Safety Experts Podcast

the MEMIC Safety Experts Podcast hosted by Peter Koch will interview industry leaders every two weeks 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.

Engaging Safety w/ Lorraine Serva
Engaging Safety w/ Lorraine Serva

Up your NEAT w/ Allan Brown
Episode #9 | Published January 6, 2020

Do you sit all, or most of the day? Are you more tired, and sore after getting out of your office chair than you are after a workout? MEMIC’s Director of Ergonomics, Allan Brown, introduces listeners to the concept of how non-exercise activity thermogenesis (NEAT) can increase your overall health and improve safety on the job. Brown asks, “When you get to that elevator, do you really have to push that button, or can you walk up?” In this episode, host Pete Koch and Allan Brown explore how basic activities like walking, standing, stretching and even chewing gum can improve workplace ergonomics and employee well-being.

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Slip, Trip and Fall Prevention w/ Maureen Anderson
Slip, Trip and Fall Prevention w/ Maureen Anderson

Winter Driving Safety w/ Randy Klatt
Winter Driving Safety w/ Randy Klatt

Holiday Safety Fails and Fixes: Preventing Electrical Fires w/ Hartley Webb
Holiday Safety Fails and Fixes: Preventing Electrical Fires w/ Hartley Webb

Putting People at the Center of Work - Industrial Ergonomics w/ Allan Brown
Episode #5 | Published November 11, 2019

Does your back hurt? Is work literally a pain in your neck? Find out from MEMIC’s Director of Ergonomics Allan Brown if workplace ergonomics could be the culprit to some of your most common aches and pains. Good ergonomics is fitting the work to the worker, not the other way around. If you sit down at a workstation or desk or sit in a new vehicle and you don’t adjust anything, then you have to adapt yourself to the machine or tool. If you don’t make adjustments, then you may be exposing yourself to unsafe situations and blind spots.

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Living with Dementia: A Caregiver’s Guide w/ Dr. Heather McKay
Living with Dementia: A Caregiver’s Guide w/ Dr. Heather McKay

Seasonal Workforce Challenges and Solutions w/ Deb Roy
Seasonal Workforce Challenges and Solutions w/ Deb Roy

Maine Miracle: How MEMIC Changed Workplace Culture w/ Michael Bourque
Maine Miracle: How MEMIC Changed Workplace Culture w/ Michael Bourque

Safety Leadership: Walking the Walk w/ Randy Klatt
Safety Leadership: Walking the Walk w/ Randy Klatt