The Trump Administration has said the Chemical Safety Board will be shut down at the end of this year. Kristi Hames, a chemical safety expert at Velocity EHS, breaks down what that might mean and the impact it will have on workplace safety.

Tom Goodmanson, EcoOnline's CEO, talks about predictive safety and technological advancements in the industry Learn what's new and what to expect when it comes to safety tech. 

On this episode, we will highlight the most effective forms of fall protection and what companies can do today to better protect their workers.

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Two former OSHA officials discuss how the agency will operate in the second Trump administration. Both have years of frontline experience watching the political pendulum swing, creating the climate for OSHA leadership, policies, enforcement and standards-setting. Jim Frederick was Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health during the Biden years, and Jordan Barab spent almost eight years at OSHA during the Obama administration.

Chris Nickels, an expert on workplace safety and OSHA matters, talks about why OSHA isn’t going anywhere, what we might and might not expect, how employers should deal with possible changes and why some things won’t change. Nickels is partner at Quarles & Brady and helps employers understand and navigate the technical and sometimes nuanced confines of labor and employment law and litigation.

Dan Hobbs, CEO of ProtexAI, a startup that uses artificial intelligence to monitor worker safety at warehouses, talks about how AI applications have changed, how gathering predictive data can improve worksite safety and what that means for safety professionals.

Heather Chapman wrote an article for ISHN recently called Navigating Workplace Safety in the Wake of a Republican Administration. She has over 20 years’ experience in the safety industry and is giving us some deeper insights into what we can expect now that President Trump is in office regarding OSHA and safety regulations. Heather is principal at safety consulting company Paradigm Safety.