In this episode, host Dr. Jill Fennell sits down with Mark Ligler, Vice President of Factory Automation Systems in Georgia and member of the Woodruff School Advisory board, to talk about the importance of communicating safety in engineering. 

Notes and Timestamps:

• 00:54 Introductions and guest introductions
• 01: 33 Importance of safety to future engineers
• 04:32 Helping others communicate safety needs
• 08:04 Poor safety communication leading to issues
• 11:15 Building a safety culture
• 13:55 Effective safety communication
• 18:30 Leaders and Managers communicating the importance of safety
• 20:37 Safety communication in high vs low risk fields
• 22:45 Common mistakes in safety communication
• 24:46 Common mistakes in safety signage
• 28:18 Role of the engineer as a safety communicator
• 36:08 Challenges engineers can fix by anticipating them
• 40:48 Final thoughts and advice on learning engineering safety

A transcript of this episode is available here. 

Podcast edited by Lee Hibbard.