Safe, Efficient, Profitable: A Worker Safety Podcast

Safe, Efficient, Profitable: A Worker Safety Podcast

Joe and Jen Allen of Allen Safety LLC

Episodes 88
Avg. Duration 15m
Activity Active
Since Feb 2023
Latest Episode Feb 2026

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Every 2 Weeks
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53%
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About This Podcast

Joe and Jen Allen of Allen Safety LLC take their combined 40+ years of worker safety, OSHA, EPA, production, sanitation, and engineering experience in Manufacturing Plants including Harvest Plants/Packers,  Case Readies and Further Processing Plants, Food Production Plants,  Feed Mills, Grain Elevators, Bakeries, Farms, Feed Lots, and Petro-Chemical and bring you their top methods for identifying risk, preventing injuries, conquering the workload, auditing, managing emergencies and catastrophic events, and working through OSHA citations. They're breaking down real safety opportunities,  safety citations, and emergency situations from real locations, and discussing realistic solutions that can actually be implement based on their personal experiences spending 40+ weeks in the field every year since 2001.  Joe and Jen are using all of that experience to provide a fresh outlook on worker safety by providing honest, (no sponsors here!) and straight forward, easy to understand safety coaching with actionable guidance to move your safety program forward in a way that provides tangible results. 

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PSM & Refrigeration Trends Reshaping The Industry

Feb 09, 2026 15m Transcript

In this episode of Safe, Efficient, Profitable, we break down the top three Process Safety Management (PSM) trends we’re seeing across industrial ammonia refrigeration facilities — and why they…

Sanitation's Top Danger Zones (And What To Do About Them)

Jan 05, 2026 16m Transcript

In this episode we dive into what we believe to be sanitation's top risks.  As always, these are one take, so they're raw with no scripts, and no idea what the other host will say.  We hope you…

Paper to Production: Why "Compliant" LOTO Fails In The Field

Oct 06, 2025 15m Transcript

This month we’re tackling one of the most cited OSHA topics out there — Lockout/Tagout (LOTO). If your company has a program that checks all of the audit boxes, but your employees are still having…

Feed Mill Safety: Check These On Your Next Safety Inspection

Sep 01, 2025 13m Transcript

A good part of our career has been spent in ag-business/agribusiness operations, with a huge part of them being at feed mills- for both day and night shifts.  This episode covers a few big ticket…

These 5 Chemical Hazards Are Anything But Basic 🧪

Aug 04, 2025 10m Transcript

Chemical safety: sounds straightforward, right? You’ve got your SDS, PPE, and eyewash stations. But what happens when your team mixes, sprays, or supercharges those chemicals in ways the manufacturer…

The Battle Between Food & Worker Safety: Pathogens Vs. PPE

Jul 07, 2025 14m Transcript

Welcome to the cage match no one talks about—but everyone in food and meat production lives through.  This week, Joe and Jen are tackling the heavyweight showdown between two giants in every…

Preventing the Collapse of Safety & PSM Programs: What Domino Starts it All?

Jun 07, 2025 13m Transcript

Allen Safety takes a deep dive into SOP (Standard Operating Procedure) reviews, the blurry overlap of responsibility between teams, and why most documentation isn’t as airtight—or as collaborative—as…

Most Facilities Underestimate This Key Safety Risk #safetytraining #safety

May 05, 2025 10m Transcript

Does your facility use this tool that creates over-looked safety risks?  Episode Summary:In this episode of Safe, Efficient, Profitable: A Worker Safety Podcast, Joe and Jen Allen put a spotlight om…

Hot Work Toolbox Talk, But Make It 🔥 The Hot Work Safety Risks You're Not Addressing

Mar 31, 2025 10m Transcript

In this episode we're picking the top hot work safety risks that we've encountered over our careers that can create the perfect storm for a fire event during hot work activities, with luck playing a…

Farm, Feed Lot & Feed Mill Safety: More Than Animal Handling & Moving Trailers

Mar 03, 2025 16m Transcript

Working at Farms, feed lots, and feed mills. They are absolutely an "if you know you know" type work place, which can create some risks if that person becomes a new hire!  In this episode, Joe and…

#72 Electrical Safety: A Shockingly Fresh Take On Training, Programs & Inspections

Feb 10, 2025 11m Transcript

We've all seen the boiler-plate electrical safe work practice & electrical awareness training.  This isn't that.  In this episode, we're challenging your program, what's covered in training, who…

Trending Safety, EHS & PSM Risks Managers Must Mitigate in 2025

Jan 27, 2025 11m Transcript

Where will the top safety risks and threats fall in 2025?  Joe and Jen throw out their predictions for 2025.  Let us know in the comments what your predictions are! 1. The Continuation of Key 2024…

2024 Safety Wrap-Up: Top Safety Failures, Trends & Solutions

Jan 13, 2025 12m Transcript

Join us for this 2024 worker safety trend wrap-up, where we're discussing the top worker safety gaps and opportunities we personally saw ourselves in the field as safety experts.  Is this reviewing…

The Cost of Personal Agendas May Be Safety: BONUS Episode

Jan 11, 2025 3m Bonus Transcript

This video is intended for educational purposes.  Solutions offered are not designed to take the place of an attorney, career advisor, or medical professional, and should not be taken as legal,…

Is Your Safety Consultant Ethical?

Dec 23, 2024 4m Transcript

It seems like there are people claiming to be "experts" everywhere- so how do you spot the true experts among all the noise?  This video helps you identify exactly that with some red flags and key…

#67: Is Your Safety Culture Stressing Your Employees Out?

Dec 09, 2024 14m Transcript

Could something as simple as a microwave be driving up injuries at your manufacturing facility?  We think it very well could be, but it goes deeper than that.  It goes all the way to the culture and…

#67 Safety Managers: Is it Time For A Job Change?

Nov 25, 2024 10m Transcript

Its the holiday season, a dinner topic that may be brought up at a lot of tables centers around job and career changes.  For safety managers, a driving force for contemplating a job starts with if…

#66: Safety Training- Are You Overpaying For What You're Getting?

Nov 11, 2024 13m Transcript

In this episode, Joe and Jen dive deep into the world of training costs and provide practical insights on how to manage your facility’s training budget without sacrificing quality or compliance. From…

The Real Cost of Work Place Injuries: What You're Not Calculating

Oct 28, 2024 14m Transcript

In this episode, Joe and Jen cover all of the tangible costs of an injury, but dive deep into the intangible costs that injuries bring that are typically not calculated.  These underlying costs can…

Is Ergonomics A Waste of Money? #64

Oct 14, 2024 16m Transcript

In this episode, Joe and Jen debate if making changes based on ergonomic evaluations are worth the money, and how to get a return on any ergo projects.  If you're wondering if JHAs, JSAs, and Ergo…

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