HeyJaredThe Risk Matrix
The Risk Matrix brings weekly safety conversations that cut through the noise. Hosted by Dr. L.F. Martin (32-year veteran, Board of Global EHS Credentialing Impact Award winner) and James Junkin (ASSP's 2024 Safety Professional of the Year), they tackle OSHA rollbacks, legal…
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The Heart and Soul of Safety: Leading from the Heart with Paul Espenan (opens the original)
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"Titles have nothing to do with safety. Titles mean nothing. I'm just a guy trying to help people get home safe." This week Dr. Logan F. Martin and James Junkin welcome Paul Espenan, SVP of Environmental Health Safety and Regulatory at Diversified Energy and author of "The Heart and Soul of Safety: Leading Safety Performance from the Heart," for a conversation about what safety leadership looks like when it comes from the heart. Paul has been delivering weekly safety leadership stories on operat
What the Watson Grinding Explosion Teaches Us About Process Safety (opens the original)
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"This is not an incident primarily about a hose being left on at night. It's bigger than that." This week Dr. Logan F. Martin and James Junkin walk through the Watson Grinding explosion in Houston, Texas, the Chemical Safety Board investigation, and the Harris County jury verdict that awarded $61.5 million against the defendants. When a propylene hose disconnected overnight in January 2020, employees arrived the next morning, smelled gas, communicated their concerns to management, and were never
What Construction Gets Wrong About Worker Readiness with Corey Silverman (opens the original)
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"Guard your signature. Guard your reputation. Because safety, even though there's a good many of us, it's a small world indeed." This week Dr. Logan F. Martin and James Junkin welcome Corey Silverman, Safety Specialist at Highwire, a Veriforce company, to discuss what the construction industry gets wrong about worker readiness. Pre-qualification tells you what a company submitted. Work readiness tells you whether the worker showing up at your gate that day can actually do the job safely. ABOUT O
Paper Safety Is Not Real Safety: The Truth About Stop Work Authority (opens the original)
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"If nobody can name the last stop that cost real money, you do not have stop work authority. You have a slogan." This week Dr. Logan F. Martin and James Junkin mark Episode 150 by going back to where it all started. Episode 1 of The Risk Matrix was called Paper Safety Is Not Real Safety. One hundred and fifty episodes later, that thesis is still unfinished business. They tackle stop work authority and what separates a program that lives on paper from one that actually works. RESOURCES Stop Work
Preparing Utility Workers Before the Storm (opens the original)
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“You play like you practice.” This week, Dr. Logan F. Martin and James Junkin discuss James’ June 2026 article, Remembering Hurricane Katrina and Confronting Hurricane Season 2026 , and the lessons Hurricane Katrina still teaches about worker preparedness, emergency planning, and business continuity. From extreme heat and mutual aid crews to emergency action plans and storm response, the conversation explores why the organizations that respond best during severe weather are the ones that prepare
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