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The SafetyPro Podcast
by Blaine J. Hoffmann, MS OHSM
No management theory, platitudes, or guru speak - just actionable workplace safety and health info you can use right now.
Episodes
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Episode 201: Building Safety Capacity
What happens to safety performance when you're away? Discover the impact of leadership styles on safety outcomes in this insightful episode. Key takeaways: * Understand the effects of absence on safety performance. * Explore different leadership modes: Taskminder, Micromanager, and Strategic...
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Episode 200: AI in Safety - Smarter Tools, New Blind Spots
The conversation delves into the hype and challenges of AI in safety, including the use of QR codes, AI-driven safety tools, predictive analytics, computer vision, psychosocial and ethical considerations, deskilling, overreliance on AI, data quality investments, and worker involvement. Takeaways…
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Episode 199: Dynamic Warm-Ups w/Lori Frederic
This episode with Lori Frederic gets into workplace fitness, injury prevention, and the importance of understanding the 'why' behind movement and exercise. It explores the challenges of construction work in mission-critical projects, the transition to dynamic warm-ups, and the old vs. new…
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Episode 198: The Metrics Dilemma w/Alex Paradies
Summary This episode with Blaine Hoffmann and Alex Paradies, from TapRoot gets into the value of metrics, the purpose of measuring, and the importance of understanding what to measure and what control we have over the results. They also talk about the challenges and limitations of leading and...
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Episode 197: Demystifying OSHA: A Conversation with David Keeling
In this insightful interview, Blaine Hoffmann speaks with David Keeling, the Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health, about OSHA's strategic direction, safety culture, emerging trends like AI, and how safety professionals can demystify OSHA to foster collaboration and...
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Episode 196: The Future of Safety Leadership w/Heather MacDougall
Get the Book "Rethinking SAFETY Culture" Today! Join the Community of Safety Pros today! In this episode, Blaine J. Hoffmann interviews Heather MacDougall, Esq. and CSP, a seasoned legal workplace safety and management professional. They discuss the evolving role of safety leaders, the impact of…
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Episode 195: Preventing Serious Incidents and Fatalities
Get the Book "Rethinking SAFETY Culture" Today! Join the Community of Safety Pros today! Recorded LIVE from the 2025 TapRooT® Global Summit in Knoxville, TN, Blaine J. Hoffmann talks with special guests Adam Britton and Justin Clark about developing strategies to help your organization focus on...
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Episode 194: Common Pitfalls in Safety Training w/Drew Hinton
Get the Book "Rethinking SAFETY Culture" Today! Join the Community of Safety Pros today! In this conversation, Blaine J. Hoffmann talks with Drew Hinton, from Arrow Safety, about the critical aspects of safety training, focusing on the often-overlooked areas that can lead to compliance issues and...
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Episode 193: Make Aging Suck Less w/Lori Frederic
Get the Book "Rethinking SAFETY Culture" Today! Join the Community of Safety Pros today! In this conversation, Blaine J. Hoffmann and Lori Frederic, from Balance Biomechanics, discuss the challenges of aging, particularly in relation to physical health and workplace safety. They explore the...
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Episode 192: Safety Career Fears w/Mark Alecia
Get the Book "Rethinking SAFETY Culture" Today! Join the Community of Safety Pros today! In this conversation, Blaine J. Hoffmann and Mark Alicea discuss the complexities of imposter syndrome, particularly within the safety profession. Specifically, how this phenomenon affects safety pros at all...
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Episode 191: Kentucky Rolls Back Safety Standards? W/Drew Hinton
Get the Book "Rethinking SAFETY Culture" Today! Join the Community of Safety Pros today! In this episode, Blaine J. Hoffmann talks with Drew Hinton, from Arrow Safety, about changes coming to Kentucky State Safety Standards. Will this trend spread to other state safety plans? Please listen to…
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Episode 190: Nothing More to Learn? w/Alex Paradies
Get the Book "Rethinking SAFETY Culture" Today! Join the Community of Safety Pros today! In this episode, Blaine J. Hoffmann talks with Alex Paradies from TapRooT® about those pesky little incident cases where the organization might not have anything else to learn. Please listen to this episode…
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Episode 189: No Such Thing as a Root Cause? w/Ken Reed
Get the Book "Rethinking SAFETY Culture" Today! Join the Community of Safety Pros today! In this episode, Blaine J. Hoffmann talks with Ken Reed from TapRooT® about the insane claim some are making online: there is no such thing as a root cause! Please listen to this episode and share it with...
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Episode 188: Will OSHA be Abolished? w/Phillip Russell
Get the Book "Rethinking SAFETY Culture" Today! Join the Community of Safety Pros today! In this episode, Blaine J. Hoffmann, MS OSHM, talks with attorney Phillip Russell about whether or not OSHA will be abolished! You've heard the rhetoric; get the facts from this OSHA attorney! Please listen…
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Episode 187: The History of RCA w/Alexander Paradies
Get the Book "Rethinking SAFETY Culture" Today! Join the Community of Safety Pros today! In this episode, Blaine Hoffmann, MS OSHM, talks with Alexander Paradies from TapRooT® about the history of root cause analysis (RCA). There certainly have been some interesting evolutions over the years....
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Episode 186: Critical Thinking in Safety w/Allison Hoffmann
Get the Book "Rethinking SAFETY Culture" Today! Join the Community of Safety Pros today! In this episode, Blaine Hoffmann, MS OSHM, talks with his daughter, Allison Hoffmann, a Columbia Southern University Occupational Safety and Health Management degree program student. They discuss the role of...
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Episode 185: Workplace Safety + Public Safety w/Kyle Domin
Get the Book "Rethinking SAFETY Culture" Today! Join the Community of Safety Pros today! In this episode, Blaine talks with fellow safety professional Kyle Domin about the overlap of workplace safety and public safety after his recent trip to NYC. Please listen to this episode and share it with...
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Episode 184: RCA FAQs w/Alex Paradies
Get the NEW Book "Rethinking SAFETY Communications"! Join the Community of Safety Pros today! In this episode, Blaine talks with Alexander Paradies from TapRooT® about frequently asked questions regarding root cause analysis. Check it out and join the conversation by becoming a SafetyPro…
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Episode 183: OSHA Heat Illness Standard w/Russell Phillips
Get the Book "Rethinking SAFETY Culture" Today! Join the Community of Safety Pros today! In this episode, Blaine J. Hoffmann, MS OSHM, talks with attorney Phillip Russell about the OSHA Heat Illness Standard with Blaine J. Hoffmann. Will it stand after the SCOTUS decision to overturn the Chevron...
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Episode 182: SCOTUS & Chevron Deference w/Phillip Russell
Get the NEW Book "Rethinking SAFETY Communications"! Join the Community of Safety Pros today! In this episode, Blaine J. Hoffmann, MS OSHM talks with attorney, Phillip Russell about the recent Supreme Court ruling on the Chevron Deference and what it might mean for the OSHA rule making process....
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Episode 181: Slip Safety w/Christian Harris
Get the NEW Book "Rethinking SAFETY Communications"! Join the Community of Safety Pros today! Safety is personal to Christian Harris. When you get run over by a car that loses control and mounts the curb (May 2012), it's tough not to become extremely passionate about keeping people safe!…
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Episode 180: LIVE at the 2024 TapRooT® Global Summit - Rethinking SAFETY Communications
Get the NEW Book "Rethinking SAFETY Communications"! Join the Community of Safety Pros today! Recorded live at the 2024 TapRoot Global Summit, join Blaine J. Hoffmann, MS OSHM as he talks with Mark Paradies and Alex Paradies from TapRooT® about managing your safety communications. Using Blaine's...
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Episode 179: Real Talk about the EHS Profession w/Kyle Domin
Get the NEW Book "Rethinking SAFETY Communications"! Join the Community of Safety Pros today! In this episode, Blaine Hoffmann and Kyle Domin banter about the safety profession, the various job titles you see, confusing job descriptions, interviewing candidates, and even education programs for…
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178: Rethinking SAFETY Culture w/Rob Bartlett
Get the NEW Book "Rethinking SAFETY Communications"! Join the Community of Safety Pros today! In this episode, Blaine talks his book, Rethinking SAFETY Culture, with Rob Bartlett on the Amplify Your Process Safety Podcast. There is a lot that we can learn in the general industry from the PSM…
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177: Eye Wash or Eye Rinse? w/Kyle Domin
Get the Book "Rethinking SAFETY Communications" Today! Join the Community of Safety Pros today! In this episode, Blaine talks with fellow safety professional, Kyle Domin about the differences between eye wash stations, portable eye wash units, and eye rinse bottles. Please listen to this episode...
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176: Rethinking SAFETY Communications Book Launch
Get the Book "Rethinking SAFETY Communications" Today! Join the Community of Safety Pros today! In this episode, Blaine J. Hoffmann, MS OSHM talks about the new book, Rethinking SAFETY Communications and read the section, Why a Communications Strategy Matters. Please listen to this episode and...
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175: Professional Development w/Alex Paradies
Get the Book "Rethinking SAFETY Culture" Today! Join the Community of Safety Pros today! In this episode, Blaine talks with Alexander Paradies from TapRooT® about the importance of continual professional (and personal) development. Be sure to visit the 2024 Global TapRooT® Summit information…
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174: Better Audits & Inspections w/Kyle Domin
Get the Book "Rethinking SAFETY Culture" Today! Join the Community of Safety Pros today! In this episode, Blaine talks with fellow safety professional, Kyle Domin about conducting better audits and inspections. Based on a past article we wrote over on the SafetyPro Podcast community site about...
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173: NFPA 70E Updates w/Drew Hinton
Get the Book "Rethinking SAFETY Culture" Today! Join the Community of Safety Pros today! In this episode, the President of Arrow Safety, Drew Hinton, joins us from the 2023 VPPPA Safety+ Symposium in Orlando to discuss the latest NFPA 70E updates. Please listen and share this episode with others....
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172: How Complacency Works w/Alex Paradies
Get the Book "Rethinking SAFETY Culture" Today! Join the Community of Safety Pros today! In this episode, we talk with Alexander Paradies from TapRooT® about complacency regarding workplace incidents and what managers can do about it! Get the Book "Rethinking SAFETY Culture" Today! Get the book...
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171: Announcement - The Book "Rethinking SAFETY Culture" Now Available
Get the Book "Rethinking SAFETY Culture" Today! Get the Book "Rethinking SAFETY Culture" Today! Get the book that busts the "safety culture" myth and emphasizes defining clear roles and responsibilities to align safety initiatives with operational tasks. Explore how safety standard work can be...
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170: Using a Cognitive Interview Technique for Safety Incidents
Join the Community of Safety Pros today! Join the Community of Safety Pros today! Workplace incidents are never something that employers and employees look forward to experiencing. However, they do happen, and it's important for everyone involved to understand what happened and how it happened,...
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169: Firefighter Building Marking System w/Drew Hinton
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 Firefighter Building Marking system. Firefighters must have standardized building markings in place to ensure their safety and the safety of those they...
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168: Preserve Hearing & Communications w/Nick Morrill
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. about a common misconception when it comes to hearing protection at work. Please listen and share this episode with others. If you want to go more…
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167: Safety + Media = Narrative?
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, President of Arrow Safety, about media coverage of workplace safety and how narratives can help and hurt workplace safety efforts. Please listen and share...
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166: Biases in Incident Deep Dives w/Alexander Paradies
Join the Community of Safety Pros today! Join the Community of Safety Pros today! In this episode, we talk with Alexander Paradies from TapRooT® about things that can cloud our ability to see real problems in our processes and even comprehend "risky" situations and project what might happen.…
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165: The Evolving Injury Prevention Field w/Lori Frederic
Join the Community of Safety Pros today! Join the Community of Safety Pros today! In this episode, Lori Frederic, from Balance Biomechanics, the ever-evolving injury prevention profession. Listen up, safety pros; this is good information as you look for a service provider in this industry. Please...
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164: What is Safety Training? w/Drew Hinton
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 friend, Drew Hinton, President of Arrow Safety. The discussion includes some interesting aspects of safety training, some OSHA interpretations, and what…
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163: Normalization of Deviation w/Alex Paradies
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 making the shift from normalization of deviation toward normalizing excellence! Please listen and share this episode with others. If you want to go more...
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162: Should We Bend & Twist? w/Lori Frederic
Join the Community of Safety Pros today! Join the Community of Safety Pros today! In her sixth appearance on the podcast, Lori Frederic talks about conditioning ourselves for the movements we can expect to engage in throughout the day. Be sure to visit Balance Biomechanics to learn more about Fit...
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161: Occupational Safety & Health Degrees at CSU w/Paul Radke
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 University about Occupational Safety & Health degree programs and Blaine's educational journey with CSU. Please listen and share this episode with...
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160: Visualizing a Safer Workplace w/Doug Pontsler
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 Center of Visual Expertise (COVE) is helping workers visualize their workplaces better. Visit the COVE website to learn more: https://www.covectr.com/home...
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159: Mask Efficacy & COVID-19 w/Stephen Petty, CIH
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 efficacy of masks as it relates to the prevention of COVID-19 transmission. Stephen Petty, a certified industrial hygienist, safety professional, and...
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158: Why Situational Awareness Cannot be a Root Cause w/Alex Paradies
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 is no. However, I am sure you want some evidence. So, let's talk with Alex Paradies from TapRooT® to learn more. Check out this article on their...
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157: 3 OSHA Law Tips from Veteran OSHA Attorney Phillip B. Russell
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 law tips safety pros misunderstand or don't know about! We also get into some OSHA law history and other interesting facts. NOTE: Premium members -...
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156: Talking VPPPA w/Chairperson, Terry Schulte
Join the Community of Safety Pros today! Join the Community of Safety Pros today! In this episode, Blaine talks to VPPPA Chairperson Terry Schulte about the early days of VPP, busting VPP myths, and the advantages of being a part of the VPPPA community. Check out the VPPPA National Safety+...
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EP 155: H&OP 101 W/Sam Goodman
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 get into all sorts of good organizational safety stuff, but also H&OP 101 - it all starts with the basics. Please listen and share this episode with...
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EP 154: Warehouse Safety Tips w/Wes Wyatt from Mighty Line
Join the Community of Safety Pros today! Join the Community of Safety Pros today! In this special episode, we are highlighting our incredible partner in safety, Mighty Line Floor Tape. Wes Wyatt shares some practical tips to help keep your facilities safer. You can catch their weekly warehouse...
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EP 153: Precursor Incidents w/Alexander Paradies
Join the Community of Safety Pros today! Join the Community of Safety Pros today! In this episode, I speak to Alexander Paradies from System Improvements, Inc., also known as The TapRooT® Folks, about precursor incidents. Do we need to deep dive into ALL of them? How do we know? All of this and...
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EP 152: How Crappy Lifts Happen w/Lori Frederic
Join the Community of Safety Pros today! Join the Community of Safety Pros today! In this episode, Lori Frederic (The Movement Ninja) takes over the podcast while Blaine is traveling. She discusses how crappy lifts happen, and what to do about them. Please listen and share this episode with…
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