NECA Safety Round Up

#40. Kyle Krueger

Please join Wes Wheeler and his guest this month, Kyle Krueger, NECA Executive Directors of Codes and Standards as we discuss NECA's participation with the National Electrical Code and NFPA in the 125 years NECA has been around.  This relationship and collaboration has been instrumental in ensuring safe electrical installations.  Now with the 2026 edition of the National Electrical Code, the upcoming 2027 edition of NFPA 70E, Standard for Electrical Safety in the Workplace and recent changes in NFPA 70B from a recommended practice to now a consensus standard, NECA is involved in many standard development organizations as well as developer of the NECA NEIS Standards that compliment the NEC, the National Electrical Contractors Association is involved where standards and regulations are being developed and updated.

#39 Sonya Bohmann

The latest NECA Safety Roundup features Mike Starner and Wes Wheeler with special guest Sonya Bohmann, Executive Director of the Construction Industry Alliance for Suicide Prevention (CIASP), for a timely conversation on mental health, suicide prevention, and building a culture of care in construction. They spotlight CIASP tools like construction-focused toolbox talks, a safe messaging guide, and a new “warm handoff” crisis plan, and preview Sonya’s four-hour pre-conference workshop at the 2026 NECA Safety Professionals Conference in Atlanta designed to give attendees practical, actionable strategies they can take back to their workforce.

#38: Dan Pollock

NECA’s Wes Wheeler and Mike Starner sit down with Dan Pollock, Director of Safety and Operations for the NE Line Chapter, to talk chapter-level safety leadership, simplifying protective grounding and EPZ concepts, and why “safety is not a secret” when mentoring the next generation of linemen.  They also explore human performance, “failing safely,” and new mental health initiatives aimed at supporting lineworkers and contractors in the Northeast and beyond.

#37: Wes Wheeler and Mike Starner

NECA’s latest Safety Roundup podcast with Wes Wheeler and Mike Starner looks back at a busy 2025 and sets the stage for major safety, mental health, and industry initiatives in 2026, with a strong emphasis on leadership, collaboration, and innovation across the electrical construction industry.

#36: Dave Carl

In this episode of NECA Safety Round Up, Mike and Wes speak with Dave Carl, the developer of the original Safety Meeting App! In 2014, Safety Meeting App released a NECA Branded version available to all NECA Members and now almost 12 years later, it is still going strong and continues to add new features and functionality to better assist our NECA Safety Professionals in managing safety for their companies.  Listen to what's new and what is coming in this edition of NECA Safety Round Up Podcast!