The Safety Geek Podcast: Geeking Out About Workplace Safety

I have been a safety professional for over 20 years and I love talking about the back brace argument. Why? Because after 20 years, I’m still on the fence.

This is a controversial subject and with good reason so join me as we walk through the pros and cons of back braces (with a little input about ankle braces as well!)

For this week's show notes and links go to www.thesafetygeek.com/18

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Thank you for taking the time to listen to this episode. If you liked it, be sure to share it with your best safety friend. It's a goal of The Safety Geek to elevate the role of the safety manager, and that is why I share tips and resources on how you can manage your safety program more effectively.

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When you start involving employees in your safety program they become more engaged, energized and excited about safety. The idea is not just to involve them in a mandatory way, but to make them WANT to be involved. Safety is not a necessary evil. Your employees can and should be excited about safety.

So, how do you get employees involved in your safety program?

For this week's show notes and links go to www.thesafetygeek.com/17

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Thank you for taking the time to listen to this episode. If you liked it, be sure to share it with your best safety friend. It's a goal of The Safety Geek to elevate the role of the safety manager, and that is why I share tips and resources on how you can manage your safety program more effectively.

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Subscribe to the YouTube Channel at https://www.youtube.com/c/safetygeek 

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So many times when an accident happens we look at the direct cost that comes in the form of medical bills or repair estimates. The actual cost of medical services needed to take care of an injury might not be much, but when you take the time to look at the big picture, you recognize that the cost is much higher. Why? Because there are indirect costs involved. Today, I’m challenging you to get in the habit of quantifying those costs.

For this week's show notes and links go to www.thesafetygeek.com/16

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Thank you for taking the time to listen to this episode. If you liked it, be sure to share it with your best safety friend. It's a goal of The Safety Geek to elevate the role of the safety manager, and that is why I share tips and resources on how you can manage your safety program more effectively.

Visit the website at https://TheSafetyGeek.com 

Subscribe to the YouTube Channel at https://www.youtube.com/c/safetygeek 

Sign up for the Safety Leadership Newsletter, where I share exclusive tips, content, forms, and templates at https://TheSafetyGeek.com/Newsletter 

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JHA’s are living documents and should be in active use in your facility. They break a job task down into steps and then for every step associate the hazards for those steps and how to mitigate them. The common use for a JHA is for training and possibly for a pre-operation review. But there is so much more you can do with a JHA.

For this week's show notes and links go to www.thesafetygeek.com/15

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Thank you for taking the time to listen to this episode. If you liked it, be sure to share it with your best safety friend. It's a goal of The Safety Geek to elevate the role of the safety manager, and that is why I share tips and resources on how you can manage your safety program more effectively.

Visit the website at https://TheSafetyGeek.com 

Subscribe to the YouTube Channel at https://www.youtube.com/c/safetygeek 

Sign up for the Safety Leadership Newsletter, where I share exclusive tips, content, forms, and templates at https://TheSafetyGeek.com/Newsletter 

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I’ve been using a method of recordkeeping for 10+ years and today, I get to share it with you. It’s a little different than what you might be used to, but whether you have 20 or 800 employees, this method will save you so much time. I’m sure of it. Have an open mind, because my goal is to blow your mind with this simple technique that will put hours back in your day.

For this week's show notes and links go to www.thesafetygeek.com/14

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Thank you for taking the time to listen to this episode. If you liked it, be sure to share it with your best safety friend. It's a goal of The Safety Geek to elevate the role of the safety manager, and that is why I share tips and resources on how you can manage your safety program more effectively.

Visit the website at https://TheSafetyGeek.com 

Subscribe to the YouTube Channel at https://www.youtube.com/c/safetygeek 

Sign up for the Safety Leadership Newsletter, where I share exclusive tips, content, forms, and templates at https://TheSafetyGeek.com/Newsletter 

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Often our expectations are set way too low. Do you ever feel like you can’t get your employees to do what you want them to do? Or…they only ever come in at the 70% compliance mark, and you’ve come to believe that’s just normal? To meet the goals we want, especially in safety, we have to raise our expectations so that people will rise to meet them. Join me in this episode as we talk about how your expectations affect the success of your safety program and how you can pursue 100% compliance – no matter what. 

For this week's show notes and links go to www.thesafetygeek.com/13

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Thank you for taking the time to listen to this episode. If you liked it, be sure to share it with your best safety friend. It's a goal of The Safety Geek to elevate the role of the safety manager, and that is why I share tips and resources on how you can manage your safety program more effectively.

Visit the website at https://TheSafetyGeek.com 

Subscribe to the YouTube Channel at https://www.youtube.com/c/safetygeek 

Sign up for the Safety Leadership Newsletter, where I share exclusive tips, content, forms, and templates at https://TheSafetyGeek.com/Newsletter 

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Employee committees are an excellent way to get employees involved in your safety program.  When employees are involved, it improves morale, reduces turnover, increases productivity, and so much more.  Today, I just want to go over the bird’s eye view of employee committee structures.  Stay tuned for an upcoming opportunity to learn in-depth with me how to create your own employee committee.

For this week's show notes and links go to www.thesafetygeek.com/12

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Thank you for taking the time to listen to this episode. If you liked it, be sure to share it with your best safety friend. It's a goal of The Safety Geek to elevate the role of the safety manager, and that is why I share tips and resources on how you can manage your safety program more effectively.

Visit the website at https://TheSafetyGeek.com 

Subscribe to the YouTube Channel at https://www.youtube.com/c/safetygeek 

Sign up for the Safety Leadership Newsletter, where I share exclusive tips, content, forms, and templates at https://TheSafetyGeek.com/Newsletter 

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80% of the safety manager’s job is getting workers to understand and follow safety rules.  What if you looked at this as building habits instead?  There is some interesting research on learning that can be applied to safety.  In this show, we talk about habit formation, conditioned learning, and operant learning.  These techniques are the basis of behavior-based safety.

For this week's show notes and links go to www.thesafetygeek.com/11

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Thank you for taking the time to listen to this episode. If you liked it, be sure to share it with your best safety friend. It's a goal of The Safety Geek to elevate the role of the safety manager, and that is why I share tips and resources on how you can manage your safety program more effectively.

Visit the website at https://TheSafetyGeek.com 

Subscribe to the YouTube Channel at https://www.youtube.com/c/safetygeek 

Sign up for the Safety Leadership Newsletter, where I share exclusive tips, content, forms, and templates at https://TheSafetyGeek.com/Newsletter 

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Written safety programs are a big part of our jobs.  I have learned that when you use collaboration with employees and managers, you get a better program. And, it is a program that is easier to get people to support.  In this week’s episode, I go over my 10 steps to creating a successful safety program.

For this week's show notes and links go to www.thesafetygeek.com/10

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Thank you for taking the time to listen to this episode. If you liked it, be sure to share it with your best safety friend. It's a goal of The Safety Geek to elevate the role of the safety manager, and that is why I share tips and resources on how you can manage your safety program more effectively.

Visit the website at https://TheSafetyGeek.com 

Subscribe to the YouTube Channel at https://www.youtube.com/c/safetygeek 

Sign up for the Safety Leadership Newsletter, where I share exclusive tips, content, forms, and templates at https://TheSafetyGeek.com/Newsletter 

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Safety culture is the way you do business and how you work within your operation.  Culture is tightly related to management support.  Here are 10 quick and easy tips to that you should use every day to build safety culture at your facility

For this week's show notes and links go to www.thesafetygeek.com/9

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Thank you for taking the time to listen to this episode. If you liked it, be sure to share it with your best safety friend. It's a goal of The Safety Geek to elevate the role of the safety manager, and that is why I share tips and resources on how you can manage your safety program more effectively.

Visit the website at https://TheSafetyGeek.com 

Subscribe to the YouTube Channel at https://www.youtube.com/c/safetygeek 

Sign up for the Safety Leadership Newsletter, where I share exclusive tips, content, forms, and templates at https://TheSafetyGeek.com/Newsletter 

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