The Safetypro Podcast - Helping You Manage Workplace Safety One Episode At A Time!

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 (FREE to join). To get access to premium content like bonus materials, downloads, live chats with the Safety Pro (coming soon) - become a PREMIUM member! Join the Community of Safety Pros today! **Visit MightyLine Tape** Get all your facility marking needs! Request a FREE sample for being a SafetyPro Podcast listener!

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 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). To get access to premium content like bonus materials, downloads, live chats with the Safety Pro (coming soon) - become a PREMIUM member! Join the Community of Safety Pros today! **Visit MightyLine Tape** Get all your facility marking needs! Request a FREE sample for being a SafetyPro Podcast listener!

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 join). To get access to premium content like bonus materials, downloads, live chats with the Safety Pro (coming soon) - become a PREMIUM member! Join the Community of Safety Pros today! **Visit MightyLine Tape** Get all your facility marking needs! Request a FREE sample for being a SafetyPro Podcast listener!

Join the Community of Safety Pros today! Small and wearable electronic devices used in workplaces rely on a power source that stores a high amount of energy in a small space (i.e., high energy density). Lithium cells provide sustained power and often have the capability to recharge. When designed, manufactured, and used properly, lithium batteries are a safe, high energy density power source for devices in the workplace. While lithium batteries are normally safe, they may cause injury if they have design defects, are made of low-quality materials, are assembled incorrectly, are used or recharged improperly, or are damaged. RESOURCES: https://www.cpsc.gov/th/Regulations-Laws--Standards/Voluntary-Standards/Topics/Batteries https://www.cpsc.gov/s3fs-public/High_Energy_Density_Batteries_Status_Report_2_12_18.pdf?UksG80UJqGY0q4pfVBkbCuUQ5sNHqtwO https://www.energy.gov/eere/articles/how-does-lithium-ion-battery-work https://www.cpsc.gov/th/Regulations-Laws--Standards/Voluntary-Standards/Topics/Batteries Please

Join the Community of Safety Pros today! The OSHA guidance is intended to inform employers and workers in most workplace settings outside of healthcare to help them identify risks of being exposed to and/or contracting COVID-19 at work and to help them determine appropriate control measures to implement. Separate guidance is applicable to healthcare (CDC guidance) and emergency response (CDC guidance) settings. OSHA has additional industry-specific guidance. This guidance contains recommendations as well as descriptions of mandatory safety and health standards. The recommendations are advisory in nature, informational in content, and are intended to assist employers in providing a safe and healthful workplace. **Please see the OSHA website for these guidelines as information may have changed since the recording of this podcast episode.** Follow this link for information on the Families First Coronavirus Response Act. Please listen and share this episode with others. If you want to go more in-depth on this an

Join the Community of Safety Pros today! In this episode, I talk about the five things safety professionals need to focus on in 2021 to improve the employee experience by using workplace safety, something we are all good at! The hiring process The onboarding process Performance expectations Employee development Employee well-being 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). To get access to premium content like bonus materials, downloads, live chats with the Safety Pro (coming soon) - become a PREMIUM member! Join the Community of Safety Pros today! **Visit MightyLine Tape** Get all your facility marking needs! Request a FREE sample for being a SafetyPro Podcast listener!

Join the Community of Safety Pros today! Jason Patton, VP at Fire Dept. Coffee and creator of Fire Department Chronicles shares his story and brings humor to 1st aid/CPR and emergency response training! Please listen and share this episode with others. If you want to go more in-depth on other topics - become a SafetyPro Community member (FREE to join). To get access to premium content like bonus materials, downloads, live chats with the Safety Pro (coming soon) - become a PREMIUM member! Join the Community of Safety Pros today! **Visit MightyLine Tape** Get all your facility marking needs! Request a FREE sample for being a SafetyPro Podcast listener!

Join the Community of Safety Pros today! After having a private business providing sports massage therapy and strength coaching, Lori wanted to raise her game and reach more people. She quickly found a love and respect for the hard-working men and women that make this first-world country thrive. Her biomechanics and movement knowledge complement the world of safety & health to provide an unconventional approach to injury prevention. When Lori isn’t inspiring blue-collar badasses, she’s hanging with her husband, 3 kids, and 3 dogs. Lori is constantly disrupting, innovating, and inspiring as she speaks across the country to safety and management audiences. You can also catch her on the SafetyPro Community page as well! Please visit www.balancebio.com or www.themovementninja.com/safetypro to subscribe for a free stretch & flex course! **PREMIUM MEMBERS: All SafetyPro Podcast Community Premium Members get a BONUS - a code to unlock Lori's Low Back Pain - Triage course for FREE! A $99.00 value** To get ac

Join the Community of Safety Pros today! The science and technology around connected devices/software and how we interact with them regarding workplace safety is continuing to advance. At what point do wearables, connected devices and software become intrusive?  In this episode I run down a list of really cool devices/wearables as well as emerging technology that has real safety and health benefits, but may not be socially acceptable. At least not yet. Please listen and share this episode with others. If you want to go more in-depth on other topics - become a SafetyPro Community member (FREE to join). Become a PREMIUM member and get access to exclusive Safety & Health Management content and engage with other safety pros! Live chats, mentorship, premium downloads, videos, tools, and more! Join the Community of Safety Pros today! **Visit MightyLine Tape** Get all your facility marking needs! Request a FREE sample for being a SafetyPro Podcast listener!

Join the Community of Safety Pros today! The COVID-19 pandemic has completely changed the way we view safety and health in the workplace. Especially the protocols that businesses have in place. Whether it's following social distancing measures, providing personal protective equipment (PPE), or conducting more rigorous cleaning and sanitization, businesses have made safety investments as a result. To understand employees' and business leaders' concerns regarding COVID-19 safety protocols in the workplace at healthcare, manufacturing, retail, and transportation/warehousing businesses, Stericycle conducted a survey of 1,000 U.S. employees who currently work on-site as well as 450 U.S. business leaders at companies with more than 100 employees. The Workplace Safety Survey highlights the perceptions that employees and business leaders have on COVID-19 safety investments and protocols, corporate responsibility, and concerns about employee safety. The following top five themes come to mind. COVID-19 Workplace Saf

Join the Community of Safety Pros today! As 2020 wraps up, I wanted to reflect on a few things that we, as safety professionals, should take away from one of the craziest years we can remember. Please listen and share this episode with others. If you want to go more in-depth on other topics - become a SafetyPro Community member (FREE to join). Become a PREMIUM member and get access to exclusive Safety & Health Management content and engage with other safety pros! Live chats, mentorship, premium downloads, videos, tools, and more! Join the Community of Safety Pros today!   **Get Grammarly TODAY!**     **Visit MightyLine Tape** Get all your facility marking needs! Request a FREE sample for being a SafetyPro Podcast listener!

Join the Community of Safety Pros today! SPR Group LLC was formed in 2018 by Shawn Rafferty. SPR Group LLC's strategic vision centers around threat management, preparedness, training, damage mitigation, and effective response. Shawn sees a dangerous disconnect between law enforcement, organizations, and individuals about how they can work together to help: 1. Prevent incidents 2. Mitigate damage 3. Respond during an active shooter event or other life-threatening situations Even more troubling is the apparent lack of preparation and training for individuals and organizations. It is unfortunate that even after so many active shooter events, people and organizations are still not prepared, and many do not know what to do. Shawn's main objective is to help save lives by preparing organizations and individuals to prevent, prepare, and respond during an active shooter event. SPR Group LLC is the embodiment of everything Shawn has learned and experienced over 25 years in various leadership and security roles. The w

Join the Community of Safety Pros today! The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention researchers say a comprehensive public health strategy is needed to protect younger workers. This comes after their recent study shows that the rate of nonfatal on-the-job injuries among 15- to 24-year-olds is between 1.2 and 2.3 times higher than that of the 25-44 age group. Data from the National Electronic Injury Surveillance System found that hospital ERs treated an estimated 3.2 million nonfatal occupational injuries to workers ages 15-24 between 2012 and 2018. Of those, 18- and 19-year-olds experienced the highest injury rate, at 404 per 10,000 full-time equivalent workers. The injury rate for workers ages 20-24 and 15-17 was 287 and 281 per 10,000 FTEs, respectively, compared with 195 per 10,000 for workers 25-44. Although contact with objects and equipment was the leading cause of work-related injury requiring ER treatment for all age groups studied, lacerations and punctures were the most common type of injury am

Join the Community of Safety Pros today! From PositivePsychology.com Emotional intelligence is what we use when we empathize with our coworkers, have deep conversations about our relationships with significant others, and attempt to manage an unruly or distraught child. It allows us to connect with others, understand ourselves better, and live a more authentic, healthy, and happy life. Although there are many kinds of intelligence, and they are often connected to one another, there are some very significant differences between them. IQ vs. EQ EQ is emotional intelligence, which, as stated above, is all about identifying emotions in ourselves and others, relating to others, and communicating about our feelings. IQ, on the other hand, is cognitive intelligence. This is the intelligence that people are generally most familiar with, as it is the type that is most often referred to when the word “intelligence” is used. It is also the type that is most often measured through testing and estimated through things li

How WELL Promotes Workplace Safety, Health, and Confidence from FacilitiesNet The International WELL Building Institute (IWBI) created the WELL Health-Safety Rating application and label for buildings. The rating program focuses on 25 features for health and safety in buildings. Organizations can earn this designation by achieving compliance with 15 of the 25. This rating for buildings is flexible, scalable across varying building types, and easily applied across an extensive portfolio of properties. The WELL Health-Safety areas of focus are: Cleaning and Sanitation Procedures Emergency Preparedness Programs Health Service Resources Air and Water Quality Management Stakeholder Engagement and Communication As our knowledge of SARS-CoV-2 and specifically COVID-19 evolves, so do the safety measures we can apply. The WELL Health-Safety Rating for facility operations provides tools and guidance for facility managers to capture how their onsite team prioritizes health and safety for people at their facilities. M

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From Gallup: To say the "world's largest work-from-home experiment" has presented challenges would be an understatement. These challenges range from strategy and brand loyalty to customer centricity and employee wellbeing. While it might have been easy to dismiss well-being as simply a personal matter in the past, top leaders and managers who emphasize it will see significant returns. Employees with high well-being are more resilient during widespread or personal tough times, are less likely to have unplanned days out of the office, and have better performance than those with low well-being. The data tell us that remote workers have experienced well-being challenges, including ergonomics and lower back pain, poor mental and emotional wellbeing, less exercise, low self-care, and fewer social connections. Here's how leaders can address each of these relevant topics with their teams and organization. Stress and Mental Wellbeing On average, only 5% of employees reach out to their employee assistance program (EAP

Picture: TapRooT® I recently read an article from the folks over at TapRooT® that I wanted to share. It talks about how to have a successful root cause analysis and lists some best proactices. You can read their full article here. In order to be successful in completing a root cause analysis you should: Provide a complete, clear picture of what happened. Identify all the problems (Causal Factors) that led to the incident being investigated. Find the real root causes of each problem. Find the Generic Causes of each Root Cause. Develop effective corrective actions. Get management to understand the problems and solutions and take timely action to get the solutions implemented. 1st Root Cause Analysis Best Practice The first thing you should do is provide a complete, clear picture of WHAT HAPPENED. Without a complete, clear picture of what happened, the investigator is just making things up. The results of the investigation will be guesses. If you need to provide a complete, clear picture of what happened, you

In 2020, an estimated 276,480 new cases of invasive breast cancer will be diagnosed in women in the U.S., as well as 48,530 new cases of non-invasive (in situ) breast cancer. 64% of breast cancer cases are diagnosed at a localized stage (there is no sign that cancer has spread outside of the breast), for which the 5-year survival rate is 99%. This year, an estimated 42,170 women will die from breast cancer in the U.S. 1 in 8 women in the United States will be diagnosed with breast cancer in her lifetime Breast cancer is the most common cancer in American women, except for skin cancers. It is estimated that in 2020, approximately 30% of all new women cancer diagnoses will be breast cancer. There are over 3.5 million breast cancer survivors in the United States. On average, every 2 minutes, a woman is diagnosed with breast cancer in the United States. Join the discussion on LinkedIn. Just be sure to @ mention Blaine J. Hoffmann or The SafetyPro Podcast LinkedIn page. You can also find the podcast on Facebook

We're back with Wesley Carter, CCPSC, as part of our ongoing collaboration comparing and contrasting the PSM standard with OSHA general industry regulations. In this episode, we cover the requirements surrounding Hot Work, any work that involves burning, welding, cutting, brazing, soldering, grinding, using fire- or spark-producing tools, or other work that produces a source of ignition. You'll learn what the PSM standard requires for hot work, its relationship with standard 1910.252 (for the general industry), and even about what the OSHA construction standard says about hot work activities. You'll also hear an up close and personal story about hot work and associated hazards, and then we'll walk you through 7 key lessons from the CSB to prevent worker deaths during hot work in and around tanks. Listen to the Contractor Management episode we referenced a few times here: https://thesafetypropodcast.com/108-contractor-safety-with-wesley-carter-ccpsc   CSB Fact Sheet: Safe Hot Work Practices (Summary of 7 Key