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Workplace Safety Biography Of The Co-Hosts - Episode 18

Workplace Safety Biography Of The Co-Hosts - Episode 18

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 What happens when two safety professionals with very different backgrounds sit down and compare the paths that brought them into the industry? In this episode of Safety Unleashed, Chris and Drew step away from procedures and regulations to talk about something just as important: the real journeys that shape safety professionals. From growing up in the swamps of South Louisiana to working NASCAR pit crews, railroads, refineries, and heavy construction, both hosts share the experiences that ultimately led them into the world of health, safety, and environmental leadership. Chris reflects on a childhood built around hard work in commercial fishing, construction, and the industrial sector. Along the way, he moved through inspection work, quality control, rail operations, environmental response, and radiation safety before eventually becoming a safety director. Each step gave him a deeper understanding of how safety, quality, and production must work together. Drew shares a very different path that started along the beaches of North Carolina. From cleaning fish at the docks and cooking in restaurants to traveling with NASCAR teams and working pit road during races, his career eventually transitioned into industrial hygiene, safety training, and leadership roles across industrial and petrochemical environments. Throughout the conversation, the hosts explain why they created Safety Unleashed in the first place. The goal is simple: give people in the trades, construction, and industrial industries a place to learn about safety in a way that feels real, practical, and grounded in experience. You will learn how to: • Understand how different career paths lead into the safety profession • See how hands on industry experience shapes better safety leadership • Recognize the connection between safety, quality, and production • Appreciate the value of learning from multiple industries and environments • Build a mindset that supports safety culture across teams and organizations This episode sets the stage for the conversations to come. Chris and Drew make it clear that Safety Unleashed will not just focus on rules and compliance. It will highlight real stories, lessons learned, and the shared responsibility everyone has in building stronger safety cultures. Whether you work in construction, rail, petrochemical, environmental response, or another high risk industry, this podcast is about understanding the realities of the job and helping people go home safe at the end of the day. Show Tags Safety Unleashed podcast, workplace safety, safety culture, HSE professionals, industrial safety, construction safety, occupational health and safety, safety leadership, safety careers, environmental health and safety, refinery safety, railroad safety, safety management, industrial hygiene, safety training
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