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EPISODE · Sep 6, 2025 · 25 MIN

Ep.1424 - Preventing SIFs, Feat. David Tibbetts

from Elevate Construction · host Jason Schroeder

Recordables are down across the industry, yet fatalities have not moved. In this episode, Highwire Chief Safety Officer David Tibbetts shows how to stop chasing TRIR and start preventing serious injury and fatality by focusing on the work that can change a life in a single moment. • What SIF really means: life ending, life threatening, and life altering. • Why TRIR alone can mislead and how to pair it with exposure tracking. • How to make pretask plans actually useful by centering high risk tasks and critical controls. • Where to invest limited energy and attention so crews stay safe for real. • Fast moves for this week daily SIF scan, top three risks in huddles, verify controls before start, log SIF potential events. If you lead people on a job, this gives you a clear, exposure focused playbook you can apply today. Press play and send every worker home safe. If you like the Elevate Construction podcast, please subscribe for free and you'll never miss an episode.  And if you really like the Elevate Construction podcast, I'd appreciate you telling a friend (Maybe even two 😊).   Also, here are links to our YouTube Channels: · Jason Schroeder YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4xpRYvrW5Op5Ckxs4vDGDg · LeanTakt YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/leanTakt · LeanSuper YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzQDevqQP19L4LePuqma3Fg/featured · LeanSurvey YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-Ztn3okFhyB_3p5nmMKnsw

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