The Canary Report: Safety & Risk Management · 2026-04-30 · 40 min
I am joined by Chris Seider, Director of Health and Safety at Foth Company, to unpack how a workplace safety culture functions. We dive into his journey of incident rate reduction and the risk management strategy that enabled 14 million hours without lost time. During our conversation, I realize that safety compliance often fails when treated as a standalone silo. Chris explains why his safety professional career was shaped by a major failure where the culture collapsed after he left. We discuss safety program development and why leading safety initiatives means marrying safety to existing values like craftsmanship. I also explore how AI can streamline administrative tasks to refocus on employee safety ownership and workplace injury prevention . What You’ll Learn: How to attach safety to existing organizational values to drive adoption. The danger of over-owning tasks and creating cultural dependency. Ways to use AI to remove administrative burdens from safety planning. The "human in the loop" framework for implementing new technology. How to turn skeptics into safety advocates through micro-moments. Why the coach model is more sustainable than the doer model.
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