Category: hse

How do you change the stigma around safety in an organization or company? Does it start with the culture of the company? Mark and Guest-host, Paige Wilson, had a chance to talk with “PPE Lifer”- Anthony Oguike, CEO Future Concerns Ltd, during OTC 2018 about safety in the emerging markets. “This is a destination, you…

Would sharing incidents with other companies in the industry prevent similar incidents from happening? Should companies be open to sharing their incidents? Mark and Guest-host, Paige Wilson, had a chance to talk with Jack Hinton, Chief HSE Officer at Baker Hughes a GE Company, during OTC 2018 about how we as an industry can get to…

Is Exposure Based Safety the next evolution in the progression of occupational health and safety, and how can it help businesses reduce the major incident and fatality rate across all industries? Mark and Patrick had a chance to talk with Susan Murphy, Principle Consultant withDEKRA Organizational Safety and Reliability about helping organization look at the overall exposure employees have…

We’ve talked about this topic on a previous episode (OGHSE016) of the Oil and Gas Health, Safety and Environment Podcast, but every time there is a situation involving an active shooter there is a lot of advice about what you should do to keep yourself safe. Mark and Patrick had the opportunity to sit down with…

The oilfield has a bad habit, when it comes to our own personal safety, of believing that we are all “ten feet tall and bulletproof.” So how do we, as an industry change the mindset or our employees and also our own mindset? In this episode of The Oil and Gas Health, Safety and Environment…

Fluid monitoring equipment is a necessary part of any piping system, but anytime you tap into an existing section of pipe you inherently introduce a potential point of failure, corrosion and additional maintenance. At the Red Wing Oil and Gas Health, Safety and Environmental podcast, we’re always looking to talk with companies who use technology…

We have seen a trend in the way new technology combats naturally occurring hazards. From lightning strikes to asset corrosion, businesses are providing solutions that eliminate the hazard from the equation: By ionizing the atmosphere around a facility, you can prevent lightning from striking in an area or in this case, to prevent corrosion, you actually encourage…

Workplace wellness programs have existed in the modern workplace for some time, but most programs are little more than a few lunch-and-learns and maybe a free Fitbit. Patrick and his special guest host and lovely wife Amanda had a chance to speak with Laura Putnam CEO of Motion Infusion and nationally recognized author of the…

Changing corporate safety culture for the better is one of the hardest things for an organization to do. As an industry, we tend to make big sweeping changes to policies and procedures when a major incident occurs, but what if we could use smaller incidents to affect change on the front line? Mark and Patrick…

  Are your policies set up to manage third-party contractors to ensure that every person working on one of your oil and gas projects are operating in the safest way possible? How do you know those same contractors are as dedicated to working safely and protecting the environment? Mark and Patrick are once again joined…