Leading Safely™ | A HazTek Podcast

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Leading Safely™ | A HazTek Podcast

Leading Safely™ | A HazTek Podcast is dedicated to engaging with our listeners through a diverse range of environmental, health, and safety topics. Podcast hosts Chris Bellina, HazTek’s logistics manager and Matt Clark, HazTek’s Operations Manager/Safety Professional, team up to tackle hot safety topics, interview experts in the safety industry, answer listener questions, and highlight opportunities for those in the safety field. The podcast is designed for all types of safety professionals, as well as for anyone interested in learning about safety in a new and interesting way.   What makes Leading Safely™ | A HazTek Podcast unique is that our co-host Matt is a safety professional with years of in-the-field experience, while Chris, who is safety adjacent, does not have a safety background — together they both have compelling safety questions that we all want answered. It makes for a great dynamic and an interesting listen for people in the safety industry, people looking to get into the safety industry, and people who just want to learn more about safety in general.   HazTek is a professional safety services organization that employs 300+ safety professionals across North America and throughout the world. New episodes of Leading Safely™ | A HazTek Podcast come out twice a month and listeners can send in their questions to podcast@haztekinc.com. Listeners can also visit our website to learn more at https://www.haztekinc.com.

  1. MAR 15

    Ray Stupienski | Safety Q & A

    HazTek Employee Programs Advisor Ray Stupienski joins Chris Bellina for a special Q and A episode of our podcast.Since the launch of this podcast in June 2023, our listeners have been emailing safety questions to our email (podcast@haztekinc.com). On today’s episode, Ray Stupienski answers these important questions for the audience. The questions range from how to get started in the safety industry to what the best certifications are to obtain as a safety professional. Ray’s years of exp...

    41 min

  2. MAR 1

    James Beasley | Effective Pre-Task Planning on Construction Sites

    James Beasley, HazTek Senior Safety Manager, discusses a topic he calls “embracing the premortem” on construction sites. James coined this term because having effective pre-task planning and job hazard analyses prevents accidents and injuries — so there no longer needs to be an investigation after the fact on what went wrong. He goes into detail on what a job hazard analysis (JHA) is and the proper steps to take when performing this technique. James also offers tips for safety professionals o...

    33 min

  3. FEB 15

    Herb Strong | Preventing Slips, Trips, and Falls

    Herb Strong, HazTek’s Client Services Manager (and former OSHA compliance officer), joins Chris and Matt again for a very important discussion on preventing slips, trips, and falls on construction sites. Herb informs our audience of the alarming statistics of these types of incidents that occur on project sites. He explains the factors that lead to slips, trips, and falls and offers tips for preventing these types of accidents on construction sites.Herb has been working at HazTek for 12 years...

    34 min

  4. FEB 1

    Kelly Feldkamp | Taking Care of Your Body as a Construction Worker

    Kelly Feldkamp, owner of ProVention Plus LLC and certified massage therapist, discusses with Chris Bellina and Matt Clark how construction workers, and those working on sites, can take care of their bodies. She explains how she uses touch therapy on construction sites to help workers stay injury free throughout their workday. Kelly also talks about holistic health, and the steps workers can follow to help keep them healthy on and off the job. She explains that even if workers are followi...

    45 min

  5. JAN 15

    Lee Worley | Training for Ironworkers and Crafts Professionals

    Ironworker and Executive Director of Apprenticeship and Training for Ironworkers International Lee Worley discusses with Chris and Matt the ironworker training process. Lee explains what his position entails and how IMPACT— Ironworker Management Progressive Action Cooperative Trust — helps the apprentices manage the training program and become the best worker possible. Lee goes into detail about what his training process looked like when he was starting as an ironworker versus how ...

    50 min

  6. JAN 1

    Bart Peetermans | Innovative Confined Space Rescue Technology

    Code Red Safety’s Vice President of Product Development, Bart Peetermans, discusses an innovative confined space rescue technology that he invented and patented in 2000. This type of technology is now replicated as the norm for the refinery, chemical, and petrochemical industries. Bart explains the many benefits of using this confined space technology in order to make projects safer — including cameras, gas detection systems, a monitoring system for clients, and an intercom system.In addition...

    31 min

  7. 12/15/2023

    Kris Corbett | Managing Your Mental Health as a Construction Worker

    During the episode, Kris Corbett, Director at Atlas Injury Prevention, discusses how to manage mental health as a construction worker — a vital issue as the suicide rates in this industry are extremely high. She informs our listeners that 16% of construction workers feel some sort of anxiety and depression and that 1 in 5 Americans live with a mental illness. Kris, Matt, and Chris talk about potential factors that contribute to these alarmingly high statistics.Kris also provides strategies fo...

    45 min

  8. 12/01/2023

    Lance Simons | How to Measure Safety Effectively

    Lance Simons, Vice President of Safety & Quality for the Haskell Company, joins Chris Bellina and Matt Clark on Episode 16. During the discussion, Lance educates our listeners on effective safety metric systems. He explains that there are two sets of numbers that companies use when tracking safety metrics — OSHA recordable incidents and a safety metric system from the client’s vantage point. Lance goes on to clarify that the OSHA recordable incident data can be skewed since it exclus...

    29 min
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Leading Safely™ | A HazTek Podcast is dedicated to engaging with our listeners through a diverse range of environmental, health, and safety topics. Podcast hosts Chris Bellina, HazTek’s logistics manager and Matt Clark, HazTek’s Operations Manager/Safety Professional, team up to tackle hot safety topics, interview experts in the safety industry, answer listener questions, and highlight opportunities for those in the safety field. The podcast is designed for all types of safety professionals, as well as for anyone interested in learning about safety in a new and interesting way.   What makes Leading Safely™ | A HazTek Podcast unique is that our co-host Matt is a safety professional with years of in-the-field experience, while Chris, who is safety adjacent, does not have a safety background — together they both have compelling safety questions that we all want answered. It makes for a great dynamic and an interesting listen for people in the safety industry, people looking to get into the safety industry, and people who just want to learn more about safety in general.   HazTek is a professional safety services organization that employs 300+ safety professionals across North America and throughout the world. New episodes of Leading Safely™ | A HazTek Podcast come out twice a month and listeners can send in their questions to podcast@haztekinc.com. Listeners can also visit our website to learn more at https://www.haztekinc.com.

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