Safety Storytellers Podcast with Stacey Godbold | A Podcast for Safety Professionals by Sospes

In this episode, Stacey is joined by Arthur Smith, Senior EHS Manager of Amazon. 

Stacey and Arthur discuss: 

* How the safety industry is unfortunately still very reactive. 

* How safety professionals can proactively help workers stay out of the hospital.

* The various ways people can become safety professionals. Some people, such as Arthur, study EHS at grad school. Others don’t study safety at college, but can still contribute to the safety profession.  

* How risk management is similar across industries.  

Thanks to Arthur for being on our podcast! Connect with Arthur on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/arthur-smith-ms-csp-45967937/ 

Sospes was built to allow employees to connect in safer, more productive workplaces. Learn more about Sospes: https://sospes.com/ 

Connect with Sospes:

* LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/sospes/ 

* Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SospesInc 

* Twitter: https://twitter.com/sospesinc 

Subscribe to the podcast: 

* Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3rTi6rQ 

* Spotify: https://spoti.fi/33muFSS 

Subscribe to the Sospes YouTube channel (where we also post podcasts): https://www.youtube.com/@sospes3913/videos 

Connect with Stacey Godbold on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stacey-godbold-57057313/ 

This episode was produced by Story On Media & Marketing: https://www.successwithstories.com. 

In this episode, Stacey is joined by Scott DeBow, principal of health, safety, and environmental at Avetta, a provider of supply chain risk management software. 

Stacey and Scott discuss: 

* The difficulties safety professionals face when we try to invite workers to do something different. When we do this, we often face resistance. 

* How change is a key ingredient in a company’s safety culture. 

* Scott’s book, “Safety Management Systems in a Joint-Employer Environment.” 

Be sure to get Scott’s book: https://store.assp.org/PersonifyEbusiness/Store/Product-Details/productId/250100120

Thanks to Scott DeBow for being on our podcast! 

Sospes was built to allow employees to connect in safer, more productive workplaces. Learn more about Sospes: https://sospes.com/ 

Connect with Sospes:

* LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/sospes/ 

* Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SospesInc 

* Twitter: https://twitter.com/sospesinc 

Subscribe to the podcast: 

* Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3rTi6rQ 

* Spotify: https://spoti.fi/33muFSS 

Subscribe to the Sospes YouTube channel (where we also post podcasts): https://www.youtube.com/@sospes3913/videos 

Connect with Stacey Godbold on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stacey-godbold-57057313/ 

This episode was produced by Story On Media & Marketing: https://www.successwithstories.com. 

In this episode, Stacey is joined by Randy Milliron, the safety supervisor at Peabody Energy for the city of Gillette, in Wyoming.

Stacey and Randy discuss: 

* Randy’s 26 years of experience in the safety profession. 

* Randy acknowledges having been a “quiet quitter” three times in his career!  

* Ways safety professionals can proactively address the risk of “quiet quitting” before it becomes a safety hazard. 

Thanks to Randy for being on our podcast! 

Sospes was built to allow employees to connect in safer, more productive workplaces. Learn more about Sospes: https://sospes.com/ 

Connect with Sospes:

* LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/sospes/ 

* Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SospesInc 

* Twitter: https://twitter.com/sospesinc 

Subscribe to the podcast: 

* Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3rTi6rQ 

* Spotify: https://spoti.fi/33muFSS 

Subscribe to the Sospes YouTube channel (where we also post podcasts): https://www.youtube.com/@sospes3913/videos 

Connect with Stacey Godbold on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stacey-godbold-57057313/ 

This episode was produced by Story On Media & Marketing: https://www.successwithstories.com. 

In the first segment of this episode, Stacey is joined by Jordan Geibig, the Safety Manager for M.C. Dean Inc., a company that builds cyber-physical solutions for mission-critical facilities and global enterprises. 

Stacey and Jordan chat about what it’s like working as a woman in construction, and the importance of diversity, equity, and inclusion. Jordan discusses what it was like being discriminated against — for being a woman on a construction site — and then having her employer step up and support her rather than just ignoring the problem. 

In the second segment of this episode, Stacey is joined by Melanie Adams, who started a company, Embher (pronounced “ember”), that created the first female-only brand of flame-resistant clothing. Stacey and Melanie’s conversation touches upon how for too long clothes designed for workers in various industries (e.g. the oil industry) were solely designed to fit a man’s body. 

Thanks to both Jordan and Melanie for being on our podcast! 

Sospes was built to allow employees to connect in safer, more productive workplaces. Learn more about Sospes: https://sospes.com/ 

Connect with Sospes:

* LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/sospes/ 

* Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SospesInc 

* Twitter: https://twitter.com/sospesinc 

Subscribe to the podcast: 

* Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3rTi6rQ 

* Spotify: https://spoti.fi/33muFSS 

* Google Podcasts: http://bit.ly/Safety-Pro-Round-Table-Google-Podcasts 

Subscribe to the Sospes YouTube channel (where we also post podcasts): https://www.youtube.com/@sospes3913/videos 

Connect with Stacey Godbold on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stacey-godbold-57057313/ 

This episode was produced by Story On Media & Marketing: https://www.successwithstories.com. 

In this episode, Stacey is joined by Peter Susca of Operational Excellence LLC (aka OpX Safety). 

Stacey and Peter discuss: 

* Safety leadership gaps. 

* How safety professionals can focus on changing not only how people think about safety, but also how they make decisions. 

* Peter’s upcoming book, Beyond Safety.

* How safety decisions can be thought of as occurring at three levels. Level 1: the enterprise or business unit level. Level 2: the plant level. And level 3: the worker himself/herself. 

Thanks to Peter for being on our podcast! 

Check out Operational Excellence LLC (aka OpX Safety): https://www.opxsafety.com/ 

Connect with Peter on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/peter-t-susca-4824432/ 

Sospes was built to allow employees to connect in safer, more productive workplaces. Learn more about Sospes: https://sospes.com/ 

Connect with Sospes:

* LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/sospes/ 

* Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SospesInc 

* Twitter: https://twitter.com/sospesinc 

Subscribe to the podcast: 

* Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3rTi6rQ 

* Spotify: https://spoti.fi/33muFSS 

* Google Podcasts: http://bit.ly/Safety-Pro-Round-Table-Google-Podcasts 

Subscribe to the Sospes YouTube channel (where we also post podcasts): https://www.youtube.com/@sospes3913/videos 

Connect with Stacey Godbold on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stacey-godbold-57057313/ 

This episode was produced by Story On Media & Marketing: https://www.successwithstories.com.

In this episode, Stacey is joined by Tom West, Vice President of MākuSafe, a company that provides a safety, data, and analytics solution aimed at improving worker health, safety, and productivity. 

Stacey and Tom discuss: 

* The genesis of MākuSafe, which is pronounced “make you safe” and is both the name of the company Tom works for and their flagship product. 

* Wearable safety devices. 

* How technology can help predict and prevent safety risks. 

Thanks to Tom for being on our podcast! 

Tom on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tomwesthrtraining/ 

MākuSafe: https://makusafe.com/ 

Sospes was built to allow employees to connect in safer, more productive workplaces. Learn more about Sospes: https://sospes.com/ 

Connect with Sospes:

* LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/sospes/ 

* Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SospesInc 

* Twitter: https://twitter.com/sospesinc 

Subscribe to the podcast: 

* Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3rTi6rQ 

* Spotify: https://spoti.fi/33muFSS 

* Google Podcasts: http://bit.ly/Safety-Pro-Round-Table-Google-Podcasts 

Subscribe to the Sospes YouTube channel (where we also post podcasts): https://www.youtube.com/@sospes3913/videos 

Connect with Stacey Godbold on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stacey-godbold-57057313/ 
This episode was produced by Story On Media & Marketing: https://www.successwithstories.com.

In the first segment of this episode, Stacey is joined by Trish Ennis, who has worked in the safety profession for over 30 years. Trish is the kind of person who is continuously using her knowledge and skills to advance occupational health and safety. In this chat, Trish talks about working for an aquarium and a zoo. 

Trish also gets real when she explores what it’s like being confronted with workers who think that she — the new safety director — is going to suck out all of the joy of their jobs. Listen to this chat to learn Trish’s answer to the question: How do we keep people safe in a way that doesn't cause them to lose passion for their jobs?   

Connect with Trish Ennis: https://www.linkedin.com/in/trishenniscsp/ 

In the second segment of this episode, Stacey talks with Daniel Klinger, president of MTAC Industrial Solutions. By the way, the name of Daniel’s company, MTAC, stands for More Than A Carpenter Services, which is a pretty cool acronym. 

In this chat, Stachey and Daniel discuss pallet rack collapse prevention. Any time a pallet rack is damaged, there’s the risk it might cause a catastrophic collapse. Listen to this segment for Daniel’s insights into encouraging forklift drivers and other workers to be aware of the risks of breaking and falling pallets, and how to appropriate action to prevent people getting in harm’s way. 

Learn more about Daniel Klinger: https://www.mtacis.com/about/ 

Thanks to our guests for being on our podcast! 

Sospes was built to allow employees to connect in safer, more productive workplaces. Learn more about Sospes: https://sospes.com/ 

Connect with Sospes:

* LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/sospes/ 

* Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SospesInc 

* Twitter: https://twitter.com/sospesinc

Subscribe to the podcast: 

* Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3rTi6rQ 

* Spotify: https://spoti.fi/33muFSS 

* Google Podcasts: http://bit.ly/Safety-Pro-Round-Table-Google-Podcasts 

Subscribe to the Sospes YouTube channel (where we also post podcasts): https://www.youtube.com/@sospes3913/videos 

Connect with Stacey Godbold on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stacey-godbold-57057313/ 

This episode was produced by Story On Media & Marketing: https://www.successwithstories.com.

In this episode, Stacey is joined by Drew Hinton, CEO and Founder of Arrow Safety, and a seasoned safety and medical professional with 15 years of experience in occupational health and safety. 

Stacey and Drew discuss: 

* Height rescue plans. For instance, what would you do if someone was working high up, fell, and was hanging from their harness? How could you help them get down safely to the ground? 

* The pros and cons of using safety dummies — similar to crash test dummies — to practice difficult safety maneuvers. 

Thanks to Drew for being on our podcast! 

To connect with Drew and Arrow Safety:

* LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drew-hinton/ 

* Website: https://arrowsafetyus.com 

Sospes was built to allow employees to connect in safer, more productive workplaces. Learn more about Sospes: https://sospes.com/ 

Connect with Sospes:

* LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/sospes/ 

* Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SospesInc 

* Twitter: https://twitter.com/sospesinc 

Subscribe to the podcast: 

* Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3rTi6rQ 

* Spotify: https://spoti.fi/33muFSS 

* Google Podcasts: http://bit.ly/Safety-Pro-Round-Table-Google-Podcasts 

Subscribe to the Sospes YouTube channel (where we also post podcasts): https://www.youtube.com/@sospes3913/videos 

Connect with Stacey Godbold on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stacey-godbold-57057313/ 

This episode was produced by Story On Media & Marketing: https://www.successwithstories.com.

In this episode, Stacey is joined by Allison Short, Safety Management Consultant for Maine Employers' Mutual Insurance Company (MEMIC)

Stacey and Allison discuss: 

* Allison’s connection with a group called Women in Safety Excellence (WISE). 

* How mentorships are invaluable. 

* How women finally have properly-fitting Personal Protective Equipment (PPE). 

Thanks to Allison Short for being on our podcast! 

Sospes was built to allow employees to connect in safer, more productive workplaces. Learn more about Sospes: https://sospes.com/ 

Connect with Sospes:

* LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/sospes/ 

* Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SospesInc 

* Twitter: https://twitter.com/sospesinc 

Subscribe to the podcast: 

* Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3rTi6rQ 

* Spotify: https://spoti.fi/33muFSS 

* Google Podcasts: http://bit.ly/Safety-Pro-Round-Table-Google-Podcasts 

Subscribe to the Sospes YouTube channel (where we also post podcasts): https://www.youtube.com/@sospes3913/videos 

Connect with Stacey Godbold on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stacey-godbold-57057313/ 
This episode was produced by Story On Media & Marketing: https://www.successwithstories.com.

In the first part of this episode, Stacey is joined by Ryan Barnes of Studson, a head protection company

Stacey and Ryan discuss: 

* The evolution of industrial safety helmets. 

* How we’re moving away from typical safety hard hats, which don’t have chin straps. 

* How we’re moving toward innovative safety helmets with chin straps, vents, and a whole bunch of cool features.  

In the second part of this episode, Stacey is joined by Graeson Garrett, the health and safety manager at Krispy Kreme Donuts. Graeson was an EMT for a fire department for a year, then moved into private health and safety. Now at the 

Stacey and Graeson, who is the ripe old age of 24 (yes, you read that correctly), discuss: 

* What it’s like coming from a family of safety professionals. 

* Graeson’s safety tattoos. 

* Mental health issues for men.

Thanks to Ryan and Graeson for being on our podcast! 

Sospes was built to allow employees to connect in safer, more productive workplaces. Learn more about Sospes: https://sospes.com/ 

Connect with Sospes:

* LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/sospes/ 

* Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SospesInc 

* Twitter: https://twitter.com/sospesinc 

Subscribe to the podcast: 

* Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3rTi6rQ 

* Spotify: https://spoti.fi/33muFSS 

* Google Podcasts: http://bit.ly/Safety-Pro-Round-Table-Google-Podcasts 

Subscribe to the Sospes YouTube channel (where we also post podcasts): https://www.youtube.com/@sospes3913/videos 

Connect with Stacey Godbold on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stacey-godbold-57057313/ 

This episode was produced by Story On Media & Marketing: https://www.successwithstories.com.