No Harm Health And Safety Podcast

In this episode of the No Harm health and safety podcast, host Marvin Polis visits Jeremy Vandekerkhove from the Vernon Search and Rescue Helicopter Winch Team. The work of these brave volunteers starts where the road ends. When a standard ambulance can't get access to a remote accident scene, the Vernon Search and Rescue team flies into action. They can get critically ill or injured patients to hospital in as little as 15 - 20 minutes instead of the more typical 3 - 4 hours. Obviously, this can have a dramatic impact on patient outcomes. This group provides services not only in recreational situations such as hunting, fishing and dirt biking ... they also provide important services to industrial locations like forestry, mining and the oil patch. No Harm is the health and safety podcast for HSE professionals. We explore issues and initiatives to help you sharpen your professional skills and better understand emerging issues. The No Harm Podcast is hosted by Marvin Polis of Stimulant Strategies and Producti

In this episode of the No Harm health and safety podcast, host Marvin Polis talks to Marcy Strong from VisionWorks Consulting. Marcy is an organizational effectiveness expert who has worked for national and multinational corporations. The topic of this episode: Why is my HSE initiative not working? Well, it may be your culture. According to Marcy, we have a heavy reliance on policies and structure in the health and safety world. She says those things are important, but not the place to start. People and relationships are the place to start. We may think that we have a policy that will drive behaviours, but relationships in worker teams have more power. No Harm is the health and safety podcast for HSE professionals. We explore issues and initiatives to help you sharpen your professional skills and better understand emerging issues. The No Harm Podcast is hosted by Marvin Polis of Stimulant Strategies and Productions, a veteran producer of HSE video productions and publications for municipalities and corpora

In this episode of the No Harm health and safety podcast, host Marvin Polis talks to Gerry Shimko, the Executive Director of the City of Edmonton's Traffic Safety Section. The topic: Vision Zero. The City of Edmonton is the first major Canadian city to adopt Vision Zero, a global initiative to save lives and eliminate major injuries from motor vehicle collisions. Marvin meets up with Gerry at a Vision Zero run-walk-cycle event where families who have been affected by serious incidents are being honoured. Vision Zero began in Sweden in 1997 and that country now has the lowest rate of traffic fatalities in the world. More recently, Vision Zero has been adopted by those considered to be leaders in traffic safety including countries such as Australia and England, and numerous major cities in the United States. In January 2016, Canada adopted Vision Zero as a federal strategy. Gerry talks about the City's leadership role in Vision Zero and calls for a high level of corporate involvement. Lafarge is on hand at t

LafargeHolcim is a major corporation with 90,000 employees working at 2,300 operating sites in 90 countries around the globe. They're in the business of cement, ready mix and pre-cast concrete, aggregates, paving, piping, construction and more. Health and safety is embedded in everything they do, from their daily plant routines and their customers’ project worksites to their actions in their neighboring communities. In this episode of the No Harm health and safety podcast, host Marvin Polis talks to Lafarge's Western Canadian VP of Ready Mix, Bruce Willmer about their road safety initiatives and collaboration with the City of Edmonton on the global Vision Zero initiative. Specifically, Lafarge has started to install under-guards on its Canadian ready mix trucks to help prevent serious incidents with pedestrians and cyclists. This is a strategy that has been successfully adopted in other parts of the world. Lafarge is also implementing an in-vehicle monitoring system (IVMS) to help the company understand ro

In episode 007 of the No Harm health and safety podcast, host Marvin Polis shadows some of the crews working at a recent turnaround at the Shell Scotford complex. Shell Scotford consists of an upgrader, oil refinery, chemicals plants and a carbon capture and storage facility. It’s one of North America’s most efficient, modern and integrated hydrocarbon processing sites, converting oilsands-derived bitumen into products like gasoline, diesel, jet fuel and feedstock for the plastics industry. Turnarounds are huge maintenance events where some portions of the plant are shut down and a large number of employees and contractors descend upon the plant to replace and repair various infrastructure. Turnarounds are expensive, complex and require keen attention to safety. The Adopt a Crew initiative was conceived prior to one of their recent turnarounds as Shell acknowledged that building personal relationships is essential to a culture of caring and keeping everybody safe on site during this huge maintenance event.

In this episode of the No Harm Health and Safety Podcast, Marvin returns to the Shuswap Lake System in British Columbia to talk to Pat Gau, Deputy Station Leader for the Royal Canadian Marine Search and Rescue. The topic: Kids Don't Float! Kids Don't Float is the somewhat provocative name of a public safety program in BC that pretty much tells it like it is. And because kids don't actually float (neither do you), the dedicated volunteers at the Royal Canadian Marine Search and Rescue started a program to provide loaner life jackets to boaters who don't have the right size personal floatation devices (PFDs) for children. The program has been an amazing success! We hope you will consider using this episode as inspiration for a safety moment within your organization, where you may want to talk about boating safety at one of your toolbox talks or staff meetings. You can paraphrase what you learn here, or simply play this episode during your meeting. No Harm is the health and safety podcast for HSE professional

In this episode of the No Harm Health and Safety Podcast, host Marvin Polis talks to Amanda Armstrong, CRSP from Clark Builders about the importance of HSE certifications in your career and how to go about getting certified. No Harm is the health and safety podcast for HSE professionals. We explore issues and initiatives to help you sharpen your professional skills and better understand emerging issues. The No Harm Podcast is hosted by Marvin Polis of Stimulant Strategies and Productions, a veteran producer of HSE video productions and publications for municipalities and corporations. Marvin talks to guests who share your passion for safety at work and beyond. Listen to us on iTunes, SoundCloud or the podcast app on your mobile device. Just search for: No Harm Podcast. You can connect with Marvin on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/marvin-polis-b6392544 and learn more about Stimulant at www.stimulant.ca . Please leave comments and suggestions for future episodes. We love your feedback! All the best

Welcome to a very special episode saluting volunteer first responders. It’s springtime in here in Canada, a time when families turn their attention to planning summer vacations. Here in western Canada, there’s a place along the TransCanada highway that’s a very popular vacation destination because of the vast lake system known as the Shuswaps. The town of Sicamous is at the centre of all this and it happens to be an extremely popular place for houseboats and all forms of water sports. But what happens when visitors experience emergency health problems or accidents out on the lakes? With more than 1,000 miles of shoreline and few roads, who’s there to help? In this episode Marvin originally recorded two years ago, you’ll learn how a group of concerned citizens in the town couldn’t just let a tenuous safety situation continue. They solicited donations to purchase a used rescue boat and created British Columbia's first inland station of the Royal Canadian Marine Search and Rescue. They continue to volunteer an

In this episode of the No Harm Health and Safety Podcast, Marvin talks to Rod Randolph, an educator for the Vision Zero traffic safety initiative. Vision Zero began in Sweden in 1997 with the goal of eliminating death and serious injury due to traffic collisions. The initiative has now spread throughout the world. Learn how your municipality or corporation can implement the 5 E's in your safety program: education, engagement, engineering, evaluation and enforcement. No Harm is the health and safety podcast for HSE professionals. We explore issues and initiatives to help you sharpen your professional skills and better understand emerging issues. The No Harm Podcast is hosted by Marvin Polis of Stimulant Strategies and Productions, a veteran producer of HSE video productions and publications for municipalities and corporations. Marvin talks to guests who share your passion for safety at work and beyond. Listen to us on iTunes, SoundCloud or the podcast app on your mobile device. Just search for: No Harm Podc

In this episode of the No Harm Health and Safety Podcast, learn about how fatigue affects professional drivers and the benefits of electronic log books. Marvin's guest is Andy Barnes, Director of Compliance and Regulatory Affairs for the Alberta Motor Transport Association (AMTA). Since 1938, the AMTA and its members have advanced the commercial transportation industry through safety programs, progressive policy and partnerships. Also joining Marvin in this episode is Barbara Semeniuk, a safety advisor and Principal of Purcell Enterprises. Barbara talks about the corporate audit implications and benefits of electronic log books and managing fatigue on the job. No Harm is the health and safety podcast for HSE professionals. We explore issues and initiatives to help you sharpen your professional skills and better understand emerging issues. The No Harm Podcast is hosted by Marvin Polis of Stimulant Strategies and Productions, a veteran producer of HSE video productions and publications for municipalities and

Welcome to the first episode of the No Harm Health and Safety Podcast, hosted by Marvin Polis. No Harm is the podcast for health and safety professionals like you. We’re here to help you sharpen your professional skills and better understand emerging issues. Marvin has spent a lot of time on industrial sites during his career as a media producer. During this time, he's produced all kinds of corporate videos and publications, including countless projects related to health and safety. He's met so many people - like you - who have a passion for working safe and bringing that No Harm attitude home to friends and family. The No Harm podcast will introduce you to some of Marvin's friends and colleagues who share this passion in the work they do. Their ideas, initiatives and best practices just may have a place in your organization. The No Harm Health and Safety Podcast is a production of Stimulant Strategies and Productions. You can learn more about us at www.stimulant.ca. All the best, everyone. And stay safe.