What is it like to be a senior EHS officer at the remote Los Alamos National Laboratory — home of the atomic bomb — in the New Mexico desert? 

In this ISHN podcast episode, we talk to Duane Duhamel, whose company has been researching and analyzing workplace injuries and fatalities data every year, to discuss the findings in the latest report.

In this episode, editor-at-large Dave Johnson interviews behavioral psychologist Dr. E. Scott Geller. Dr. Geller discusses the uses and misuses of behavior-based safety, why the psychology of safety is more important today than ever, and the need for safety and health professionals to practice empathy, positive psychology, one-on-one conversations, and Actively Caring For People (AC4P).

Mark Katchen, CIH, and Alan Leibowitz, CIH and CSP, examine the Board for Global EHS Credentialing (BGC) Code of Ethics in the latest in Editor Dave Johnson’s exploration into ethics as it relates to safety. 

With heat stress risk at the forefront of the wide world of safety this summer, we talk to athletic trainer Dr. David Berry, who teaches university courses related to injury assessments and emergency response management.

In the second “Clean Conscience” ethics podcast, the discussion centers around the controversial subject of employee surveillance and monitoring using modern technology.

Dr. Brian Taylor, Doctor of Audiology, talks about some of the health issues related to occupational hearing loss and offers his advice on how to prevent loss and reduce risk when working in industrial settings. 

Alex Hogan, the Global Product Line Manager for Keen Utility, a family-owned hybrid footwear company, discusses the latest trends in safety footwear. 

In this episode, chief editor Benita Mehta interviews Gavin Coyle, CEO and founder of The Coyle Group, a safety consultancy that helps entrepreneurs and businesses of all sizes to protect their people, profits and reputation. 

We navigate the ethical minefield of industrial hygiene with The Phylmar Group’s Mark Katchen. This episode focuses on the impact of ChatGPT on the EHS profession and also discusses an interesting ethics case study.