Clock Out Alive Podcast
Free for foremen and crews
Run a tailgate talk your crew actually talks in.
For foremen, lead hands and the crews they run: get the free 5-Minute Tailgate talk kit, plus episode one of Ted's safety podcast in your inbox the day we launch.
- One printable page. You talk for one minute, the crew talks for four.
- Six talks ready to run on Monday, not someday.
- Episode one of Clock Out Alive, from an underwater welder turned safety guy.
Sound familiar?
Safety isn't paperwork. So why does the morning meeting feel like it?
Somebody reads a sheet out loud. Everybody signs. Half the crew is on their phones and the other half is thinking about coffee. The hazard assessment got filled out before anybody looked at the job.
Read off a sheet
Three pages written for an auditor, read out to a crew that stopped listening in week one.
Nobody says stop
The new hand saw it. He kept quiet so he wouldn't look soft. That silence is how people get hurt.
The office never hears it
The crew knows what's really going on. By the time it reaches management, it's a clean number on a report.
A signed form never stopped a crush injury. People do.
The show
Straight safety talk from the job, not the binder.
Clock Out Alive is a safety podcast for the people on the tools. Every episode is one real story of how someone got hurt at work, and the one lesson that would have sent them home. Ted talks with the workers, foremen and safety people living it.
- Short enough for a truck breakSharp enough to change Monday's toolbox talk.
- One story, one lessonNo slogans, no binders. What happened, and what would have stopped it.
- Below the Waterline, once a monthThe safety nobody sees: diving, wet welding and marine work under the water.
Why Ted
Ted has worked both sides of the gap.
Most safety talk comes from the office. Ted's comes from the job. He has been the worker nobody listened to and the safety guy the crew didn't trust, so he knows exactly where the message breaks down.
- Underwater welder and commercial diverOffshore and in heavy construction, under the water.
- Trade-qualified bridge worker and pile driverWorking at height, over the water.
- PapermakerWhere his health and safety road started.
- Oil sands safety professionalThe one holding the clipboard.
- OperatorBack on the frontline, running the plant.
The frontline-versus-management gap is where crews stop being heard. Clock Out Alive lives in that gap, and Ted has stood on both sides of it.
Below the waterline
Commercial diver
Pile driving
Oil sands
Every episode
What lands in your inbox every episode.
The episode
One real story, one lesson, short enough for the drive to site.
A new 5-Minute Tailgate talk
Built on that episode's story. Print it tonight, run it at tomorrow's tailgate.
The one-minute short
The clip worth showing your crew at the truck, so the lesson sticks.
Start with the free kit.
One page and six talks, ready for your next tailgate. Episode one comes with it on launch day.
From the crews
The first reviews come after episode one.
We won't make any up. When the first crews run the kit and hear the show, their words go right here.
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Saved for a foreman who ran the kit at a real tailgate.
Reserved for a real listener“
Saved for a new hand who spoke up because of something on the show.
Reserved for a real listener“
Saved for a safety person who finally got the crew talking.
Reserved for a real listenerQuestions
Straight answers.
Anything else? Reply to the first email and ask.
What is the 5-Minute Tailgate kit?
A one-page printable toolbox talk template where the foreman talks for one minute and the crew talks for four, plus six talks filled out and ready to run.
Is it really free?
Yes. There is no card and no catch. You give us an email address and we send you the kit.
When do I get it?
The day Clock Out Alive launches, the kit and episode one land in your inbox together. Sign up now and you are first in line.
How often will you email me?
One email per new episode, carrying that episode's new tailgate talk. No spam, we never sell or share your address, and every email has a one-click unsubscribe.
Who is the show for?
Workers on the tools, the foremen and lead hands who run crews, and the safety people trying to reach them.
Does this replace my site's safety program?
No. It is general information to get crews talking, not legal advice. Your site's rules and your province's occupational health and safety law always come first.
Where can I listen?
At launch, full episodes go out on YouTube, Spotify and Apple Podcasts, and the link comes straight to your inbox.
Your next tailgate
Everybody clocks out alive tonight.
Get the free 5-Minute Tailgate kit and episode one of Clock Out Alive, the day we launch.