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The Case for Safety Podcast
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The Case for Safety Podcast brings you conversations with workplace safety experts across industries. Every other Monday, learn how to manage risks, mitigate hazards and create a strong culture. From preventing falls and controlling hazardous energy to operating in confined spaces and measuring safety performance, The Case for Safety Podcast has the insights you need to create safer and healthier workplaces.
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Elevating Safety Beyond Compliance to Prevent Workplace Injuries and Fatalities
Mar 1500:22:45Tap to summarizeASSP President Linda Tapp and Wyatt Bradbury, principal of Health and Safety at Avetta, share how our Standards-Based User Groups (SBUGs) will help EHS professionals put consensus standards into action and improve safety. They discuss how the SBUGs will bring together industry stakeholders to share knowledge, develop best practices and offer insights into how to implement voluntary consensus standards in real-world environments. The SBUGs will initially focus on reducing the risks of falls from height, protecting workers from hazardous energy and using artificial intelligence (AI) to anticipate and reduce risks.
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Mar 100:38:44Tap to summarizeDr. Elif Erkal, associate director of research and strategy at the Construction Safety Research Alliance, shares why metrics like total recordable incident rate (TRIR) don’t tell the whole story and offers alternatives for more proactive safety management. She discusses how tools like high energy control assessments can help EHS professional identify high-energy hazards and the importance of a balanced scorecard to ensuring the effectiveness of controls. Additional Resources The Statistical Invalidity of TRIR as a Measure of Safety Performance Moving Beyond TRIR – Measuring & Monitoring Safety Performance with High-Energy Control Assessments Construction Safety Research Alliance – Safety in the Boardroom Edison Electric Institute – The Power to Prevent Serious Injuries & Fatalities Impact of Energy-Based Safety Training on Quality of Prejob Safety Meetings and Control of Hazardous Energy in Construction
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Feb 17, 2020Tap to summarizeRemi Fluette, ASSP Transportation Practice Specialty Administrator, shares how a tool from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) can help you improve the safety of your motor vehicle fleet and its drivers.
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