Episode 202: Real Safety

About this episode

Dr. Mark French discusses a tragic incident involving young workers who died from hydrogen sulfide exposure, highlighting failures in training and safety protocols.

In this episode of Leading and Learning Through Safety, Dr. Mark French examines a tragic news story out of Michigan involving two young workers who lost their lives due to hydrogen sulfide exposure while performing well maintenance. What initially appears to be a confined space incident reveals something deeper: a failure of basic training, hazard recognition, and rescue preparedness. The workers were using hydrochloric acid to descale a residential well located beneath a porch — a clear per...

People in this episode

Host: Mark French

Topics covered

• safety
• hazard recognition
• training
• rescue preparedness

Keywords

• hydrogen sulfide
• confined space
• well maintenance
• hydrochloric acid

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Real Safety, Leading and Learning Through Safety

Places: Michigan

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