NECA Safety Round Up

Throughout this monthly series, the NECA Risk Management Executive Directors of Safety will discuss specific topics within electrical construction safety. They'll welcome guests onto the podcast to talk about safety issues and obstacles the industry is facing. Prepare to learn about laws and policies that spread into everything from FLSA, Immigration, FACTA, Title VII, ADA and FMLA to Workers Comp, Leaves and Return-to-Work procedure. Other episodes revolve around protective cover, safety leadership, OSHA and Safety training practices, JSAs, HSAs and job briefings as well as incident investigation.

NECA Safety Round Up is a arts podcast hosted by Unknown Host, with 42 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Unknown Host hosts NECA Safety Round Up, a arts show with 42 episodes published.

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  NECA Safety Round Up

  #41. Brandon Meade

  Jun 12, 202612 min

  Join Mike and Wes as they have a discussion with a safety professional from New River Electric, and NECA Safety Task Force member, Brandon Meade, as he talks about initiatives such as Virginia's Department of Labor and Industry "What If" program and recaps the events at the 2026 NSPC in Atlanta, an event that keeps getting better each and every year. Brandon Meade is the Director of Environmental, Health and Safety at New River Electrical Corp. in Cloverdale, Va.

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  NECA Safety Round Up

  #40. Kyle Krueger

  Apr 10, 202635 min

  Please join Wes Wheeler and his guest this month, Kyle Krueger, NECA Executive Directors of Codes and Standards as we discuss NECA's participation with the National Electrical Code and NFPA in the 125 years NECA has been around. This relationship and collaboration has been instrumental in ensuring safe electrical installations. Now with the 2026 edition of the National Electrical Code, the upcoming 2027 edition of NFPA 70E, Standard for Electrical Safety in the Workplace and recent changes in NFPA 70B from a recommended practice to now a consensus standard, NECA is involved in many standard development organizations as well as developer of the NECA NEIS Standards that compliment the NEC, the National Electrical Contractors Association is involved where standards and regulations are being developed and updated.

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  NECA Safety Round Up

  #39 Sonya Bohmann

  Mar 19, 202632 min

  The latest NECA Safety Roundup features Mike Starner and Wes Wheeler with special guest Sonya Bohmann, Executive Director of the Construction Industry Alliance for Suicide Prevention (CIASP), for a timely conversation on mental health, suicide prevention, and building a culture of care in construction. They spotlight CIASP tools like construction-focused toolbox talks, a safe messaging guide, and a new “warm handoff” crisis plan, and preview Sonya’s four-hour pre-conference workshop at the 2026 NECA Safety Professionals Conference in Atlanta designed to give attendees practical, actionable strategies they can take back to their workforce.

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  NECA Safety Round Up

  #38: Dan Pollock

  Feb 13, 202632 min

  NECA’s Wes Wheeler and Mike Starner sit down with Dan Pollock, Director of Safety and Operations for the NE Line Chapter, to talk chapter-level safety leadership, simplifying protective grounding and EPZ concepts, and why “safety is not a secret” when mentoring the next generation of linemen. They also explore human performance, “failing safely,” and new mental health initiatives aimed at supporting lineworkers and contractors in the Northeast and beyond.

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  NECA Safety Round Up

  #37: Wes Wheeler and Mike Starner

  Jan 9, 202631 min

  NECA’s latest Safety Roundup podcast with Wes Wheeler and Mike Starner looks back at a busy 2025 and sets the stage for major safety, mental health, and industry initiatives in 2026, with a strong emphasis on leadership, collaboration, and innovation across the electrical construction industry.

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