The Accidental Safety Pro

By HSI

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Episodes: 145

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HSI's Chief Safety Officer, Jill James, chats with other safety professionals about how they came into their role as a safety professional, what they've learned along the way, as well as some of the highs and lows that come with job.

Episode Date
140: Safety Unscripted Pt. 2: Your Questions, Expert Answers
May 27, 2026
139: How a Life Rebuilt Became a Career in Safety
Apr 29, 2026
138: Think Inside the Box
Mar 25, 2026
137: Why Psychological Safety Is A Critical Leadership Skill
Feb 25, 2026
Bonus Episode! Safety Unscripted: Your Questions, Expert Answers
Feb 11, 2026
136: AI and EHS Software
Jan 28, 2026
135: A Holistic Approach to EHS: Caring Inside and Outside of Work
Dec 23, 2025
134: SIF Prevention and High Energy Control Assessments
Nov 26, 2025
133: Female EHS Leaders: Leveraging Your Superpowers Conversation Continued from NSC 2025
Oct 29, 2025
132: Being Comfortable with Being Uncomfortable
Sep 24, 2025
131: Live From ASSP Safety 2025
Aug 27, 2025
130: What's My Hook?
Jul 30, 2025
129: 16 Broken Bones, Finding Your Why, and Human and Organizational Performance
Jun 25, 2025
128: Resilience, Repair, and Finding Balance
May 28, 2025
127: The American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA)
Apr 29, 2025
126: Transforming EHS Professionals into Strategic Business Partners
Mar 26, 2025
125: OSHA Isn't Driving the Safety Pro's Future
Feb 26, 2025
124: Suicide Prevention and Mental Health Support in Construction
Jan 29, 2025
123: Salary and Safety Budgets with a City Safety Manager
Dec 23, 2024
122: Reducing Musculoskeletal Injuries With a Human Performance Coach
Nov 26, 2024
121: From School Teacher to Associate Professor of Occupational Safety
Oct 23, 2024
120: Four Pillars of Employee Wellbeing
Sep 25, 2024
119: Live From ASSP Safety 2024
Aug 28, 2024
118: A Conversation with ASSP's 2024 Outstanding Safety Educator
Jul 31, 2024
#117: How a Relocation Opened My Eyes to DEI
Jun 26, 2024
Bonus Episode! EHS On Tap E207: Common Misconceptions About Safety Training
Jun 12, 2024
#116: Advice From HSI's CEO: Approaching Leadership, Mentorship, and the Three Es
May 15, 2024
#115: From Hopeful Veterinarian to Certified Safety Professional
Apr 24, 2024
#114: Utilizing Your Insurance, Women in Safety, Workplace Violence, and More with a Risk Consultant
Mar 27, 2024
#113: Preparing the Next Generation of Safety Professionals
Feb 28, 2024
#112: Human Performance - Understanding How and Why People Make Mistakes
Jan 24, 2024
#111: 2023 Women in Safety Survey Results - Conversation Continued
Dec 27, 2023
#110: Live From NSC 2023
Nov 22, 2023
#109: From Meter Reading to a 30-Year Utility Safety Career
Oct 25, 2023
#108: "Hot" Topics and New Proposed OSHA Regulations with Dr. Todd
Sep 27, 2023
#107: An OSHA Inspection My First Week on the Job
Aug 16, 2023
#106: Live From ASSP Safety 2023
Jul 19, 2023
#105: How I Found My Safety Job at the Dog Park
Jun 07, 2023
#104: How a Passion for Worker Justice and Microbes Led to a Career in Industrial Hygiene
May 17, 2023
103: Preventing Workplace Violence vs. Reacting To It
Apr 26, 2023
#102: Understanding Psychosocial Hazards in the Workplace
Mar 01, 2023
#101: Why EHS Isn't Just Morally Right, But Good Business Too
Feb 14, 2023
#100: How Important are Soft Skills in Safety?
Jan 25, 2023
#99: Cannabinoids, Immortal Cells, Baby Teeth, and a Passion for Helping Others
Dec 21, 2022
#98: How to Use Data Analysis to Improve Your EHS Program
Nov 30, 2022
#97: Safety in the Bering Sea
Oct 19, 2022
#96: Understanding ESG as an EHS Professional
Oct 05, 2022
#95: What is ESG? Basics of What You Need to Know About Environmental, Social, Governance
Sep 21, 2022
#94: The Foundation of Effective Training
Aug 31, 2022
#93: Steps to Improve Your Safety Management Systems
Jun 15, 2022
#92: How America's Unions Are Keeping Workers Safe
May 25, 2022
#91: A Very Special 4th Anniversary Episode
May 11, 2022
#90: How to Reduce Burnout
Apr 20, 2022
#89: How Are We Practicing and Advancing Safety?
Mar 30, 2022
#88: Human Resources Is Your Partner in Workplace Safety
Mar 09, 2022
#87: What You Need to Know About Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Feb 23, 2022
#86: What Is Psychological Safety?
Feb 09, 2022
#85: How a Safety Pro Became a King (Part 2)
Dec 29, 2021
#85: How a Safety Pro Became a King
Dec 22, 2021
#84: Science, Politics, and Safety. How Are They Related?
Dec 01, 2021
#83: Why You Should Be Networking More
Nov 17, 2021
#82: Can Safety Training Be Fun?
Nov 03, 2021
#81: A Rising Star in Safety: Carter Divine
Oct 20, 2021
#80: Is Work Stress an Epidemic?
Sep 08, 2021
#79: Police Officer Safety & Wellness
Aug 25, 2021
#78: Do I Want to Stay In Safety?
Aug 11, 2021
#77: The Women of Safety Partners, Inc.
Jul 28, 2021
#76: Safety in the Shipping Industry is a Little Different
Jul 14, 2021
#75: Finding the Best Way to Protect Your Workers
Jun 16, 2021
#74: Worker Memorial Day 2021
Apr 28, 2021
#73: Safety Up North
Apr 21, 2021
#72: Opiates and COVID-19
Apr 07, 2021
#71: OSHA is Considering an Emergency Temporary Standard
Mar 24, 2021
#70: From firefighting to ammonia
Feb 03, 2021
#69: Safety from every perspective
Jan 20, 2021
#68: The Immediate Responder
Jan 06, 2021
#67: I See You
Dec 02, 2020
#65: Intergenerational Union Workers
Nov 11, 2020
#64: Unions and Conservation
Oct 28, 2020
#63: Safety DNA
Sep 16, 2020
#62: Take a moment for yourself
Aug 12, 2020
#61: On the Frontlines of COVID-19
Jul 08, 2020
#60: The Legacy of Dr. Eula Bingham
Jun 24, 2020
#59: Distracted driving during COVID-19
Jun 17, 2020
#58: SAFER Update with Lorraine Martin - COVID-19 Special
May 27, 2020
#57: Finding the Courage with Scott and Krista Geller - COVID-19 Special
May 20, 2020
#56: Printing Companies, Paper, and Safety
May 06, 2020
#55: How we can return to work the right way - COVID-19 Special
Apr 27, 2020
#54: What happens the day before the disaster
Apr 22, 2020
#53: Equity for all
Apr 08, 2020
#52: A Nurses Perspective - COVID-19 Special
Mar 24, 2020
#51: What Not to do With Your Cleaning Supplies - COVID-19 Special
Mar 20, 2020
#50: What Employers Need to Know About Coronavirus (COVID-19)
Mar 11, 2020
#49: The power of reflection
Feb 12, 2020
#48: Baby's first incident
Jan 29, 2020
#47: Almost like a bad spy movie
Jan 15, 2020
#46: The CEO of Spotlight Safety
Jan 01, 2020
#45: The Adventures of Attila the Hun & The Hammer
Dec 18, 2019
#44: Creepy Carl. Safety Manager.
Dec 04, 2019
#43: Roadhouse and Dr. Phil
Nov 20, 2019
#42: How safety is made
Nov 06, 2019
#40: A whole long conversation about mold
Sep 25, 2019
#39: Tom Andrzejewski at NSC 2019
Sep 14, 2019
#38: Christine McConnell, BCSP Foundation Officer, at NSC 2019
Sep 13, 2019
#37: Lorraine Martin, NSC President and CEO at NSC 2019
Sep 12, 2019
#36: Krista Geller at NSC 2019
Sep 11, 2019
#35: Jacy Good and Steve Johnson at NSC 2019
Sep 11, 2019
#34: Dr. Scott Geller at NSC 2019
Sep 10, 2019
#33: The day you're born and the day you discover why
Aug 28, 2019
#32: Not the safety cop
Aug 14, 2019
#31: Body after body
Jul 31, 2019
#28: How to raise a safety pro
Jun 19, 2019
#27: Big wheels keep on turning
Jun 05, 2019
#26: You can't stop the waves, but you can learn to surf
May 22, 2019
#25: The singing safety professional
May 08, 2019
#24: Tackling Workers Comp
Apr 24, 2019
#23: Jay Allen from SafetyFM
Apr 10, 2019
#22: Eight stories and a big thank you.
Mar 27, 2019
#21: ASSP's Emerging Professionals Roundtable
Mar 13, 2019
#20: Get up on the roof or find a new job.
Feb 27, 2019
#19: Other kids didn't grow up around safety. We were doing fire drills in our house once a quarter.
Feb 13, 2019
#18: If I don't remember that, then I don't need to be doing safety.
Jan 30, 2019
#17: First year safety pro syndrome
Jan 16, 2019
#16: These guys really lived safety. It wasn't just a flavor of the month.
Jan 02, 2019
#15: I can die on that hill and make it better for somebody else.
Dec 05, 2018
#14: Guess what I did to a turkey today?
Nov 21, 2018
#13: The real test is, 'Can we change other people's minds about this?'
Nov 07, 2018
NSC Live: "A recovering liberal arts student." with John Dony
Oct 26, 2018
NSC Live: "I always tell people it's a sales job. You're really essentially a salesman."
Oct 26, 2018
NSC Live: "Eliminating preventable deaths in our lifetime." with NSC President Debbie Hersman
Oct 24, 2018
NSC Live: "People were making bets on how long I could make it."
Oct 23, 2018
NSC Live: "I think this would be a great way for us to fund steel toe boots."
Oct 23, 2018
#12: The Swiss cheese model of accident causation.
Oct 17, 2018
#11: Crab asthma.
Oct 03, 2018
#10: It's not about being more careful.
Sep 19, 2018
#9: Safety? In that industry? All I can think of right now are Buzz and Woody.
Sep 05, 2018
#8: I have to tell you, those science teachers love to accumulate chemicals they shouldn't keep.
Aug 22, 2018
#7: I'm letting everybody know our secrets.
Aug 08, 2018
#6: Turning a really great story into some story about death in like 5 seconds.
Jul 25, 2018
#5: Do your homework, speak your mind, and don't be afraid.
Jul 11, 2018
#4: Teach me.
Jun 27, 2018
#3: Everyone's invincible until chemicals are pumped into the wrong tank.
Jun 13, 2018
#2: This is one of those dirty secrets people don't want to talk about.
May 30, 2018
#1: They're gonna give me a badge and a beige Ford Taurus?
May 16, 2018
#0: It's about community
May 10, 2018