Let's Work to Zero!
from WRNW Prevennovate Podcast Hosted by Work Right NW
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. Work to Zero is focused on identifying promising technological innovations for eliminating workplace fatalities in our lifetime. Emily has a Masters of Public Health from the University of Illinois in Chicago, Illinois. 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: [email protected] Work to Zero: https://www.nsc.org/work-safety/safety-topics/work-to-zero Safety topics: Fatigue https://www.nsc.org/work-safety/safety-topics/fatigue NSC white paper on fatigue: https://www.nsc.org/work-safety/safety-topics/fatigue/research/fatigue-white-paper NSC Work to Zero summit: https://www.eiseverywhere.com/website/5758/work-to-zero-summit-2/ My car does what? https://www.nsc.org/road-safety/tools-resources/my-car-does-what
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