The Occupational Safety Leadership Podcast

In today's episode, Dr. Ayers talks about performing a new hire safety walkaround as part of the new hire safety orientation.  Classroom topics are great but show the employees and have them perform some hands-on activities.  

In today's episode, Dr. Ayers discusses the importance of following up on corrective actions after the incident.  

In today's episode, Dr. Ayers discuss new hire safety orientation with Jean Ndana.  Jean has a lot of great tips to help make new hire safety orientation fun and exciting.  This is typically the first insight an employee has to the hazards along with the company safety policies.

In today's episode, Dr. Ayers continues to discuss incident investigations and determining causal factors.  Peel back the onion and discover why an incident happened and ensure it doesn't happen again. 

In today's episode, Dr. Ayers discusses Prevention through Design with Bruce Main of Design Safety Engineering.  I am a big fan of PTD and really enjoyed this episode.  Please talk to Bruce for more information on PTD.

In today's episode, Dr. Ayers discusses interviewing employees after an incident and provides some tips and strategies.  Interviewing employees must aways be conducted in a quiet private place so the employee can freely discuss the incident without fear of others overhearing the conversation.

In today's episode, Dr. Ayers soft skills, imposter syndromes and well as giving and receiving feedback with Dr. Megan Tranter.  Dr. Tranter has had a log a varied career in Safety.

In today's episode, Dr. Ayers discusses the potential members of an incident investigation team.  It's important to find member who want to help and have the knowledge and experience to ensure the incident does not happen again.

In today's episode, Dr. Ayers discusses what information to gather to aid in stating an incident investigation.

In today's episode, Dr. Ayers discuss PFAS with Dr. Alex LeBeau.  Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) have been used for decades in a variety of industrial and consumer products, and they are anticipated to persist in the environment for even longer, hence the name ‘forever chemicals’. These PFAS have received extraordinary scrutiny in recent years, with the US EPA finalizing drinking water thresholds for the chemicals in 2024. However, there is still debate in the scientific community on the actual health risk that PFAS present and which individual PFAS are primary risk drivers. This discussion lays the foundation to discuss PFAS and the potential toxicity they present.