Short started off as a dance education major in college. That one just stuck in my head because it was funny that she was pointing at this gingerbread man and using it as a simple tool to help explain potentially complicated OSHA regulatory type things.” In one video, Nurse Vera explains routes of entry of toxicity by taking a gingerbread cookie man and explaining very simply that the eyes, ears and nose are all routes of entry if you get punctured. “You couldn't help but enjoy watching it, so I just had to play it for the kids. “I was doing some training and one of the tools were these Nurse Vera videos that I had to watch sometimes two or three times a week during the training,” Gantz says. Among them were the “Nurse Vera” videos-safety training videos that simplified safety concepts in a quirky way. She fondly remembers sitting with her brothers as her father showed them safety videos and photos of sites with safety concerns. In this OSH Generations, we spoke with Allison and her father to learn about their safety journey and hear how the safety profession has impacted their relationship.įrom an early age, Allison Short, CSP, a professional member of our Georgia Chapter and a member of our Women in Safety Excellence Common Interest Group, knew about the safety profession because her father, Kevin Gantz, was in the profession. Here's the story of Allison Short, a safety and health specialist at Auburn University's risk management and safety department, and her father, Kevin Gantz. Our members share their stories of the people who influenced them to enter the safety profession or those who they inspired to become safety professionals. Many OSH professionals have parents or children who are also in the profession. OSH Generations is about family and the safety profession.
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