The Safety Struggle

This episode is a re-cast of an interview that James Junkin (Safety Outlaw) did with Dr. I. David Daniels for his Psychological Health and Safety USA Podcast. (Check it out!)

Dr. Daniels is a dear friend and an innovator and advocate in the field of psychosocial and psychological safety in the workplace and beyond.

Enjoy this episode from Dr. Daniels' podcast where James and David get real about keeping workers safe in new and innovate ways, especially in the oil and gas industry.

This episode is sponsored by Mariner-Gulf Consulting & Services. Check out Mariner-Gulf at www.marinergulf.com for all your safety management system, audit.

This episode of The Safety Struggle is sponsored by Veriforce, the world's premier Supply Chain Risk Performance Network. Veriforce helps your organization stay ahead of risk (www.veriforce.com)

This episode is a re-cast of an interview that Dr. Martin did with Dr. I. David Daniels for his Psychological Health and Safety USA Podcast. (Check it out!)

Dr. Daniels is a dear friend and an innovator and advocate in the field of psychosocial and psychological safety in the workplace and beyond.

Enjoy this episode from Dr. Daniels' podcast where two dear friends get real about keeping workers safe in new and innovate ways.

This episode is sponsored by Mariner-Gulf Consulting & Services. Check out Mariner-Gulf at www.marinergulf.com for all your safety management system, audit.

Tiffany Castagno joins The Safety Struggle to talk with Dr. Martin about everything and anything, HR, safety, life, and finding your passions in life and work.

It's no secret to anyone that follows Tiffany on LinkedIn that she has vibe that is un-mistakenly human, authentic, grounded, and so, so, so real. If you don't follow her content, you should!

Tiffany is the owner of CEPHR, Inc., providing Human Resources support for SMBs & Founders to build infrastructures-to-scale, strong Employer Brands, engaged teams, & Cultures where people want to stay."

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).

This episode of The Safety Struggle Dr. Martin takes with J.R. Kitchens about cutting his safety chops in Alaska working for the family business.

You will enjoy hearing J.R. talk about being handed safety as a new role as a young man in a dangerous business and keeping it real with workers.

J.R. also has many other talents including voice over work (check out our new intro and outro!), hosting shows in Nashville, and working in the radio business - most recently with Voice of Wreaths Across America.

This episode of The Safety Struggle is sponsored by Veriforce, the world's premier Supply Chain Risk Performance Network. Veriforce helps your organization stay ahead of risk (www.veriforce.com)

Say "hello" to Raghuvaran Chakkravarthy. He is a Safety Director for Federal Projects at one of the largest construction companies in the world and he is a former student of Dr. Martin's.

The "student becomes the master" is exactly what you look for in successful students and Raghu is just that! Raghu talks with Dr. Martin about the start of his interest in professional safety practice, through his current position, and what might be next.

What is great about Raghu is that he is always thinking and connecting with workers. Even better? He talks about the value of learning from each other on a job site and how to pay that knowledge forward to others.

On this episode of The Safety Struggle, hear from Betty Stout, one of the Podcast Hosts from the former "Dragging Up 6.0" podcast. We like Betty's style and hope you do too!

Dr. Martin and Betty Jo talk about a wide range of topics from the highs and lows of traveling for a construction safety career, to connecting with workers, and everything in between. Non-stop laughs throughout the show.

Betty shares her philosophy on how safety can be best practiced and being one of the only women on a construction job site.

Tune-in as these two ladies muse about taking the "show on the road" by traveling across the U.S. in an R.V. to visit job sites!

This episode of The Safety Struggle is sponsored by Veriforce, the world's premier Supply Chain Risk Performance Network. Veriforce helps your organization stay ahead of risk (www.veriforce.com)

In this episode of The Safety Struggle, Ken Hunt, Environmental Health and Safety Director at The Andersons, challenges Dr. Martin to a safety discussion cage match of sorts.

Ken brings with him a wealth of experience that ranges from operations and field safety, to safety program management. Dr. Martin and Ken discuss the elements of developing and mentoring new safety professionals, Dr. Martin's dislike for the term "para-professionals", and trying to stay away from the "it depends" answer.

Tune in to this episode for a discussion on which "dials" to turn when attempting to adjust safety program implementation tactics and to make strong, meaninful connection to workers where it matters most - at the point of task AND in their hearts and minds.

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.

This episode of The Safety Struggle has been graciously provided for re-cast by Slice Products "Slice Labs" podcast. Instead of having a guest on The Safety Struggle, Dr. Martin sat down with Slice Labs podcast host, Mary Conquest, to discuss the topic "The Safety Profession: Where are We and Where Do We Go From Here?"

Here is the description:

"This week on Safety Labs by Slice: Ep. 22 Dr Linda Martin. Linda explores the growing rift between safety in theory and safety in practice. She argues that certain sections of the HSE community are overcomplicating safety and urges both sides of the debate to come together to move safety management forward."

This episode of The Safety Struggle is sponsored by Veriforce, the world's premier Supply Chain Risk Performance Network. Veriforce helps your organization stay ahead of risk (www.veriforce.com)

Mike Flynn, Corporate Safety Director at Barnard Construction Company, Inc. in Bozeman, Montana, sits down to chat with Dr. Martin about a wide range of topics, most importantly - the human side of safety practice.

The conversation on this episode illustrates a career (Mike's career) that can begin in other disciplines and wind itself to safety with a series of "aha" moments.

This is a necessary episode for both new and seasoned practitioners, as Mike talks eloquently about what it takes to be a great safety professional, and how to mentor and be mentored in this complicated field.

Most importantly, there are take-aways from this episode that illustrate that "The Safety Struggle" is REAL and you have to dig deep on a multi-faceted personal level to be successful.

Veriforce, the world's premier Supply Chain Risk Performance Network. Veriforce helps your organization stay ahead of risk (www.veriforce.com)

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).