Safety from a point of view that you didn't see coming.
Safety Wars
Claim This Podcastby James Poesl
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551 episodes
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Safety from a point of view that you didn't see coming.
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Publishing Since
3/3/2021
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Recent Episodes
June 11, 2026
June 10, 2026 Safety Wars: Get Off Your Knees — Backbone
<p>Host Jim opens with a rallying cry for safety professionals to develop backbone and resist servile behavior on the job site. He promotes Safety FM's upcoming Reality Shift symposium featuring Todd Conklin, Nick Weatherly, and Jay Allen, and reviews breaking world news — including U.S.-Iran tensions, rising inflation, and the EU's ruling against Meta. Jim covers Acting Labor Secretary Sonderling's G7 appearance in Geneva, highlighting a pro-American negotiating posture on workforce and trade. He previews "Ancient Safety Professionals" Episode 2, a satirical take on the "Cult of Zero" incident reporting culture. The show also reviews EPA cleanup actions in Cleveland and Billings, Administrator Zeldin's New York tour, and efforts to advance the Constitution Pipeline. Jim closes with a reminder that real safety is about risk reduction — not protecting numbers.</p><p><br></p><p>Music:</p><p>Falling, 25821615, Eric B.</p><p>USA National Anthem (Star Spangled Banner Use), 155546928 Supernova Music</p><p>Matrix, 166797566, Encomia</p><p>Front Page Pulse, Jim Poesl, 6a19097bb3e919218f59a681 (c) Jim Poesl</p><p>Safety Professionals, Get Off Your Knees!, Jim Poesl 695f0b5368eab6e0057ca0d6 (c) Jim Poesl</p><p><br></p><p><a href="http://Pond5.com">Pond5.com</a> Licenses</p><p>Piano Serious Cinematic: Narration Ambient Dramatic Documentary Background P-5</p><p>96480894, LindsjoMusic.</p><p>Documentary Ambient Background, 115055242, Andrew Weiss</p><p>Historical Discovery Documentary 229556173, The_Mountain</p>
June 11, 2026
June 9, 2026 Safety Theater is Killing People
<p><strong>Safety Wars 6-9-2026 Safety Theater Is Killing People</strong></p><p><br></p><p>Host Jim Poesl returns after a hiatus to address listener comments and cover recent safety and news topics. He opens by critiquing micro-level accident prediction models, arguing they're inherently flawed because safety professionals correct hazards as they find them, skewing any data. He stresses that without authority to hire, fire, or discipline, safety pros have limited power to change workplace culture.</p><p><br></p><p>Jim shares a story about a roofing subcontractor who threatened workers for enforcing fall protection, illustrating how cost-cutting overrides safety. He covers a OSHA case against a Piggly Wiggly franchisee fined ~$196,000 after an employee lost four fingers due to lockout/tagout failures.</p><p><br></p><p>A satirical "Ancient Safety Wars" segment mocks zero-incident culture and safety theater — the practice of prioritizing appearance over actual risk reduction.</p><p><br></p><p>News segments include: MSHA receiving $10.5M in training grants, RFK Jr. announcing Lyme disease initiatives in New Hampshire, and an HHS elder fraud prevention campaign. Jim also reviews a 205-page Congressional report alleging Minnesota Governor Walz and AG Ellison ignored widespread fraud in federally funded social service programs, while expressing skepticism that prosecutions will ultimately follow.</p><p><br></p><p>Music:</p><p>Falling, 25821615, Eric B.</p><p>USA National Anthem (Star Spangled Banner Use), 155546928 Supernova Music</p><p>Matrix, 166797566, Encomia</p><p>Front Page Pulse, Jim Poesl, 6a19097bb3e919218f59a681 (c) Jim Poesl</p><p><br></p><p>Piano Serious Cinematic: Narration Ambient Dramatic Documentary Background P-5</p><p>96480894, LindsjoMusic.</p><p>Documentary Ambient Background, 115055242, Andrew Weiss</p><p>Historical Discovery Documentary 229556173, The_Mountain</p>
May 29, 2026
May 28, 2026 The Numbers Don't Lie — But We Do: Safety, Statistics, and the Cult of Zero
<p>Safety Wars Live 5-26-2026</p><p><br></p><p>Jim critiques "zero incident" culture through a satirical "Ancient Safety Professionals" video segment, arguing that zero-injury programs often suppress reporting rather than prevent harm.</p><p><br></p><p>Jim challenges the safety industry's over reliance on trend data and statistics, using a roulette analogy to illustrate how injury patterns are often unpredictable — focusing on hand injuries won't prevent the next foot injury. He warns against treating workers as machines to be fixed and emphasizes understanding systemic context over individual blame.</p><p><br></p><p>A "Safety Tarot" segment creatively walks through accident causation using tarot cards: The Fool (new/overconfident worker), The Devil (production pressure), The Tower (catastrophic event), and Justice (OSHA investigations) — arguing that the safety statistics are often manipulated and used to generate great graphics for presentations, that Taro Card readings likely pedicts outcomes as well as behavioral statistics do in most corporate cultures.</p><p><br></p><p>News coverage includes a US-Iran ceasefire extension, a DOJ investigation into E. Jean Carroll, EU trade defenses against China, the Congo Ebola outbreak, EPA withdrawal of Biden-era emissions rules, and a New York Times piece on predictive genetic medicine and workplace discrimination gaps.</p><p><br></p><p>Jim promotes the July 13 "Reality Shift" symposium in Orlando featuring Todd Conklin, Nick Weatherly, and Jay Allen, synthesizing HOP and behavior-based safety frameworks.</p><p><br></p><p>Falling, 25821615, Eric B.</p><p>USA National Anthem (Star Spangled Banner Use), 155546928 Supernova Music</p><p>Matrix, 166797566, Encomia</p><p>Front Page Pulse, Jim Poesl, 6a19097bb3e919218f59a681 (c) Jim Poesl</p><p><br></p><p>Piano Serious Cinematic: Narration Ambient Dramatic Documentary Background P-5</p><p>96480894, LindsjoMusic.</p><p>Documentary Ambient Background, 115055242, Andrew Weiss</p><p>Historical Discovery Documentary 229556173, The_Mountain</p><p>For all your health and safety needs, visit us at our website safetywars.com, contact us at Jim@safetywars.com or 845-269-5772.</p><p><br></p>
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