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First-Year Focus: Safety for New Hires with Zach Pucillo and David Pomaville
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In this episode of the Safety Meeting, we consider workplace safety for new hires, talking with Zach Pucillo, KPA’s EHS Compliance Manager, and David Pomaville, Director of Environmental Health and Safety at Caglia Environmental. We look at the unique risks that new hires face in their first year on the job and discuss effective onboarding practices and training techniques to ensure new workers are prepared and safe. David shares real-world examples of how he is shaping Caglia’s safety culture to help protect new hires. Zach explains how a grease fire in his childhood kitchen led to being "grounded for life” and also inspired his career in safety.
- (00:17) Welcome Zach Pucillo and David Pomaville
- (01:01) The High Risk of First-Year Employees
- (02:08) Industry-Specific Injury Statistics for New Hires
- (03:11) Effective Onboarding and Hiring Practices
- (06:40) Engaging Training Techniques
- (10:40) The Power of Storytelling in Safety Training
- (14:17) Balancing General and Specific Safety Training
- (15:48) Training Tools and Techniques
- (18:38) Reinforcing Safety Habits
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