• Safety+ 2025 Preview: Continuous Improvement in Health and Safety (Talking EHS)
    Jul 8 2025

    Chris Williams, executive director of the Voluntary Protection Programs Participants’ Association (VPPPA), offers a preview of the upcoming Safety+ Symposium, to be held August 11-14 in St. Louis. This annual event provides attendees with the opportunity to see safety from all angles and better understand its role in the modern workplace.

    EHS Today's Safety Leadership Conference is an official media sponsor of this event.

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    23 mins
  • Fluid Sealing Strategies for a Changing World
    Jun 30 2025

    Fluid sealing is critical to the safe, reliable, and efficient operation of industrial equipment across industries like oil and gas, petrochemical, power generation, and manufacturing. In this podcast, we’ll explore how fluid sealing practices have evolved to meet modern demands for environmental compliance, equipment longevity, and cost-effectiveness. We’ll discuss the latest material advancements, emission-reduction technologies, and digital monitoring tools that are reshaping the landscape. Listeners will gain insights into how companies are balancing traditional reliability practices with the push for sustainable solutions, such as low-emission mechanical seals, advanced gaskets, and innovative air seal designs. We'll also touch on common challenges end users face today — from supply chain constraints to skills gaps — and how industry leaders are adapting their approaches. Whether you're an engineer, maintenance manager, or reliability professional, this episode offers a practical look at the future of fluid sealing.

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    11 mins
  • How to Protect Employees from Heat Stress (Talking EHS)
    Jun 27 2025

    Cam Mackey, president & CEO of the International Safety Equipment Association (ISEA), explains why every heat-related death in the workplace is preventable, and offers some tips on how to best protect workers from heat stress.

    https://www.osha.gov/emergency-preparedness/guides/heat-stress

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    18 mins
  • Keeping Employees Safe and the Lights on When It's So Darned Hot Outside (Production Pulse)
    Jun 26 2025

    The Eastern half of the United States is experiencing record high temperatures. It's summer and all, so some heat is to be expected, but that doesn't make it any easier for the workers in factories or the people trying to maintain the national power grid.

    Discussing worker safety and power availability in the hot summer are:

    • Dave Blanchard, editor-in-chief of EHS Today
    • Robert Schoenberger, editor-in-chief of IndustryWeek
    • Jeff Postelwait, managing editor of T&D World

    We discussed how to spot signs of heat stress and how the nation's obsession with ChatGPT may lead to blackouts.

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    19 mins
  • Texas Pride Trailers: A Prime Example of Digital Transformation Success
    Jun 24 2025

    The company’s chief engineer and transformation leader Bradly Walker joins Smart Industry’s Scott Achelpohl and IndustryWeek’s Dennis Scimeca to chat about Texas Pride’s technology renaissance and how it’s helped the manufacturer evolve its sales, warranty, and production processes from legacy Excel spreadsheets and paper-based systems.

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    27 mins
  • How PM Optimization Improves Reliability and Reduces Unplanned Downtime
    Jun 19 2025

    In this episode of Great Question: A Manufacturing Podcast, Thomas Wilk, chief editor of Plant Services, is joined by Brian Hronchek, principal trainer and consultant with Eruditio, to discuss a topic in the air these days: PM optimization. These efforts start with the question, “What is the outcome that you want?” And that outcome is for the seasoned technician and the new technician to be able to return exactly the same results when they do the same inspection on a mechanical asset.

    Key takeaways
    • PM optimization starts with clear goals: inspections should yield identical results from both seasoned and new technicians.
    • Many PMs lack value—use metrics like PM/PdM yield to identify and improve or eliminate ineffective tasks.
    • Aligning maintenance with planning and scheduling reduces downtime and prevents reactive repair chaos.
    • Trimming bloated PMs and focusing on useful inspections can boost uptime, cut stress, and streamline production.
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    28 mins
  • The Convergence of Neurodiversity and Workplace Safety (Talking EHS)
    Jun 13 2025

    John Dony, CEO and co-founder of What Works Institute, explains why policies, procedures and other accommodations for neurodivergent workers can make work safer for everyone.

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    25 mins