Let’s Work to Zero!
Season 1, Episode 1
Emily Whitcomb joined the National Safety Council in January of 2014 as a Research Associate, conducting evaluations for community, transportation, and workplace injury prevention programs. In 2016, Emily joined the Advocacy Department to launch the fatigue initiative, focused on reducing fatigue-related incidents and injuries in the workplace. Recently, in 2019, Emily joined the Safety Education, Training, & Services Department as the Director of the Work to Zero Initiative.
Topics addressed in this episode:
Work to Zero initiative
NSC initiatives such as Fatigue, My car does what, Road to Zero, Work to Zero
White paper on Fatigue and upcoming white paper on Work to Zero
Solutions to problems and risks in the workplace using innovation and technology
Best practices to changing workplace injury risks: culture
Links:
Emily Whitcomb: emily.whitcomb@nsc.org
NSC Work to Zero summit: https://www.eiseverywhere.com/website/5758/work-to-zero-summit-2/