{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Facility Rockstars","title":"The Hidden Hazards: Vanessa Brady on Industrial Hygiene and Prevention Through Design","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1720,"description":"In this episode, Vanessa Brady, Director of Global EHS and Sustainability at Charles River Laboratories, brings over two decades of experience across industries, including aerospace, life sciences, cosmetics, biotechnology, and oil and gas. A certified industrial hygienist and newly re-elected Secretary Elect of the American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA), Vanessa shares hard-won lessons on building EHS programs that are embedded, not isolated, within organizations. She emphasizes that success in safety and compliance almost always comes down to one thing: getting the right people in the room early.Vanessa walks through some of the most persistent challenges she's encountered across her career, from management of change to contractor vetting, and explains why the US lags behind many European countries in EHS rigor. She makes a compelling case for prevention through design, the idea that the best safety solution is often to eliminate the hazard altogether, and explains how industrial hygiene, which deals with invisible, long-term exposures, is one of the most underappreciated yet critical disciplines in the field. Whether you're an EHS professional, a facilities leader, or someone who simply cares about workplace safety, this episode is packed with practical, experience-backed guidance. Takeaways:Don't let EHS work in a silo: Safety and compliance initiatives fail when EHS tries to drive change alone. Engage stakeholders from HR, legal, procurement, and other departments early in the process. When they're involved from the start, they become advocates — not obstacles.Relationship building unlocks everything: Before you can push an initiative forward, you need to know the people you're working with. Learn about their roles, their challenges, and what matters to them. When the time comes to ask for support, those relationships make all the difference.Management of change is a universal vulnerability: Every organization Vanessa has worked with struggles with...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/wIL-dAttDK3kGPGCx8T-IEpb3_8niKNWbKmYivkvwao/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS83NTkz/MjEzMTc5OTY4MmRi/MzYxYmU4NjI4MTE4/ZTQ1ZC5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}