The episode opens with an acknowledgment of the contentious nature of confined space reclassification, noting its status as a highly debated topic within safety circles. The host invites viewers to engage in a discussion, emphasizing the importance of exploring different perspectives and considerations surrounding this issue. Key Points:  Motivations for Reclassification: The episode highlights common motivations for reclassification, such as avoiding extensive training, labor issues, and the...

#55: Ladder Safety- Top Ladder Safety Problems & Solutions

Joe and Jen Allen of Allen Safety LLC take their combined 40+ years of worker safety, OSHA, EPA, production, sanitation, and engineering experience in Manufacturing Plants including Harvest Plants/Packers,&nbsp; Case Readies and Further Processing Plants, Food Production Plants,&nbsp; Feed Mills, Grain Elevators, Bakeries, Farms, Feed Lots, and Petro-Chemical and bring you their top methods for identifying risk, preventing injuries, conquering the workload, auditing, managing emergencies and catastrophic events, and working through OSHA citations. They're breaking down real safety opportunities,&nbsp; safety citations, and emergency situations from real locations, and discussing realistic solutions that can actually be implement based on their personal experiences spending 40+ weeks in the field every year since 2001.&nbsp; Joe and Jen are using all of that experience to provide a fresh outlook on worker safety by providing honest, (no sponsors here!) and straight forward, easy to understand safety coaching with actionable guidance to move your safety program forward in a way that provides tangible results.&nbsp;