Process Safety: Leadership Lessons that Save Lives | The Risk Matrix Episode 72

Risk Matrix #72: Process Safety: Leadership Lessons that Save Lives

Episode Highlights with Donnie Lindsay, PSM Manager @ CNX & President of The Appalachian STEPS Network

**Process Safety Beyond the Basics**
“As safety professionals, our education programs are all built around people safety, slips, trips and falls… but failures in process safety expands outside your fence line.”
– Exploring the critical difference between traditional safety and process safety management

**Contractor Management Excellence**
“You can tell me that you have a training program all day long, but I want to see it.”
– Deep dive into vetting and managing contractors in high-risk environments

**The Ripple Effect of Safety Leadership**
“One little chink in the armor can be catastrophic… when you go, we all go.”
– Understanding how leadership decisions impact entire organizations

**Building Regional Safety Excellence**
“That’s leadership… it’s so important to be able to, as a leader, to communicate and know what’s going on down the chain of command.”
– Insights into creating effective safety networks and fostering communication

Key Discussion Points:

• Lessons learned from the BP Horizon incident
• Managing safety during critical facility outages
• Building and maintaining contractor relationships
• The role of leadership in process safety
• Creating regional safety networks for collective improvement

Don’t miss this powerful conversation with a leader who’s shaping the future of process safety management in the Appalachian region.