About Us

We are defined by our mission - to send people home safely! Our team is dedicated to achieving that mission for our member partners based on our core values of integrity, excellence, accountability, transparency, and the Golden Rule

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  • Our Philosophy

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    Every Safety Made Simple team member believes that putting the needs of others comes first. Our purpose is simple: to provide a clear message that shows people the safe way home.

    We do this by using a proven process which has existed more than 2,000 years:

    • Simple is best
    • Understand the audience
    • Clarity is critical
    • Share the message with a story
    • Show them the way
    • Ensure understanding
  • Our History

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    Safety Made Simple is the brainchild of Chuck Pirie, an experienced agriculture risk management professional who created the program in response to client requests to make safety training accessible to employees in a 24-hour, on-demand format. Since inception, our partners have completed more than 1.6 million courses.

    Letter from our CEO

The team

  • CHUCK PIRIE

    Content Creation Expert & CEO
  • JOE MLYNEK

    Content Creation Expert & Partner
  • HEATH HARRISON

    Sales
  • SUSAN BEDSAUL

    Operations Management & IT
  • BOB MARLOW

    Content Creation Expert Grain
  • JENNIFER HYMAS

    Content Creation Expert Food Safety
  • ANNE COOK

    Content Creation Expert Agronomy
  • KAYLA QUINNELL

    Content Creation Expert DOT, Energy, Co-ops
  • PEGGY PALMEN

    Adult Learning Specialist
  • ZHANN CIFUENTES

    Spanish Narration & Translation
  • CATRINA TAULBERT

    E-Learning Specialist
  • JENNY BOECKMAN

    Customer Support Lead

Safety Simplified Blog

Welcome to the blog created for safety professionals. Easy-to-read safety articles on relevant topics gives you a whole new way to keep your safety program on track.

  • 2022 AG-RELATED CONFINED SPACE INCIDENTS

      The following information is part of a report released by Purdue University’s Agricultural Safety and Health Program. This report is on reported agricultural confined space incident related injury and fatality cases documented during 2022. The program has documented and, entered into Purdue’s Agricultural Confined Space Incident Database, more than 2,460 fatal and non-fatal agricultural […]

  • BUILDING A BUSINESS CASE FOR SAFETY

    Safety leaders are not always business minded. We often rely on justifying safety investment with the compliance hammer or connecting with “hearts and minds” instead of building a solid business case. Decision makers often have formal business education and training, but limited experience on the operational or safety side of the business. They often see […]

  • BE PREPARED FOR OLD MAN WINTER

    Be prepared for winter as old man winter will undoubtedly throw us a few curveballs over the next several months. With this in mind, I thought it would be a good idea to review a few cold related illnesses and preventive measures. Hypothermia Hypothermia occurs when normal body temperature falls below 95 degrees Fahrenheit as […]

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What Our Partners Say

We have been able to cover more safety topics in a shorter amount of time, and our meetings are much more streamlined. The feedback I get from the guys is that they like being able to take their time with it. And the part I like the most is the tracking/record keeping. It's great!

Kristy Lowe, Chief Information Officer, Lowes Pellets and Grain

Our employees like the length and they understand the training. The content is top notch and developed by the best people in the industry. It is presented in a way that employees easily relate to and, since the training is to the point and not drawn out, our people easily fit it into their schedules. It is very easy for everyone to access and to use, and for us to administer. We have had the feedlot programs in that part of our operation for over a year and look forward to incorporating it into our grain operations. The bottom line is that it works.

Brent Bayliff, Safety Director, Beachner Grain, Inc

Safety Made Simple has helped our company out tremendously. No more early morning Safety meetings, no more having to sign a sheet of paper saying they were at the safety meeting.

All I have to do is select which course(s) I want the crews and shop guys to watch and send it to them. They watch it on their tablets on the way to the job site, and take the test. Then I print off the report that everyone has watched the video and passed the test.

There is no more wasting my time looking for something to go over each month. It takes about 5 minutes now to set up my monthly safety meetings. Safety Made Simple has everything you need broke down, so it’s as easy as select and send.

Anthony Drewes, Goebel Construction, Inc.

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