How Communication Saves Lives with Jim Sibley
Chasing Zero: An Ozinga Safety Podcast
Release Date: 11/18/2025
How Communication Saves Lives with Jim Sibley
Chasing Zero: An Ozinga Safety Podcast
Because communication is a vital component to safety, Ozinga comms and public affairs director Jim Sibley and his team are a key part in helping deliver pertinent information to job sites — and the company at large — clearly and concisely. With over 35 years experience in his field, Jim brings to the table a strategic approach to messaging, whether through media relations, crisis management or any type of information that needs to be spread and understood. Today, with Ozinga health and safety VP Adam Pummer, he’ll walk us through some of these approaches and how implementing them has...
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OSHA’s Here, Now What? with John Newquist
Chasing Zero: An Ozinga Safety Podcast
Over 50,000 people trained. That’s the incredible reach of John Newquist, former assistant regional administrator for OSHA. With over 30 years experience as a certified safety professional, he continues to help the industry by offering study guides and daily quizzes online at no cost. These efforts, as we’ll learn today, have literally changed lives — for example, when a student halfway around the world using John’s methods became the first-ever CSP in their home country. Today, John sits down with Ozinga Safety Training Manager Steve Lindley to offer an education on OSHA inspections,...
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Training Ozinga's Next Generation of Drivers
Chasing Zero: An Ozinga Safety Podcast
With a combined 28 years at Ozinga, Barry Luchene and Ritchie Dembinsky lead the charge for Ozinga's driver apprenticeship program. Today, in conversation with Ozinga Health and Safety VP Adam Pummer, they'll share what it takes to break down silos through this structured, intentional approach, while providing leadership opportunities, as well as camaraderie and relationship-building, for the next generation of drivers. Full video of this episode can be viewed at . Follow Adam Pummer: Connect with Ozinga:
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Safety Pathways: From Compliance to Culture with NRMCA
Chasing Zero: An Ozinga Safety Podcast
Even if you're not in the construction world, safety in your line of work should be of key importance to your employer for a variety of reasons. Operations and Compliance EVP Kevin Walgenbach of the National Ready Mixed Concrete Association joins Ozinga Health & Safety VP Adam Pummer this week to delve into ten worthwhile safety pathways, derived from NRMCA's Think First initiative. They'll discuss why each of these pathways can affect your business’ culture and bottom line, and how they can apply to all careers, not just within construction. Full video of this conversation can be found...
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Construction's Mental Health Crisis
Chasing Zero: An Ozinga Safety Podcast
On our debut episode, Ozinga Health & Safety VP Adam Pummer and Safety Trainer Steve Lindley are joined by Teri McKean, Director of Crisis and Support Operations at NAMI Chicago. Founded in 1979, the National Alliance on Mental Illness is dedicated to providing mutual support, education and advocacy for those affected by mental illness, as well as their friends and families. With suicides in the construction industry at a tragically record high, Adam and Steve discuss these statistics with Teri in an effort to reduce stigmas and offer insight as to what Ozinga is doing to assist our...
info_outlineBecause communication is a vital component to safety, Ozinga comms and public affairs director Jim Sibley and his team are a key part in helping deliver pertinent information to job sites — and the company at large — clearly and concisely. With over 35 years experience in his field, Jim brings to the table a strategic approach to messaging, whether through media relations, crisis management or any type of information that needs to be spread and understood. Today, with Ozinga health and safety VP Adam Pummer, he’ll walk us through some of these approaches and how implementing them has changed, and even saved, lives.
Follow Jim Sibley: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jameshsibley/
Follow Adam Pummer: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adam-pummer-csp-asp-chst-943835a/
Connect with Ozinga: http://www.ozinga.com
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