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Bonus Episode: How Hygienic Equipment Design Can Help Improve Safety and Health in the Baking Industry

In this special bonus episode, ASSP CEO Jennifer McNelly and President Pam Walaksi speak with Jon Anderson, managing consultant of the Bakery Equipment Assessment Group (BEAG), and Scott McCally, president of Auto-Bake Serpentine.

They discuss how hygienic-designed equipment helps improve worker safety and increases efficiency, and how industry consensus standards provide guidance on how to design equipment in a more hygienic manner.

Remembering The Triangle Fire: A Tragic Day in American History

In this encore episode, David Von Drehle, author of “Triangle: The Fire That Changed America”, shares the story of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire, which took place on March 25, 1911. David discusses the conditions workers faced during that period, the circumstances surrounding the fire and the impact the fire had in raising awareness of unsafe working conditions and helping improve workplace safety in the decades that followed.