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Hosted by Jill James, HSI's Chief Safety Officer.
This safety podcast is a series of conversations with safety professionals about how they came into their role, what they've learned along the way, as well as some of the highs and lows that come with job.
We've created this safety podcast for you, the safety professional.
Latest episodes
#32: Not the safety cop
August 14, 2019 | 1 hours 2 minutes 27 seconds
Jill James speaks with special guest Abby Ferri about her storied career path, how to avoid being the safety cop by earning the trust of your workers, and utilizing social media as a safety pro.
#31: Body after body
July 31, 2019 | 59 minutes 56 seconds
Podcast series host Jill James speaks with former professional boxer, firefighter, and elephant stampede survivor, Tony Taylor.
#30: Hardcore one-on-one safety stuff
July 17, 2019 | 26 minutes 43 seconds
Live from the University of Notre Dame! Jill connects with the trailblazing Eric Kloss, Director of Risk Management and Safety. They talk about ND’s Safety Summit, a campus-wide kick-off event related to the VPP pursuit, the magnetism and impact of event speaker Charlie Morecraft, and Eric’s professional journey.
#29: Charlie Morecraft
July 3, 2019 | 52 minutes 21 seconds
30 years. 1 story. Hundreds of thousands of lives touched. That’s the Charlie Morecraft experience. Charlie shares the unforgettable story of how he got into safety the old fashioned way—after a serious injury at work.
#28: How to raise a safety pro
June 19, 2019 | 58 minutes 42 seconds
Podcast series host Jill James connects with Debra, a lecturer at her alma mater, the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater in the Occupational & Environmental Safety and Health Department. You’ll learn—through Debra’s example—why learning continuously is so critical to success in the safety profession.
#27: Big wheels keep on turning
June 5, 2019 | 57 minutes 28 seconds
Today, Jill James talks with Andrew, JB Hunt’s Regional Safety Manager. Andrew helps keep those 80,000 pound big rigs rolling safely down the highway. In fact, Andrew can maneuver a semi truck like a pro.
#26: You can't stop the waves, but you can learn to surf
May 22, 2019 | 1 hours 4 minutes 38 seconds
Live meditation practice? On a podcast? Yep! Podcast series host Jill James brings in two incredible guest-experts on the subject of mindfulness in safety.
#25: The singing safety professional
May 8, 2019 | 1 hours 2 minutes 47 seconds
Podcast series host Jill James welcomes Josh to the show. Now practicing safety on behalf of a large civil constructor, Josh’s unlikely path started as a teenage tagalong on his father’s construction sites, a go-fer. When his college pursuit of music scholarship was sidetracked by romance and relocation to the West Coast, he found familiar work back in the construction industry.