Summary: When a job opening for water reclamation came across her desk, our guest’s reaction was simple: “I’ve never heard of this.” Eight years later, she is the person responsible for making sure every LRWRA employee goes home at the end of the day.

In this episode, Sherree Bynum, LRWRA’s Environmental Security and Risk Supervisor, gives an inside look at protecting a workforce that spends its days in confined spaces, in live traffic, and around heavy equipment. She explains why the hazards that worry her most are not always the ones that look the most dangerous.

She shares the near miss that still stays with her, why near misses matter more than most people realize, and the answer she keeps returning to when asked how any of it works: everyone owns safety. It is work that happens out of sight, but it is the reason our crews come home every day.