On this episode of No Accident, host Kathleen Finato talks to Travis Post, who’s worked in construction safety and operations for nearly 30 years. Since September 2018, he’s served as the National Director of safety at Fremont, California-based construction company Petersen-Dean, Inc.

Travis tells us about the injury that set him on the path toward a career in safety, details his belief in employee-based safety (and cites specific examples of it at play) and explains why a company’s profit will suffer without a proper safety program.

Yes, safety is another investment for companies to prioritize, but Travis says all good, successful businesses are willing to invest in safety because it will prevent potential incremental and productivity losses.

“What my safety department does is we protect profit,” Travis says. “That's our sole function and how we do that is through the safety program, through the workers' comp process, through modified duty.”