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Safety Experts Podcast
The MEMIC Safety Experts Podcast is hosted by MEMIC's own Peter Koch, who interviews industry leaders on the trends, tools, and techniques that are tried, tested, or emerging in the world of workplace safety. What you learn could save your life or the life of a friend or coworker, or at least save everyone from a few unnecessary cuts, burns and bruises. Thank you for your joining us in our mission to make work, and the world, a safer place.
A Breath of Fresh Air – Steve Badger on Respiratory Protection
December 20
Respirators are one of many controls to consider when addressing atmospheric hazards. Choosing the wrong respirator can have deadly consequences. The results could be immediately fatal or lead to a long-term debilitating disease or condition.
How’s your MEWPs? The skinny on the changes to the Mobile Elevated Work Platform standards with Joe Gagne
December 6
Called by many different names: Man lifts, boom lifts, cherry picker, scissor lift, or bucket truck, mobile elevated work platforms are everywhere. They are replacing the traditional ways people work have worked at height.
Giving Thanks for Safety: What To Do With Leftovers?
November 22
Staying safe around the holidays is important and the hazards around the Thanksgiving holiday can pose different challenges. Distracted driving, food poisoning, and burns are the three most frequent causes of injuries during the Thanksgiving holiday period.
Protection at the Edge: How your fall protection equipment can let you down with David Kozlowsky
November 8
According to the National Safety Council, following highway crashes, falls to a lower level is the third leading fatal workplace event and the fifth leading event resulting in cases with days away from work.
Small Business Safety Leadership with Elise Brown and Brian Schortz
October 25
According to the US Small business Administration, 99 percent of firms in the US are small business and according to JP Morgan Chase, the vast majority, nearly 88%, have fewer than 20 employees. At MEMIC, we partner with small business who understand that the health and safety of their employees leads to a more productive and profitable workplace.
The Flat Roof Dilemma: When is Fall Protection Required with David Kozlowsky
October 11
According to BLS data, workplace fatalities from falls to a lower level were up from 615 on 2018 to 711 in 2019. Fall hazard exposures exist in almost every industry and finding the right fall protection solution for your jobsite is not always easy.
Motivated for Safety? Are your business objectives aligned with your team’s needs?
September 30
When it comes to workplace safety, Maslow’s hierarchy of needs can shed light on why you can’t gain real traction in developing your safety culture. From physiological needs to self-Actualization and accountability, this episode will look at how miss alignment of business objectives and employee needs can be the cause of on-going crisis management that will prevent us from moving our safety culture forward.
Moments Make the Leader with Patrick Nelson
September 13
In 2005, Patrick Nelson, while serving in the US Army paratroops, had an experience that changed his life and his perspective on being a leader. Leadership, good or bad, is made up of moments. On this podcast, Patrick helps us see the impact of those moments and how leaders can engage safety through story telling.
How Workplace Safety Influenced Labor Day: Celebrating the American Worker with Randy Klatt
August 30
Back in 1892, President Grover Cleveland signed a law making the first Monday in September of each year the Labor Day holiday. Do you know the history and the struggle of the American worker that pre-dates this historic day?
Revoked EUAs with Stephen Badger
August 16
In June 2021, the FDA revoked its Emergency Use Authorization for Filtering Facepiece Respirators. Learn what an EUA is and how it affects the use of non-NIOSH approved N-95 respirator in healthcare.
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