On this episode of The Safety Struggle, Mike Borgschatz, Chief Operating Officer at Estvold Oil Services and Vice Chair of the SafeLand Board of Directors sites down to chat about rising through the ranks in the oil and gas industry.

Mike discusses how safety came to the forefront of his duties in operations, leading with integrity, and focusing on getting safety to the workers through onboarding, orientation, and training. Estvold has a program progression for onboarding workers in safe work practices from the time they are hired through their tenure with the company.

Sit back and relax as Mike shares insights from his progression to COO at Estvold and his plans to help safety professionals to get "real world" experience (attention interns, stay tuned until the end of the episode for an offer of a lifetime!)

This episode is sponsored by Mariner-Gulf Consulting & Services. Check out Mariner-Gulf at www.marinergulf.com for all your safety management system, audit, and safety program development needs, and by Slice Products, Inc, maker of innovative cutting tools that reimagine every aspect of tool use from the perspective of safety, ergonomics, and efficiency (www.sliceproducts.com).