NECA Safety Round Up
Throughout this monthly series, the NECA Risk Management Executive Directors of Safety will discuss specific topics within electrical construction safety. They'll welcome guests onto the podcast to talk about safety issues and obstacles the industry is facing. Prepare to learn about laws and policies that spread into everything from FLSA, Immigration, FACTA, Title VII, ADA and FMLA to Workers Comp, Leaves and Return-to-Work procedure. Other episodes revolve around protective cover, safety leadership, OSHA and Safety training practices, JSAs, HSAs and job briefings as well as incident investigation.
Episodes
24 episodes
#23: 2024 San Diego Convention
Please join Mike Starner and Wes Wheeler for this episode of the NECA Safety Round Up. Recorded at the 2024 NECA Show in San Diego, they discuss preparing for safety at the show, the NECA Safety Roundtable Discussion and many of the topics that...
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#22: Craig Clark
"What's Your Plan, for and after retirement." Listen to real-world preparations for starting retirement. No, not the financial plan, your activity plan. We all know that staying active is key to staying healthy and engaged. Craig's ...
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19:04
Special Episode: A Spanish discussion on Heat Hazards and Preparing to work in Hot Environments!
Please join NECA and one of our member company’s safety professionals discussing the dangers of heat for our Spanish speaking workers in the construction industry. Heat affects everyone and we anted to provide a specific message to this c...
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#21: Tom Domitrovitch
Join Wes Wheeler and Tom Domitrovitch as they have a candid conversation on NEMA, NFPA 70E, Electrical Safety innovations and industry trends. This was featured during Arc Week Presentations but presented here to ensure all NECA Safety Round Up...
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58:20
#20: Neil Tolson
Neil Tolson, Executive Director of the Electrical Industry Certifications Association (EICA) sits down with Mike and Wes to discuss how his organization is tackling unique challenges faced by the electrical industry. Cranes are a critically imp...
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16:08
#19: Mike Gillette
Join Mike Starner and Wesley Wheeler as they welcome Mike Gillette from NFPA to join them in this month’s Safety Round up Podcast. The relationship that NECA has with NFPA is very important. NECA participates on Technical Committees...
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21:28
#18: Stephanie Adamec and Emily Huesman
Please join us for this month's episode of the NECA Safety Round Up where we welcome Stephanie Adamec, NECA Executive Director of Education, and Emily Huesman, Associate Director for Education Development for NECA as we kick off the registratio...
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11:06
#17: Alex Kopp and Justin Carndol, Opioid Overdose
This month, Mike and Wes welcome Alex Kopp from The Association of Union Constructors and Justin Crandol, from the Sheet Metal and Air Conditioning Contractors National Association about the recent White House initiative to provide Naloxone/NAR...
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12:48
#16: Construction Safety Week | Safety Alliance Directors
May is the month we celebrate Construction Safety Week, the OSHA Stand Down to Prevent Falls in Construction, Electrical Safety Month and the NECA Safety Professionals Conference. This NECA Safety Round Up episode will feature a timely di...
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#15: Justin Azbill
Falls have been recognized as a leading cause of death and injury in construction. Traumatic Brain Injuries or TBIs account for 25% of all construction fatalities and many are associated with falls. Justin Azbill, Milwaukee Tool's National EHS ...
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20:42
#14: Matt Compher
Managing the safety of North America's largest craft workforce is a tall order, thankfully Quanta Services has just the man for the job. Matt Compher, Sr. Vice President, S.H.E. joins NECA's Wes Wheeler and Mike Starner to discuss how Quanta is...
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18:59
#13: OSHA Directors
"Join Wes Wheeler and Mike Starner from NECA as they welcome Scott Ketcham, Director, and Tim Irving, Assistant Director from OSHA Directorate of Construction into the NECA office to talk about OSHA initiatives, emphasis programs and the state ...
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#12: Keith Wheeler & Sharon Lipinski
Wes Wheeler, the NECA Executive Director of Safety, Keith Wheeler, the president of HR Resources of the Carolinas, and Sharon Lipinski, the CEO of Habit Mastery Consulting, will co-present their research findings into how senior leaders impact ...
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21:26
#10: Palmer Hickman
OSHA Outreach Training Program provides awareness training for entry level workers new to the job. Over the years, this program is now being recognized as "Task-based Safety Training" by many employers, workers, and pre-qualification companies ...
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21:59
#9: Incident Investigations
Join Mike Starner and Wes Wheeler from NECA as they follow up their last podcast discussion on incident response with this month’s topic of how to conduct proper incident investigations. Understanding that the goal is to determine what root cau...
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10:33
#8: Incident Response
"How prepared are you for an effective incident response? Learn how to define your organization's response to an unexpected event so when it occurs, not if, you are ready. NECA's Wes Wheeler and Mike Starner discuss best practices for incident ...
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17:18
#7: Kevin Moran
NECA's Wes Wheeler and Mike Starner speak with Chapter Executive at American Line Builders, Kevin Moran, about challenges faced by safety professionals trying to implement innovative ideas that may or may not conflict with collective bargaining...
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13:10
#6: David McPeak
Join NECA's Safety Directors, Wes Wheeler and Mike Starner as they discuss safety leadership with NSPC presenter and author, David McPeak
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12:38
#5: NSPI Discussion with Emily Huesman
"NECA has developed the NECA Safety Professionals Institute to address the need for comprehensive safety training in the electrical industry for its member employers and their employees. The NECA Safety Professionals Institut...
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16:03
#4: Job Briefings
Job Briefings, JSAs, JHAs and Stop Work Authority are important for all projects, both in inside electrical work as well as outside line and utility construction and maintenance. Taking the time to prepare all workers for the tasks involved and...
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9:33
#3: Keith Wheeler | HR and Safety
Safety Professionals have many roles in protecting the company and many times, a smaller company may have one person responsible for both Safety and HR. Sometimes it’s the HR Professional managing safety and in others, the Safety Professional i...
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#2: NECA Safety Leadership
"Please join Mike Starner and Wes Wheeler from NECA for the second NECA Safety Round UP podcast where they discuss what is Safety Leadership and who are our most valuable safety leaders on the jobs today. From understanding the importance and i...
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#1: Introduction to NECA Safety, Inside and Outside
Discover how NECA member contractors can benefit from NECA Safety and NECA Outside Line Safety resources. Learn from Executive Directors Mike Starner and Wes Wheeler about electrical construction assistance the Association provides in all areas...
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