Jane talks to us about the death of her son Harry and how she developed Till's Trailers to try to prevent another family going through the pain that she has.

On this weeks Safer Than Your Average we talk to Dr David Gold, CFIOSH about his incredible career journey being a fire fighter in the US and moving to Switzerland to work for the ILO with a brief stopover teaching the Sea Gypsies in Thailand about carbon monoxide.

Laura Aucott discusses all things Health and Safety Recruitment, a seasoned recruiter, Laura provides advice on starting out in safety as a career path, moving in to a management role and much more.

Roger Willie is one of the foremost experts in Asbestos in both the UK and Internationally. An IOSH West of Scotland Alumni and eminent professional. Rogers work has saved many lives over his career and he was instrumental in both an academical and practical setting at developing some of the asbestos removal and remediation strategies used today. You can find more information on Rogers work at https://www.acsrisk.com

n this weeks Safer Than Your Average we have Jessy Gomes talking is through her career. Jessy is a French National with Cape Verde Island origin is a Master degree holder in Health, Safety and Quality Management from France; a Researcher; Chartered Health and Safety Practitioners (CMIOSH) Member; Certified Member of the Association for Project Safety (CmAPS); and an Entrepreneur and Equality Advocate within the Workplace. Jessy with more than 15 years of experience within QHSE has built her Safety Management Career at three (3) blue-chip companies in London; before embarking on a PhD at University College London’s Bartlett School. She was recognised as one of the "Most Outstanding Representative" of the "Rising Generation in Health and Safety" by the International Institute of Risk and Safety Management (IIRSM) - The Health and Safety at work Magazine in 2019. She is an IOSH Council Member and currently Health and Wellbeing Lead for the IOSH London Metropolitan Branch. Thank you as always to our friends Inside Out Group for all the editing support.

Safer Than Your Average are very excited to bring this podcast with Huddle Cultures Bruce Durham who talks about how his own families story “3 young children who lost their dad” has influenced his drive and passion for all things ‘people’

In this week's interview John Green Vice President Global HSE for SNC Lavalin takes us through his incredible career journey, from his early career in Scotland, through some pioneering work in the Middle East that helped to form Middle Eastern Health and Safety legislation, working for Laing O'Rourke in both Europe and Australia and his most recent role with SNC Lavalin. John was credited with bringing Safety Differently to Europe after an invite from an old colleague (Sidney Dekker) to a meeting that formed a movement that became a global shift in occupational safety and health management. I hope you all enjoy!

Episode 07 focuses on Fraser Allan discussing his career progression from Apprentice Cabinet Maker to Managing Director of CBES (a large project and engineering services company based in Scotland), with a large portion of his career spent in Occupational Health and Safety Risk Management.

Episode 6 focuses on Dr Karen McDonnell Occupational Health and Safety Policy Adviser for the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) and Head of RoSPA Scotland. Karen is also a former IOSH President and serving member of the IOSH Council.

One of the 61 Survivors of Piper Alpha, Joe shares his experience of the explosion on Piper Alpha, an oil platform located approximately 120 miles (190 km) from the coast of Aberdeen, Scotland on the 6th of July 1988 and his life after the event. The disaster claimed the lives of 165 rig workers and 2 crewmen of a fast rescue craft assisting in the search and rescue operation. If you can, please contribute to https://poundforpiper.com that helps to pay for the upkeep of the memorial in Hazlehead Park Aberdeen. Dedicated to the memory of the 167 and to the 61 survivors whose lives have changed insurmountably after the disaster.