#119 Safety Third, Until It’s Your Foot

#119 Safety Third, Until It’s Your Foot

From I Shower After Work Podcast by Jason, John

June 25, 2026 · 58 min · Episode 119

About this episode

Jason and John discuss jobsite safety in the trades, highlighting injuries, regulations, and the evolving nature of safety practices.

Jason and John are back in their respective job trailers for this one, and they get into a topic every trade worker knows, jobsite safety. The episode starts with a weird Mall of America hermit crab rabbit hole, then shifts into a real trades conversation after John talks about replacing multiple sections of MCC gear with a crew that absolutely crushed it. From there, the guys get into labeling, low-voltage jokes, jobsite experience, and why safety has changed so much since the early days of the podcast. This week’s main topic is safety in the trades: injuries, rushed schedules, labor shortages, complacency, pressure from companies, tool rules that don’t always match real-world work, three points of contact, working around heavy equipment, electrical hazards, chemical exposure, heat, PPE, and the uncomfortable truth that sometimes the written safety rule creates a different unsafe situation in the field. John shares a recent jobsite injury involving a worker getting hit in the foot by equipment, and the guys talk through why construction is still one of the most dangerous industries out there. They also get into OSHA’s “Fatal Four,” heavy equipment close calls, lightning stories…

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