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NSC Releases Report on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and Workplace Injury Prevention

Stuart Mitchell

While efforts have been made in recent years to increase workplace safety through regulations, innovative technologies, hazard assessments and other methods, research shows workers of color face more work-related injuries and illnesses, according to data compiled by the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the U.S. Census Bureau. Recognizing this disparity and that musculoskeletal disorders, or MSDs, are the most common workplace injury, the National Safety Council released a new report, The Intersection of DEI and MSDs: Ensuring Equitable Outcomes.  “At the National Safety Council, we believe fostering diversity, equity and…

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Survey Finds Overwhelming Support for Safe System Approach to Roadway Safety

Stuart Mitchell

New survey findings released recently by the National Safety Council show it’s not just the U.S. Department of Transportation and traffic safety advocates that support a Safe System Approach to roadway safety – the public does too.  Conducted by the Texas A&M Transportation Institute through a Road to Zero Community Traffic Safety Grant, the survey examined the beliefs of adults in the U.S. related to the Safe System Approach and various safety-related concepts, including roadway use behavior and perceptions of road safety and safety strategies. The survey revealed that most…

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NSC Releases Research on Location Geofencing Technology to Help Advance Workplace Safety

Stuart Mitchell

Despite increased efforts to reduce serious incidents and fatalities, or SIFs, in the workplace over the last few decades, the percentage of worker deaths has only fallen by about 15%, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Recognizing the severity of this issue, the National Safety Council launched the Work to Zero initiative in 2019, with funding from the McElhattan Foundation, to help reverse this devastating trend through the use of technology.  The NSC Work to Zero initiative recently released a new white paper, Advancing Workplace Safety with Location Geofencing,…

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NSC to Award up to $260,000 to Expand Grant Programs to Solve Most Common Workplace Injury

Stuart Mitchell

Following the debut of the Research to Solutions (R2S) grant and MSD Solutions Pilot Grant in 2023, the National Safety Council is awarding up to an additional $260,000 this year through these pioneering grant programs to help uncover promising new safety solutions to prevent work-related musculoskeletal disorders, or MSDs. As a key initiative of the Council’s MSD Solutions Lab, a groundbreaking strategic program established in 2021 with funding from Amazon, a total of up to $535,000 has now been committed in grants to foster innovative, transferable methods to mitigate MSDs…

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NSC Launches Diversity in Safety Scholarship Funded by Chemours

Stuart Mitchell

The National Safety Council, America’s leading nonprofit safety advocate, is on a relentless pursuit of a safer tomorrow. Committed to building a workforce of occupational, safety and health professionals that best reflects the various cultures and ethnicities represented in the U.S. workforce, NSC is launching the Diversity in Safety Scholarship Funded by Chemours. With the aim of fostering diversity and supporting the emergence of a more inclusive generation of safety professionals, five academic scholarships will be awarded to people of color pursing an undergraduate degree at Historically Black Colleges and…

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