In this episode, Mary Conquest speaks with Amy Roosa, a senior risk control specialist at Gallagher. She has 18 years of safety experience and has founded the Iowa Women in Safety conference and The Safety Rack, an organization that advocates for proper PPE and workwear for women in trades.
Amy is passionate about securing appropriate PPE for women in the workplace and begins by uncovering the underlying reasons behind this issue. She gives some all-to-common real-life examples of ill-fitting equipment and workwear for women and highlights how this impacts individuals, safety managers and entire organizations.
Unfortunately, women may be less likely to highlight these issues, and Amy explores why this is the case and what safety managers can do to ensure women have access to what they need on-site.
Amy demonstrates how inappropriate PPE can damage women’s psychological safety at work and impact organizations’ retention of female talent.
However, she is pleased with the progress being made and shares encouraging stories of women starting their own PPE manufacturing companies and explains what male co-workers can do to help.
…And don’t miss the colorful discussion about pink PPE!
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