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The Sports Nutrition PlaybookEp. 62 HEAT Safety: What Athletes Need to KnowExtreme heat is the deadliest weather hazard in the U.S., yet most people don’t realize how unprepared they are to handle it. In this episode, we talk with the founder of Project H.E.A.T. (Heat Education Awareness Team), Lexi Engelbart, about why heat safety matters, the warning signs of heat-related illness, and what steps you can take to stay safe and protect others. You’ll walk away with practical insights, eye-opening stats, and a new perspective on how everyday prevention can save lives.Project H.E.A.T and Lexi Engelbart
2025-09-0438 min
The Get Healthy Tampa Bay PodcastE138: Heat Safety with Lexi Engelbart — Hydration, TACO Method, and Cooling PPEWelcome to the Get Healthy Tampa Bay Podcast with Dr. Kerry Reller! This week, I am joined by Lexi Engelbart, Product Development Manager at Ergodyne, specializing in heat stress prevention and PPE innovation.In this episode, we dive into heat safety, exploring why heat is the #1 weather-related killer, common warning signs of heat illness, and the critical “30-minute window” to act. Lexi shares practical prevention tips, the importance of hydration, OSHA’s “water, rest, shade” guideline, and innovative PPE solutions—from UPF clothing and cooling gear to the TACO method for emergencies.Whether you’re working in con...
2025-09-0328 min
The Fire Break | Innovations in WildfireHow Not to Melt | Ergodyne's Lexi EngelbartErgodyne's heat stress expert Lexi Engelbart breaks down the science of staying cool in the most extreme environments, from industrial job sites to the wildland fire line. Learn about the crucial difference between ambient temperature and Wet Bulb Globe Temperature, the hierarchy of controls for heat safety, and the innovative cooling technologies—like phase change vests—that can protect you when the heat is on.In this episode, you'll learn about:Heat Stress is Universal: Why it's not just a problem for workers, but for everyone.Wet Bulb Globe Temperature (WBGT): The gold stan...
2025-08-2843 min
Find Your Edge: Training, Sports Nutrition & Mindset Tools for Triathletes, Runners & High Achievers Chasing Performance & LongevityExercise in the Heat: How Athletes and Workers Can Prevent Heat Stress Ep 106Heat stress affects four out of five Americans with many unaware they're experiencing it, and over a quarter don't know how to react in an emergency situation. Lexi Engelbart from Ergodyne joins us to discuss Project Heat, an educational initiative aimed at helping people recognize and respond to heat-related illnesses before they become life-threatening.• Heat stress is highly personal – medications, hydration, alcohol consumption, and fitness level all affect how individuals respond• Signs of heat-related illness progress from heat rash to heat cramps to heat exhaustion to heat stroke, with cognitive decline being a serious warning sign•...
2025-08-2832 min
The Leadership and Learning PodcastEpisode #143 - Tackle Heat Stress Now: Crucial Insights with Ergodyne Product Manager, Lexi Engelbart In this episode of the Leadership and Learning Podcast, host Randy Goruk visits with Lexi Engelbart, Product Manager Ergodyne. Lexi also serves as Vice Chair of the International Safety Equipment Association's Heat Stress Product Group and is a leading expert in heat safety. Together, they explore the serious risks of heat stress in various industries and discuss why prevention is more important than ever in today's changing climate. Listeners will discover the signs and symptoms of heat-related illnesses, practical strategies for prevention, and the latest innovations in personal protective equipment (PPE), including new technologies designed t...
2025-08-2733 min
Radio Free Tenacity020 - The Rise of Type 2 Helmets: What’s Behind the Shift in Head Protection?In this episode of Radio Free Tenacity, we sit down with Nate Bohmbach, veteran PPE innovator and member of Ergodyne’s product team, to unpack the growing shift from traditional Type 1 hard hats to Type 2 safety helmets. Sparked by OSHA’s 2023 safety bulletin and their own internal transition, this trend has been gaining traction across high-risk worksites. We break down what’s driving the change, the resistance it’s facing on job sites, and how Ergodyne is designing Type 2 helmets that workers actually want to wear.What You’ll Learn in This Episode:The key...
2025-08-1211 minRadio Free Tenacity019 - Understanding the New ANSI/ISEA 100 Bump Cap StandardHeads up... there's a new bump cap standard and nobody has more insight into its development than Ergodyne President Greg Schrab. In this episode, he'll dive into:Why this new standard matters – Filling gaps in workplace head safety.Key features you need to know – Flexibility, performance and what sets it apart from other standards like Z89 + EN812.Bump caps vs. hard hats – What's the difference anyway? Tune in now for all that and more as Greg explains the latest head protection measure in a way that's simple, practical and well worth your time.
2025-01-2111 minRadio Free Tenacity018 - Does Cooling PPE Work Indoors?Often overlooked compared to outdoor work, indoor jobs can pose a heat stress risk, too.Lack of air conditioning and poor airflow can transform any indoor workspace into a sweatbox, with environments like foundries, refineries, welding shops, and mills being particularly hazardous.In this episode, we'll discuss how heavy-duty PPE, such as welding helmets, coveralls, and hazmat suits, further exacerbate these risks, and explore whether cooling PPE can effectively combat these challenges.
2024-08-0706 minRadio Free Tenacity017 - The TACO Method: Life-Saving Heat ReliefWhen heat stroke hits, irreversible cell damage can set in if the temperature isn't brought down fast — within a 30-minute window. Special guest Lexi Engelbert will demonstrate how one simple body cooling method can save lives.
2024-07-1205 minRadio Free Tenacity016 - Understanding the Temperature Ratings of Your Thermal GearThe truth is, thermal ratings are a performance guide, not gospel—the best direction is available through exhaustive testing and consideration of three major factors.In this episode you'll get to know:What three main factors go into temperature ratings for thermal gearWhy temperature ratings are not as straight forward as you'd likeHow to choose the best thermal gearFeatured Guest:Claudia Weber, Queen of Cold Stress Circumspection, Ergodyne
2024-01-1508 minRadio Free Tenacity015 - Building A Cold Weather Layering System for Winter WorkIn this quick-hitting episode we’ll take you through the essentials of staying warm & productive in cold working environments. Plus, we’ll hit you with a winter work fact that’ll shock you to the core. Ok, maybe that’s being a bit dramatic, but still, we wouldn’t have guessed it ourselves.
2023-09-2603 minRadio Free Tenacity014 - New Tool Tethering Solution Hits the Sweet Spot: Simplicity, Safety and PerformanceAs the pioneer in tool tethering, Ergodyne has a long history of innovation in the category, and the Squids 3745 Tool Grip and Tether Attachment Point might be their most clever solution to date. Nate Bohmbach, Product Director at Ergodyne and Chair of the Dropped Object Prevention Group at ISEA, joins the pod to give you the scoop.In this episode, you'll get to know:The challenges and pain points of tethering screw and nut driversHow end user feedback helped solve those pain pointsHow this new tool tethering solution doesn't just improve safety and simplify tool tethering...
2023-06-2605 minRadio Free Tenacity013 - Understanding OSHA’s National Emphasis Program For Heat StressIn September of 2021, the US Department of Labor announced enhanced, expanded measures to protect workers from hazards of extreme heat, indoors and out. Those measures included the launch of a rulemaking process to develop a workplace heat standard and deployment of a National Emphasis Program (NEP). The NEP is the agency's first-ever nationwide enforcement measure specifically targeting heat-related hazards and greenlights heat-related inspections on worksites. In this episode you'll get to know: What an NEP is and its purposeWhat industries are affected by the NEPWhat compliance officers are looking for on heat-related inspections How cooling PPE fit...
2023-05-1913 minRadio Free Tenacity012 - The Latest Safety Glasses, Goggles, and the Most Important Standard in Safety SpecsMaking sure eye protection meets and exceeds safety standards like ANSI Z87.1 is table stakes, but that doesn't necessarily mean those safety glasses are ready to take on the realities of the worksite. Ergodyne Product Director Tim Gallant joins the pod to discuss the most important standards in safety specs: the workers'. Through the lens (ha!) of the latest additions to Ergodyne's Safety Glasses + Goggles Series, he takes us through the considerations—big and small—his team puts into developing glasses and goggles that a) get worn and b) stand up to how they're usually treated on the job (hint...
2023-03-2913 minRadio Free Tenacity011 - Latest Traction Collaboration with Michelin Helps Workers Get on the Good Foot Slips happen. Like, a lot. And Ergodyne’s recent collaboration with Soles by Michelin looks to make them happen less. Like, a lot less. A few years after debuting the now best-selling TREX 6325 Spikeless Traction Device for winter conditions, Product Director Alsie Nelson's team has launched the TREX 6326 Spikeless Traction Device for oily, greasy and other slippery situations commonly (but not exclusively) found indoors. The new addition to the TREX line has been extensively tested and touted by workers in a diverse array of applications—food processing, wastewater treatment, food and janitorial services, car washes and more. In thi...
2023-03-2907 minRadio Free Tenacity010 - New Strapless Knee Pads Erase Number One Worker ComplaintStrapless, brah. Aaron Skemp’s close collaboration with work crews––including some of the world’s biggest airlines––has helped evolve the fit, function and comfort of knee pads lightyears ahead of what many workers are familiar (and frustrated) with. And the newest work crew collabo erases THE number one complaint. These ain't your grandpa's knee pads, folks. In this episode you'll get to know:How Aaron worked with work crews to eliminate knee protection enemy #1How the world of athletics shaped the evolution of this worksite stapleThe ins and outs of the new Proflex 550 Padded Knee Sleeve a...
2023-02-2806 min
Audio from our archived webinarsHow to Fill the Head Protection Gap Left by Current StandardsDuring this webinar, you’ll be surprised to learn: What impacts are actually being tested for in hard hat and safety helmet standards; the dangerous impacts your current hard hat or safety helmet may overlook; and how to fill the protection gap left by current standards and hard hat/safety helmet options.
You are listening to audio from a webinar in the Safety+Health Webinar Series presented on Feb 3, 2022, by Ergodyne. Watch the archived webinar video to see the presenter's slides at https://www.safetyandhealthmagazine.com/events/256-the-brain-injury-your-hard-hat-overlooks-how-to-fill-the-head-protection-gap-left-by-current-standards
2022-05-0653 minSafety+Health magazineHow to Fill the Head Protection Gap Left by Current StandardsDuring this webinar, you’ll be surprised to learn: What impacts are actually being tested for in hard hat and safety helmet standards; the dangerous impacts your current hard hat or safety helmet may overlook; and how to fill the protection gap left by current standards and hard hat/safety helmet options.
You are listening to audio from a webinar in the Safety+Health Webinar Series presented on Feb 3, 2022, by Ergodyne. Watch the archived webinar video to see the presenter's slides at https://www.safetyandhealthmagazine.com/events/256-the-brain-injury-your-hard-hat-overlooks-how-to-fill-the-head-protection-gap-left-by-current-standards
2022-05-0653 minRadio Free Tenacity009 - Look Out Below: What Are Safety Pros Doing to Prevent Dropped Objects?Show HighlightsIn 2020, dropped objects accounted for over 45,000 injuries, over 200 fatalities, and approximately $315,000,000 in financial costs. A major step in mitigating this damage was the development of ANSI/ISEA 121-2018 — a standard for design, testing, performance and labeling requirements for tool tethering systems and containers used when working at height. The “dropped objects standard” set best practices in place for dropped and falling objects prevention every safety manager should know but, according to the aforementioned stats, not enough do. Which is why we set out to better understand the industry’s pulse on object-at-heights workplac...
2022-04-2735 minRadio Free Tenacity008 - Big 4 Factors for Eliminating Heat Stress Illness & FatalitiesOverviewAfter professional football player Korey Stringer died from complications of heat stroke in August of 2001, his wife Kelci teamed with heat stroke expert Douglas Casa, Ph.D., ATC to form the Korey Stringer Institute at the University of Connecticut in April, 2010. The institute has identified four “big ticket” items that, if followed, will almost certainly eliminate HRI's and fatalities on the playing field AND the job site. Margaret Morrissey, Director of KSI Laborer Division joins us to talk about those big ticket items and what the future has in store for heat stress prev...
2022-03-0428 min
OH&S SafetyPodFocused on Safety — Distributor/Manufacturer Cooperation Yields End User SolutionsGreat partnerships yield great results. In this episode, Fastenal's Evan Hardin and Ergodyne's Tom Votel explain how a trusted distributor/manufacturer partnership led to an end user solution that will, and has, helped thousands of workers.
2021-11-1031 minRadio Free Tenacity007 - Brain Jiggle is Bad: The Injury Your Hard Hat OverlooksOverview:The traditional hard hat design actually does what it was designed to do really well, and that’s preventing head injuries from objects striking workers directly—linear impacts. What it doesn’t account for as well are glancing blows or angled impacts that create rotational forces to the brain which can have long lasting, detrimental effect to worker health. Olof Rylander, Sr Business Developer of Safety for Mips joins us to discuss how his company is addressing this worksite risk by boosting the protection power of safety...
2021-10-1211 minRadio Free Tenacity006 - How Next Level Companies Approach SafetyBill Geddings, Sr. Safety Engineer at Zoox, joins the pod! Zoox is an autonomous vehicle company currently headquartered in Foster City, California, founded to make personal transportation safer and cleaner. The company is currently focused on testing on private and public roads as they move towards launching the first Zoox ride-hailing service.Show highlights:The power of continuous improvementHow next level companies approach safetyHow to leverage safety gear manufacturers as a partner in safetyFeatured End User/Guest:Bill Geddings, Sr. Safety Engineer at Zoox
2021-09-1530 min
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2021-09-0602 minRadio Free Tenacity005 - Head Over Tea Kettle - Slips, Trips, & Choosing The Right TractionOverview:If over a quarter century of America’s Funniest Home Videos has taught us anything, it’s that people fall—a lot. But with falls accounting for over 30,000 deaths in the U.S. each year (the third highest among accidental deaths), it’s not always as funny as Bob Saget, Tom Bergeron, Alfonso Ribiero or *insert dad-joke machine here* make it seem. The cost of these accidents is steep—with the average disabling claim costing a hefty $28,000. The good news? The right traction device cost just a few bucks to keep you...
2021-08-1739 min
EHS on TapEpisode 74: Crossing Over With Radio Free TenacityOn episode 74 of EHS on Tap, we’ve got a special crossover episode with Al Buczkowski and Allie Thunstrom, who host Ergodyne’s Radio Free Tenacity podcast. We talk a bit about their podcast and then present Episode 5 of Radio Free Tenacity, which focuses on fall prevention.
2021-08-1749 minRadio Free Tenacity004 - Is Your Lanyard Legit? - How ANSI/ISEA 121-2018 aka “The Dropped Objects Standard” Should Inform The Solutions You ChooseOverview:ANSI/ISEA 121-2018 established minimum design, performance, labeling and testing requirements for solutions that prevent falling objects while working at height––including tool lanyards. But what does that mean to you? Ergodyne Product Director and ISEA member Nate Bohmbach played a key role in the creation of the standard, and he joins the pod to explain exactly what it all means to the typical work site (and why you should care). Show Highlights:Why the creation of ANSI/ISEA 121 was a landmark in at-heights safetyWhat ANSI/ISEA 1...
2021-08-0233 minRadio Free Tenacity004 - Is Your Lanyard Legit? - How ANSI/ISEA 121-2018 aka “The Dropped Objects Standard” Should Inform The Solutions You ChooseOverview:ANSI/ISEA 121-2018 established minimum design, performance, labeling and testing requirements for solutions that prevent falling objects while working at height––including tool lanyards. But what does that mean to you? Ergodyne Product Director and ISEA member Nate Bohmbach played a key role in the creation of the standard, and he joins the pod to explain exactly what it all means to the typical work site (and why you should care). Show Highlights:Why the creation of ANSI/ISEA 121 was a landmark in at-heights safetyWhat ANSI/ISEA 1...
2021-08-0233 minRadio Free Tenacity003 - Personal Protection Envy - Choosing PPE That'll Make You The Envy Of Work Crews EverywhereThe best PPE is the PPE that gets worn. Knowing what PPE your worksite needs is one thing, knowing what your crew wants is quite another. Safety Superhero Abby Ferri and Greg Schrab (Ergodyne SVP of Product Mgmt) help us go beyond the basics to track the trends in PPE and discuss what’s hot, what’s not and what’s hip, now and wow. Show Highlights:How frontline managers are selling safety to their workers (and why the words they use matter) What you're saying about the value of your workforce with the gear...
2021-07-071h 07Radio Free Tenacity002 - Cover Your Mug - How The Pandemic Pushed PPE Transparency Into The SpotlightThe last year saw PPE become a household acronym with the face mask as its breakout star. But the CDC's recommendation to "cover your mug" presented a unique set of challenges for safety gear manufacturers and those working (quickly!) to set and communicate a baseline of performance standards for this overnight PPE sensation.In this episode of RFT, we'll pick the brains of two prominent figures within ISEA (International Safety Equipment Association) to unpack those challenges, the mutual role ISEA and manufacturers play in building trust around safety solutions and what the future of face masks...
2021-06-2359 minRadio Free Tenacity001 - Tie or Die - Worker Safety on the Biggest High-Rise Solar Build in American HistoryOverview:One80 Solar is a commercial solar energy firm on a mission to create more clean, reliable and renewable energy sources. They also hold the honor of tackling the largest high-rise solar panel installation in US history. Faced with high winds and scorching summer heat, Patrick Attwater tells us how his team rose to the challenge to cover the tower and its six-story mid-rise companion with 2,912 solar panels (enough to generate 1 megawatt of power).Show Highlights:Fostering a culture of safety and accountability on large scale projectsThe importance of proactive...
2021-05-2838 minRadio Free Tenacity000 - Radio Free Tenacity is on the AirIntroducing Radio Free Tenacity, a podcast utterly obsessed with Making the Workplace a Betterplace™. Featuring the latest work gear, stimulating convos with experts & innovators and more than its fair share of surprises, worksite safety has never sounded so good. Get switched on to The Voice of Worker Safety! www.ergodyne.com
2021-04-2000 min
Abby FerriPodcastAugust 17, 2020 Safety News
https://abbyferri.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/August-17-2020-Safety-News.mp3
Here’s the Duke study and three articles mentioned in today’s news, in order of arrival on the scene last week – COVID news travels fast!
ENR article – typical commentary on Duke study
Duke University face mask study
Ergodyne: Safety Leaders Respond to Duke University Project on Face Mask Efficacy
Duke study author follow-up
Update as of 6:25pm CST 8/17/2020: Save the Gaiters!
Find the Safety Justice League podcast streaming at our site or anywhere you usually listen t...
2020-08-1700 min
The Safety Justice LeagueSJL Presents Tom VotelIn this episode Abby and Ergodyne CEO Tom Votel discuss the thought process behind cutting edge PPE. Tom also reminds us that the Jetsons weren't all that far off from the future we're currently living.
2020-05-0638 min
Gear Up with Gear Experts PodcastGear Up with Gear Experts 025: Cool Gift IdeasIn episode 25 of Gear Up with Gear Experts, Alex and John discuss some of their favorite gifts for the upcoming holiday season.
John’s Picks:
GME Supply “Climb Higher” Tower Family Foundation Donation T-Shirt | $19.99
Milwaukee M18 6-Tool Combo Kit | $699.00
Ergodyne 6466 N-Ferno Thermal Jacket | $133.96
Alex’s Picks:
Lift Safety Dax Fifty 50 Carbon Fiber Full Brim Hard Hat | $150.00
Klein Tools Rechargeable Personal Work Light | $39.99
Leatherman Super Tool 300 Multi-Tool | $89.95
Our Favorite Gift:
Our favorite gift of the season is the 2019 Advent Calendar from Wera Tools! Check below for how you can enter to win one.
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2019-12-1110 min
Mindless Clarity10 Tips for Surviving a Warehouse Job in the Summer | Episode 12Do you work in a warehouse or factory? Want to beat the heat this Summer?
Here are 10 tips to aid you while make that bread this summer!
Products Mentioned:
Ergodyne Chill Its 6602 Cooling Towel - $6.14
Portable Hanging Neck Sports Fan - USB Rechargeable Hands Free Neckband Fans, Headphone Design Mini Cooler Wearable Neck Fans for Travel Office Outdoor(Aromatherapy Pads Included) - $12.99
(There are many styles of cooling towels and neck fans these are just two I found.)
Every Friday, join DJ K-ReD, a DJ that wants to bring smiles and understanding to the world, as he talks with guests...
2019-08-2425 min
EHS on TapE48: The Evolution of Head ProtectionIn our latest episode, we’re talking about a form of personal protective equipment that is almost synonymous with safety itself: Head protection! Head injuries are incredibly serious, so it makes sense that the hard hat has become the PPE that is particularly emblematic of safety. However, other than a few fit tests or maybe the color occasionally changing from yellow to white, blue, or orange, some may think that there’s little to be changed or improved upon with traditional hard hats—but they would be wrong! Head protection is evolving to be more effective, comfortable, and easy to use, a...
2019-08-1519 minEHS on TapE38: Connected Safety: The Digital Transformation of EHSThere are a lot of exciting innovations popping up in the field of environment, health, and safety, and the technological revolution shows no signs of slowing down. What does this interconnectedness of safety functions, what we might call the digital transformation of EHS, mean for you? We have two guests today to talk to us a little more about what we call “connected safety”: Joe O’Brien, the founder of Corvex Connected Safety, and Tom Votel, the founder, president, and CEO of Ergodyne.
2018-08-2829 min
Safety Tales PodcastTool Tethers & Dropped Objects: Rope and Duct Tape Don’t Cut ItDropped object prevention. That’s what the Quad City Safety guys are talking about this week. Join Dave White and Fred Radunzel as they speak to Craig Myhre, Regional Sales Manager at Ergodyne®, on recent changes in tool tethering solutions and guidelines.
2018-08-1643 min
More Gooder Than PodcastEpisode 49: Rinse and Repeat AKA 2nd AnniversaryOkay Home Trees, rise and shine! And don't forget your Ergodyne Chill-its Evaporative Cooling Neckband 'cause it's blistering out there. Sweet Willem Dafoe's ass, do we have a real treat in store for you! We took the absolute pinnacle of the overstuffed "guy-relives-the-same-day-over-and-over-again" genre in order to bring you a truly special episode to thank you all for helping us reach our two year anniversary! It's more temporal paradoxes than you can shake a sonic screwdriver at as we discuss Groundhog Day and Edge of Tomorrow. Please join us for Rinse and Repeat!
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2018-07-0931 min
EHS on TapE09: The Future of PPE Design - Intriguing Millennials to Stay Safe in the WorkplaceOn this episode of EHS on Tap, we are speaking with the Senior Vice President of Ergodyne’s Operations and Product Management, Greg Schrab. We address the design evolution of personal protective equipment, or PPE, and how these interestingly sleek designs are attracting millennials and changing attitudes in the direction of safety and protection in the workplace.
2016-09-2614 min
How You Can Save The World: Sustainable Living and Social Activism07: Hot environmentalists chill outThe world is getting hotter and you need to stay cool. But how can you do that and save the world? We look at air conditioners, fans, and all the other ways you can save energy and money. Includes an interview with Daniel Payne from Payne Air Conditioned Heating and Service.
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