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The Safety Pro Podcast

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165: The Evolving Injury Prevention Field w/Lori Frederic
Join the Community of Safety Pros today! Join the Community of Safety Pros today! In this episode, Lori Frederic, from Balance Biomechanics, the ever-evolving injury prevention profession. Listen up, safety pros; this is good information as you look for a service provider in this industry. 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, and direct message/live chat with the Safety Pro.  Join the Community of Safety Pros today! **Mighty Line Tape for all of your floor marking and facility sign needs**
56:56 1/9/23
164: What is Safety Training? w/Drew Hinton
Join the Community of Safety Pros today! Join the Community of Safety Pros today! In this episode, we talk about safety training with our good friend, Drew Hinton, President of Arrow Safety. The discussion includes some interesting aspects of safety training, some OSHA interpretations, and what it means to be a "qualified" trainer. 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, and direct message/live chat with the Safety Pro.  Join the Community of Safety Pros today! **Visit Mighty Line Tape for all of your floor marking and facility sign needs**
44:51 12/2/22
163: Normalization of Deviation w/Alex Paradies
Join the Community of Safety Pros today! Join the Community of Safety Pros today! In this episode, I talk to Alex Paradies from TapRooT® about making the shift from normalization of deviation toward normalizing excellence! 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, and direct message/live chat with the Safety Pro.  Join the Community of Safety Pros today! **Visit Mighty Line Tape for all of your floor marking and facility sign needs**
62:43 10/21/22
162: Should We Bend & Twist? w/Lori Frederic
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 can access exclusive content like episode videos, video courses, templates/downloads, participate in live streams, and direct message/live chat with the Safety Pro.  Join the Community of Safety Pros today! **Visit Mighty Line Tape for all of your floor marking and facility sign needs**
43:26 9/25/22
161: Occupational Safety & Health Degrees at CSU w/Paul Radke
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 courses, templates/downloads, participate in live streams, and direct message/live chat with the Safety Pro.  Join the Community of Safety Pros today! **Visit Mighty Line Tape for all of your floor marking and facility sign needs**
25:56 9/25/22
160: Visualizing a Safer Workplace w/Doug Pontsler
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 exclusive content like episode videos, video courses, templates/downloads, participate in live streams, and direct message/live chat with the Safety Pro.  Join the Community of Safety Pros today! **Visit Mighty Line Tape for all of your floor marking and facility sign needs**
48:41 9/25/22
159: Mask Efficacy & COVID-19 w/Stephen Petty, CIH
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 that are still not widely discussed openly and honestly. Let's just say the video may not make it to YouTube, and we are ok with that. **Premium Community members, check the comments section for links to relevant materials referenced 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 members can access exclusive content like episode videos, video courses, templates/downloads, participate in live streams, and direct message/live chat with the Safety Pro.  Join the Community of Safety Pros today! **Visit Mighty Line Tape for all of your floor marking and facility sign needs**
78:21 8/18/22
158: Why Situational Awareness Cannot be a Root Cause w/Alex Paradies
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 member (FREE to join). Premium Community members can access exclusive content like episode videos, video courses, templates/downloads, participate in live streams, and direct message/live chat with the Safety Pro.  Join the Community of Safety Pros today! **Visit Mighty Line Tape for all of your floor marking and facility sign needs**
51:08 7/28/22
157: 3 OSHA Law Tips from Veteran OSHA Attorney Phillip B. Russell
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 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, and direct message/live chat with the Safety Pro.  Join the Community of Safety Pros today! **Visit Mighty Line Tape for all of your floor marking and facility sign needs**
45:01 7/28/22
156: Talking VPPPA w/Chairperson, Terry Schulte
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 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, and direct message/live chat with the Safety Pro.  Join the Community of Safety Pros today! **Visit Mighty Line Tape for all of your floor marking and facility sign needs**
43:14 7/15/22
EP 155: H&OP 101 W/Sam Goodman
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, video courses, templates/downloads, participate in live streams, and direct message/live chat with the Safety Pro.  Join the Community of Safety Pros today! **Visit Mighty Line Tape for all of your floor marking and facility sign needs**
55:57 7/8/22
EP 154: Warehouse Safety Tips w/Wes Wyatt from Mighty Line
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 members can access exclusive content like episode videos, video courses, templates/downloads, participate in live streams, and direct message/live chat with the Safety Pro.  Join the Community of Safety Pros today! **Visit Mighty Line Tape for all of your floor marking and facility sign needs**
32:46 7/1/22
EP 153: Precursor Incidents w/Alexander Paradies
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 members can access exclusive content like episode videos, video courses, templates/downloads, participate in live streams, and direct message/live chat with the Safety Pro. Become a PREMIUM member today! Join the Community of Safety Pros today! **Visit MightyLine Tape for all of your floor marking and facility sign needs**
72:30 6/17/22
EP 152: How Crappy Lifts Happen w/Lori Frederic
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, templates/downloads, participate in live streams, and direct message/live chat with the Safety Pro. Become a PREMIUM member today! Join the Community of Safety Pros today! **Visit MightyLine Tape for all of your floor marking and facility sign needs**
20:17 6/4/22
151: The Gap Between Early Discomfort & Injury w/Lori Frederic
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-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, and direct message/live chat with the Safety Pro. Become a PREMIUM member today! Join the Community of Safety Pros today! **Visit MightyLine Tape for all of your floor marking and facility sign needs**
51:31 5/13/22
150: Human Error with Mark Paradies from TapRooT®
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 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, and direct message/live chat with the Safety Pro. Become a PREMIUM member today! Join the Community of Safety Pros today! **Visit MightyLine Tape for all of your floor marking and facility sign needs** **Be sure to visit Healthy Roster for onsite injury prevention services.**
39:37 4/6/22
149: Smash-and-Grab Robberies and Worker Safety
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 feel like we covered a lot of ground here. **WATCH the full video 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 members can access exclusive content like episode videos, video courses, templates/downloads, participate in live streams, direct message/live chat with the Safety Pro - become a PREMIUM member today! Join the Community of Safety Pros today! **Visit MightyLine Tape for all of your floor marking and facility sign needs** **Be sure to visit Healthy Roster for onsite injury prevention services.**
71:08 3/11/22
148: Choosing the Right Digital Safety Management System
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 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/live chat with the Safety Pro - become a PREMIUM member today! Join the Community of Safety Pros today! **Visit MightyLine Tape for all of your floor marking and facility sign needs** **Be sure to visit Healthy Roster for onsite injury prevention services.**
63:27 3/9/22
147: Tracking Safety Training w/LMS
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 - 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/live chat with the Safety Pro - become a PREMIUM member today! Join the Community of Safety Pros today! **Visit MightyLine Tape for all of your floor marking and facility sign needs** **Be sure to visit Healthy Roster for onsite injury prevention services.**
20:46 2/28/22
146: Virtual Injury Prevention Programs
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 great information on this approach to preventing injuries. 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/live chat with the Safety Pro - become a PREMIUM member today! Join the Community of Safety Pros today! **Visit MightyLine Tape**
42:58 1/28/22
145: OSHA ETS SCOTUS Oral Arguments Replay
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, direct message/live chat with the Safety Pro - become a PREMIUM member today! Join the Community of Safety Pros today! **Visit MightyLine Tape**  
130:30 1/10/22
144: Severe Weather - Planning for the Average
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 how we analyze incidents. Head on over to The SafetyPro Podcast Community to read the full blog post. Read the NIST article 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 members can access exclusive content like episode videos, video courses, templates/downloads, participate in live streams, direct message/live chat with the Safety Pro - become a PREMIUM member today! Join the Community of Safety Pros today! **Visit MightyLine Tape**
19:01 12/22/21
143: Did the Secretary of Labor Tank the OSHA Vaccine ETS?
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, participate in live streams, direct message/live chat with the Safety Pro - become a PREMIUM member today! Join the Community of Safety Pros today! **Visit MightyLine Tape**
38:39 11/16/21
142: Heat vs. Cold Therapy w/Lori Frederic
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, templates/downloads, participate in live streams, direct message/live chat with the Safety Pro - become a PREMIUM member today! Join the Community of Safety Pros today! **Visit MightyLine Tape**
45:18 10/21/21
141: A Strong Workplace Culture = Strong Safety Performance w/Marten Stenfors
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. 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 even live chat with the Safety Pro - become a PREMIUM member today! Join the Community of Safety Pros today! **Visit MightyLine Tape**
51:36 10/18/21
140: Re-Focus on Wellbeing
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 are 10 critically important best practices for enhancing employee wellbeing in 2021 and beyond. Maintain a strong and sustained leadership voice regarding the importance of wellbeing. Demonstrate a shared and consistent definition of what is meant by "wellbeing." Keep the line of communication constantly open. Lead by example. Include family members. Re-promote wellbeing programs and offerings. Scientifically evaluate the effectiveness of wellbeing programs. Leverage employee engagement to drive employee wellbeing. Develop a network of local wellbeing coaches and champions who serve as resources to collect and share best practices. Aim strengths at wellbeing. Posted with permission from Gallup 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 even live chat with the Safety Pro - become a PREMIUM member today! Join the Community of Safety Pros today! **Visit MightyLine Tape**
26:18 10/12/21
139: Pot, Electricity, OSHA, Consensus Standards & Common Sense w/Drew Hinton
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 even live chat with the Safety Pro - become a PREMIUM member today! Join the Community of Safety Pros today! **Visit MightyLine Tape**
47:48 9/27/21
138: Is it worth it? w/Johnathon Furtado
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 like episode videos, video courses, templates/downloads, participate in live streams, direct message, and even live chat with the Safety Pro - become a PREMIUM member today! Join the Community of Safety Pros today! **Visit MightyLine Tape**
39:13 9/20/21
137: How OSHA Makes Standards & ETS
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/downloads, participate in live streams, direct message, and live chat with the Safety Pro - become a PREMIUM member today! Join the Community of Safety Pros today! **Visit MightyLine Tape**
40:43 9/16/21
136: How to Gamify Remote Safey Training/Meetings
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 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, 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 Tape**
25:27 9/3/21