connection to workplace safety? If not, I have! Here are the eight wastes: Transportation Inventory Motion People Waiting Over-Production Over-Processing Defects  Let's get into how you, the safety pro should learn these eight wastes and how they could increase risk. Please listen and share...

Join the Community of Safety Pros today! Remote worker safety - are you approaching this topic as you would if employees were still in the office? Let's talk about some tips that can help you ensure your remote workers are safe and healthy! Please listen and share this episode with others. If you want to go more in-depth on this and other topics - become a  SafetyPro Community  member (FREE to joi...