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Bryan McWhorter

Lead Safety Advisor, Author, Writer, Speaker

Bio

Bryan McWhorter is a safety professional with eight years of experience in driving and teaching safety. Bryan gained his knowledge and experience as the safety officer and Senior Trainer for Philips Lighting. Philips is a strong health and well-being company that promotes a safety first culture.

Bryan was involved in creating a successful safety culture in a Philips Lighting factory of approximately 500 employees, the results being a 50% reduction on OSHA recordable accidents in the first year. This continued to improve each following year Bryan was in charge of safety. Bryan's responsibilities included providing and tracking needed safety training, performing hazard assessments and all accident investigations.

Bryan helped initiate a system allowing employees to submit safety projects and work on them with support as needed. Since that time in 2009, over 2500 safety projects have been completed.

He conducted extremely effective weekly safety team meetings that engaged employees throughout the organization, both hourly and salary. Bryan's training programs covered such topics as

  • Lock Out Tag Out
  • Hazzard Assessment
  • Personal Protective Equipment
  • Powered Lift Truck Safety
  • Accident Investigation
  • Behavioral Safety
  • Confines Space
  • Much, much more

Bryan has spoken on safety in such locations as:

  • China
  • Canada
  • Mexico
  • Ireland
  • Aruba

Bryan’s practical experience gives him a unique perspective on what works and what does not. For more information, please refer to Bryan’s LinkedIn profile.

Articles by Bryan McWhorter

Q&A by Bryan McWhorter

  • Video Q&A – What if you’re not sure if a roof can support you?

    Hi, Bryan McWhorter here from Safeopedia.The question we have is if you're a roofer or working on a roof and you think the structural integrity of a section of the roof has been compromised, how do you deal with it?Very...

  • Video Q&A – What is a safety policy?

    What a great question, and something very important to understand. Hi, I'm Bryan McWhorter for Safeopedia. When OSHA was created in 1970, it set its mission as; to ensure safe work environments for working women and men. It...

  • Video Q&A – Where are our safety heroes?

    Hi, Bryan McWhorter here with Safeopedia.We want to recognize these individuals and help highlight them as the role models they are. We want to encourage others to step up and lead the charge when it comes to safety. Often...

  • Video Q&A – What’s your safety network like?

    I want to ask you a question: What's your safety network like? Most of us don't like going it alone with any endeavor, especially when it comes to keeping people safe. It's nice to have a group in our corner that we can go...

  • Video Q&A – What are the 3 levels of safety?

    Wouldn’t it be nice if there was a pattern that we could follow for safety, to help keep employees safe? As it turns out, there is a pattern and our brain is a pattern-seeking machine. Subconsciously, we are always looking...

  • Video Q&A – How do you treat a near miss?

    As safety professionals, we may spend a lot of our time trying to uncover unsafe conditions and unsafe behaviors, and that's the whole purpose of doing a hazard assessment. There are two events that can uncover these for us,...

  • Why do workers take risks?

    What a great question I’ve actually talked with a lot of executive, managers, people in leadership roles about this very question. Why do workers take risks? It just seems so silly to, again, take unnecessary risks. What...

  • What Is the Threshold Limit Value (TLV) for Asbestos?

    The American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH) recommended exposure limit for asbestos is:Time weighted average: 0.1 fibers per cubic centimeter (f/cc). OSHA would list this as the permissible exposure...

  • What Is the Difference Between OHSAS 18001 and 18002?

    OHSAS 18000 is an international occupational health and safety management system specification.It consists of two parts: OHSAS 18001 and OHSAS 18002.OHSAS 18001 is an occupational health and safety assessment series designed...

  • What are examples of PPE when working with asbestos?

    For all listed classifications respirators and protective clothing is required. The employer must provide these. Respirator filters must be designed for filtering asbestos, selecting the appropriate type from among those...

  • Are there different types of asbestos work?

    Yes. OSHA rates asbestos work in classes(Levels)one through four.Asbestos work classifications: The OSHA standard establishes a classification system for asbestos construction work that spells out mandatory, simple,...

  • What is the difference between occupational health and safety and workplace health and safety?

    One simple way to understand the difference between occupational health and safety and workplace health and safety is to think of occupational health and safety as the laws, agencies and guidelines created to ensure worker...

  • What is the difference between occupational health and occupational safety?

    Most government agencies that monitor worker safety look at all work related health and safety data, including recorded injuries and diseases. This includes all health issues caused by a work environment.Occupational safety...

  • What is the difference between a lost time injury and a disabling injury?

    A disabling injury is denoted by severity; in that it directly impacts the ability of an employee to perform their normal work tasks, whereas a lost time injury simply means work time was lost due to an injury.Minor injuries...

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