#StandUp4GrainSafety

#StandUp4GrainSafety

Author: N.C. Department of Labor April 17, 2020 Duration: 23:03

Episode 35 includes Agricultural Safety and Health Bureau Chief Beth Rodman and LaMar Grafft, associate director for the N.C. Agromedicine Institute discussing grain safety and #StandUp4GrainSafety week.


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Inside NC Labor Episode 53 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 29:32
Episode 53 features Beth Rodman, Bureau Chief, Agricultural Safety and Health Bureau; Grant Quiller, Occupational Safety and Health Division; and Roberto Rosales, NCSU Cooperative Extension, as they discuss heat stress h…
Inside NC Labor Episode 52 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 9:34
Episode 52 features Karen Miller, one of the family owners of Denton Farmpark and Greg Davis, one of NCDOL's Boiler Safety Bureau supervisors onsite at the SouthEast Old Threshers Reunion in Denton, NC. Miller discussed…
Inside NC Labor Episode 51 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 27:27
Episode 51 features Kevin O’Barr, consultative services bureau chief, as he discusses on-site consultation and other services for employers offered by the N.C. Department of Labor’s Consultative Services Bureau.
Inside NC Labor Episode 50 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 34:47
Episode 50 features William Gerringer, mine safety and health bureau chief, as he reflects on his time at the N.C. Department of Labor working for the Mine and Quarry Bureau.
Inside NC Labor Episode 49 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 29:27
Todd McNoldy, Survey Manager, and John Luckado, Statistical Research Assistant joined the podcast to discuss the Research and Policy Bureau's important work in collecting data on workplace injuries, illnesses and fatalit…
Harriet Hopkins, REDB administrator [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 32:48
Episode 48 features Harriet Hopkins, REDB administrator, as she discusses NCDOL's Mediation Settlement Conference Program for REDA complaints.
Labor Commissioner Josh Dobson [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 17:38
Episode 47 features Labor Commissioner Josh Dobson as he discusses his first year in office and his goals for 2022.
Meredith Watson, Safety Awards Coordinator [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 13:30
Episode 45 features Meredith Watson, safety awards coordinator, as she talks about the Safety Award Banquet season.