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Listen along as Occupational Health & Safety Executive Editor David Kopf takes a deep dive into occupational safety and health topics with industry experts.

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Listen along as Occupational Health & Safety Executive Editor David Kopf takes a deep dive into occupational safety and health topics with industry experts.

    Episode 201 - The Role and Value of Women in Worker Safety

    Episode 201 - The Role and Value of Women in Worker Safety

    As Women’s History Month and Women in Construction Week fall in March, OH&S’s SafetyPod examines the role of women in worker safety. Shawna Fraser Nagle, MS, CSP, CHST, CUSP, the Vice President of Safety at Newton, Mass.-headquartered Fraser Engineering Co. Inc., joins the podcast to discuss her experience in workplace safety, as well as the unique abilities and value that women bring to worker safety. Other topics discussed include how safety organizations are cultivating that value, and the future of women in workplace safety.
    Sponsored by Columbia Southern University
    For 30 years, Columbia Southern University has been a leader in occupational safety and health education. Taught by experienced safety experts, CSU’s bachelor’s and master’s degree programs in occupational safety and health are recognized by the Board of Certified Safety Professionals as Graduate Safety Practitioner® Qualified Academic Programs. Visit ColumbiaSouthern.edu/OHS to learn more.

    • 25 min
    Episode 200 - The Year Ahead for Workplace Safety

    Episode 200 - The Year Ahead for Workplace Safety

    Occupational Health & Safety’s Executive Editor David Kopf and Content Editor Robert Yaniz, Jr. kick off the new year by talking about a few safety initiatives and trends that will impact the next 12 months. Those developments, include efforts to combat workplace overdose deaths, address worker mental health, child labor investigations and more “tailored” PPE design. Additionally, Kopf and Yaniz also preview some of the editorial efforts OH&S has in the works for 2024, including our webinar programs, event coverage, online features and more.

    • 24 min
    The Role of Ergonomics in Your Employees’ Health

    The Role of Ergonomics in Your Employees’ Health

    Ergonomics continues to get increased attention in the workplace, but worker safety and health professionals face a number of challenges when trying to ensure good ergonomics. Sofia Kiriukhina, the Head of Customer Success at TuMeke Ergonomics, joins the OH&S SafetyPod to discuss the role of ergonomics in full-circle employee health. It turns out that the ergonomics challenges facing businesses might also open the door to some new opportunities through innovations, technologies and rethinking previous approaches to ergonomics and assessments.
    Sponsored by TuMeke Ergonomics:
    Reduce injuries and sustain productivity by automating ergonomic risk assessments with TuMeke Ergonomics. Born out of a collaboration between experts in technology and ergonomics, the company has grown to become a standard tool in the U.S. workers’ compensation insurance industry and among the world’s largest industrial firms. We are on a mission to eliminate workplace musculoskeletal injuries. No wearables, only video-based technology. To learn more, visit tumeke.io

    • 25 min
    SDS Sections You’ve Been Ignoring

    SDS Sections You’ve Been Ignoring

    Every section of a Safety Data Sheet is important, but there are several sections of SDS that often get less attention than they should. Well-known workplace safety expert Stephen E. Badger, CSP, OHST, WCP, manager of loss control for The MEMIC Group, joins the SafetyPod to share his insights on four key SDS sections employees and employers need to follow more closely and why. Badger focuses his attention on sections 8, 9, 7, and 11 and digs into the crucial details of each.
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    • 23 min
    Prioritizing and Addressing Winter Hazards

    Prioritizing and Addressing Winter Hazards

    The winter months are now upon us, bringing in a range of seasonal safety hazards and risks that businesses and industries have to deal with in order to keep workers safe. Brendan Moriarty, Vice President, Casualty Executive Field Specialist, North America Risk Engineering at Chubb, joins the podcast to discuss several winter hazards impacting many businesses across a variety of industries and how those businesses can address those hazards and keep workers safe. From frostbite and hypothermia to slips and falls to vehicle risks, Moriarty offers a wealth of winter safety solutions.
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    • 22 min
    NSC Safety CongreNSC Safety Congress & Expo 2023 Wrap Upss & Expo 2023 Wrap Up

    NSC Safety CongreNSC Safety Congress & Expo 2023 Wrap Upss & Expo 2023 Wrap Up

    Regular readers of Occupational Health & Safety’s website, enewsletter and social media accounts saw our regular updates from the show floor and key conferences sessions at NSC’s Safety Congress & Expo 2023 in New Orleans, but we wanted to use this episode to hit on some key highlights. Executive editor David Kopf and content editor Robert Yaniz, Jr. discuss NSC’s new Respond Ready Workplace program; the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion panel; the Campbell Institute Forum discussion on training multi-generational workforces; and OSHA’s annual Top 10 violations announcement.

    • 24 min

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