National Safety Council Funds Fatigue Prevention Technology Pilots — Occupational Health & Safety
National Safety Council Funds Fatigue Prevention Technology Pilots — Occupational Health & Safety
Publish Date: 2026-06-09 12:54:00
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National Safety Council Funds Fatigue Prevention Technology Pilots
The Work to Zero initiative awarded over $60,000 to help organizations test innovative solutions aimed at reducing workplace injuries.
Funding from a new grant program will allow three organizations to conduct real-world testing of technologies designed to detect and prevent worker fatigue.
The National Safety Council announced it has awarded more than $60,000 through its Work to Zero Workplace Fatigue Pilot Grant. The initiative, partnered with the McElhattan Foundation, aims to scale practical solutions for serious occupational hazards.
Fatigue drastically impairs worker judgment and reaction times. According to council data, employees working night shifts face a 30% higher risk of injury than those on day shifts, while 12-hour shifts boost injury risks by nearly 40%.
Grant recipients will partner with technology providers from the 2026 Work to Zero Safety Innovation Challenge to deploy data-tracking systems.
Critical Ops LLC will pilot Design Interactive’s Greenlight platform to evaluate how smartphone and wearable analytics track workforce readiness and fatigue in critical infrastructure settings.
Welcome Nursing Home, alongside Critical Ops LLC, will test SmartTec Inc.’s Okaya readiness monitoring system. The technology will assess fatigue risks across skilled nursing facilities and unmanned aircraft operations.
Engineering professional services firm WSP will launch two separate pilots. The company will deploy MākuSafe’s real-time monitoring technology to identify physical, environmental and cognitive strain indicators among field personnel. WSP will also test Impairment Science Inc.’s DRUID assessment platform to measure fatigue-related impairment in transit rail environments.
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