Join the Community of Safety Pros today! Join the Community of Safety Pros today! In her sixth appearance on the podcast, Lori Frederic talks about conditioning ourselves for the movements we can expect to engage in throughout the day. Be sure to visit Balance Biomechanics to learn more about Fit Stop resources. 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...
Sep 25, 2022•43 min•Ep. 162
Join the Community of Safety Pros today! Join the Community of Safety Pros today! In this episode, we talk with Paul Radke, from Columbia Southern University about Occupational Safety & Health degree programs and Blaine's educational journey with CSU . 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 episode videos, video ...
Sep 25, 2022•26 min•Ep. 161
Join the Community of Safety Pros today! Join the Community of Safety Pros today! In this episode, we talk with Doug Pontsler about how the Center of Visual Expertise (COVE) is helping workers visualize their workplaces better. Visit the COVE website to learn more: https://www.covectr.com/home 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 exclusi...
Sep 25, 2022•49 min•Ep. 160
Join the Community of Safety Pros today! Join the Community of Safety Pros today! In this episode, we talk with Stephen Petty, CIH, about the true efficacy of masks as it relates to the prevention of COVID-19 transmission. Stephen Petty, a certified industrial hygienist, safety professional, and engineer with 45 years of experience in the field, is one of the top testifying experts on personal protective equipment (PPE) and exposure control in the country. WARNING: This episode gets into topics ...
Aug 18, 2022•1 hr 18 min•Ep. 159
Join the Community of Safety Pros today! Join the Community of Safety Pros today! Is a lack of situational awareness a root cause? The short answer is no. However, I am sure you want some evidence. So, let's talk with Alex Paradies from TapRooT® to learn more. Check out this article on their website: https://www.taproot.com/situational-awareness-root-cause/ 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 me...
Jul 28, 2022•51 min•Ep. 158
Join the Community of Safety Pros today! Join the Community of Safety Pros today! In this episode, we talk with Phillip B. Russell about three OSHA law tips safety pros misunderstand or don't know about! We also get into some OSHA law history and other interesting facts. NOTE: Premium members - check out the BONUS HOUR video on the Community Site where Phillip drops TWO additional OSHA Law Tips and a checklist "What to do when OSHA is at your door" , just for you! Please listen and share this ep...
Jul 28, 2022•45 min•Ep. 157
Join the Community of Safety Pros today! Join the Community of Safety Pros today! In this episode, Blaine talks to VPPPA Chairperson Terry Schulte about the early days of VPP, busting VPP myths, and the advantages of being a part of the VPPPA community. Check out the VPPPA National Safety+ Symposium in Washington, DC, August 23-25, 2022. Click here to register: https://www.vpppa.org/events/safety-symposium/ Please listen and share this episode with others. If you want to go more in-depth on this...
Jul 15, 2022•43 min•Ep. 156
Join the Community of Safety Pros today! Join the Community of Safety Pros today! In this episode, I talk to the HOP Nerd himself, Sam Goodman ! We get into all sorts of good organizational safety stuff, but also H&OP 101 - it all starts with the basics. 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 episode videos, vide...
Jul 08, 2022•56 min•Ep. 155
Join the Community of Safety Pros today! Join the Community of Safety Pros today! In this special episode, we are highlighting our incredible partner in safety, Mighty Line Floor Tape . Wes Wyatt shares some practical tips to help keep your facilities safer. You can catch their weekly warehouse safety tips HERE . 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 member...
Jul 01, 2022•33 min•Ep. 154
Join the Community of Safety Pros today! Join the Community of Safety Pros today! In this episode, I speak to Alexander Paradies from System Improvements, Inc., also known as The TapRooT® Folks, about precursor incidents. Do we need to deep dive into ALL of them? How do we know? All of this and more in this episode. 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 mem...
Jun 17, 2022•1 hr 13 min•Ep. 153
Join the Community of Safety Pros today! Join the Community of Safety Pros today! In this episode, Lori Frederic (The Movement Ninja) takes over the podcast while Blaine is traveling. She discusses how crappy lifts happen, and what to do about them. 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 episode videos, video courses...
Jun 04, 2022•20 min•Ep. 152
Join the Community of Safety Pros today! Join the Community of Safety Pros today! In this episode we talk to the one and only Lori Frederic , also known as the Movement Ninja ! We catch up on all the things going on with her and she dives into what we safety pros can do to intervene early in order to prevent worker injuries. As a matter of fact, we talk about a lot of common issues with our industry in this episode! Please listen and share this episode with others. If you want to go more in-dept...
May 13, 2022•52 min•Ep. 151
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 (near misses) are to safety performance. Please listen and share this episode with others. If you wa...
Apr 06, 2022•40 min•Ep. 150
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 prodding by a few panel members, I figured what the heck; let's let it rip! It happens, but I still f...
Mar 11, 2022•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 149
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 comments. **WATCH the full video HERE** Please listen and share this episode with others. If you want...
Mar 09, 2022•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 148
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 listen and share this episode with others. If you want to go more in-depth on this and other topics - ...
Feb 28, 2022•21 min•Ep. 147
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 tool. Please listen and share this episode with others. Be sure to visit Healthy Roster for some gre...
Jan 28, 2022•43 min•Ep. 146
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 exclusive content like episode videos, video courses, templates/downloads, participate in live streams, di...
Jan 10, 2022•2 hr 11 min•Ep. 145
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, machinery or equipment, or even human error, but mother nature challenges conventional wisdom regarding ho...
Dec 22, 2021•19 min•Ep. 144
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 Community members can access exclusive content like episode videos, video courses, templates/downloads...
Nov 16, 2021•39 min•Ep. 143
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 join). Premium Community members can access exclusive content like episode videos, video courses, templat...
Oct 21, 2021•45 min•Ep. 142
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, we see the need for a strong workplace culture if we want to expect strong safety performance. Plea...
Oct 18, 2021•52 min•Ep. 141
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 organization cares about their wellbeing has eroded, losing 13 percentage points since last spring. Here a...
Oct 12, 2021•26 min•Ep. 140
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 episode videos, video courses, templates/downloads, participate in live streams, direct message, and ev...
Sep 27, 2021•48 min•Ep. 139
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 a SafetyPro Community member (FREE to join). Premium Community members can access exclusive content ...
Sep 20, 2021•39 min•Ep. 138
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). Premium Community members can access exclusive content like episode videos, video courses, templates/down...
Sep 16, 2021•41 min•Ep. 137
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://wheelofnames.com Join the Community of Safety Pros today! Please listen and share this episode wit...
Sep 03, 2021•25 min•Ep. 136
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 Safety Pro - become a PREMIUM member today! Join the Community of Safety Pros today! **Visit MightyLine ...
Aug 27, 2021•32 min•Ep. 135
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 with the Safety Pro - become a PREMIUM member today! Join the Community of Safety Pros today! **Visit ...
Aug 11, 2021•21 min•Ep. 134
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 others. Join the Community of Safety Pros today! Premium Community members can access exclusive content l...
Jun 18, 2021•24 min•Ep. 133
