The Occupational Safety Leadership Podcast

Episode 209 - Occupational Safety - Determining Incident Investigations

In today's episode, Dr. Ayers continues to discuss incident investigations and determining causal factors.  Peel back the onion and discover why an incident happened and ensure it doesn't happen again. 

Episode 208 - Bruce Main - Prevention Through Design (PTD)

In today's episode, Dr. Ayers discusses Prevention through Design with Bruce Main of Design Safety Engineering.  I am a big fan of PTD and really enjoyed this episode.  Please talk to Bruce for more information on PTD.

Episode 207 - Occupational Safety - Interviewing Employees After an Incident

In today's episode, Dr. Ayers discusses interviewing employees after an incident and provides some tips and strategies.  Interviewing employees must aways be conducted in a quiet private place so the employee can freely discuss the incident without fear of others overhearing the conversation.

Episode 206 - Dr. Megan Tranter - Leadership and Career Strategist

In today's episode, Dr. Ayers soft skills, imposter syndromes and well as giving and receiving feedback with Dr. Megan Tranter.  Dr. Tranter has had a log a varied career in Safety.

Episode 205 - Occupational Safety - Incident Investigation Team

In today's episode, Dr. Ayers discusses the potential members of an incident investigation team.  It's important to find member who want to help and have the knowledge and experience to ensure the incident does not happen again.

Episode 204 - Occupational Safety - Incident Investigation - Information to gather

In today's episode, Dr. Ayers discusses what information to gather to aid in stating an incident investigation.

Episode 203 - Dr. Alex LeBeau - Introduction to PFAS (Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances)

In today's episode, Dr. Ayers discuss PFAS with Dr. Alex LeBeau.  Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) have been used for decades in a variety of industrial and consumer products, and they are anticipated to persist in the environment for even longer, hence the name ‘forever chemicals’. These PFAS have received extraordinary scrutiny in recent years, with the US EPA finalizing drinking water thresholds for the chemicals in 2024. However, there is still debate in the scientific community on the actual health risk that PFAS present and which individual PFAS are primary risk drivers. This discussion lays the foundation to discuss PFAS and the potential toxicity they present.

Episode 202 - Occupational Safety - Incident Investigation Process Steps

In today's episode, Dr. Ayers breaks down the incident investigation steps.  Always learn from incidents and share with fellow Safety Professionals.

Episode 201 - Occupational Safety - Incident Investigation Kits

In today's episode, Dr. Ayers discusses have a pre-staged incident investigation kit ready to go.  When an incident happens, stress and anxiety are heightened, have your incident investigation kit ready to go.

Episode 200.5 - Thank you for listening to the Occupational Safety Leadership Podcast

Thank you for listening to the Occupational Safety Leadership Podcast