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 ap ...
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051 The Great Resignation and what it means for HSSE: Dave Ferro
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In episode 51 of the No Harm Health and Safety Podcast, I talk to Dave Ferro from Dave Ferro Safety Ltd. about how "The Great Resignation" is likely to affect workforce safety and what we can do about it. You can learn more about Dave Ferro at https://dfsafety.ca- marvPor Marvin Polis
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050 Using contact tracing to reduce COVID-19 spread in the workplace: Ron Rock, Microshare
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In episode 50 of the No Harm Health and Safety Podcast, I talk to Ron Rock from Microshare headquarters in Philadelphia about how "internet of things" contact tracing can be used to reduce the spread of COVID-19 in the workplace. We talk in depth about the technical and privacy issues. A fascinating episode.- marv----------------------------No Harm…
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049 Alberta Construction Safety Association expands virtual instructor led training during COVID
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In episode 49 of the No Harm Health and Safety Podcast, I talk to Tammy Hawkins and Susan Sawatzky from the Alberta Construction Safety Association about how the ACSA is expanding their virtual instructor led training. This is a very different experience for students compared to solitary, self-paced course work. Listen and learn about the benefits.…
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048 Teser is zapping COVID and other pathogens on PPE and tools
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In episode 48 of the No Harm Health and Safety Podcast, I talk to Phil Alle and Chris Eastham about how their new Health Canada approved device from Teser can eliminate COVID and other pathogens on PPE and tools, making them safer for reuse.- marv----------------------------No Harm is the health and safety podcast for HSE professionals. We explore …
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In episode 47 of the No Harm Health and Safety Podcast, I talk to Ashling Boyd about the workplace incident that took the life of her father and how this tragedy led her to become a safety advocate and motivational speaker.- marv----------------------------No Harm is the health and safety podcast for HSE professionals. We explore issues and initiat…
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046 Working from home safely during the COVID-19 pandemic
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As my regular listeners will know, most of my episodes are interview based. Well, this one’s going to be different.In response to the COVID 19 pandemic, I recently teamed up with acclaimed ergonomist and occupational therapist, Dr. Linda Miller from EWI Works to produce a video about how to work safely from home. So what I’m going to do for this ep…
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045 Alberta Medical Association hits impressive milestone with albertapatients.ca
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For this episode, we’re going to do something a little different. As some of you know, for one of my contracts I’m the Editor-in-Chief of Alberta Doctors’ Digest for the Alberta Medical Association. Alberta Doctors’ Digest is the flagship publication of the association.We recently released a podcast episode about albertapatients.ca hitting an impor…
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044 Shell promotes health to 5,000 craft at the Deer Park Refinery turnaround
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On the last two episodes of my podcast, I brought you stories from the Big Block Turnaround at the Shell Deer Park refinery near Houston, Texas. I promised you more, so here we go.In episode 43 we’re going to get into some of the health topics that were being promoted at the turnaround. Every day for four weeks, the health team at Deer Park visited…
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043 Shell provides free medical services to contractors at the Deer Park Refinery turnaround
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In episode 43 of the No Harm Health and Safety Podcast, I continue my series of stories from the Shell Deer Park refinery big block turnaround near Houston, Texas. We talk about why Shell is offering free medical services to the 4,000 contractors on site. This is the second in a special series of episodes from Deer Park where I'm interviewing numer…
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042 Welcome to the Shell Deer Park Refinery Big Block Turnaround
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In episode 42 of the No Harm Health and Safety Podcast, I talk to Vicki Gibbs at the Shell Deer Park refinery near Houston, Texas about the Deer Park Big Block Turnaround. This will be the first in a special series of episodes from Deer Park where I'll interview numerous Shell experts about HSE topics including heat and hydration, sleep and fatigue…
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041 Shell: Safety and charity go hand-in-hand
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In episode 41 of the No Harm Health and Safety Podcast, I talk to Mel Fedorvich at the Shell Scotford Complex about how they are promoting safety during their fall turnaround and making an incredible charitable donation at the same time.- marv-------------------------------------No Harm is the health and safety podcast for HSE professionals. We exp…
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040 Keeping greenhorns safe (Dallas Letersky, Patchprep Boot Camp)
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In episode 40 of the No Harm Health and Safety Podcast, I talk to Dallas Letersky from Patchprep Boot Camp about how to keep greenhorns safe.- marv-------------------------------------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 e…
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039 Employee health and wellness and the bottom line (Om Suthar, SQRL)
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In episode 39 of the No Harm Health and Safety Podcast, I talk to Om Suthar from SQRL. Om is developing an app to promote employee health and wellness ... and he's found a clever way to tie it in to the bottom line of the employer.- marv-------------------------------------No Harm is the health and safety podcast for HSE professionals. We explore i…
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038 Drones to the rescue! (Royal Canadian Marine Search and Rescue)
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In episode 38 of the No Harm Health and Safety Podcast, I talk to Pat Gau from the Royal Canadian Marine Search and Rescue about how they are using drones to locate and rescue vacationers in distress in the interior of British Columbia. The Royal Canadian Marine Search and Rescue is the volunteer branch of the Canadian Coast Guard.- marv-----------…
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037 Stop the drop! Safer scaffolding comes to North America (Cory Brisebois, Park Derochie)
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In episode 37 of the No Harm Health and Safety Podcast, I talk to Cory Brisebois from Park Derochie in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan about the safety benefits of Haki scaffolding. If you have a "stop the drop" initiative at your site, you're definitely going to want to listen to this episode.- marv-------------------------------------No Harm is the healt…
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036 Reducing the risk of chemical exposure for your employees (Chemscape Safety Technologies)
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In episode 36 of the No Harm Health and Safety Podcast, I talk to Cara Pembroke from Chemscape Safety Technologies in Calgary, Alberta about WHMIS regulations and how to reduce the risk of chemical exposure for employees.- marv-------------------------------------No Harm is the health and safety podcast for HSE professionals. We explore issues and …
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035 Risk Communication (Regina Lundgren and Andrea McMakin)
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In episode 35 of the No Harm Health and Safety Podcast, I talk to authors Regina Lindgren and Andrea McMakin about their book, Risk Communication, a handbook for communicating environmental, safety and health risks. Be sure to listen to the end to learn how you can enter to win a free copy of the book.- marv-------------------------------------No H…
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034 Safety Moment: A paramedic explains how to do a proper lift (Kelly Rairdan)
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In this episode of the No Harm Health and Safety Podcast, I talk to Kelly Rairdan, a paramedic with several decades experience working remote industrial sites. We met in her Calgary office where Kelly trains new paramedics to discuss how paramedics do lifts and how the technique applies to almost anything.- marv-------------------------------------…
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033 Do green buildings have too much light? (Linda Miller, EWI Works)
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When green buildings are designed, sometimes the design of the lighting does not take into account the ergonomic needs of employees who need to work on computer screens. Are you facing a window? Is the window behind you? Does the window face north or south? Are there blinds and LED lighting that can be controlled? These are all important considerat…
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032 Alberta Medical Association: How you can influence the direction of health care
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For this episode, we’re going to do something a little different. As some of you know, for one of my contracts I’m the Editor-in-Chief of Alberta Doctors’ Digest for the Alberta Medical Association. Alberta Doctors’ Digest is the flagship publication of the association.I recently did an interview with the President of the Alberta Medical Associatio…
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031 Shell announces Skills Centre at Fort Saskatchewan High School
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In episode 31 of the No Harm Health and Safety Podcast, Marv takes you back to an event he attended at Fort Saskatchewan High School, near Edmonton Alberta.As some of our listeners know, the Shell Scotford complex is located near Fort Saskatchewan. Scotford is an integrated site that includes an upgrader, refinery, chemicals plant and carbon captur…
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030 How Suncor changed their safety culture through meaningful conversations
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In episode 30 of the No Harm Health and Safety Podcast, Marv interviews Shauna Lowry from Suncor. In 2014, Suncor experienced five tragic fatalities at their mine site near Fort McMurray. Marv and Shauna talk about what Suncor has done since then to change its safety culture and improve performance. It all centred around meaningful, two-way convers…
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029 Ping your MP! Click Before You Dig needs your support.
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In episode 29 of the No Harm Health and Safety Podcast, Marv visits Mike Sullivan from the Canadian Common Ground Alliance and Alberta One Call. Marv learns that comprehensive legislation for preventing damage to federally regulated underground infrastructure does not exist in Canada.Damage to underground infrastructure is avoided 99% of the time w…
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028 Langley Concrete achieves 1,520 days without a lost time incident and wins Canadian safety award
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In episode 28 of the No Harm Health and Safety Podcast, Marv visits the Langley Concrete Group in Chilliwack, British Columbia. Langley Concrete has had a strong safety culture for more than 60 years, but sadly, there was a fatality in one of their plants a number of years ago. This led to them to developing an even stronger culture and now they ar…
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027 Improving health & safety results with excellence models (Dawn Ringrose)
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In episode 27 of the No Harm Health and Safety podcast, Marv talks to Dawn Ringrose from the Canadian firm, Organizational Excellence Specialists. They talk about the need for HSE departments to speak the language of executive management and how adopting an organizational excellence model can not only help improve HSE results, but help to communica…
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026 University of Alberta: Compliance cops vs. relationship builders
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In episode 26 of the No Harm Health and Safety podcast, Marv visits the Environment, Health and Safety department at the University of Alberta where he talks to Rob Munro about how the U of A transformed their results through relationship building.No Harm is the health and safety podcast for HSE professionals. We explore issues and initiatives to h…
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025 Shell now using drones to enhance HSSE at its Scotford Complex
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In episode 25 of the No Harm Health and Safety podcast, Marv visits the Shell Scotford Complex near Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta where he talks to Shell employees about how drones are now being used to inspect high places like tank roofs, pipe racks and flare stacks. They talk about the HSSE benefits of using drones rather than scaffolds or helicopte…
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024 New York City – distracted walking, trips and falls
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In episode 24 of the No Harm Health and Safety podcast, Marv visits New York City during the January 2018 stormageddon. Not on purpose. He just happened to be there for meetings related to his team's new venture, www.ShoutMyProblem.com. While walking to meetings, Marv makes some insightful observations about distracted walking, trips and falls. Unf…
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023 Predicting microclimates can keep people safer (Campbell Scientific)
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In episode 23 of the No Harm Health and Safety podcast, Marv visits Mike Burton at Campbell Scientific where they talk about how microclimates can vary in relatively small geographic areas. These variations can cause hazards such as ice, frost, lightning and flooding that can be better managed with predictive technology. Better prediction can make …
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022 New HSE audit standards and how to prepare (Barbara Semeniuk)
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In episode 22 of the No Harm Health and Safety podcast, Marv talks to Barbara Semeniuk of Purcell Enterprises about new HSE audit standards coming into effect in Alberta. They also discuss some tips to help you prepare for audits.In 2018, you can expect greater emphasis on management and supervisor responsibility for the health and safety of their …
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021 Royal Alberta Museum loves accidental paleontologists
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In episode 21 of the No Harm HSE podcast, Marv talks to Chris Jass at the Royal Alberta Museum about the most awesome aspect of operating sand and gravel pits and other industrial businesses where excavation is part of the process.Ice age fossils!You'll learn how the "accidental paleontologists" of industry work with the Royal Alberta Museum to pie…
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020 Safety Moment: Alberta Motor Association on why Zambonis don't crash (winter driving tips)
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In this episode of the No Harm HSE Podcast, Marv talks to Rick Lang from the Alberta Motor Association (AMA) and gets some tips on safer winter driving. The conversation ranges from threshold braking to studded tires and wiper blades. Want to know why Zambonis don't crash? Listen and learn! This is a great "safety moment" episode, so go ahead and s…
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019 Lafarge supports biodiversity from owls to sabre tooth tigers
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In this episode of the No Harm HSE Podcast, Marv zeros in on a fascinating environmental story, taking you on location to a Lafarge sand and gravel pit near Drayton Valley, Alberta. Durning a chilly October evening, Lafarge hosted an open house where they demonstrated their commitment to biodiversity by banding the local owl population near the pit…
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018 Sitting disease (Linda Miller, EWI Works)
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Many health care professionals recommend doing whatever you can to avoid a sedentary lifestyle, at home and at work. They say that failure to move around during the day can result in what's known as "Sitting Disease" and all of the complications of metabolic syndrome.What can you do about it in your own work life? Listen-in as Marv interviews Linda…
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017 Hiring paramedics for remote sites (Kelly Rairdan)
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In this episode of the No Harm Health and Safety Podcast, Marvin talks to Kelly Rairdan, a paramedic with several decades experience working remote industrial sites. They meet in her Calgary office where Kelly trains new paramedics. Marv and Kelly discuss the nuances of hiring paramedics for remote sites ... what to look for in new hires and how to…
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016 Protecting HSE during tough times (Barb Semeniuk)
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In this episode of the No Harm Health and Safety Podcast, Marvin talks to Barbara Semeniuk, principal and HSE auditor at Purcell Enterprises. They discuss how you can protect health and safety during tough economic times and how to justify the economic and moral importance of good HSE programs.No Harm is the health and safety podcast for HSE profes…
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015 STARS - Medevac & working alone services for industry
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In this episode of the No Harm Health and Safety Podcast, Marvin visits STARS (Shock Trauma Air Rescue Society) at the Calgary International Airport to learn all about the services they provide to industry. At the STARS base, he talks to Nicole Segstro, their Industry Client Services Manager.The STARS Emergency Link Centre (ELC) was established in …
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014 New OH&S Certifications - BCRSP Chair, Paul Andre
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In this episode of the No Harm Health and Safety Podcast, host Marvin Polis talks to Paul Andre, the Governing Board Chair of the Board of Canadian Registered Safety Professionals (BCRSA). They chat about upcoming changes to the CRSP certification, as well as a new certification - Canadian Registered Safety Technologist (CRST). It is anticipated th…
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013 Safety Moment - Injury denial can affect outcomes says Vernon Search and Rescue team lead
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In this episode of the No Harm Health and Safety Podcast, Marvin returns to Vernon, British Columbia to talk to Jeremy Vandekerkhove from the Vernon Search and Rescue Helicopter Winch Team.As you may recall from episode 11, this group provides services not only in recreational situations such as hunting, fishing and dirt biking ... they also provid…
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012 How President Carter & 1,200 Habitat for Humanity volunteers build safely
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Thousands of volunteers joined Habitat for Humanity's 34th Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter Work Project to build 150 homes in celebration of Canada's 150th anniversary during the week of July 10.Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter and former First Lady Rosalynn Carter built along side future homeowners and community volunteers in the Edmonton area and Win…
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011 First Responders Part 2: Vernon Search and Rescue Helicopter Winch Team
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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. The…
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010 HSE initiative not working? It might be your culture. (Marcy Strong, VisionWorks Consulting)
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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…
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009 City of Edmonton calls for corporate collaboration on Vision Zero road safety
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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 vehic…
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008 Lafarge VP explains Vision Zero road safety initiatives
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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’…
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007 Shell Adopt a Crew improves safety performance during major turnaround
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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 hydrocar…
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006 Safety Moment - "Kids Don't Float" says the Royal Canadian Marine Search and Rescue
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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 li…
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005 HSE certifications and your career (Amanda Armstrong)
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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 pro…
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004 First Responders Part 1: Royal Canadian Marine Search and Rescue
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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 t…
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003 Vision Zero traffic safety initiative (Rod Randolph)
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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 corp…
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002 Worker fatigue - Alberta Motor Transport Association
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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 tra…
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