The SafetyPro Podcast

Episode 197: Demystifying OSHA: A Conversation with David Keeling

11 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

In this insightful interview, Blaine Hoffmann speaks with David Keeling, the Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health, about OS...

Episode 196: The Future of Safety Leadership w/Heather MacDougall

31 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Get the Book "Rethinking SAFETY Culture" Today! Join the Community of Safety Pros today! In this episode, Blaine J. Hoffmann interviews Heather MacD...

Episode 195: Preventing Serious Incidents and Fatalities

21 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Get the Book "Rethinking SAFETY Culture" Today! Join the Community of Safety Pros today! Recorded LIVE from the 2025 TapRooT® Global Summit in Knox...

Episode 194: Common Pitfalls in Safety Training w/Drew Hinton

21 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Get the Book "Rethinking SAFETY Culture" Today! Join the Community of Safety Pros today! In this conversation, Blaine J. Hoffmann talks with Drew Hin...

Episode 193: Make Aging Suck Less w/Lori Frederic

21 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Get the Book "Rethinking SAFETY Culture" Today! Join the Community of Safety Pros today! In this conversation, Blaine J. Hoffmann and Lori Frederic, ...

Episode 192: Safety Career Fears w/Mark Alecia

07 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Get the Book "Rethinking SAFETY Culture" Today! Join the Community of Safety Pros today! In this conversation, Blaine J. Hoffmann and Mark Alicea dis...

Episode 191: Kentucky Rolls Back Safety Standards? W/Drew Hinton

24 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Get the Book "Rethinking SAFETY Culture" Today! Join the Community of Safety Pros today! In this episode, Blaine J. Hoffmann talks with Drew Hinton,...

Episode 190: Nothing More to Learn? w/Alex Paradies

24 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Get the Book "Rethinking SAFETY Culture" Today! Join the Community of Safety Pros today! In this episode, Blaine J. Hoffmann talks with Alex Parad...

Episode 189: No Such Thing as a Root Cause? w/Ken Reed

24 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Get the Book "Rethinking SAFETY Culture" Today! Join the Community of Safety Pros today! In this episode, Blaine J. Hoffmann talks with Ken Reed fro...

Episode 188: Will OSHA be Abolished? w/Phillip Russell

18 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Get the Book "Rethinking SAFETY Culture" Today! Join the Community of Safety Pros today! In this episode, Blaine J. Hoffmann, MS OSHM, talks with at...

Episode 187: The History of RCA w/Alexander Paradies

18 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Get the Book "Rethinking SAFETY Culture" Today! Join the Community of Safety Pros today! In this episode, Blaine Hoffmann, MS OSHM, talks with Alex...

Episode 186: Critical Thinking in Safety w/Allison Hoffmann

20 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Get the Book "Rethinking SAFETY Culture" Today! Join the Community of Safety Pros today! In this episode, Blaine Hoffmann, MS OSHM, talks with his d...

Episode 185: Workplace Safety + Public Safety w/Kyle Domin

20 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Get the Book "Rethinking SAFETY Culture" Today! Join the Community of Safety Pros today! In this episode, Blaine talks with fellow safety profession...

Episode 184: RCA FAQs w/Alex Paradies

20 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Get the NEW Book "Rethinking SAFETY Communications"! Join the Community of Safety Pros today! In this episode, Blaine talks with Alexander Paradies...

Episode 183: OSHA Heat Illness Standard w/Russell Phillips

20 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Get the Book "Rethinking SAFETY Culture" Today! Join the Community of Safety Pros today! In this episode, Blaine J. Hoffmann, MS OSHM, talks with at...

Episode 182: SCOTUS & Chevron Deference w/Phillip Russell

28 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Get the NEW Book "Rethinking SAFETY Communications"! Join the Community of Safety Pros today! In this episode, Blaine J. Hoffmann, MS OSHM talks wi...

Episode 181: Slip Safety w/Christian Harris

24 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Get the NEW Book "Rethinking SAFETY Communications"! Join the Community of Safety Pros today! Safety is personal to Christian Harris. When you get ...

Episode 180: LIVE at the 2024 TapRooT® Global Summit - Rethinking SAFETY Communications

21 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Get the NEW Book "Rethinking SAFETY Communications"! Join the Community of Safety Pros today! Recorded live at the 2024 TapRoot Global Summit, join ...

Episode 179: Real Talk about the EHS Profession w/Kyle Domin

17 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Get the NEW Book "Rethinking SAFETY Communications"! Join the Community of Safety Pros today! In this episode, Blaine Hoffmann and Kyle Domin bante...

178: Rethinking SAFETY Culture w/Rob Bartlett

11 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Get the NEW Book "Rethinking SAFETY Communications"! Join the Community of Safety Pros today! In this episode, Blaine talks his book, Rethinking SAF...

177: Eye Wash or Eye Rinse? w/Kyle Domin

04 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Get the Book "Rethinking SAFETY Communications" Today! Join the Community of Safety Pros today! In this episode, Blaine talks with fellow safety pro...

176: Rethinking SAFETY Communications Book Launch

01 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Get the Book "Rethinking SAFETY Communications" Today! Join the Community of Safety Pros today! In this episode, Blaine J. Hoffmann, MS OSHM talks a...

175: Professional Development w/Alex Paradies

15 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Get the Book "Rethinking SAFETY Culture" Today! Join the Community of Safety Pros today! In this episode, Blaine talks with Alexander Paradies from...

174: Better Audits & Inspections w/Kyle Domin

04 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Get the Book "Rethinking SAFETY Culture" Today! Join the Community of Safety Pros today! In this episode, Blaine talks with fellow safety profession...

173: NFPA 70E Updates w/Drew Hinton

07 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Get the Book "Rethinking SAFETY Culture" Today! Join the Community of Safety Pros today! In this episode, the President of Arrow Safety, Drew Hinton...

172: How Complacency Works w/Alex Paradies

03 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Get the Book "Rethinking SAFETY Culture" Today! Join the Community of Safety Pros today! In this episode, we talk with Alexander Paradies from TapRo...

171: Announcement - The Book "Rethinking SAFETY Culture" Now Available

28 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Get the Book "Rethinking SAFETY Culture" Today! Get the Book "Rethinking SAFETY Culture" Today! Get the book that busts the "safety culture" myth an...

170: Using a Cognitive Interview Technique for Safety Incidents

06 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Join the Community of Safety Pros today! Join the Community of Safety Pros today! Workplace incidents are never something that employers and employ...

169: Firefighter Building Marking System w/Drew Hinton

26 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Join the Community of Safety Pros today! Join the Community of Safety Pros today! President of Arrow Safety, Drew Hinton, joins us to discuss the ...

168: Preserve Hearing & Communications w/Nick Morrill

02 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Join the Community of Safety Pros today! Join the Community of Safety Pros today! In this episode, we talk with Nick Morrill from CavCom, Inc. abou...

167: Safety + Media = Narrative?

07 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Join the Community of Safety Pros today! Join the Community of Safety Pros today! In this episode, we talk with our good friend, Drew Hinton, Presi...

166: Biases in Incident Deep Dives w/Alexander Paradies

30 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Join the Community of Safety Pros today! Join the Community of Safety Pros today! In this episode, we talk with Alexander Paradies from TapRooT® abo...

165: The Evolving Injury Prevention Field w/Lori Frederic

09 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Join the Community of Safety Pros today! Join the Community of Safety Pros today! In this episode, Lori Frederic, from Balance Biomechanics, the eve...

164: What is Safety Training? w/Drew Hinton

02 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Join the Community of Safety Pros today! Join the Community of Safety Pros today! In this episode, we talk about safety training with our good fri...

163: Normalization of Deviation w/Alex Paradies

21 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Join the Community of Safety Pros today! Join the Community of Safety Pros today! In this episode, I talk to Alex Paradies from TapRooT® about ma...

162: Should We Bend & Twist? w/Lori Frederic

25 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Join the Community of Safety Pros today! Join the Community of Safety Pros today! In her sixth appearance on the podcast, Lori Frederic talks ab...

161: Occupational Safety & Health Degrees at CSU w/Paul Radke

25 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Join the Community of Safety Pros today! Join the Community of Safety Pros today! In this episode, we talk with Paul Radke, from Columbia Southern ...

160: Visualizing a Safer Workplace w/Doug Pontsler

25 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Join the Community of Safety Pros today! Join the Community of Safety Pros today! In this episode, we talk with Doug Pontsler about how the Ce...

159: Mask Efficacy & COVID-19 w/Stephen Petty, CIH

18 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Join the Community of Safety Pros today! Join the Community of Safety Pros today! In this episode, we talk with Stephen Petty, CIH, about the true ...

158: Why Situational Awareness Cannot be a Root Cause w/Alex Paradies

28 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Join the Community of Safety Pros today! Join the Community of Safety Pros today! Is a lack of situational awareness a root cause? The short answer...

157: 3 OSHA Law Tips from Veteran OSHA Attorney Phillip B. Russell

28 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Join the Community of Safety Pros today! Join the Community of Safety Pros today! In this episode, we talk with Phillip B. Russell about three OSHA...

156: Talking VPPPA w/Chairperson, Terry Schulte

15 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Join the Community of Safety Pros today! Join the Community of Safety Pros today! In this episode, Blaine talks to VPPPA Chairperson Terry Schulte ...

EP 155: H&OP 101 W/Sam Goodman

08 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Join the Community of Safety Pros today! Join the Community of Safety Pros today! In this episode, I talk to the HOP Nerd himself, Sam Goodman! We ...

EP 154: Warehouse Safety Tips w/Wes Wyatt from Mighty Line

01 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Join the Community of Safety Pros today! Join the Community of Safety Pros today! In this special episode, we are highlighting our incredible partn...

EP 153: Precursor Incidents w/Alexander Paradies

17 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Join the Community of Safety Pros today! Join the Community of Safety Pros today! In this episode, I speak to Alexander Paradies from System Improv...

EP 152: How Crappy Lifts Happen w/Lori Frederic

04 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Join the Community of Safety Pros today! Join the Community of Safety Pros today! In this episode, Lori Frederic (The Movement Ninja) takes over th...

151: The Gap Between Early Discomfort & Injury w/Lori Frederic

13 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Join the Community of Safety Pros today! Join the Community of Safety Pros today! In this episode we talk to the one and only Lori Frederic, also k...

150: Human Error with Mark Paradies from TapRooT®

06 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Join the Community of Safety Pros today! Join the Community of Safety Pros today! In this episode, I talk to Mark Paradies, CEO of System Improveme...

149: Smash-and-Grab Robberies and Worker Safety

11 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Join the Community of Safety Pros today! Join the Community of Safety Pros today! We recorded this panel discussion LAST YEAR over on the SafetyPro...

148: Choosing the Right Digital Safety Management System

09 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Join the Community of Safety Pros today! Join the Community of Safety Pros today! In our first panel discussion, SafetyPro Podcast Community premiu...

147: Tracking Safety Training w/LMS

28 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Join the Community of Safety Pros today! Join the Community of Safety Pros today! An LMS is a software application that allows you to share e-learn...

146: Virtual Injury Prevention Programs

28 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Join the Community of Safety Pros today! Join the Community of Safety Pros today! In this episode, I talk with Tatiana Chattoo and Jason Barr from ...

145: OSHA ETS SCOTUS Oral Arguments Replay

10 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Join the Community of Safety Pros today! Join the Community of Safety Pros today! In this episode, I will replay all of the oral arguments for the ...

144: Severe Weather - Planning for the Average

22 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Join the Community of Safety Pros today! Join the Community of Safety Pros today! When natural disasters occur, it is understandable to ask, "why?"...

143: Did the Secretary of Labor Tank the OSHA Vaccine ETS?

16 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Join the Community of Safety Pros today! Join the Community of Safety Pros today! This is the audio version of the video recorded for the SafetyPro...

142: Heat vs. Cold Therapy w/Lori Frederic

21 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Join the Community of Safety Pros today! Lori Frederic joins us once again to talk about what's going on with her health right now, how we can rethi...

141: A Strong Workplace Culture = Strong Safety Performance w/Marten Stenfors

18 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Join the Community of Safety Pros today! In this episode, I talk to Marten Stenfors, the CEO and Founder of Phenium, an Environmental, Health, and F...

140: Re-Focus on Wellbeing

12 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Join the Community of Safety Pros today! From Gallup As the U.S. and its workplaces start to eye post-pandemic normality, there is an urgent need fo...

139: Pot, Electricity, OSHA, Consensus Standards & Common Sense w/Drew Hinton

27 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Join the Community of Safety Pros today! In this episode, I talk with our good friend Drew Hinton about the ASSP Safety 2021 Conference - his takeaw...

138: Is it worth it? w/Johnathon Furtado

20 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Join the Community of Safety Pros today! In this episode, I talk to Johnathon Furtado, a safety professional and Safety Pro Podcast Community member...

137: How OSHA Makes Standards & ETS

16 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Join the Community of Safety Pros today! In this episode, I talk about how OSHA actually makes standards and emergency temporary standards (ETS). Ch...

136: How to Gamify Remote Safey Training/Meetings

03 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Join the Community of Safety Pros today! In this episode, I talk about some cool online tools you can use to make those remote training sessions and...

135: Can Standard Work Build Culture?

27 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Join the Community of Safety Pros today! Part three in the series on rethinking [safety] culture. In this episode, I discuss how standard work can h...

134: Setting Safety Expectations to Drive [Safety] Culture

11 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Join the Community of Safety Pros today! In this episode, I discuss how you can set the right expectations for workers that will integrate well into...

133: Rethinking [Safety] Culture

18 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Join the Community of Safety Pros today! Episode Intro by Abraham Gibson There is a lot of talk about safety culture, which is centered around our f...

132: Traveling Safely with Shawn Rafferty

04 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Join the Community of Safety Pros today! In this episode, I talk to my good friend Shawn Rafferty. He is the host of the Security Pro Podcast and th...

131: Kinesiology Tape with Lori Frederic

11 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Episode intro by Jason Lucas from The Safety Justice League Podcast Join the Community of Safety Pros today! In this episode, Lori Frederic, the Mov...

130: Using UVC Light to Sanitize Workspaces with Grant Morgan

28 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Join the Community of Safety Pros today! In this episode, I talk to Grant Morgan, CEO/Co-Founder of RZero. We discuss the use of UVC light to saniti...

129: Top Ten Biases that will Ruin Incident Investigations

19 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Join the Community of Safety Pros today! In this episode, I will break down the top 10 biases that will absolutely wreck your incident investigation...

128: Writing as a Safety Pro with Jason Maldonado

29 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Join the Community of Safety Pros today! Jason Maldonado joins me to discuss why as Safety Pros we need to improve our writing skills! Check out Jas...

127: 8 Wastes and Safety by Tim P. Wood

24 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Join the Community of Safety Pros today! Do you know the eight wastes in business? If so, have you made the connection to workplace safety? If not, ...

126: Remote Worker Safety

13 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Join the Community of Safety Pros today! Remote worker safety - are you approaching this topic as you would if employees were still in the office? L...

125: What Powers all of those Safety Wearables?

26 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Join the Community of Safety Pros today! Small and wearable electronic devices used in workplaces rely on a power source that stores a high amount o...

124: Explaining OSHA's New COVID-19 Guidelines

12 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Join the Community of Safety Pros today! The OSHA guidance is intended to inform employers and workers in most workplace settings outside of healthc...

123: Creating a Positive Employee Experience Using Safety

29 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Join the Community of Safety Pros today! In this episode, I talk about the five things safety professionals need to focus on in 2021 to improve the ...

122: Improving Training with Humor w/Jason Patton

25 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Join the Community of Safety Pros today! Jason Patton, VP at Fire Dept. Coffee and creator of Fire Department Chronicles shares his story and bring...

121: Stretching is NOT Work Prep w/Lori Frederic

18 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Join the Community of Safety Pros today! After having a private business providing sports massage therapy and strength coaching, Lori wanted to rais...

120: When Does Safety Tech Get Creepy?

14 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Join the Community of Safety Pros today! The science and technology around connected devices/software and how we interact with them regarding workpl...

119: COVID-19 Workplace Perception Survey Results

06 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Join the Community of Safety Pros today! The COVID-19 pandemic has completely changed the way we view safety and health in the workplace. Especially...

118: A Brief Review of 2020

31 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Join the Community of Safety Pros today! As 2020 wraps up, I wanted to reflect on a few things that we, as safety professionals, should take away fr...

117: Workplace Violence Response Planning w/Shawn Rafferty

20 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Join the Community of Safety Pros today! SPR Group LLC was formed in 2018 by Shawn Rafferty. SPR Group LLC's strategic vision centers around threat ...

116: Safety and the Younger Workforce

15 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Join the Community of Safety Pros today! The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention researchers say a comprehensive public health strategy is ne...

115: Emotional Intelligence and the Safety Pro

09 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Join the Community of Safety Pros today! From PositivePsychology.com Emotional intelligence is what we use when we empathize with our coworkers, hav...

114: Measuring Facility Safety & Health

02 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

How WELL Promotes Workplace Safety, Health, and Confidence from FacilitiesNet The International WELL Building Institute (IWBI) created the WELL Heal...

113: The New SafetyPro Community Site

17 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

The all-new SafetyPro Community is available!  Now subscribers can get exclusive access to live chats, member-only videos, posts, downloads, guests,...

112: Employee Well-Being is Workplace Safety/Health

11 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

From Gallup: To say the "world's largest work-from-home experiment" has presented challenges would be an understatement. These challenges range from ...

111: Root Cause Analysis Best Practices

03 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Picture: TapRooT® I recently read an article from the folks over at TapRooT® that I wanted to share. It talks about how to have a successful root ...

110: Breast Cancer Awareness Month 2020

20 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In 2020, an estimated 276,480 new cases of invasive breast cancer will be diagnosed in women in the U.S., as well as 48,530 new cases of non-invasiv...

109: Hot Work Safety with Wesley Carter, CCPSC

16 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

We're back with Wesley Carter, CCPSC, as part of our ongoing collaboration comparing and contrasting the PSM standard with OSHA general industry regu...

108: Contractor Safety with Wesley Carter, CCPSC

06 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, I was back with Wesley Carter, CCPSC on the Amplify Your Process Safety Podcast for another collaboration where we talk about both ...

107: What is Your Plan to Reopen During COVID-19?

14 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

  In this episode, I share some great resources for businesses considering reopening during the current COVID-19 Pandemic from our friends at Mighty...

106: Emergency Action Planning and Response

20 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

  We've teamed up with the Amplify folks once again to bring you an episode on emergency planning and response. Wesley Carter will cover the genera...

105: Incident Investigation w/Wesley Carter

24 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

  In this very special episode, process safety and occupational safety worlds collide as Wesley teams up with Blaine Hoffmann from The SafetyPro Pod...

104: COVID-19 - Updated OSHA Response and Recordkeeping Guidelines

07 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

  As more states are taking steps to reopen their economies and workers are returning to their workplaces, OSHA is receiving complaints from affecte...

103: COVID-19 Masks Should Have No Valves

19 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

  Do valves on respirators impact their effectiveness? The purpose of a respirator's exhalation valve is to reduce the breathing resistance dur...

102: How to Audit Your Leadership Approach During COVID-19

03 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Powered by iReportSource More than three weeks into the pandemic-driven cascade of cancelations, closings, and social distancing, U.S. workplaces are...

101: COVID-19 - Masks, Face Coverings

22 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

NOTICE: Published April 22, 2020 - The information in this post/episode is subject to change. Powered by iReportSource The new CDC face-covering reco...

100: Celebrating ONE HUNDRED Episodes

08 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Powered by iReportSource 100 Episodes! Thanks to all the listeners that helped make this happen - you are the reason I continue to produce this podca...

099: COVID-19 - To Mask or Not?

01 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

NOTICE: Published April 1, 2020 - The information in this post/episode is subject to change. Powered by iReportSource All of the discussions about su...

098: COVID-19 - To Clean or To Disinfect? Or Both?

23 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Powered by iReportSource UPDATE: The CDC has made changes to workplace guidance as of March 21, 2020, which may make some of the information on this...