OH&S SafetyPod: Understanding the Role of Technology in the Safety Industry

Episode 4

OH&S SafetyPod: Understanding the Role of Technology in the Safety Industry

For this episode of OH&S SafetyPod, Editor Sydny Shepard sits down with Sean Stinson, the Vice President of Sales & Product Management at Blackline Safety, to answer some questions about new technology advancements in the safety industry.

We are living in a world of connectedness. The way that we consume our media, absorb information and communicate with one another is rapidly changing from year to year. In our personal lives we are busy binging, posting and sending emojis but has the way we approached our daily duties at work evolved with this new world of digital opportunities?

For this episode of OH&S SafetyPod, I sit down with Sean Stinson the Vice President of Sales & Product Management at Blackline Safety to answer my burning questions about new technology advancements in the safety industry. Sean and I discussed emerging trends in 2019, what is on the horizon for 2020 and he even gives safety directors a little bit of advice on how to create a new, modern safety program.

Listen along as Sean and I dive deeper into the world of advanced technology as it relates to the safety industry in SafetyPod’s forth episode available on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, Spotify and more.

A special thank you to Blackline Safety:

Blackline Safety is a global connected safety leader that helps to ensure every worker gets their job done and returns home safe each day. Blackline provides wearable safety technology, personal and area gas monitoring, cloud-connected software and data analytics to meet demanding safety challenges and increase productivity of organizations in more than 100 countries. Blackline supports a broad range of scenarios and provides a lifeline to tens of thousands of men and women through devices that have reported over 100 billion data-points and initiated over five million emergency responses. Armed with 4G and satellite connectivity, we ensure that help is never too far away. BlacklineSafety.com

About the Author

Sydny Shepard is the former editor of Occupational Health & Safety.

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