Tami Olsen - Director, Young Caring For Our Young // Speaking Up For Safety podcast made possible through the Utah Labor Commission On this episode of "Speaking Up for Safety," we are honored to have Tami Olsen, a dedicated advocate from Young Caring for Our Young, as our guest speaker. Tami will dive into the impactful work their organization does…

Join us this time as we welcome Amy Dott and Amanda Shirley from Utah Refugee Connection to our podcast. Together, we explore many initiatives and programs offered by Refugee Connection to support our refugee communities here in Utah. Their mission is perfectly captured in their mission statement to "Create meaningful connections between refugees, …

Speaking Up For Safety Ep. 14 - DonorConnect Welcome to the latest installment of the Speaking Up for Safety podcast! Today, we are diving deep into the world of organ donation with our friends from DonorConnect. Joining us are Mark Dixon and Rufus Tolbert, ready to unpack all the essentials about organ donation: from the ins and outs of the proces…

Speaking Up For Safety Ep. 13 - Women In Safety In this episode you will hear from esteemed members of the Women in Safety Steering Committee. These dedicated steering committee members will share insights, experiences, and expertise, providing valuable perspectives on navigating the dynamic landscape of safety leadership. The mission of the Utah S…

In this engaging episode, our dynamic occupational team engages in insightful conversations with esteemed members of the Spanish-speaking community, namely Cesar Calvillo, Estuardo Peres, and Roberto Gomez, also known as the Corporate Safety Group. Together, they delve into the critical topic of the imperative need for trainings in Spanish within t…

Fue un placer poder compartir con el Consul de Mexico Eduardo Baca y poder hablar de los eventos que se llevaran a cabo la semana de ‘’Labor Rights Week’’ - o Semana de los Derechos Laborales donde podra participar y aprededer de diferentes industrias y entidades junto con sus servicios. Se informara sobre certificaciones e incluso una feria de tra…

Speaking Up For Safety Ep. 11 - Cónsul Titular Eduardo Baca, Consulate of Mexico in Salt Lake City website: https://consulmex.sre.gob.mx/saltlakecity/index.php - Do you work for a business with less than 250 employees? If so, you qualify for the Workplace Safety Scholarship. Reach out to us today for more information! - 801.746.SAFE (7233) Utah Saf…

Speaking Up For Safety Ep.10 - John Tingy with Blue360 Media, Curator of Laws Blue360 Media: https://www.blue360media.com/ - Do you work for a business with less than 250 employees? If so, you qualify for the Workplace Safety Scholarship. Reach out to us today for more information! - 801.746.SAFE (7233) Utah Safety Council Website: https://www.utah…

Betsy Bowers, the head of the Expanded Polystyrene Industry Alliance, came to the Paris talks in listening mode and to react to early calls in the treaty discussions to include EPS packaging on a list of banned or problematic plastic materials.The group, which represents companies that make EPS packaging used in consumer products like electronics, …

Yvette Arellano heads the Houston-based environmental justice organization Fenceline Watch.The group, which advocates for communities along the petrochemical corridors of the U.S. Gulf Coast, sees the treaty as “vital” to its work reducing pollution and toxic chemical exposure in those communities and halting the growth of plastic production. Arell…

Willemijn Peeters, head of consultancy Searious Business, says the treaty needs to move the world away from virgin plastic and into what she calls “real recycling” with extended producer responsibility laws and deposit return systems.Peeters, who is a paid consultant for the United Nations Environment Programme and an unpaid adviser to the Business…

Matt Seaholm, president and CEO of the Plastics Industry Association in Washington, wants the treaty to have “ambitious yet reasonable” goals and be something that the U.S. government can agree to.For his association, that means no caps or bans on plastic production and a focus on reducing plastic pollution in the environment. Seaholm also discusse…

Plastic recycling companies see the treaty as a “huge” opportunity to bring change and help struggling plastics recycling markets.Kate Bailey, the chief policy officer for the Association of Plastic Recyclers in the United States, hopes the treaty can push adoption of extended producer responsibility laws and design for recycling. As well, Bailey s…

When we recorded this interview at the Paris talks, Joshua Baca was vice president of plastics at the American Chemistry Council. A few weeks later he left the ACC, but we decided to keep the interview for its perspective on the negotiations.Baca talked about the need to expand waste management systems to 3 billion people around the world who don’t…

Flexible plastic packaging has recycling challenges but is popular in the marketplace, protecting food while being lightweight and reducing other environmental impacts.Graham Houlder, the director of the European industry group Ceflex, said they want to see the treaty endorse extended producer responsibility legislation and global packaging design …

Ed Shepherd offers the perspective of the Business Coalition for a Global Plastics Treaty, which wants the agreement to reduce plastics made from virgin fossil fuels and identify problematic plastics or products that can be eliminated.The coalition is made up of major consumer brand companies like Unilever, where Shepherd works, as well as financia…

Anja Brandon is associate director of U.S. plastics policy with the environmental group Ocean Conservancy.Their priorities for the treaty include meaningful source reduction of single-use plastics, addressing lost fishing gear and microplastic pollution, and working to have the treaty exclude chemical recycling. Brandon, a former U.S. Senate staffe…

Speaking Up For Safety Ep. 9 - Active Shooter Safety with Lieutenant Matt Pennington Do you work for a business with less than 250 employees? If so, you qualify for the Workplace Safety Scholarship. Reach out to us today for more information! - 801.746.SAFE (7233) Utah Safety Council Website: https://www.utahsafetycouncil.org/content/Default.aspx F…

Speaking Up For Safety Ep. 8: Brad Paterson, Corporate Director - Quality, Safety & Risk Management, Environment Compliance at Swire Coca-Cola Do you work for a business with less than 250 employees? If so, you qualify for the Workplace Safety Scholarship. Reach out to us today for more information! - 801.746.SAFE (7233) Utah Safety Council Website…

Our conversation with Kirk Godfrey, Continuing Education Director for the Rocky Mountain Center for Occupational and Environmental Health. *Do you work for a business with less than 250 employees? If so, you qualify for the Workplace Safety Scholarship. Reach out to us today for more information! - 801.746.SAFE (7233) Utah Safety Council Website: h…

Kerilee Burton, the 2022 Women In Safety WISH Award Winner talks about the importance of car seat safety, winning the WISH Award, and her "why" on this episode of Speaking Up For Safety. *Do you work for a business with less than 250 employees? If so, you qualify for the Workplace Safety Scholarship. Reach out to us today for more information! - 80…

Floyd C Johnson, Division Director, Utah Occupational Safety and Health on safety in Utah. "As a Safety and Health Compliance Officer for the State of Utah Labor Commission, Occupational Safety and Health Division, I am grateful to be a contributing member of a select group of professionals that share my passion for safety and dedication to the wor…

Keynote Speaker for our Annual Meeting & Awards Ceremony, Shawn Newell joins John and Brandee to chat about leadership and safety. Newell was vice president of business development at Industrial Supply. He attended the University of Utah and Salt Lake Community College, earning a bachelor’s degree in sociology. He also obtained a master’s degree fr…

Doug Martin, Treasurer for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints and Utah Safety Council Board Member, sat down with John and Brandee before our Annual Meeting & Awards Ceremony to discuss Doug's experience with the Safety Council.By Utah Safety Council

What's the culture like working for the Utah Safety Council? It's like family. Vice President Operations of Utah Safety Council, Brandee Crockett interviews USC employee Aimee Figueroa.By Utah Safety Council

Sgt. Lawrence Hopper joins us to chat about safety on Utah's roadways.By Utah Safety Council

Ben Harp at Polymer Conversions was stumped on rising premium costs for health care for his employees. So he took on the health care industry. And won.This episode of Plastics News Radio is brought to you by the Caps and Closures Conference in Chicago. For more information, visit http://www.plasticsnews.com/caps…

Matt has his eye on the PSVR but as a Vive owner, can't quite justify the purchase. There are many positives with the latest VR system, but how does it stack up to it's albeit more expensive counterparts.

Dating sims have been around since gamers have been lonely. A new spin on this frequently strange pass time is the element of virtual reality. VR Dating sims were shown off at (OF COURSE) the Tokyo Game Show. Matt is perplexed by their existence while Krysti is eager to try them. Website: http://www.Equityarcade.com Twitch: http://www.twitch.tv/equ…

This week we talk about all the new hardware Sony has recently released and announced. Who in the office will be getting the PS4 Pro? Matt found a pretty good deal on a 4K TV and PS4 Pro combo. Also covered was Pokemon Go. Is the game an empty rotting corpse of its former glory? Will the new additions in game play mechanics bring you back to the ga…

Today the guys discuss certain games that almost were, but ended up getting swept under the carpet.

Today the guys discuss the life of a game reviewer and that it may not be all it seems to be. Check out the Article. Subscribe Today! ? http://www.youtube.com/equityarcade

Today the guys discuss overhyped games and how reviews can really hurt large releases.

Who do you believe are the top three developers in the world right now? Not just from a subjective viewpoint, but also an objective one? Well, if you ask Marcin Iwinski, CEO of CD Projekt RED, he might be able to tell ya. About a month ago, during an interview at infoShare 2016, he named the world’s top three game developers… and whatdya know, he d…

Every sport has championship-tier athletes. Every instrument has skilled musicians. So it should go without saying that every video game will have talented gamers that have completed some tremendously impressive feats of gaming. Here are a few of our favorites. Perhaps what’s most impressive about this accomplishment isn’t so much that Darbian beat…

I can still recall the time, at the ripe and impressionable age of 13, I pulled my first-ever all-nighter with my older cousin to beat Diddy Kong Racing on his Nintendo 64. No, it wasn’t the greatest game ever made for the N64 (though I’ll still argue that it was criminally underrated), but it didn’t need to be. The thrill resided in simply staying…

Doom’s back. Again. Last week, players had the opportunity to try out a multiplayer beta for the upcoming reboot of the Doom franchise – a game that’s been in the works for many years now after an initial sequel, titled Doom 4, was unceremoniously cancelled late into development. In spite of the fact that over ten years have passed since the launch…

We’re about three years into eighth generation consoles and the landscape for our gaming future seems to grow wilder and wilder by the minute. But on enigmatic, foggy nights, my mind is sent into a haze where I long for games of yore and wonder why they’ve yet to appear in my hands once again. So I’ve decided to compile a list of 10 franchises that…

The long-awaited Overwatch beta dropped last week and it had some unexpected consequences, namely in the porn department. According to Pornhub’s statisticians, the adult entertainment website saw an 817% increase in Overwatch searches on the first day of the beta alone. Just a few weeks ago, all of the news surrounding the game was about the “sugge…

Just a few days ago, Activision unveiled Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare. And the reception for Infinite Warfare, at least according to the number of upvotes compared to downvotes on YouTube, is extremely far from warm. In fact, the video was met with a good portion of unadulterated gamer rage. Though the reasons for the reception of the video diffe…

In early May, gamers across the world will get the opportunity to dig into Overwatch a few weeks ahead of its official release. The multiplayer’s open beta will ostensibly be for the purpose of stress-testing the game’s online systems, but considering how close the release date for the full game, there isn’t much time after the beta for Blizzard to…

The ‘90s was a bit of a simpler time. Sure there was an abundance of technology like video games and cell phones, but they weren’t as prominent or flashy as those found today. Nowadays, the video game industry is considered huge, and it’s difficult to live without a smartphone—at least for younger people. With the prevalence of DLC, patches, and gr…

This time of year can be stressful for a lot of people. Students face finals and graduation pressures. The warming weather ushers in times of change, where many people relocate to new homes. Add parties, wedding invites, your oh-so-kind boss, and your shrinking wallet to the combination and your stress levels increase proportionately to the tempera…

On May 3rd, 2016, Fetty Wap will join the ranks of an overwhelmingly large crowd of celebrities that have ventured into the video game world. Called Fetty Wap: Nitro Nation Stories, the mobile app title is a racing game developed by Estonia’s Creative Mobile and New Jersey’s Moor Games. In it, players are able to race friends, compete for real cash…

The race to 4K is heating up with, at the very least, rumors about each manufacturer’s direction regarding 4K compatibility. Nintendo has been uncharacteristically silent about its upcoming NX, but a wealth of recent rumors suggests that it’s going to be powerful, specifically in comparison to the PS4. On the other hand, Sony appears to be respondi…