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From Navy to Oil & Gas: James Junkin's Journey & Safety Advocacy
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In this episode, Apolonia is joined by James A. Junkin, the CEO of a risk management and occupational safety and health consulting firm in Louisiana. James is also an advisory board chair of Veriforce, which provides supply chain risk management solutions.
Today’s topics include:
* James shares his background in the Navy and how it led him to the oil and gas industry.
* How James was part of the response to the BP oil spill (Deepwater Horizon oil spill) in the Gulf of Mexico.
* Training oil spill response teams.
* James’s mindset shift, which went from focusing on compliance to focusing on getting workers home safe.
* James credits his success to his mentors and instructors for helping him gain knowledge and build his foundation in safety.
* Workplace safety resistance and the importance of identifying hazards.
* Apolonia shares her personal experience with the oil and gas industry, including losing her father's best friend in a rig accident when she was in third grade.
* The resilience of blue-collar men in the oil and gas industry and their resistance to prioritizing safety.
* James argues that some safety professionals have created an "us versus them" mentality, prioritizing worker safety over the system and that this approach hasn’t effectively reduced workplace incidents.
* How focusing on hazard identification and risk assessment earlier in the process, rather than just at the job site, could lead to more effective safety measures.
* The preventability of many workplace fatalities.
* Traditional safety management systems often blame workers for incidents, while new systems prioritize a more holistic approach to safety.
* Safety culture and leadership in high-hazard industries.
* James emphasizes that there is no such thing as a separate "safety culture" siloed from the rest of the organization.
* Why training programs should address real hazards and not just meet minimum requirements.
* Organizations must learn from past mistakes and proactively plan for increased safety risks during peak work periods, such as holidays.
* Proactive mitigation strategies versus reactive abatement after accidents.
Thanks so much to James A. Junkin of Mariner-Gulf Consulting & Services for being a guest!
Connect with James: https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-junkin-ms-csp-msp-sms-asp-csho-494a0046/
Apolonia Rockwell is the Founder and CEO of True Safety Services and True Safety University.
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