Episodios

  • Episode 272 - Dr. Christopher Warren - Safety is a junk drawer
    Aug 2 2025

    In today's episode, Dr. Ayers talks to Dr. Christopher Warren about his views on the additional duties of Occupational Safety. Safety is seen as the catch all at a lot of companies. Additional duties can include environmental, DOT, fire, emergency planning, mental health champion, and the list goes on and on.

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    32 m
  • Episode 271 - Brent Sanger - DOT Safety
    Jul 26 2025

    In today's episode, Dr. Ayers discusses DOT Safety with Brent Sanger. Brent has been in transportation safety for the last 10 years. We discuss DOT physicals, hours of service along with drug/alcohol testing. Brent is a wealth of knowledge on transportation safety.

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    26 m
  • Episode 270 - Empower Employees to Correct Hazards
    Jul 6 2025

    In today's episode, Dr. Ayers discusses empowering employees to correct hazards. If they cannot correct the hazard themselves, contact their supervisor and Safety Professional for help. Employees are the true experts at hazards they face along with correcting those hazards.

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    6 m
  • Episode 269 - Hearing and Listening to Employees about Hazards
    Jul 5 2025

    In today's episode, Dr. Ayers discusses the difference between hearing and listening to employees discuss hazards. Hearing is passive whereas listening is active. Listen to the employees concerns and solutions and ask any clarifying questions to ensure you (the Safety Professional) clearly understands the hazards and proposed corrections.

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    5 m
  • Episode 268 - Rod Courtney - 8 Habits of a Highly Effective Safety Culture
    Jul 3 2025

    In today's episode, Dr. Ayers talks to Rod Courtney about his book "8 Habits of a Highly Effective Safety Culture". I really enjoyed the book and Rod's real world practical knowledge for safety professionals to work with operations.

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    34 m
  • Episode 267 - Matt Herron of the Southwest Research Institute
    Jun 27 2025

    On today's episode Dr. Ayers speaks to Matt Herron of the Southwest Research Institute. We discuss ergonomics and awkward postures along with garnering management support for correcting hazards. Matt was also featured on Episode 91 where we discussed the basics of ergonomics and cabinet lasers. Matt is a wealth of knowledge and a legend in the Occupational Safety field.

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    28 m
  • Episode 266 - Patience in Occupational Safety
    Jun 22 2025

    In today's episode, Dr. Ayers talks about having patience when implementing safety programs, policies, metrics. Change will not happen overnight.

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    6 m
  • Episode 265 - Be the Safety Leader that you want to follow
    Jun 22 2025

    In today's episode, Dr. Ayers talks about important life lessons he learned from former bosses. Are you the Safety Leader that you want to follow?

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    8 m