Check out  Mothers In Construction Podcast's, Episode 55 – Psychosocial Safety with Abby Ferri. Abby is a practical, creative, and influential safety and risk management consultant, podcaster, and author. She leverages social media, her voice, and the latest technology to advocate for worker safety and equity. Abby is the Chief Risk Officer at Insurate, where she's part of a team of innovators reshaping insurance around the people it's supposed to protect.

 In this episode, we speak about psychosocial safety factors along with two of the top safety issues facing women in the field: lack of accessibility to adequate bathroom facilities and access to properly fitting PPE. Not having adequate facilities for women has an impact on the health and well-being of workers in the field.  Many avoid hydrating and hold urine throughout their shifts as a way to avoid jobsite conditions.  This leads to dehydration and painful urinary tract infections. Also, although more products have become available, proper fitting PPE that is based upon female body measurement data is still an issue and has an impact on worker safety.

Abby discusses her advocacy work to support better work environments for women in the field and what we can do to elevate our voices to push for an industry-wide cultural change that goes beyond inclusion weeks and trendy statements. The call to action to the industry is to do the right thing and make necessary accommodations to support women in our industry! Listen to her story!!!